Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-02
ETERNAL
PROMISED RIGHT
HERE ON EARTH
Judge Rutherford of n. Y. De-
Iivers Lecture at Murat
Theater.
TEACHINGS FROM BIBLE

Millions Of persons now living IN the
world are assured of eternal life on this
globe, declared Judge Rutherford, pres
ident Of the International Bible students
Association of Brooklyn, n. Y, in a lee
ture delivered Sunday afternoon at Nurat
Theater. By this statement the speaker
made it plain that he did not have ref
erence to some form of spiritual or ethe-
real life, but to an actual physical exist
ence on earth. His arguments are based
on Bible quotations and from these be
deduces that the Messianic reign of peace
and everlasting life TO those who believe
will begin with the year 1925.
In part DR.. Rutherford said:
"The natural state of man is perfection
of organism, mind and character, dwell
ing on the earth in peace and happiness.
God created him for that purpose. lie
made the earth for his home Mans
present condition of sorrow, suffering and
death is unnatural 1t is the result of
sin.
HARMoNIEs OF
SCRIPTURE.
The scriptures tremendously teach that
man was created and endowed with the
authority to have dominion and ruIership
over the earth. He was informed that
such conditions would continue perpetu-
ally and that mis- disobedience of Gods
law would forfeit all such rights, priv
ileges and blessings. He did violate the
law of Jehovah and as a result was de
prived of his perfect home in Eden, SEN
fenced to DEATH and that sentence gradu-
ally enforced against him by compelling
him to dwell outside Of Eden in the I'M
finished part of earth and to feed upon
the poisonous elements until dissolution
resulted. During that period of time the
first man begat children and they were
born; and the result of the fathers dis
obedience was visited upon the children;
hence st. Paul writes "Wherefore, as by
one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon
all men, for that all have sinned."
Because of these facts, death has
reigned on the earth for many centuries.
During the short period of time that men
have lived the majority Of them have cul-
tivated selfshness, resulting in oppres-
sion, persecution, war, revolutions, profit
eering and wrongdoing in general.
WORLD MUST
COME TO END.
For nineteen centuries Christians 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
$niquity. While all are agreed that the
world must come to an end, many have
misunderstood the meaning Of that term.
The end of the world does not mean the
end of the earth because the earth abid-
eth forever The term world as used in the
scriptures does mean a certain social or
der Of things existing for a specific period
Of time There was such q world. known
as the first world. from Adam to the food
which passed away: and then began the
second world or order of things, which
St. Peter describes in his second episte,
chapter g.
eve knew that the World War would
begin in 1914 because the gentle lease
of power there ended. In the year G06
r c., Zedekiah, the last king Of Israel,
was dethroned and the first universal gen
tile dominion was established; and God
promised that the gentiles would be per
mitted to control the earth for a period
Of 2520 years, which period necessarily
must end in 1914 A. D. When the crown
was removed from Zedeklah, Jehova said:
Remove the diadem. take off t he crown.
I Will oyerturn it until he shall come
whose right it is and I will give 1t TO
him" And the Revoat0r speaking Of the
same time said: I'VE give thanks, o
Lord God Almighty, which art and vast
and art to come, because thou hast taken
to thee thy steat power and reigned.
And the nations were angry and thy
wrath is come" (Revelation 11:17, 49,
The notions did become angry at the
end of the gentle dominion and are still