The Washington times., 1915-12-13

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brought to a climax
Drama Of Creation
exhibited to approx |
thousand people in |
the Coliseum during |
III the past week. our 4
| city has been greatly |
| better views Of the |
| Bible by this great ,
Drama Of four parys. |
| each two hours long.
| II had a run Of some
three months here IN
| the Victoria Theatre,
HSIlR RQSSELD many year ss9, ,SS:s Ss:
| past week witnessed
It then. and enthusiastically declared that
| its wonderful lectures and beautiful pic
| lures surpassed any other entertainment
| rs respects instruction in Science, Philoso-
ply, and Religion, from the Bible viewpoint.
We understand that in Chicago the Drama
has had a run OF nearly year, and is gtill
showing at the Metropolitan Auditorium. IN
New York City Temple, w. B3rd st., near
broadway. the home Of the Drama, It has
had aorun OF more than year, and lately
has been showing in German. Swedish Ital-
Ian and Polish. Announcement has been
iss besnnHr hS nsn sundsy 5sSDeH S
continuing every week night Indefinitely.
Pastor Russeirs topic Of today. THE
| OVERTHROW OF SATAN'S EMPIRE"
was a httng conclusion to the Drama here.
emphasizing some OF the lessons In the
| Drama, he said IN part.
Long has the world been taught the fable
that Satan is IN some far-off and unknown
place called He'll stoking fires and causing
untellable anguish TO millions OF our race.
But the Bible tells no such fable. II repre-
sents Satan as a great and powerful spirit be-
ing-"the Prince Of this world" John Il 80. }
this world, ''who now wOrketh in the hearts
Of the children Of disobedience" q Conn
thians 4:l; Epheaians 2:2) He has a great
spiritual empire amongst men, which con-
trolls through ignorance, superstition, and
fear the vast majority Of the human family.
The Bible declares Satan to be the great
expert in deceiving the people-making dark
ness appear 10 be light. falsehood appear 10
be truth, and truth appear to be falsehood.
II declares that God has permitted Satan
titus to rule az prince but that He never
authorized hlm-that Satan's power IL pure
ly usurpaton. based upon deception. II tells
why God has permitted him to usurp au-
| thority what object will be served eventu-
ally by the permission OF evil. how Satan
| thousand years OF Messiah's glorious King
dom. and that eventually he will be utterly
-ahnihilated.-Revelation 2o:7.s.
SATAN ORIGINALLY A GLORIOUS
ANGEL.
The Bible Etory is that Satan was created
perfect that he was originally an angel
signifies bright, glorious. Intelligent. lie
was the first OF Gods creatures TO rebe
against the Divine arrangement Pride and
ambition beclouded his wisdom. He desired
to become a king. an autocrat in soms
realm OF his own, which apparently NJ
l
could Jehovah. BehOldinE the newly created
Adam and Eve with provocative powers anC
with authority from God TO nll the earti
with glorious perfect human beings, SatAI
concluded that he would never have a bette
opportunity than this for establishing him
self as a great king. II he could aiienat
an empire OF his own. He succeeded II
tempting Adam to disloyalty, disobedlene
to God, and thus barred him from Divin
favor But later he found that Gods pro
nouncsment, The wages Of sin is death.
iects were dying. (Romans 6:2S) The bIigh
OF sin was upon his kingdom, and the onl
way he could maintain II at all was thrOug
His next move was to establish a ne,
race, infused with fresh blood. The rae
that God had not punished satan's disoyal
ty was, no doubt a surprise to all the hol
angels II appeared as though Satan wa
too powerful for God to punish him. Henc'
tho angels should materiAlize as men an
begct human children Of the human mother
OF the race, considerable number Of tn
proposition. As the Bible declares, tine
left .heir own estate" or condition. Tn
BiCle tells that the result OF this ur
giants ''men OF renown''-intellectualI
strong, but morally perverted. The reeor
earth with violence :" dominating, ensiayinI
niistreating acknowledgements ssh
WHAT THE DELUGE ACCOMPLISHED
II ForeknowIng tnese condIIiUas, God had a
Come 50 CoTIupt UNDER tnese eva innuenc'
tnat a continutince "a these conuIttonB cou
- NO longer Denencial. The entire rae
)e- eGcepI .Noan's family OF eignJ persons, We
lst IA owned IA the DeIuge. Not a WORD in u
= I1IUIe Ieils that those people went TO etern
70 lUTIurs; put everything IN II teacnes tn
he Ihey uIed-lUst hIo entirely. But Decam
W. uud purposes tneir eventual ueliVeran
,ot from deatn during the thousand years
'"e ChristH Reign, therefore the Bible teacn
luaI tney leiI asleep IN ueath, not 10
Ter awakened until after the Miilenntal aAV
ne ana the establishment OF righteousness
a the earth. Inen they are to come Tort
lat not ali at once, but every man In
ST. own der."-JOhn S:2s,2S; l COrinthia
nd l0:s3.
nd ST. Peter and St. Jude inform us that fro
the time OF the Dsluge satan ana the OH
angels OF lower order. VINO we're mIsled
=, put under cnains of darkness until the Jud
ment Of the great bay now at hand"
Peter 2H: Jude 81 This signifies their r
straint. their hindrance from materialiEin
since then, their dealing with mankind h
not been open, as before. but in darkness.
deception, etc. satan is called the Prin
OF Darkness. of evil, OF sin, OF error. Jes
styles him the father Of lies; and because
h was through his misrepresentation IN
. sentence Of death. therefore Jesus calls SAT-
i "a murderer from the beginning. John s.:
mighty wicked spiritual prince has not on
- been the prince OF demons. The angels W
l. sinned.' ;, but also by deception the god
has not been an open one, which the rs
s would resent but reign through decepti
D. and through the wickedneBs OF humanity
''children OF disobedience''-the masses
., humanity.-Eph 2:2; Corinthians a.
The work OF Satan and his demon hosts
p manifest amongst the heather peoples.
ST. Paul declares, these are so deceived u
- they really worship the demons instead
N, God-ignorantly. Acts l7:2S.) The demo
~ ology by which they have been deceived J
10 operated through dreams visions. and spi
mediums. in every heather nation,
"a cHRIsTENDoM is sATAN's TRIUMPH
~ When God entered into Covenant with
~ | Israelites at Mount Sinai, His Law forbi
them 10 have anything to do with these {