The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-23


OCRACY as the government of a state by
immediate direction of God, hence political
rule by men representing God.
The Theocracy is, therefore, the Rule
of God of the Heavens Daniel AIS,
26)-in operation over all the earth.
The Millennial Dispensation, or Age, will
show the possibility and probability; yea,
the absolute certainty of Gods Rule, the
Theocracy, being made operative over all
mankind.
Then every one everywhere, will be COM
PEELED to submit to Gods Rule His
Righteous Government administered by
that Righteous Man, the One Supreme
Theocratic King, Jesus the Son of David,
the Son of Abraham, the Son of God The
Church, raised and made immortal in her
individual membership, will be associated
with Him in the Government over all the
earth.
In the Theocracy there must not only be
the Supreme King or Theocrat and His as
sociated governors, but there must be a seat
of authority, the capital city.
That city will be the City of Jerusalem,
the City of.the Great King psalm 48-l-7;
Matthew S :35 Ezekiel 48 :35).
The Theocracy will begin with restored
Israel, but gradually overspread and en-
brace the whole earth.
And the Lord shall be king over all the
earth: in that day shall there be one Lord,
and His Name one.-Zechariah 1879.
Compare Zechariah 9 10 and Psalm 72:8.
AS the Church is to be associated with
the King in the Rule of the whole earth, she
must, of necessity, be previously prepared.
The Rule of God, the Theocracy, must
first begin in the Church. For this pur-
pose. and because of this necessity, God
raised up John Alexander Dowie to preach
the Restoration of all things to, and in, the
Church preparation to the coming of the
Lord and the setting up of the Rule of God
in the Theocratic Millennial Kingdom of
the Heavens.
The preaching of this restoration was
UNANIMOUSLY rejected by the Apostate
Church and her blinded leaders. They bit
terly prosecuted DR.. Dowie and his message;
yea. Gods message then due to be delivered.
They disowned, boycotted, and cast out
those of their members who listened to and
accepted Gods message through DR.. Dowie.
He was thus compelled, under GOD, to
found the Christian Catholic Apostolic
Church in Zion.
The blessing of God has been upon this
Church, in marvellous manner. 1t may be
seen by all who are honest enough to SIM
ply look.
The founding of such church, with such
a message, of such distinguishing pr1ncl-
pies, and at such time as this, makes nee
essary an Headquarters, an Administration
CITY a hone-city for the officers, members,
and real friends, as we'll as all the business
of such a system of the people and Rule OF
God on earth.
Zion, Illinois, U. S. A. is that Head
quarters, that Administration, that home
city-a miniature Jerusalem, anticipating
the Millennial City and Rule of God = the
Theocracy.
In that Theocracy, and in this miniature
one All things must be held and used for
God
The Theocracy will be so thoroughly
organized that there will not only be the
different departments, but no department
will do the work of any other department
There will be no conflict of purpose or ac-
ton anywhere at any time.
There will be the Ecclesiastical Depart
nent 1t will, of course, be over all TAX
ing general supervision, its officers being
the immediate representatives OF GOD the
Supreme Ruler, or King.
It's special business will be to speak tor
God, to bear the testimony, to deliver the
message by word of mouth and through the
published literature; and to insist upon its
generous circulation.
This will be done in order to extend the
Rule of the Supreme Theocrat = Jesus the
Christ
Then the Ecclesiastical Department will
control the press. Everything published IN
the whole earth will be under its supervl-
sion. Now the press of America and the
whole civilized world, Christendom, seems
to be very largely commercialized, capitall-
zed, subsidized, syndicated, vulgarized,
Devilized, Roman Catholized, and Roman
Empire-ized.
Zion, the Theocracy of God, has no recog-
milton or propagation therein.
If the press is part of this world, and
this is the Devils world, then what are
Theocrats Gods men, going to do without
press of their own?
The Zion papers, LEAVES OF HEAL
ING and THE THEOCRAT, with any
other publications, are an absolute and con- !
tinual necessity.
This paper, THE THEOCRAT, must,
therefore, be Just such a paper as it is "a
clean, reliable, unshackled dispenser of read
ing matter that will not make good men
weep, angels blush, and which will never be-
tray dishonor the principles of THE
THEOCRACY-a paper published only IN