The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-09-25
IN THE Four GOSPELS THE WORD CHURCH" IS SELDOM
USED


church. but and wonder why it was that Jesus
had nothing to say about church.
What do we see today?-we hundreds of churches
hundreds OF sec and hundreds of denominations we
little town with thousand people, and with five church
buildings in it, and all of the people who attend all five of
those churches could get into of them Last week
was talking to gentleman here, who from beautiful
little town of thrtyve hundred inhabitants and asked
him what the total attendance of the churches there
and he said that the total attendance at Sunday service
would not reach thousand people, and they have about
i've or SIX at the mdweek prayer-meetng Now do you
believe that condition of things of God? Do YOU believe
that God the Almighty is such poor Fnancier that to
have such shameful waste of power and money! when
preacher could preach to all of the people in the town?
At the present time the newspapers are full of COM
men regarding the starving of the Minister'S recently one
minister in Chicago resigned and hired to theatrical
company, and intends to make his living the stage He
says he is getting tired of living small salary How
could who called of God to be Gospel minister
give it all and go the stage There to be cry
throughout the length and breadth of the land regarding the
poorly paid Minister'S Four or five preachers in one small
town Now where do you get that in the Scriptures?
Read the Four Gospels and there will find the word
church. only onceand that is in the eighteenth chapter
of the Gospel according to st. Matthew
"Well, did not Christ say, "Thou art Peter and upon
this rock will build MY KINGDOM I will leave it to any
Greek scholar who will look that up if the best authorities
do not back and the context backs up my position
Jesus said Upon this rock will BUILD MY KINGDOM"
If you understand Greek you will know that it is "Ten
Basei0n Mon" and not "Ten Ekklesiam Mou' Dr. Thay-
in his Greek Lexicon backs up that position Did not
Jesus to Peter right following that II will give thee
the keys Of what?
PEOPLE: "THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
GENERAL OVERsEER: "Unto thee will I give the keys
of THE KINGDOM pom this rock will builder estab-
lshMY KINGDOM and the gates of hell shall prevail
against it, Yes; KINGDOM HEAVEN will even break
through the gates of hell and clean hell OUT that what
that means. upon this rock will build MY KINGDOM"
What great pity that all who in KINGDOM OF
GOD not all together and they would be together only
they all would drop this Church" idea.
Now THE KINGDOM OF Cookbook at John the Baptist;
he out and sad Repent We, for what is at hand?
PEOPLE: "THE KINGDOM OF GOD"
GENERAL OvERsEER: Yes, Repent ye for THE KING
DOM HEAVEN is at hand" I wish you to grasp that
thought am simply giving to you few Illustrations be-
the people need teaching Repent ye for THE KING
HEAVEN is at hand! That is very startling an
nouncement You do not find anything in the Old Testa-
ment about THE KINGDOM OF GOD except in prophecy-n
promise and in type In the Book of Daniel in prophecy
you will find KINGDOM OF GoD mentioned as the "Stone
taken out of the mountain without hands,"
SOME PROPHETIC INDICATIONS
Just let give to you here another thought-those
of you who thinking for if you are not thinking then
cannot help you very much.
People boast about the 'present-day civilization" and
about the superior forms of government" Let me point
out something you the Image that Daniel sawthe head
what?
PEOPLE: "Gold."
GENERAL OvERsEER And beneath the gold was what?
PEOPLE: "Silver"
GENERAL OvERsEER: And beneath the silver was what?
PEOPLE,: Brass"
GENERAL OvERsEER: And beneath the brass was what?
PEOPLE: "Iron."
GENERAL OvERsEER: And beneath the iron was what?
PEOPLE: "Part iron and part clay"
GENERAL OvERsEER: Now would like to ask you
which is superior gold or silver?
PEOPLES "Gold"
GENERAL OyERSEER: The gold represented Babylon
the silver represented MedoPesa the brass represented
Greece the iron represented Rome and then there was the
iron and clay Now it is in the days of the ron and clay
that God will set up HIS KINGDOM that to sme and de-
stroy all others. Is that correct?
PEOPLE: eyes,"
GENERAL OvERsEER: The "head of gold" represented
superior form of but the toes iron and clay
did not Perhaps have thought of in that way
AS you study the Image you will notice the deterioration
from the "head of gold to the feet of ron and cay
THE WORK BUILDING UP ZION BEGAN WITH JOHN
The Psalmst says: "When the Lord shall build up
ZIoN then He shall appear in His glory and the word
ZION means THE KINGDOM OF COD; and now is the time