The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-23


days porllous times shall come. For
mon shall bo lovers ~ their own
selves, covetous. boasters, proud
blhsphemcrs. disobedicnt 20 parents
unthankful, unhoiy without natural
affection. truce breakers false aC-
cuscrs, incontinent, fierce, despiscrs
~ those that are good traitors
hoady, high minded. lover Of plc1s-
uro more than lovers OF God. having
form - F5diiuszs. bat denying the
power thereof'-li. Tim. 3:l-5.
Bear In mind that this has no ref
crcnce TO the Turks. the heather tn
Africa, or the people IN the Sums
hut that D. rs description Of the
rank and file of the church. after
the Lord has come and taken his
body out % the world For notice.
that 1t Is said that these people have
form of godlinrss. which means
that they are professors of religion.
They arc not ayowod iufidcis or attn
cists, but progressed believers.
Let us consider. In the first place.
something Of what u may mean TO
have a part OF that meeting In the
air.
l. We'll. the most glorious thing
about 90 ig that n We are there We
shall ho members Of the body ~
JESUS Christ II will mean that We
are members OF the royal family OF
the universe: that We are kings and
princes who are 10 sit on the throne
and reign with Jesus, and that ""
shall De with him foreverm0Le, never
TO be separated from Him again.
And this will mean that We shall
be the most exalted beings In all tho
universe. for who could he higher
than the sons of God. or the bride
OF our I0rd2 In talking TO inen cod
must Of course use the language OF
men but hc can only put into our
words just a little OF what he would
tell us. \ very little looking into
the matter. however. will show that
ne has used tho most expressive
words In our language To show how
ncar and precious Is to be our rela-
tionEhip to him. In fact. he has
used about all the words we have
that could be used for that purpose,
as members Of his body" MIA
bride" and SONS OF God"
* we -r- 80 fortunate a- 20 have
part in that meeting in the air,
n Will mean that We are among the
most fortunate of all the sons of
men, and that we have lived in the
most blessed of all times for men
10 live. for only those are eligible TO
mbcrship TN the body OF Christ
VINO live In the present dispensation.
Moses and David and Isaiah and
Jeremiah had no such chance as we
have. for the hodv OF Christ had its
beginning at pentccost. Neither will
those who live after the Rapture
have an opportunity for the body
Will then completed and the door
closed forever, as q was In the faces
/ Of the foolish virgins. Jesus said ~
John the Baptist that he was the
greatest OF all prophets, but that the
least Ia the kingdom OF God was
/ greater than he.
What an awful thing Il would be
to havo such glorious opportunity
ana miss Il. Others will know the
/ joys OF great salvation for the world
/ viii be saved during the millennium
/ lthc next dispPnsation), and the
knowledge OF the glory Of God will
cover the earth as tho waters cover
/ the sea. but the people OF that day
/ will have no place I'm the body OF
/ Christ; they cannot become members
Of the royal family. They viii he
loyal subjects of the King. That Is
why raul could say: For | rY;kou
that the sufferinEs OF this present
time are not worthy TO be compared
with the glory which shall be re-
7
is n vast difference between the sOr
Of King George and a subject oI
Great Britain. The smallest babe o
royal blood is greater than IN,
greatest man in the Kingdom,
2. II we have a place in tina
meeting in the air. II will mean tina
we shall be.llke Him. for we shal
see Him aa he is." Tho true chilli
OF God is always longing to he lik'
his Master, and this heart yearnini
is the sure prophecy OF what W.
shall then be. Il will also mean tina
we shall nevermore be separated
from him The devil will nevei
again have power to separate i'
from him for n single moment, anC
wherever ne is. there shall we ,b'
also. The fact that Jesus Is to b
here during the millennium woul,
be proof conclusive that we shall b,
here with Him; even II there wcr,
no other Scripture for II.
:. For some that meeting Wi
mean that they reached IL withou
having to pass through death, for /
is 10 he composed OF those who hav,
gone on before and those who ar
still living at that time, Some WA
are born into this world are never Il
die and I'VE NAV hope to be uf tina
elect number. The Christian has NJ
business to be looking for death. /
is his right to hope to live forever
and instead OF expecting 10 go &
y the grave, he should be looking 10
the coming OF his Lord. and tn
meeting in the air.
a. II will also mean that we shal
then have bodies that will remail
young forever. Pains aud acHes
gray hair. wrinkles and feeblencs
will never again be known. Lstel
"a this:
Behold, show you a mystery
We Shall not all sleep (die). but w
shall all be changed. In mo
ment. I'm the twlnkling OF an eye n
the last trump, for the trumpet shal
sound, and the dead shall be rt:set
incorruptible (no lonbcr subject L
/ age or decay) and We shall h
. changed" Nnto his likeness -
Cor. Is. 5l-52
Transition In a Moment.
And Il will~come I'm the twinklin
! OF an eye-in moment--and, tina
moment will be what all time wa
made for, In that moment some VII
give up old age to be young forever
, Others win go from beds Of pa
b upon which they may have lail
; PROSTATE for years Others, iron
- the most grinding poverty WI
- spring to eternal wealth. Some wil
go from burdens from which the