The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-30

Revelation $40.
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our
gathering unto Him,
And now We know what withholdeth, that
he might be revealed in his time
For the mystery of iniquity doth ALREADY
work: only He Who now letteth Will leC un-
til He be taken out of the way.
And then shall that Wicked be revealed,
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit
of His mouth, and shall destroy with the
brightness of His coming:-l ThessaIonlans
2-1,6-8
When she is complete and when the Seven
Years are about to begin, she will be sud
denly caught up from the earth and out OF
time, to meet her Lord in the air.
Gather My saints together unto Me; those
that have made covenant with Me by sacrl-
fice.-Psalm 50:5.
pu+ 7 wou1d not have you to be ignorant,
brethren. concerning them which are asleep,
that We sorrow not, even as others which nave
no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also which sleep III Jesus
will God bring with Him.
For this we say unto you by the word Of the
Lord. that we which are alive and remain unto
the coming of the Lord shall not prevent thenl
which are asleep.
heaven with a shout with the voice OF the
archangel and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first
Then we which are alive and remain shall
be caught up together with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air: and so snail we
ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these
words.-I Thessalonians 4:13-lS.
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the
Of Lon Christ.
gathering together unto Him,-II Thessa-
lonians 2: 1.
In her resurrection and translation, in
her being caught up, she will put on Immor-
tality:
Now this l say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit interruption.
Behold, | shew you a mystery; We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
For this corruptibe must put on incorrup-
ton, and this mortal must put on Immortality.
So when this corruptible shall have put on
interruption, and this mortal shall have put on
Immortality, then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written, Death is swallowed
up in victory Corinthians 15:50-54.
This will make her partaker Of the Di-
vine Nature-conStitute her in nature Di-
vine, like her Lord:
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great
and precious promises: that by these ye might
be partakers of the Divine Nature, having es-
capped the corruption that is in the world
through lust.-II Peter IA.
Luke 20:34-3o applies to her case.
And Jesus answering said unto them The
children Of this world marry, and are given
in marriage:
But they which shall be accounted worthy
to obtain that world, and the resurrection
from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
marriage:
Neither can they die any more for they are
equal unto the angels; and are the children OF
God, being the children of the resurrection
Consider the Future Work of the Church:
Being made Immortal, like her Lord, she
will help her Husband rule all nations with
the Rod of IyOM Compare Psalm 2:8, 9;
| Corinthians o., 3; Hebrews rs ; Reveal
ton 2:26-29; 321; 12:5.
Hence the Twenty-four Elders, who
represent, or include, the Old Testament
and the Church Saints
And when he had taken the book, the four
beasts and four and twenty elders fell down
before the Lamb, having every one of them
harps, and golden walls full of odours, which
are the prayers of saints.
And they sung a new song saying, Thou art
worthy to take the book, and to open the seals
thereof: for thou vast slain, and hast re-
deemed us to God by Thy blood out of every
kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
And hast made unto our God kings and
priests: and we shall reign on the earth-
Revelation $50.
Psalm 149 SO outlines the future work
of the Church.
For this reign and work she must make
herself ready.
Zion is now the training ground.
After the Rapture she will be before the
Judgment seat of Christ for three and one
half years.
Then comes the war in Heaven of Reveal
ton 12:7-12.
Then comes her marriage to the Lamb
Jesus her Husband
Let US be glad and rejoice, and give honor
to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is
come, and His wife hath made herself ready
And to her was granted that she should be
arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the
nne linen is the righteousness of saints
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are
they which are called unto the marriage sun
per OF the Lamb. And he saith unto me,
lhese are the true sayings of God-Revela-
ton 1919
And then, at the end of the Seven Years.
comes her revelation with that of her Hus-
band, when He comes to set up the King
dom. Compare Revelation 19:11-21 with
Zechariah Ais and Jude IA, Is.
The Christ and the Church are thus in