The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-20

I syrnboilzss tho purity, the jpstirs.
Of His Kingdom ~ Riahtsouaness
under the whole heavens.
The heavens and earth which VIII
/ flea from the presence 81 the Hffht
! Emmanuel viii not be the liTateiH
/ ~ GODS Throne, nor the a7rth whlfI
| ifo has given 10 tho children ~
men. The heavens and earth y ltt Pc
| will flee away, aHd Tor WHICH n"
place Will be found. are. OF course
tho synbolical ones.
In Bible synboioRy the earth rep
ressnts established civilization, the
sea. the restless. diseatiafied masses
Of humanity. and the m01utainfi hH-
man governments, Kingdoms. whifh
constituts tho backbone OF present
heavens represent spiritual inflp-
sncer--E cciesiasttcfsrn, cnurchianitt.
Thus Interpreted. our text declares
that when Messiah assumes control
81 the world. the result viii be that
the social system OF today, a. wen as
prssent-dty ecciesiasticis'n. viii pass
out Of exirisncs--no place viii be
found for them.
satan Now the Prince
Some may ask, Whatever may be
said Of the four thousand years be-
| fore the coming Of Christ. may 10
not be claimed that lie has been
rcigning ever since His aaconaion 20
tho right hand Of God3 We answer.
n the Eedeener OF men has been
rsigning as the King Of earth for
the past nineteen centuries. there
should be something IN the Bible
10 80 teach.
on the contrary. the Masters own
words tell us that Satan II the Prince
Of this Age, that cbriHtN Kingdom
IL not Of this world fAgeD; that lie
viii come again and receive His fol-
lowers TO Himself. that He went
I lfyf - a
20 His Kingdom and 20 return 20
take possession OF 81: and that At
His Second Coming He VIII be the
great King OF Giory.--John 1875.
30; 1895. Matthew zi:s3: 1914. 81.
when we scan the pages OF his
tory during the past eighteen CEN
turtles. we are convinced that Mes
siah has not been King. To think
OF Him as such. with the omnipo-
tent power we accredif 20 Him,
would be 10 charge Him with re-
sponsibiilty for bloody and sfrocious
prosecutions, for wars. fafniDer and
peHtilenceH. Surely, no right-minded
person. after mature consideration.
can nationally accept the theory that
we have had the glorious Nessianic
Reign OF Highteousnsss for the
blessing Of the whole world. the up
lifting OF humanity.
No one can think that the Reign
~ the great Mediator ~ I'm the past
We must agree with our text that
II IN IN the future. and that. when
established. It's effect upon present
itutious--poiiticai. social. finsn-
eial, reiigious--wili be such that
they VIII flee away. no place viii
be found for them. Prom this stand
point alone there Is hope for the
world.
Today we are living 81 the climax
Of civilization. Yet we behold more
clearly than ever before that the
deeply ingrained seifishness OF hui
marity IN blight upon all our
blessings. selfishness f. to be found
everywhere. Although a sembiance
Of Righteousness 10 insisted upon and
rioiators Of that standard are styled
criminals. nevertheless II seems Inn
possible 10 iegislate equity. justice
Mems keen inteiIects find opportu-
mites for circumventing the laws
and committing theft. murder. etc,
without danger Of punishment
The Great white Throne Judgment.
Neither Jehovah God nor His Rep
resentative. Messiah. can in any
sense or degree be a party 20 injus-
tico or ineauity. The fact that In
justice has been permitted. that
inequity has been the rule for CEN
turtles. II TO be accounted for BY the
fact that during all this period the
world has been under the reign Of
sin and Death. the reign Of Satan.
"the Prince Of this world" and Of
the darkness Of selfsshnesx and evil
ALI OF which his name represents.
that the world has not been under
the dominion Of Messiah. the Repre-
sentative OF Jehovah and His right
eourness. and love.
Tho New Dispensation which Mes
slabs Kingdom win usher in IL pie
tured In our text. II will be the
worldwide dominion OF purity. holt
ness. Righteousness. Justice. truth
-
we read that the synboiicai heavens
and earth. representing tho old order
OF things--social. eccicsiasticsi--wiii
vanish away
But let no one think for moment
that ecclesIastical princes. financial
princes and political princes will
voluntarily acknowledge that tn.
hour has como for fun surrender
10 Messiah and TO all the principles
OF His absolute Righteousness. on
bers OF our race will be more and
more drawn together for mutual pro-
tection--for the preservation OF the
special privileges which have come
into their possession. Even now we
sss the ,,, pe,r,91Rnecy Of the second
very time when the Lord, through
the Prophet David. calls the great
ones OF earth to recognize the true
situation OF our wonderful day--that
the Day Of Messiah has arrived. and
that He should be recognized and
His principles OF righteousness
obeyed
But no, The prophecy declares
that we are In the day when the
people. the masses. win have foolish
neutrality-suspicious. they will think
that by their own strength they can
fnaugurate reign of Righteousness
along the lines OF Socialism. or by
anarchy. The people must learn
that their help - in the Lord and
not In their own fraii arm. They
must see the force OF the words.
Blessed are all they that put their
trust In Messiah"
on the other hand. the money
kings. earthly rulers and ecciesias-
ucal princes are taking counsel to-
gether fo- the preservation OF pres
ent ineouities OF the world. by which
they are profiting. The Lord declares
that in this they are banding them
selves against Him and His newly
appointed king-Messlah. For over a
century human liberty has been max
ing progress. despite every endeavor
to restrain IL. Earth's potentates
perceive the rising tide of human in
teiligence and OF demands for equal
rights. They perceive that unless
something be done to coutneract this
general movement, the special ad-
vantages OF the privileged classes
viii disappear Even now they are
taking counsel together how TO
break the restraints which the peo-
pie are putting upon them. and how
to reinauguratc n reign of autocracv.
such as prevailed a century ago. but
upon higher plane, controlled by
brighter wits, and holding under re-
straint more Intelligent masses
"Be Instructed, Ne Judgesv
Would that the cultured and in
fiuential princes of earth could take
the proper view of the situation and
realize the fsiiaoy of their counseIs.
the impossibility OF averting the
great changes which are upon us by
reason of the time having come for
Messiah to take unto Himself His
great power and reigni Could the
wise OF earth realize the situation