The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-03-30
A SKETCH OF THE DEvINE PLAN
or GOD.

man race just as In the case Of
ny intelligent business man before
beginning the contraction Of any
great building he makes out blue
print plan Of procedure All Will
agree that If any one would work on
such building pleasing to the owner
his work would have to be strictly
in harmony with the plans and spe-
cifications. and that all work not in
harmony wit hthose plans would be
condemned as against the interest
Of the owner.
Goa know man would sin before he
: made him and he could have created
him without the ability to commit
-in. but God had no such idea Of
making man mere intelligent ma
chine He, then and long before.
had countless numbers of agents that
could not do other than his will
But he designed that man should love
and obey him from an intelligent APP
probation of the fact that to do so
brings the greatest degree OF happi-
ness and to do otherwise brings pain
and death. Hence We see the neces-
sity Of creating him with will of his
own and permitting him to learn
valuable lessons from the exercise OF
same God knowing in advance that
man would sin. his love and wosdom
arranged that he be rescued down
| the stream of time after having a
long trip of more than 5000 years
upon the angry billows of war. blood
she'd. sickness. sorrow, pain, death.
| In due time God sent his only son
/ To arrange Through his DEATH for
| 4 new trial for Adam and his whole
| race. When Christ said upon the
| cross. 1T Is finished" 1t meant that
| a new trial for life everlasting was
secured for man Now after this new
trial was secured day was set In
which Adam and his posterity would
be brought before the judgment bar
! os God and given most favorable
trial for life everlasting, ON the hu-
man plane: the same kind of life
! Adam had before he sined All those
| Ia that day who latter having had
such experience with sin and death
and after seeing the love and power
of God manifested in the resurrection
OF the dead) will not bear that priest
and King will doe the second death
from which there will be no more
resurrection. The most blessed thing
about this Judgment day Is that the
one who loved us well enough to
give his life for US will be the Judge.
This day is variously spoken of by
the Apostles and Holy Prophets as
the Judgment Day. the day wherein
dwcllcth righteousness. II is also
spoken of as the Millennium Let NO
one for moment think this a "a
hour day. 1t is a 1000 year day. The
ueriod between the time, when
J Jesus. by his death, secured a new
htial for man and the time for begin
ming this trial is called the Gospel
luge During this time God has beer
selecting a little flock from every
nation kindred and tongue to be will
the Lord as close to him as bride
and assist in judging the world il
Righteousness. During this Gospe
Age the Lord has not been dealinl
with any one but those who hay'
agreed to walk the narrow path, L
I suffer with his that they may reigi
with him. During the Jewish Ag
p Cod only delt with the Pews and dur
A ing this Gospel Age God Is onl,
dealing with the cOnsecratcd believ
ers. the little flock, the Bride %
1 Christ Thank God that the Gospe
h Age Is about closed and the brid
has made herself ready and soon vii
he united in Heavenly wedlock 4
her Bridegroom and Lord and 500
D lftcr which the great Jeudgment o
human restitution wIl begin an
IS the whole world of mankind, includ
h ing Father Adam. will have a chanc
y 10 gain life everlasting on the hu
70 man plane Some one may say
Is don't see such great blessing in ever
- lasting life ON the human plane BIT
II friend stop and think for a momen
Man will be perfect physically, mel
tally and morally. There will be n
sickness. sorrow, pain, death or an
l. such thing to molest or desturb. I'll
Devil will be destroyed Every il
dividual will be king. II you woul
get some idea as to what a perfe
of individual will be, call to your mir
,it all the physical beauty there is
Iy the world, all the knowledge
science, art, music. and what not al
m combine all these qualities in ol
n person and as great as all this mig
A. seem TO us We must remember that
nd only represents a feeble remnant