River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-07

Many of us have learned to appre-
ciate republican form of government
as the very highest type Of civil ad
ministration | trust that | am not
one whit behind the most patriotic of
you in my appreciation of the great
Government of these United States.
which many of US believe is the no
blest that has yet risen amongst men.
Nevertheless, the Bible teaches that
Messiah's Reign will be that of mon
archy; and not only so. but that 1t will
be a very exclusive and ariStocratic
monarchy Additionally. it will be
most autocratic-theocratic for the will
Of its subjects will not be consulted
in the slightest particular.
At first, in alarm, we are ready to
say, Would not that be most danger
Gus condition of things? Could any roy
al family, however noble and generous,
be entrusted with such autocratic pow
err without fear of its being misused
for the enslavement of the people, for
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the rulers? Have
we not learned this in the history of
the past six thousand years? Do we
not see the necessity for curtailing and
controlling the powers Of kings and
governors? Are we not more and more
brought to realize the necessity that
the people shall rule, whether In Con
gress or in Parliament, in Doumas or
in Chambers of Deputies?
Yes, yes, my dear friends. heartily
accede to all this; but when | shall de-
scribe to you the nature of the King
dom that is to be esta blished, and it's
personnel, all your fears will asSuredly
fee, and you will rejoice exceedingly
that the Divine arrangement is what
it is in respect to the theocratic King
dom shortly to be established and to
take over the government of the world.
Scripturally it is described as the
Fifth Universal Empire of earth. l re-
mind you of the Divinely inspired
dream of King ACKNOWLEDGMENT, as in
terpreted by the Prophet Daniel. 1t
was of an image majestic, grand. The
head of the image was NebuchadneZ-
zars own kingdom at Babylon. the
first to rule over the earth. Next, rep
resented in the breast and the arms of
silver, came Medo-Persia, the second
Universal Empire of earth, the con-
queror of Babylon. Next, represented
in the belly and thighs Of the image,
came Grecia, the third Universal En-
pire of earth, which conquered Medo-
Persia Next, represented in the legs
of iron, came Rome, the fourth Uni
versal Empire, conqueror Of Greece.
There are to be no more until Mes
siah's Kingdom; it will be the fifth
Meantime we have had two attempts
at fifth monarchy, both unsuccessful.
One of these attempts was by the
Papacy; the other was that of NapO-
leon l. During this time the present
divisions. which resulted from the
breaking up of the Roman Empire, are
represented by the feet Of the image,
with their ten toes.
Shifting the images Feet.
! The prophecy declares Daniel 2:4N
that in the days of these kings. rep
resented by the toes of the image. the
God of Heaven will set up a King
dom, which shall subdue all kingdoms
and which shall never be overthrown.
of the Most High God, and they shall
! take the Kingdom and possess it for
ever, even forever and ever" Dan
lei 7:18, 27.) In the picture Gods
Kingdom is symbolicalIy represented
as great stone, hewn from the noun
tain without hands systematically.
1t shall smite the image in its feet;
and forthwith 1.-The iron. the brass,
the silver and the gold shall become
like the chaff of a threshing floor, and
the wind shall carry it away; but the
Mountain shall increase until ''it shall
fill the whole EARTH
Thus in a figure. or symbol, God
pictures things now shortly to come
to pass. This crushing of the feet
of the image was to come in the end
of the Age. and would be the prepar-
atory step to the esta Adjustment of
MesSiah's Kingdom. So long as these
governments would be here. they and
Messiah's Kingdom could not cooper
ate. The Gentle powers are based on
selishness and coercion; Christ's King
dom will be based on justice. love.
mercy. under the Prince of Peace
The present terrible war is not the
great Time of Trouble in the fullest
/ sense of the word. but merely its fore
runner. The great Time of Trouble
of the Scriptures will be brought on
by anarchy-the general uprising of