The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-11
MILLIONS NOW LIVING
WILL NEVER DIE"

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Catholic and Protestant, agree thu
the Bible teaches that God created
the first man perfect; that this mar
sinned and was sentenced to death be-
fore he begat any children; that he
was driven from Eden, and later ex.
ercised his divinely given functions to
beget children, and that his children
were all "born in sin and shapen in
iniquity" Psalms 51:5); and that for
this reason every one Of the human
race has been born imperfect, inher-
ting this imperfection from the first
man Adam.--Romans 5:l2.
All Christians further agree that
God made promise to redeem man
from death Hosea 13:14); that he
promised Abraham: ain thy seed shall
all the families of the earth be
blessed" Genesis 12:3); that later
Jesus came to earth; that Jesus was
baptized in the Jordan; that he was
afterwards crucified upon the cross
and arose from the dead and assembled
on high.
For the past nineteen hundred years
Christians have been preaching these
doctrines If they are true, then the
pertinent question is, Why has God
permitted the carrying out of such
arrangement as above mentioned?
What is his real purpose in it? Other
Scriptures answer this question con-
clusively, that his purpose is to pro-
vide for the restoration of man to his
original perfection and thereby grant
to man everlasting life on the earth.
Acts 3:l9-21.
Every one of the prophets of old
foretold that it was Gods purpose to
grant restoration blessings to the hu-
man race. (Acts 3:24) Only few
persons will go to heaven. Jesus said
that there would be but little flock.
luke 1882 What, then, will become
of the other millions Of earth's popu-
lation? The answer is, God will give
them an opportunity to be restored to
perfect human conditions. If restoras
ton of the human race is not true,
then the promise made to Abraham
must be void; the promise to redeem
the human race from death could not
be true, and the death and resurrec-
ton of Jesus would be wholly useless.
We know these are all permitted for
purpose and that the perfect wisdom
of Jehovah devised this arrangement
and he has been carrying it out for
the express purpose of blessing man
kind.
Jesus plainly said: ~ am come that
they (the people, might have life and
have it more abundantly". John 10: !
l0) Again he said that he came to
give his life a ransom, purchase |
price for man Matthew 1929. Again |
we read: "God so loved the world, |
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should |
not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 3:l6) Again, that Jesus gave
his life a ransom for all, to be testi-
feed to all in due time. Il Timothy q:
D, 81 Unless, then, the opportunity
comes to man to know the truth, to
obey it, and when obedient to live,
these promises are mockery and
Christianity failure. No Christian
will admit that Christianity is a fail
ure, because he knows it will not be.
Gods Word must accomplish its pur-
pose-Isiah 55:11.
This being true, then, all must ad-
NIT that time will come when this
opportunity for life will be offered to
the people. The question is, When is
that time? Uppermost in the minds
Of the Lords disciples was this ques-
ton. They expected the Messianic
kingdom to be set up some time. He
had told them it would happen at the
end of the world. He told them he
was going away and would return
again for them; and because they
were SO anxious to know when the
blessings promised to Abraham would
begin, they propounded to him this
question: Master, tell us how may we
know of your presence and of the end
Of the world"
Jesus did not answer this question
by telling them that when the due
time arrived God would bring forth
some strange phenomenon in the
skies; but his answer shows that the
evidence would be such that when the
time does arrive every thinking per-
son could understand. Hence he ans
wered that the end of the social and
political order existing then. and still
in a measure, would begin
with a world war, followed by famine
and pestilence and revolutions in va :
rious parts of the earth. Matthew "a:
y These things had the beginning of
their fulfillment in 1914. According
20 Bible chronology, the gentle times
ended there, and Christians expected
The trouble to begin. as indeed it did.
The famine has come; the pestilence
mas afflicted the earth; revolution has
upset many governments and is now
all the social fabric of the
world. :
Jesus furthermore said that at that
time there would be great distress in
the earth, mems hearts failing them
for fear CT what they see coming On {
tie earth Q.uke 21:25, 26); and now
we see thjs fn@&"s1. "
He further states that as it was IN
he days of Noah, so should it be at
he end Of the world. In Noah's day
here were giants in the earth. At
The present time there are giants. TIT
giants in Noah's day were typical Of
,he giants of this time. At present
here are giant corporations which are
absoi bling all the smaller ones and
all the business interests
If the world. The big ones are swal-
owing up the little ones.
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