The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1921-09-30

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The regeneration of the human race
has been the hope of Christians for
centuries, which hope is based upon
Gods promises. To Abraham he
said: s.In thy seed shall all the fami-
lies of the earth be blessed" Genesis
1878; 22:18) This promised blessing
is life everlasting. 6:23.
The opening chapters Of the Bible
tell of the creation of perfect man in
the image and likeness of God, and
his habitation in perfect home, Ed
en-; of his violation of the divine law
and his sentence to death. By inner
itance all of his offspring have been
born imperfect, therefore sinners, and
in dying condition. (Romans 5:12)
God made promise to redeem man
from death Hosea 1914, this re-
demption to be accomplished only by
the willing sacrifice of perfect
man. God sent his Son Jesus into the
world for that purpose. John 3:16)
He came to ransom man from the
power of the grave Matthew 2O:28),
that the people might have life. John
10:10) He died for the benefit of all
men Hebrews 2:9), which testimony
must be given to all men in Gods
due time. Il Timothy 2: S, s. At that
due time every man shall hear the
truth taught by Jesus, who promised:
IF man keep my saying he shall
never see death" John 8:51) There
must be a due time for all men to
hear these truths bfore they can be
kept.
The first six verses of Revelation
81 tell Of time coming when there
will be no more death, and which
time is stated to be during the reign
of Christ. "He Christi must reign
till he hath put all enemies under his
feet. The last enemy that shall be
destroyed IS DEATH Corinthians
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It is evident from the foregoing
Scriptural proof that there must come
a time when the people will have an
opportunity for life, peace and hap
piness. The question is, When? st.
Peter answers this question, saying:
"Times Of refreshing shall come from
the presence Of the Lord; and He
(God) shall send Jesus Christ, vino
before was preached unto you, whom
the heaven must retain until the
times of restoration of all things,
which God hath spoken by the mouth
of all his holy prophets since the
world began. Yea, and all the
prophets from Samuel and those that
follow after, as many as have spoken,
have likewise foretold of these days" "
(Acts 8: 1921, 24) This statement
conclusively proves that at the second
coming of Christ and during his reign
the obedient ones Of the human race
will be restored to exactly what Adam
lost, viz, perfect manhood and per-
feet home.
Twenty-four of the holy prophets
of Jehovah foretold the coming time
of such restoration Of man. These
prophets spoke with divine authority.
The disciples of Jesus, knowing Of
the testimony Of these holy prophets
and of the coming time of restoration
propounded to Jesus this question:
master, tell us how may we know of
the time Of thy presence and of the
end of the world Matthew 24:3).
The answer Of Jesus to this question
was clear and conclusive, understand
able by men when the events men
toned by him should be fulfilled. The
answer shows, in connection with 9TH
er Scriptures, that the end of the
world and the setting up Of Messiah's
kingdom will mark the beginning of
the restoration Of man, and from that
time forward millions Of people living
on earth will never die.
The first important question, then,
is, What is meant by the end of the
world and when does it occur? World
means social and political order en-
during for a time certain. The lease
of gentle dominion began, according
to Bible chronology and history, COG
B. c., was. to continue for $500 years,
and necessarily ended in 1914, which
marks the end of the present order,
at which time it's disintegration should
be expected. Jesus stated that when
that time arrived there would be a
world war, famine, pestilence, and
revolution in various parts of the
earth, marking the beginning of the
worlds ending. All these things have
been fulfilled since 1914, and the fam
inc and revolutions are still in pro-
gress.
He further stated-an this is cor
roborated by many of the prophets
that the return Of the Jews to Pales
tine would be an additional evidence
of this great time of the worlds end.
This fact is also now ACCOMPLISHED,