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


upon his text tho speaker read
number OF corroboratiyo Scriptures
isaiah 1fii.G. Jeremiah 20 10, 10.
| z7-ss. Isaiah ss,ib. 10. Luke u 90
&c. Revelation e.s-ii. 2. Thcrhnion-
/ ianr 1910. Commenting on these
Scriptures as lie went. the Pastor
iciaipcd that their united testimony
r@fefIcd 60 the present time. mis-
/ translated the end Of the world
properly interpreted. the cnd OF this
Age. iappins upon and inaugural
Ing the New Ase--"the world TO
come"
Gods people Israel typifisd spiri.
tuai Israel All others were called
! the nations. the people. tho Dcntilef,
and were outside covenant relation
ship with God. Many OF the Scrip
lures quoted had a double applics
fairs of Typical Israel. IN large
sense thrlr fuifiiiment belongs 10
Z the end ~ this Age. OF Natural
Israel II was written. They are nos
all Israel who ara 81 israef'i ana
similarly W. might say today. not all
Jesus emphasized this same thought
when he referred to "tHrnriitrs ius
deed and speaking % Ills church
lie referred 60 some as the very
Elect thus distinsuishing them from
the numerous mass 81 Christians
who ia n formal manner say, Lord.
Lord and draw nigh Win thsiF
tips. when their hearts are far from
Him
osiy Jews. Gessfi~s sat saists.
Applying tho matter nov. tho Pas.
tor declared that the whole world
arc gentlien. except the true follow
rrs % Christ. Ills saints aud the
loyal hearted Jews who are sttil
Gods people under their Law Cove.
naut 10 chasing the great mass 81
Jews and 81 prpfesHed Christians as
pert 90 the world. the Pastor meant
no uukindnrns FOR he declared that
there are many noble characters
amongst the Gentilcs sidougs,
those who are not In covenant relHs
iianship with God. who are neither
under the Law Covenant nor under
the Covenant OF Grace. God has
an eventual blessing for all who love
righteousness and truih~-under the
blessing Of Rssiitu,ion.--Aeis ssis-
"a
However. to understand Gods
dealing IN the prsssn, tine. nominal
Christians. or mere professors. must
not be confounded with the little
flock" who have responded 10 the
Gospel Gail. Gather Ny saints to-
reihrr unto Me. saith the Lord those
who have made corcnan, With
| Pain sos. Romans is.iD II We
shall recognize these sniniiy Chris
,lnn. az essry nation AMI denomina.
fion as being tho one true Church.
whose names are written Ia Heav.
en- and " VIC shall recognise all
others hs IDENTIFIES We shall be
getting tho eye 81 our understand
ing Into true alignment, with the
mind OF God a. expressed IN the
Bible From thls standpoint only
can tho prophecies Of tho Bible be
understood
Thns seen. God ir No, merely call.
ing nations 20 war. TO battle. az ma.
stonhs bat In NOR. particular
sense the call is 60 all Gcniilen tr-
respective 81 national boundaries.
And ~ " worthy OF note that
throughout the scriptures the great
masses % Irdia. CHINA. etc. are com
parativciy ignored. Because they
have not come into particular con-
tact with Gods Messages they are
not 30 particularly included In the
judgments chasiis.ments. uodbits
foretoid 10 DO coming upon the earth
at the close 81 this Age In other
words. unintentionai Ignorance Of
God ~ not q crime TO be punished.
but a defect 10 be corrected In due
time by the blessings u Mcssiah's
Kingdom.
therefore 20 be expected upon the
so called Christian klnxd 9ms-- upon
nominal Christian people. The re-
sp1nsihiii;y 81 those ana their pun
ishmeuts will be IN proportion to
their knowledge and their failure 10
live M TO the knowledge possessed.
Ignorance is not wickedness In Gods
sight.
Wrong Thoughts Of Gods wrath.
when thinking OF the wrath of
God coming upon the world, We are
not Go think OF the Almighty as hsv-
ing exercised great patience Tor Gen.
turtles and finally losing His temper
and wreskinE vengeance upon His
creatures such thought might be
gathered from some OF the express
sions % the Scriptures. because OF
adaptation OF Language 80 human
comprehension, and because OF more
or less loss Of the true sentiment
In tranaiatinR and througn the men
tai gloss OF the translators In any
event let US remember that this
wrath OF God and the judgments
coming upon the world are wholly
different from the Overwhelmingly.
eternal torture at the hands OF de-
mons. taught us by our creeds. In
rtinctively. n part OF the dread we
have OF death In every form--by
war famine and s.ckness--is the
fear. that eternal torture nightmare
thrust upon us from childhood. In
cuicated by all the creedE Of Christ
cndom, but wholly without Bible
foundation when the latter is prop
erly translated and rightly under
stood
Furthermore. we should remember
that while God has forctold the
troubles OF the Day of Wrath for
centuries and indicates that h. will
have TO do with their precipitation
upon the world, nevertheless else
where lie also shows us that these
troubles really come from ourselves.
that they are the outgrowth OF hui
man wrong doing. and that these
dire penalties OF sin would have
wrecked our social and religious
fabric long. long ago had not Divine
Providence forfended us-holdlng
back the storm OF human passion rnd
avarice. and permitting II TO come
only now, In the end OF the Age, at
the stmc when Divine Providence
has Mcssiahs Kingdom In fun readi-
ness 10 take control. Just so soon
as Shc storm Of human passion shall
have taught humanity it's needed
lesson and shall have liquidated the
long standing accounts, Messiah's
Kingdom, with a clean slate. VIII be
inauguratcd.
we have reached the end- OF this
world--the end Of this Age The
long promised Day Of blessing and
Divine favor ~ already dawning.
God. through Jesus sacrifice, has
provided FOR en- human sins and
frailtlos tracenbie TO original sin.
These are all TO be forgiven ahso-
lutely Certain wilful sins have
been more or less punished during
the lives OF the sinners. and some
OF these. recorded In human weak
uesscs, mental, moral and physical,
will be gradually gotten rid OF dur
Ing Mesaiah's Kingdom. under the
RESTITUTION processes which VIII
then prevail. All win have an OPP
portunity OF rising up. up. up TO hui
man perfection. and those who have
wiifully degraded mind ana body
viii have the sleeper path to climb
and the longer one. Nevertheless
they will he able Co come to the fun
ness OF human perfection and ever
lasting life IL they VIII. under the