River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-07


tZeehafiah $40; 14:13) Our thought
IL that this great war will weaken the
nations. cripple the world financially.
discredit the rulers. and thus open the
why for anarchy.
Rome and Constantinople stand for,
represent. the two legs of the image
which King ACKNOWLEDGMENT saw; for
be 1t remembered that each in turn
was the Roman Capital and repre-
sentative of the image. We are GER
tainiy justified in watching with con-
siderable interest the present war and
what 1t may be leading to in the way
of involving all the ten kingdoms rep
resented in this prophecy.
But that is not the special point of
interest in my subject: rather. am
discussing the character of Messiah's
Kingdom. which is to rule the world.
overthrow Sin and Death. and uplift
humanity from ignorance. superstition
sin, weakness and death The decla-
ration is that Messiah shall reign until
He shall have put down all insubordi-
nation. and that the last enemy to be de-
stroyed will be death.-1 Cor 1873, 20
This is the Kingdom for which the
Master Himself taught His followers
to pray. Nothing slight or insignif-
cant will be the outcome of that glori
ous Messianic Reign Of thousand
years. At it's very beginning Satan
will be bound with all that this signi-
fies-the repression of evil and dark
ness For a thousand years the Sun
Of Righteousness shall pour forth the
light of truth and grace upon our poor
fallen race until the knowledge OF
Gods glory shall fill the whole earth
as the waters cover the great deep.
Eventually all wilful opponents OF
that Kingdom will die the Second
Death. from which there will be no re
demption, no recovery. But meantime
all the willing and obedient will be ris
ing, not only from the tomb. but also
out of all the weaknesses and frailtieS
of the present time, up. up. up. to the
fulness of perfection of life, although
they will not live again in this perfect
sense until the thousand years shall
be finished With the close of the
Reign Of Righteousness. after it shall
have accomplished it's work of deliv-
ering the grooming creation from the
bondage of corruption. sin and death.
Messiah will abdicate the Throne; as
it is written, HE will deliver up the
Kingdom to God, even the Father, that
He may be all in ALL Cor. 1924.
No More Signing, Crying, Dying.
What glorious triumph that will be
when every creature in Heaven and
earth, and under the earth, shall be
heard saying, Praise, glory, honor. do
minion and might be unto Him that
stitch upon the Throne, and unto the
Lamb, forever! Revelation 5:13l What
a glorious condition will then obtain
when there shall be no more crying
no more signing, no more dying; for
all the former things shall have passed
away! All, He that stitch upon the
Throne said, Behold, make all things
newr Glad we are that our great
Messiah is about to overthrow sin and
evil, about to establish righteousness
on a permanent and everlasting foun-
dalton, which will insure that to ali
eternity Gods will shall be done as
perfectly on earth as done in Heaven.
| ask you to consider candidly-you
need not reply-Is there a kingdom in
the world today that In your judgment
fifty represents a Divine government
amongst men? Is there perfect gov
eminent, is there single spot in all
the earth where Gods will is done as
it is done in Heaven? You are con
versant with history. You know the
bloody record which marks its pages
You know that so-called Christian Eu
rope has been drenched with blood
more than any other part of the world
You know that the cause of wrong has
triumphed as often or oftener than
the cause Of right. You know that to-
day these kingdoms of Europe, styled
kingdoms Of God, are destroying one
another. You know that great guns.
great battleships and monster torpe-
does, etc., such as the world has never
known before. have been prepared by
these various nations for use, either
aggressively or defensively, against one
another, while they all claim to be
Christs kingdoms. Is this logical? Is
this rational? Most assuredly not!
We must go to the Bible for true in
formation on this subject. 1t tells US
that these kingdoms are not the king
doms of God, but kingdoms of this
world" 1t tells us that Satan is the
Prince of this world John IA 30; Ephe-
slams 2:2); that he is 1.-The god of this
world" that now wOrketh in the
hearts Of the children of disobedience'
so much more numerous than the
children of obedience that he through
them holds the worlds control.
But with equal clearness the Bible
declares the Divine Power and mastery
over Satan-that he and his reign of
Sin and Death are permitted of God
for limited time and for a special
purpose. The testimony tells US that
when the due time shall come Messiah