Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-12-23

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that Jesus gave his life a ransom
for all, to be testified to all in du
time. Il Timothy 2: 5, 81 Unless
then, the opportunity comes to mai
to know the truth, to obey it, an,
when obedient to live, these promis
es are q mockery and Christianit,
q failure. No Christian will admi
that Christianity is a failure, be
cause he knows it will not be. God
Word must accomplish its purpose.
Isaiah 55: IL.
This being true, then, all must ad
NIT that time will come when thi
opportunity for life everlasting will
be offered to the people. The ques
ton is, When is that time? Upper
most in the minds Of the Lords dis
ciples was this question. They ex
pected the Messianic kingdom to b,
set up some time. He had told then
it would happen at the end Of thu
world. He told them he was going
away and would return again fol
them; and because they were 81
anxious to know when the blessing
promised to Abraham would begin
they propounded to him this ques
ton: Master, tell us how may w
know Of your presence and Of thu
end Of the world?"
Jesus did not answer this question
by telling them that when the due
time arrived God would bring fortl
some strange phenomenon in the
skies; but his answer show that the
evidence would be such that wher
the time does arrive every thinking
person could understand. Hence ht
answered that the end Of the social
and political order existing then, and
still existing in . measure, would
begin with q world war, followed BY
famine and pestilence and revolutions
in various parts Of the earth. MAT
thew "a: y These things had the
of their fufillment in
1914. According to Bible chronology
the gentle times ended there, and
Christians expected the trouble to
begin, a. indeed it did. The famine
has come; the pestilenee has afflicted
the earth; revolution has upset many
governments and is now threatening
AL 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 Of what they see coming on
The earth (Luke Fl: Is, 26;) and nov
We see this fulfilled.
He further states that Is it was in
The days Of Noah, 20 should it be al
The end Of the world. In Noah's day
there were giants in the earth. Al
The present time there are giants. The
giants in Noah's day were typical Of
The giants Of this time. At present
here are giant corporations which are
Absorbing all the smaller ones and
controlling all the business interests
81 the world. The big ones are swal-
lowing up the little ones.
Jesus furthermore said that the
Jews would return to Palestine and
hat would be conclusive proof. They
have returned.
According to the jubilee system
which was typical Of the reign Of
Messiah when the blessing Of the
world should begin, the time is here
The jubilee types must Of necessity
md in 1925, at which time earth'a
shall cease and the blessings
" life begin to be offered to the
human race. There are millions Of
people now on earth who win surely
,e living at that time; hence il they
IRE obedient to the Messianic king
iom, then to be established, they
han live and not die.
Without . doubt that is the time
Iesus referred to when he said: HE
hat iveth and believeth in me shall
lever die" (John IL: 26) And again
Verify, verify, I say unto you. II a
nan keep my saying, he shall never
- death" (John 8: 51) The appli-
alton Of Christ's merit viii lift the
urse from mankind: and then, - the
Scriptures show, he will teach men
low to think, how to act, how to care
or themselves, what Is proper food ;
nd gradually they win be regenerated
n body and in mind, and thus con-
inuing until all Of the human race
rho are obedient, win reach q state
4 human perfection and continue to
i've and not die. Then will be full
He'd the prophetic words Of the
Easter spoken through John the
sevelator: "And l saw q new heaven
md new earth; for the first heaven
nd the first earth were passed away;
md there was no more sea. And /
ohm saw the holy city, new Jerusa-
EN-, coming down from God out Of
eaven, prepared ~ . bride adorned
or her husband: And heard q great
dice out Of heaven saying, Behold,
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