The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-05-18


heaven; it was always spoken of a.
the kingdom of heaven, which puts {
different meaning to where the king
dom will be. The word of is q very
small word, only two letters, but it j.
full of meaning. For an illustration
one person has a piece Of something
we will say chocolate. Another per.
son is given a piece of it. The word
of is used to designate that the re-
ceiver has the same thing as the
giver. Therefore when the Lord
Jesus rules on David's throne it will
be a rule of divine righteousness,
making it like to his Fathers king
dom, of divine power, or in other
words the kingdom of God.
The penalty of all nations who will
not go up to Jerusalem to worship
the king will be, as found written in
the 18th chapter of Zechariah, read
ing from the 10th verse:
"And it shall come to pass that
every one that is left of the nations
which came against Jerusalem shall
even go up from year to year to wor-
ship the king, the Lord of hosts, and
to keep the feasts Of tabernacles.
And it shall be that whose will not
come up of all the families of the
earth unto Jerusalem TO worship the
king, the Lord of hosts, even upon
them shall be no rain"
This shall be the punishment of all
nations that go not up once a year to
offer sacrifices for their sins and to
worship the king.
This ushers US into an age when
the battle of Armageddon is a thing
of the past; thrones have crumbled
and kings are dust. An age where
violence and oppression have vanish
ed as a dream of the night, and in
their stead there is love, peace and
prosperity. The implements of war
fare that man has devised to bring
the walls of sorrow and mourning, to
bring desolation and cause the wild
ows and fatherless such anxiety, pow
erty and tribulation of heart, viii be
converted into implements for the
benefiting of mankind, as it is writ
ten in Isiah pa:
"And he shall Judge among the ma
tions, and shall rebuke many people,
and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into
pruning hooks: nation shall not lift
up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more"
This will be a time when the song
which the angels sang to the shep-
herds on the plains Of Bethlehem will
be realized. Glory to God in the high
est, peace on earth and good viii to-
ward man.
This is the gospel or in other
words, the glad news of the kingdom
Of God. AS we find in Mat. 4:23:
"And Jesus went about all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom"
And again it tells us in Luke 81
that Jesus went throughout every
city and village preaching, and show
ing the glad tidings of the kingdom of
God"
So we see by these two passages
that the gospel of the kingdom and
the glad tidings are one and the
same. And the subject matter was a
kingdom. And it has been shown how
the remaining nations of the earth
will be brought to the knowledge Of
that kingdom, and accept Gods way
of salvation that they may be saved
and be among those who are to be
judged at the end of the thousand
year reign of Christ and his saints,
which is the second resurrection and
judgment.
Then the earth will be populated
with class Of people who can never
die any more, being made equal unto
the angels, possessing the divine ma
ture. When there will be no more
sorrow or signing and everything
will be glorious and there shall be
perpetual joy to all inhabitants OF
the earth. Can we wonder that the
Lord called the peoples attention to
the good tidings of the kingdom?
And what has Isaiah written in the
64th chapter and 4th verse? "For
since the beginning Of the world men
have not heard, nor perceived by the
ear, neither hath the eye seen, o God
beside thee, what he hath prepared
for him that waiteth for him"
We have heard it said no doubt
that the Lord has gone to prepare 6
place for US. Yes this was his prom.
Use to his disciples, and whatever he
has promised he will surely bring tC
pass, as we find written in John, 14tI
chapter, beginning at the first verse
When he spoke those consoling words
to his disciples and gave them the as
surance that in his Fathers house
there were many abiding places, that
he was going to prepare a place fol-
them, and if it were not so he would
have told them. He was assuring
them that he would come back again
and then would be the time that he
would receive them unto himself, that
they might be with him in his king.
dom to dwell in that temple that will