The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10
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Full Text Of World Stirring Lecture by
JUDGE RUTHERFORD
Successor to the late Pastor Russell

| agree thhi II has pleased JrhuNah 10
/ divide the social order Of things Ok
| istiug from the beginning of tho
/ world into rpOchs, which cpoohs We
/ call worlds and which the lord
speaks OF as worlds such us" Of
/ the word world meaning social
/ order OF things existing within EIv-
! 'n period of time. For nearly ninc-
teen centuries students OF divine
| prophecy have expected and looked
Tor the world to end, because Jesus
taught II would end Many Chris
tion men, however. failing to rocog
nizc the distinction botw zen the
symbolic and literal phrases of the
bible, have been confused concern
ing the end Of the world For in
stance. the great Jonn Calvin taught
| mat upon the happening Of that
event Jesus rcappcarihg near thv
earth, would cause fire to he emitted
from the clouds, setting the earth
aflnno and totally destroying Il and
everything on 1t. lie being a Clcr-
gymau OF great rcnoWn was sup
posed 20 have based his conclusions
upon "A proper Interpretation OF the
Bible, and great numbers believed
his teaching. and for this reason,
with fear and tr"pidation, many
hay" looked forward To the ending
pf the world
Eoason would lead us to the CON.
ClusiOu that Jehovah would not cree
ate wandarful earth Ike this, per-
NIT man to bring IT to "A hign state
ot cultivation in many places, ana
then completely destroy II. Such is
wholly out of harmony with his
character. Likewise such ia wholly
l.,, H.. 10,
teachings OF his word, which says.
The earth abidoth forever" CEccic-
iastcs1:B. "For thus saith the Lord
hat created the heavens, God him
self that formed the earth and made
Il. he hath established II. he crca-
ted 1t not in vain, he formed II to
be inhabited" Gsaiuh i5:lD when
the Bible speaks of the world end
Ing II does not mean the literal earth,
but II does refer To an epoch or dis
pcnsation OF time during which n
'crtain arrangement Of things or go
Ciai order exists. In proof Of this
the Scriptures disclose that there
was n world" which existed from
the time of Eden until the great del
IgG Whereby the world that then
VAS. being oVerflowcd with water
perishcd." @ Peter 3:6) At the end
u H.
and the promise In made by the
same Scrlptural writer that 1t shall
end. Tho period of that world Is
from the flood until the coming OF
Mcssiahs kingdom. and his king
dom IA to mark the beginning of
another world or new order OF
things.
The first world. then. began with
lN, Ion Of a n
the flood. At the time of the delugc
began the second world. which the
Scriptures speak of rs the present
evil world" and God clearly fore
told that tin" second world or so.
cial order OF things. visible and in
visible, would pass away during n
fiery time of trouble. and then
would follow the world to come. the
social order or arrangement of
things. st Paul instructs us TO
rightly divide the word of truth"
and this means. amongst other
things, to apply the texts OF
scriptures within the period or
epoch to which they belong; and
applying these In their proper place,
one can discern the orderly and ma
j"stic forward movement OF the di-
vine arrangement,
All students OF the Bible further
agree that just before Jesus was cru
Gifted he told his disciples that he
was going away. hut that he would
return again and receive them unto
himself, and that his second coming
would mark the end OF the world.
I. a., the social order OF things cx-
istinE at the time ne was on earth.
other Scriptures show tnat at that
dime the great blessing long prom
iscd. viz, life, liberty and happi-
ness. would he offered to the entire
human family.
All students OF divine prophecy
agree that the promises OF God
made through the prophets must
have n fulfillment some time, and
that the time for fulfillment relating
To the restoration OF the human race
TO life, liberty and happiness has Its
beginning at the end of this world
ana at the beginning of the new
world. l, e.. at the time when the
social order OF things existing In
jesus day shall pass away and the
new order hc established. by faith
the prophets of old looked for that
time and hailed its coming as the
Golden Age. because during that age
tho Messiah shall reign and cstah-
llsh righteousness in the earth.
II must be conceded then, by all
that the first important question for
our determination is, When does this
world end II We can definitely fix
this period, then 1t IL an easy mat
ter TO determine when the divine
promises with reference 10 life ever
lasting win he opened to the world
In general. We therefore propose TO
prove this argument that the social
order OF things, the second world,
legally ended in 1914, and since that
time has been and IL passing away;
that the new der of things Is COM
ing in tu take It's place. that within
definite period of time the old or
der viii he completely crnd,catod
and the new order In fun sway; and
that these things snail take place
within the time OF the present gen
GRAFTON ana tNat therefore there ure
millions of people now living on
earth who win See them take place,
To whom everlasting life win hc or.
fercd and who, II they accept il
upon the terms offered and obey
those terms, viii never die. II these
facts can bo established hy CONNIE.
tent testimony to the satisfaction OF
the reasonable mind, then every
man should hail 1t with gladncss.
every ono should bo delighted, even
thnuEh IL ubypt4 his nIp,ppr,iy,J