The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-11

lhii settlement for all OF the world ,
slhs, but not 40. according 10 the
tuf.H In Jesus and ia Hts
sanity followers all down through
this Gospel Age. the world ms bad
tsvu cause, the Cause 81 Ilphteous.
hsss ana truth, more or less clearly
lnHn rested Every parHscutlafi
against these members Of the Body
pI 'utiri " a crime against God and
against itiRhteousurss or stI,h ssf
ferinEs the Apostle says, az any
surfer NJ n Christian, let hin. gIorlft
pod on THIS behalf, for the spirlt ~
si2Iy ana OF God resteth on such -
Peter fiif-fs.
A blessing rested upon all the
,sas ielthful people who have suf-
hlNlhe curse. or penalty, has rest
20 upon all prosecutors Of these.
th"ir responsibility being znugod bv
tne achrfs 81 their knowledge. and
h"it ptnIah-uent propDrtionHte. on
no books Of JuStics howe, er. God
ssptesents That the lives Of all Of Hih
thithtul ones cry out for vengeance.
ana that willie mercy comes 10 All
nlhnhind through the Hacrlflcial
death or the savior, this does MOI
after the fact that Justice calls Tor
certain punif hments for crimes more
Or less wilfui and therefore not in.
eian"a N the sayior'n atonsmsnf.
.
lsh Age, which may serve US as a
psttrrn or illustration Of The ending
~ WIS age ~. Paul writing Of that
fN's fefa wrath u com upon this
people 10 the uttermost. that ali
tninss written In tho Law and Pro-
p.s. concerning them should be full
urea The great Time Of Trouble
Win which the Jewish Age ended
was righteous retributl1n FOR IN !
settled claims OF Justice. The Just
'nc hhn been wialn. aud although The
merit Of Ills sacrifice will yet avail
Tor every Jew and for every other
member 81 ADAMS race. a-vertheiess
Justice visited punishn.nt t,non
The people who said. Ills blood be
upon a. and upon our children g
,hsfiheN 25;2bD Notice. however
TIC vast difference between thes.
Bible judgments and the eternal tor.
ment Judgments falsely declared by
airectly tells Us that every Jew az
death goes TO eternal torment be-
cause he 10 rot Christian
bui the Scriptures declare that the
punlshmepts upon the Jews which
eliminated In the destruction OF Ie-
rnsaiom N A y. 20. were. some Of
them Tor sins committed long be-
fore. Notice Jesus words, .'rhe
blocd ~ AT the Prophets. which was
shed from the foundation 81 the
world, shah be required 81 IRIS gen.
eraiion. from the blood 10 Abel unto
tho blood 81 zaehariss. who per
lshed between the Altar and the
Temple, Luke 1854. 81.
Wherein was the Justice in exact.
!ns all that Of ti,e people living in
the close OF that Axeg We reply ihs;
those people had far more responsl-
hility than all who preced~d them.
They lad great flsht amongst
them. shining from Jesus and the
sArly saints. In their treatment of
and vsriousiy iniurinx them. tina.
last generation OF the Jewish Az.
partially cxonersted their forefAth
crE. who lad done similar things
with much less enlightenment and
upon the enlightened ones fell the
The ns~emp~.ae at ziss.-
The Bibie infimates that siruiiar
axgresaiions Of punishment, are TO
Do expected In the end OF this Cos
pei Asc. The great Tim. OF Trouble.
or Day OF Wrath. IL the "recompense
of the controversy OF Zicn"--ths
saints. the true Church. For eighteen
hundred years has Jesus prophetf-
eally foretoid that the Kingdom ciass
would suffer violence. and the xio-
lent have usurped tho place OF the
true by force. iNntthow li.i.D All
the while. the violent nav. outward.
~ been posing as the True Church
OF Christ, while the saints Of God In
every epoch and In every century
yet true as poor. yet making many
rich. as having nothing. .et possess
Ing ali things" q Corinthians 6.sb
Heirs Of God and Joint-heirs with
Christ tRomsns SID. they have
been counted "the nth and offscour-
Ing OF the earth" ''of whom the
world was not worthy. Their names
have been cast out as evil. and as
Jesus prophesied 81 has been true.
They shall say all manner OF evil
against you falsely for Ny sake, .
Matthew SID These are bid to
rejoice and be exceedingly glad
knowing tfat their reward in
Heaven IL great.
But the sin OF their prosecutor.
must be iiquidated evon though the
prosecutors themselves win all
eventually be forgiven. From this
viewpoint. the Time OF Trouble
such ms was not since there was "A
nation" and which is now begin
ming gradually TO be contaminated.
Will be the sduaring OF Gods ac-
counts with the world. preparatory
TO handing the Kingdom over to
Messiah, for all to be blessed by His
rule, as Il Is written. II viii give
Thee the heather fthe Gentiiesl for
Thine Inheritance. and the uttermost
parts OF the earth for Thy possess
sion" psalm 2;S1 First must come
the breaking In pieces as potter's
vessel. and the great lessons which
that tribuiatlon viii bring. In order
that the world may be prepared
properly TO appreciate and love
Righteousness and hate iniauity."
A. illustrative Of this principle
note the lesson of Revelation sie-ii.
Following great persecution. the
Lord figuratively represents the
martyrs OF that period crying out to
Him. even as the blood OF Abel is
said to have cried out for vengeance
The cry II. How long, how long.
O Lord. holy and true. dost Thop
not Judge aud avenge our blood
on them that dwell on the
EARTH" white robes were APP
portioncd TO them as indicating that
from tho scriptural standpoint they
were pure. holy. justified. through
faith and obedience. and the message
FOR all the martyrs OF Jesus was
Walt n little season. Jhc vengeance
Will come, but not until this class
shall have experienced their share
OF "the sufferings OF Christ"
To these martyrs the suffering
brought polishings OF character.
testings OF faith, Divine approval
and an increased glory on the spirit
plane as members of the Bride of
Christine blessings TO be given to
them I'm the First Resurrection--the
chief Resurrection. referred to by
our Lord In Revelation 1o;6. The
closing OF the Gospel Age viii wit
ness the martyrdom OF the last mem
hers OF the Body OF Christ Then
tho glory OF the First Resurrection
viii signify the establishment OF
MessiRh's Kingdom. the time for the
accomplishing OF lions wounds In
the Great Tribulation. Then viii he
accomplished the binding of Satan.
and then Messiah's Kingdom. with
all it's blessed and uplifting In
fluences. viii bless the whole world
with the long promised RESTITUTION
~ all things which God hath spoken
by the mouth of all the holy Prophets
since the world began. Acts 3:l9-
20.
Modern Prosecutions Differ.
We do not say that the persecu-
lions of the last members of the