The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-22
Tabernacle Addresses
By Wilbur Glenn Voiva
Bv Wilbur Glenn VoEva

1870 80 '--~' -AA0' VI
Zacharas to fortell the birth of John the Baptist
You cannot understand appreciate the life of Jesus
the Christ without studying the life of John the Baptist
His forerunner.
Jesus the Christ, born at time when through the
conuests of Alexander the Great the Greek language had
been widely dffused and also at time when Rome was
Mistress of the world and universal peace obtained
But Jesus, the Christ, born, than the
Devil attempted to destroy Him.
THE CERTAINTY OF THE REAL Ex1srANcE OF THE DEVIL
You know that today quite fashionable to deny the
existence OF the Devil and if in the Devils place
should congratulate myself having succeeded such
wonderful degree in getting hundreds of thousands of peo
pie to deny my existence.
This denial of the existence of the Devil is true of the
hundreds of thousands of Spiruass of the Christian
Scientists and Of many other socaled religious bodies
They tell that there is personal Devil that the
only temptation that has is when he is tempted from
within.
Now, should like to know, in view of the fact that
Jesus did sin neither guile found in His mouth"
how He could be tempted from within?
Perhaps who denies the existence of the
Devil will be able to explain because the people who turn
away from God can explain anything and everything
1t will be said to Well now, is it not wonderful
how these Mormon elders quote Scrpture?" or Glow
Christian Scientists quote Scrpture?"
Yes, it is wonderful and always think of the man who
when showing how gb he could quote Scripture quoted
as follows: "Jezebe standing the wall and Ahab
sad Throw her down., and he threw her down. Then he
sad Throw her down times and he threw her down
seven times. Again he said Throw her down seventy
times seven And he threw her down seventy times seven
Then OF the fragments they gathered up twelve basetfu
therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall be?
Men and women, who depart from the Word of God
apt at quoting Scripture; and thus many people
who not well informed ensnared led to destruc-
ton.
! THE ATTEMPTED EARLY DESTRUCTION OF THE CHRIST
You will notice that Satan attempted the destruction of
the Christ Immediately upon the of His birth
The Devil at once makes of the wicked usurper,
King Herod and the Christ is taken into Egypt.
We get glimpse right here of the ministry of angels
! do not want to say much about the ministry of
angels because do not know much about it will leave it
to those who talk for about something
concerning which they know nothing
know this however, that in several places in the Word
of God angels mentioned having minstered unto
mankind and that the question is asked, care they not all
mnserng Spirits sent forth to do service for the sake Of
them that shall inherit salvation?"
But in the second chapter of Matthew the angels min
lister in way that leads to the taking away of Jesus down
into Egypt then He is brought back and dwes at Nazareth
The next glimpse that we have of Jesus the Christ is
recorded in the Gospel according to Luke the second chapter
When twelve years of age He goes down to Jerusalem
to attend the Passover Feast remains behind talking the
DOCTORS teachers and missed by His parents who re-
turn for Him, after days journey ho1neward.
In the Revised Version read that He met them with
the question, twist We not that must be My Fathers
house?"
THE FOLLY UNNATURAL INTERPRETATIONS OF SCRIPTURE
Some teachers have attempted to deduce great many
things from this statement of the Christ but nothing
in other than that He said to His parents why you
ought to have known that would be down here in My
Fathers house."
do not believe in making passage of Scripture teach
great many things, that it designed to teach
I do not how this statement of the Christ be
used often has been used to prove that the Christ
knew at this time His real Mission and that He down
there attending to it.
We hear of the Christ until He appears the
banks of the Jordan to go down into the Rvero have
John the Baptist pour water on His head!
That is what was taught when was Sunday school
pupil but of ZION does not believe anything Of that
kind.
1t is absurd to talk about Jesus having gone down into
the water that John might sprinkle pour water His
head
Then comes the next attempt of the Devil to destroy
the Christ when after He had gone into the Wilderness the
Devil tempted Him to misuse His power to turn stones
bread
JESUS FORTY DAYS FAST No MIRACLE
want to say that Jesus fasting forty days was no
miracle.