The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

II am the Resurrection and
the Life, he that hellevsfh In
Ne though he die yet. shall he
I've, and he that LIvETH and
believeth On me shall NEVER
de- Revised version.)
During the go. pei age the beliey-
ers in Jesus die. But why do they |
die? They do not die for the sin
OF Adam for their faith in Jesus
sacrifice has justified them from |
the death sentence caused by
Adams sin. They die because they
have conseorated to sacrifice their
human nature as Jesus did Jesus
laid down His human nature in
death to redeem Adam and the
whole world from the death SEN
tence. He was raised from the
dead to spirit or divine nature.
He now lives in a glorious spirit
body above the brightness of the
sun. Those who are selected to be
His bride, to be His body, to be a
part Of the fAbrahamic seed that is
to bless all the families of the
earth in the millennial age are call
ed to sacrifice their justified human
nature in death as Jesus did. So
Paul says in Rom. SIS
eli we be planted together In
!! the likeness of His death we
shall be in the likeness OF HIS
resurrection"
You see they die a sacrificial
Death as He did and they share the
same kind of resurrection as He.
Again Paul says in Phil. 3:20-21,
"The saints of this gospel age are
to have their human nature chang
ed SO it will be like His glorious
body at the first resurrection"
These will have invisible bodies as
John shows in LIST John 30.
But Gods dealings with the world
will be different. They are not
called to sacrifice their human ma
;ture. They are only called to be
holy and those that become holy will
be restored to the right to live right
here on the earth. Now we can IN
derstand our Lords words in John
/ 11:25-26. Read them again. The
believers die during the Gospel Are
because they are called to sacrifice,
but as soon as the Millennial Age
begins the believers and obedient
bnes will not die, but will live for
ever right here on the earth.
I SHe that liveth and believefh
j on me shall never die"
i So then we see as soon as the Mil
Elenrial Age begins those that believe
and are obedient will not die.
MlLLENNIAL AGE HAS BEGUN.
Having now proved that the world
of mankind, living and dead, will get
their opportunity Of salvation in the
Millennial Age and those who be-
come holy at that time will receive
the right to live right here upon the
earth; and having further proved
that millions who are living when
the Millennial Age begins will pass
through the time OF trouble which
ushers in said Millennial Age and il
these continue to believe and be
obedient to that prophet would
never die, there remains but one
more proposition to be proved, and
that is to prove that the Millenial
Age has begun. II we can show
J from prophecy that the Millennial
, Age has begun; that Jesus has be-
gun His glorious invisible reign
and therefore the distress We see in
J the world today is the time Of trouble
that is to mark the first few years OF
, the Millennial Age then it is million:
, of the people that NOW live thai
, will pass through this time o.
trouble and If obedient will never
i, die.
Ny time limits me to a very lin
! tied part of the proof that show!
, the Millennial Age has begun.
, In Vol 2, Chap. 4 Of Studies in thu
, Scriptures" published by The Inter
national Bible Students Association
124 Columbia Heights. Brooklyn, N
Y, there is a time prophecy clearl!
, traced from the Bible which prove.
l that Christ became King in 1914
The prophecies that have been full
|. filled since that time corroborat'
: this wonderful time prophecy
= The time prophecy says, Jesus be
: came King in 1914. John the Reve
lator says in Rev. Hills tina
: when he does become King one o
, the first visible evidences Of tina
e invisible fact is that the ration
| would become angry. Listen to thi
!. passage:
Al sWe give thee thanks Lord
q God Almighty because thou hast
taken to thee thy great power
q! and hast reigned. And the na-
q tons were angry and thy wrath
!, came, and the time Of the dead
!. that they should be Judged. etc.
: Now isn't it striking fact tia
the nations did become angry i
!, 1914 and the war just closed i
!. called the world war? Therefor
i the world war was a corroborativ
evidence that the time prophecy wa
o correct and that Jesus did becom
q King in 1914. The judging Of tn
q dead will begin after the trouble
Q over.
b Another evidence: In DAMNED IL:
8 Daniel says that when Michat
9 would stand Up, fwould becom
\ King) that that would be the begir
e ming of time Of trouble such a
y never was since there was naticl
b Now is it not conceded by almo.
y every well informed person that W
3 are now having a time of distres
y over the earth never before expel
j. fenced 10 the worlds history. Tn
l. noted Charles Edward Russell wri
+ ing in the Atlanta Constitution says
nj anyone that talks about
Il! things As they really ere in
~ Europe today viii seem to the
n uninftiated to be an alarmist or
81 IN exagyerater. That Is because
. the world has never faced such
- Q situation and has nc thing In
-; its experience to base csnpar.
= iSon on"
, A letter sent out by the Literal
- nivaet in