The Washington herald., 1915-01-04

> onedlent will! be rising. not only from
lhe tomb, but also out OF all the weak
Eesses and frailties of the present time
= 10 perfection OF life, although they will
not live again in this perfect sense until
lhe thousand years shall be finished
tAIter the Reign of Righteousness shall
| nave accomplished its work of delivering
me sroaning creation from the bondage
OF corruption, sin and death. Messiah
VIII aodlcate the Throne. As it is writ
Ten, He will deliver up the Kingdom
70 COO even the Father. that He may
oe al in ALL Corinthians 15:25-2S.
NO More Signing. Crying, Dying.
"hat a glorious condition will then
OBTAIN when there shall be no more
crying, no more dying, for all the former
thlngs Of sin and death shall have
passed away! Glad are we that our
great Messiah is about to overthrow sin
and evil, about to establish righteousness
on a permanent and everlasting founda-
uon, which will insure that to all eter-
nifty Gods will shall be done as per-
Iectly in this earth as it is now done in
Heaven
ask You to consider candidly-you
need not reply-Is there a kingdom in
the world today that in your Judgment
! represents a Divine government amongst
men: Is there a perfect government
| where Gods will is done as it is done
in Heaven? You are conyersant with
| history. You know the bloody record
which marks its pages. You know that
! so-caIed Christian Europe has been
drenched with blood more than any other
part Of the world. You know that the
cause OF wrong has triumphed oftenor
than tn" cause OF right. You know that
today these kingdoms of Europe STYLED
ElnUnnTTNG nf .nI !.
other You know that great guns, great
battleships and monster torpedoes have
been prepared by these various nations
for use against one another. while they
all claim to be Christ's Kingdoms. Is
this logical? Is this rational? Most as
suredly not,
| We must go to the Bible for true n
| 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 1880: Ephe-
| slams 2:2): that he is 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 clear
ness the Bible declares that he and nIs
reign of Sin and Death are permitted Of
God for a limited time and special DUR
pose; and that when the due time comes
Messiah will take His great power and
reign-then Satan shall be bound. and
all the forces of sin and darkness be re-
strained
"The Election Hath Obtained 1t,
Come with me and take a cursory view
OF Gods great work thus far accom-
plished. For more than two thousand
Tears God gave no clear intimation of
His purposes toward the fallen 1ace.
Then He made a statement to Abraham
so explicit that st. Paul declares it a
statement Of the Gospel N advance. God
aid to Abraham, l shall bless the world.
ms could only mean. l shall relieve
them or the curse of death which came
upon them through Adams sin God
added. This blessing l will bring to all
mankind through your postcrity-"In fhy
Seed shall all the families OF the earth
be blessed. Genesis, 12:2
Gods due time for bringing this bless
ing was not until Messiah should come
meantime God gave Abraham's natural |
seed the Law Covenant, which offered |
them eternal life and an inheritance in
the hinEdom if they could keen the
Law. VI course. they could not do so: |
Tor the Law was the measure of n nor |
feet mans ability. and like the remain
der OF mankind the Israelites were sin
ners. Nevertheless their attempt to keer, |
lhe law brought them great unfit of
heart, so that when Jesus came a con-
siderable number OF them Wero ready TO |
receiV" Him. They became sons of God, |
tnrouEh the begettinE of the Holy Spirit. |
Al Pentecost and afterward. These were
the Spiritual Seed Of Abraham, Jesus |
being the Head. or first.
Israel had hoped for a share in Mes
Slah's Kingdom. st. Paul explains
Israel hath not obtained that which he
seeketh. but the Election hath optoineJ
IT. and the rest were blinded" The
blinded lsraelites are still cast aside, but
not forever. The Divine blessing shall
come TO Natural Israel Just as soon rs
Spiritual Israel shall be completed. See
Romans 11:25-34
The Kingdom Sunereth Violence.
What did the Election obtain? We
answer, They became identified with Mes
sIah's Kingdom, and heirs of the Abra-
mamie Promise. Note that not a sufficient
NUMBER or Jews were found worthy to
complete the Kingdom class God had
toreseen this, and through the Prophet
had promised that some would be gather
ed from the Gentiles to complete this
class. Tho entire work OF the GOSPEL
age has been the calling of this ''elect''
company. If we have rightly viewed the
matter. the fOreordained number will soon
have been found, and MessIah's Reign
begin.
Throughout the Gospel Age the King
dom class have been suffering with Christ.
Jesus explained this: They are indeed the
Royal Family, because begotteu of the
Holy Spirit; but they have not yet en-
tered into their glory. They will do so
only by the power Of the First Resur-
rection. Thus it is written, I'VE must
all be changed" because flesh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom of Cod
Corinthians 1850. 81.
rarity for their testing, their develop
ment takes place in time when Satan
is the Prince of this world, when his 1
power is permitted to be exercised against Il
them, as it was against our Lord. The
message to these is THE Kingdom suf-
iereth violence, and the violent take Il
by force IMatthew u:l2) As our Lord
suffered violence from the Prince of this
world. so will His followers; for ''the
disciple is not above his Lord" His ,
promise to His followers is, BE thouI
faithful unto death. and Will give thee
a crown Of life. fe."-Revelation, 2:iO
VALUABLE COUPON. H.