Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-05

. regardless Of creed or denomination
diligently try to ascertain II possible
when these long promised blessings
will be received and enjoyed by man
This time of great sorrow in the
earth resulting from war. famine,
pestilence and revolutions, has had
the effect Of turning the minds OF
thoughtful men toward the acquisi-
tion of such knowledge. Thus Je-
hovah is overriding evil for good.
Tho World Has Already Ended
ARain for nineteen centuries CHS
tians have agreed that the world
must come to an end some time. and
when that time shall arrive, then the
Judgment Of the world will be here
and the time for the blessing OF
those who love righteousness and
hate iniQuity. While all are agreed
that the world must come to an end,
many have misunderstood the mean
ing Of the term. The end Of the
world does not mean the end of the
earth, because "the earth abideth
forever" The term world as used in
the Scriptures does mean a certain
social order of things existing for
specific period OF time. There was
such a world, known as the first
world, from Adam to the flood, which
passed away: and then began the
second world or order of things
which st. Peter describes in his sec
ond epistle. chapter 8.
l now propose to prove that "the
present evil world" as the Scriptures
designate it, began to end in 1914. is
passing away, and that within few
years the present order will be en-
tirely supplanted by a better order,
and that there are millions of people
now on earth who will see the full
establishment of the new order and
be granted the privilege of life ever
lasting on this earth, being restored
to perfection of organism, mind and
character, and dwelling upon the
earth in a state of happiness.
Jehovah is an exact timekeeper and
knowing the end from the beginning,
He caused His prophets to record
certain facts by which we are en-
abled to measure the time of His
performance of certain great things.
He first dealt with the Jews as a
nation and then permitted the Cen
tiles to have an opportunity to es-
tablish the desired co condition. His
Word designates the period of the
Gentle times as $500 years. This
period had it's beginning with the
overthrow Of Zedekiah, the last king
of Israel, and with the enforcement
of Nebuchadnezzer, the first univer-
sal Gentle ruler. That period both
secular and sacred history fixes as
beginning SOC years before Christ. It
would follow, then, that the period
of $3.50 years must end in the year
1914. When God took away the
authority from Zedekiah He said:
Remove the diadem, take off the
crown; will overturn it until he
shall come whose right it is and
will give it to him." In Revelation,
chapter II. verse II. we read: I'VE
give thanks, 0 Lord God Almighty,
which art and vast and art to come,
because thou hast taken to thee thy
great power and reigned. And the
nations were angry" Exactly on
time, in the fall Of 1914 when the
Gentle dominion ended, legally
speaking. and when it became the
right of Messiah to begin operations,
the nations did become angry.
UnimpeachabIe Testimony
The potency of Jesus of Nazareth
as witness will not be called in
question by Catholic or Protestant,
Jew or GENTLE. To the Jews He was
a great teacher. To Christians He
was the Son of God and spake with
authority. Shortly before the close
of His earthly career His disciples
approached Him and asked the spe-
cific question:: "Tell US, what shall
be the sign of Thy presence and of
the end of the world ?"-Matt. 24:3.
In answer to this question Jesus
gave cumulative testimony. His an
swer was in the nature of prophecy;
therefore could not be clearly under
stood until it is fulfilled or in the
course of .fulflment. He expected,
Of course. that men on earth would
be able to understand these things
when they transpired, otherwise His
testimony would be without value.
He pointed out what would be the
beginning of the end. Jehovah does
not bring things to pass in a 24-hour
day. but in period of time. We
will see that this present world legal
ly ended and began to pass away in
1914 and is still in process of dis
migration. The answer of Jesus
bears out this thought. First, He
said: Nation shall rise against ma
ton, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pes
tilences, and earthquakes (revolu-