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

astisig Right Here I
Seed IN The Mi1IsnniaI An inc,.de.
not only those who are living q ths
time when the Millennial Are b.
gins, but also those who have died
previous to this Millennial Ar.
Tho hrst proof ID. contained IN the
promise Of God to Abraham that in
his seed all the families Of the
earth shall be blessed. Fur. since
We have seen conclusively and an
phatically that this seed ID Jeeus
the Head and the Church, His
Body and since We have seen that
the Gospel Age IL for the develop
ing Of this Abrahamic Seed, and
that therefore this seed will not b
complete and ready for the blessing
Of all the families Of the earth till
the Millennial Age begins: and
since billions and billions OF the
families Of the earth have gone into
the death condition previous to the
beginning Of the MillenniAl Are,
when the Seed would be ready for
the blessing Of al the families Of
the earth, does It not therefore
necessarily follow, that In order to
bless all the families Of the earth
through this Abrahamic Seed
Jesus the Head and the Church His
Body. these billions Of people
would have to be raised from the
dead 80 they might receive their
blessing Of enlightenment and
given the opportunity to return into
harmony with God and perfection
and life everlasting? For II God
did not raise from the tomb these
billions Of the families of the earth
that have died previous to the de-
velopment Of the Abrahamic Seed,
then He could not keep His promise
to Abraham that in his Seed ALL
the families Of the earth should be
blessed. In other words the un-
saved dead have not had q real op-
portunity Of salvation according to
Gods estimate Of opportunity, but
will get it through the Abrahamic
Seed in the Mi1lennial Age.
SOMODITEs WILL HAVE OPPOR.
TVNITY FOR REPENTANCE.
But We have scripture that shows
emphatically that the unsaved dead
are to be raised from the tomb and
then many Of them will come into
harmony with Code You say,
where is there such q scripture!
I'd like to see one that teaches such
a thing as that" Well it is found
in Ezekiel the 18th chapter. When
you 60 home give that whole chap
ter a careful reading and note these
outstanding facts. God speaking
through the prophet says in the
second verse:
&Cause JerSsalem to know
her denominations"
Jerusalem being the capital Of
the nation Of Israel therefore would
stand for the whole nation, so when
God said: Cause Jerusalem to
! know her abominations." He evil
IDENTIFY meant to include the whole
nation of Israel. The Prophet then
goes on reasoning with the people
OF Jerusalem Of the goodness Of
God to them and of their ingrati.
tude. their idQlatry, and of theil
various sins and pollutions. Then
in verses 46 to 81 God makes q
comparison of His own people with
the Sodomites and Samarita1s. The
Sodomites and Samaritans were Z
very wicked people AZ you remem.
Der, therefore God destroyed Sodon
and her daughters which were thu
little cities that sprung from tn,
main city Sodom. In verse 81 Goo
neither hath Sanaria con.
nitted HALF thy sins"
and then in verse So He says:
chou also which hast judged
thy sisters, bear thine 0wH
shame for thy sins that thoa
hast committed MORE THAN
THEY; they arc moro right
toous thAA thou."
then going on to verse "a God says
swhen / shall bring again their
captivity, the captivity q
Sodom and her daughters nd
the captivity Of Samaria aad
her daughters, then Ut that
tine) Win / bring again tho
! captivity Of thy captives IN tho
midst Of them that thou nAyst
| bear thine own shame and
nayst be COMPOUNDED In al that
thou hast done I'm that thea art
. comfort unto then"
We see from these verses tina
God is going to bring from tn
tomb the Sodomites, the Samari
tans and the Israelites, and thel
bring all their sins to light in tn
presence Of one another that the,
may become thoroughly ashame'
of their conduct, and - We shal
see . little later, this shame, hu
initiation and repentance will be
preparation for Gods forgiveness
The prophet emphasizes the returl
from the tomb Of these nations Il
the 55th verse:
j swhen thy sisters, Sodom md
i her daughters, shall return to
/ their former estate, and So
i maria and her danghtefS GAau
i return to their former estate
u then thou and thy dAagAterS
shall return to ye1r former
estatA~
So we see again that the Sodo
mites and Samaritans and the Jew
} ish people Of Ezekiel's day are a
to return from the tomb. to thei
former estate.
Il And for what object We nigh
ask! The answer il in verses 6
J to s.. Carefully note In thes