Show f v k J X i lD io i l 3 J m Jm f J y It it Will WUI Be e an Exclusive and anti andl 3 l Aristocratic ti Monarchy t Pastor Russell Russell Describes Describes the Fifth Universal Universal Universal Uni- Uni versal Empire of Earth Earth- The Earth The Reign of Sin and Death Shall Be Overthrown Humanity Will ill Be Uplifted From Ignorance Igo Ignorance Ig Ig- o norance and Superstition Superstition Calling Calling the theY Y Elect the Work of the Gospel Age f i- i The Future Royal Family Instruct Family Instructed Instruct Instruct- ed and and Polished For Their Exaltation s. Messiahs Messiah's Kingdom a Theocracy New York City Gity w Jan 3 P 3 Pastor a s t to o r Hussell addressed a n large audience t s tonight ut at the New NewYork NewYork tE York Tork Temple a City W. W St St. and Broadway H His I s text was For lie must reign till He a ha lath hath tb put all enegar enemies ene eue- gar mies totes under His Hiss feet 1 Corin Corin- s PASTOR RUSSELL 1525 He said In part Many of us have learned to apprecIate appreciate elate a 11 republican form of government y as the very highest type of civil ad administration ministration I 1 trust that I am not one whit behind the most patriotic of you In my appreciation of the tilt great Government of these United States which many of us believe Is the noblest no no- noblest blest bleat that has Ilas yet risen amongst men Nevertheless the Bible teaches that Messiahs Messiah's Reign will be that of a mon mou- archy and not ot only so so but that it tt will willbe be a very exclusive and aristocratic t monarchy Additionally it will be most autocratic theocratic autocratic theocratic for the will 9 of its subjects will not be consulted In the slightest particular At At first iI'S In alarm ularm we are ready to to z say Would not that be a must mot dangerous danger dargel kl K ous condition of things s Could any royal roy roy- al aJ family however howe noble nohle and generous be entrusted with such autocratic power pow pow- er without fear of Its being misused for the enslavement of the people fo fos' fos for s' s h the a aggrandizement of the tile rulers Have we not le learned this in the history o othe of f the past pas six sis thousand years year's eals Do w we weno e no not see sel the necessity for curtailing and c controlling the till powers powers of or of kings andt and t e governors e ve we not more and and mor more e brou brought bt to realize the necessity ity that Ff the people shall r rile le whether In Congress Coni Con Con- i gross gress or In Parliament in lu Doumas o or orIn orIn r In Chambers of Deputies i r Yes ts yes es my dear friends 1 I heartily I accede to all nil this ibis but hut but when wilen I 1 shall de de- describe scribe to you Ol the tile nature of the King King- j r t t dom that Is to be he established and and Its personnel all 1111 your fears will assuredly flee e. e il and I you u will will rejoice exceedingly that the Divine arrangement Is what It 13 I In hi respect to the theocratic King- King doni shortly to h be le established bUshed and t to o take over onI over the tile government government of the tile world I r- r it Is li described as th the e I s Fifth Universal Empire of earth I remind remind re re- mind you rOil of the Divinely inspired dream of I King Bing ing as ina Interpreted In In- a by the Prophet Daniel I It t v. v was of an image majestic grand Th The head of ut- the tile image was z I zar's own kingdom at Babylon th the e x fIrst to rule over the earth Next represented rep rep- i- i rt resented in the breast and the arms b of t r. r silver sliver came Mcdo Medo the second Universal Empire of earth the conqueror conqueror con can of Babylon Next represented i 4 in the belly beHy and thighs of the Image came Grecia the third Universal Empire Em Em- pine pire of earth which conquered Medo Medo- Persia PelsIn Next represented In the legs of Iron came Rome the fourth Universal UnIversal Universal Uni UnI- versal Empire conqueror of Greece There are to be no more more until Messiahs Messiah's Mes slabs siah's Kingdom it will will will-be be the fifth t Meantime we have l had two attempts e at a fifth monarchy both unsuccessful One of these II attempts was by the thet J t Papacy the other was that of Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon Napo Napo- leon I. I During this time the present r divisions which resulted from the r la b breaking up of the Roman Homan Empire are i i represented by the feet of the Image 2 with their ten toes t Smiting the Images Image's Feet r The prophecy declares Daniel s s that in th the days of these kings rep rep- res fd by hr the tbt toes of nf the image the God of f H n will act Olt Pt up n. n aKing- aKing King King- d dom w wM h ti h hull hit Id 1111 1 il ll I l Hall I 1 II 1 I If- If If K 1 IIi i L 1 k- k r e M 1 ir l' l r 1 ever t-At-i t 11 i aim nUd pr r Dan Dall f r leX iel le i. i 71 In III the picture Gods God's K Kingdom dom Is s symbolically represented asa great reat stone hewn from the moun moun- i t. t tain tamn without hands supernaturally It It shall sn smite the image In In its feet j and forthwith the Iron tron the brass l the silver sliver and the gold old shall become like the chat chaff of a n threshing floor and the wind shall shaH carry It IH way away but the thet t s1 Mountain shall shrill Increase until it shall 3 tl fill 1 the wh whole le earth b i Thus in a n fi figure ure or symbol God GoI r fi pictures things now shortly shorty to c come cometo i r to This pass crushing of the feet teet i of the Im image Je teas was tit t come om in the end nd T of the th Age and would hE be the tIll step ti tit to tile Hie- establishment nt of r r. r Jl Me l Su So long aR these V t government I I fie here t r they and tv t f t 1 r rw w Messiahs Messiah's Kingdom could not co cooper a te The Gentile powers ore are based on onI sel selfishness n and nd Chri Christs Christ's ts t's Kingon King King- j I d dom dam on will be lit based on oti Justice love mercy under the Prince of Pence Peace The ThE- present terrible war ii t Is not the great Time of Trouble In to the fullest sense of the word wId but merely Its fori fore for j i runner ThE great Time of Trouble of th the Scriptures n will be bp brou brought ht onby on onby by hy anarchy the anarchy t the general uprising of j tin till people eople x ople Every EY ry mans man's hand against I I iris Ills neighbor no peace to him that I nut goeth-nut or 01 to him that cometh In j 1413 Our thought Is la that this great tsar war ir will weak weaken n the nations nations cripple the world financially dL the rulers and thus open the till wn way for fUl anarchy anarchy- Rome and Constantinople stand for represent the tilt two legs leg of the image wl which King saw forbe for forbe forbe be It remembered that each in turn was the Itom Roman Homan n Capital and of the Ima Image c. c Ve Wl ut are ure e certainly tally justified In watching with considerable con cou cout t a bl III interest the present n war in and what it Itt ilia may be ht lending leading to in III the way i-f i involving all the ten kingdoms represented rep rl resented nt d In lu this prophecy Lot that I is nut not the sl special Illia I p point of or interest in III my subject Ill I'll rather hel I um am dh discussing tu the character of Messiahs Messiah's Kingdom tIl r lm which I is to rule nit th the world overthrow jt Sin Siu and ind- Death th thI I furl nel up uplift froth from l Ignorance superstition in n u. u weakness and d death The dl decla declaration Cn ration is that Messiah Ip shall reign until Ie Ile I shall have put down clown all nil insubordination nation am and that Ill th List enemy t to be he deBiro destroyed de de- de Biro lo ed ts dt death th 1 Cor 1521 This I is the Kingdom dom for which th the Master Himself ht HI Ills His followers to pra pray rny Nothing sll slight ht or insignificant i cant caul will be bl the th outcome ome of that glen mi 0 OIK Reign Hel n of n 1 thousand years A Ai its ver very very beginning Satan 11 l a hound bound with all nil that this sl signi signifies nl ties fies the thi repression of or evil and du darkness dark dark- k tress ness For a thousand years the Sun Sou of o f Righteousness sha shall 11 pour por forth th the e l light ight of truth and grace upon our poor fallen rate race until the knowledge o of f Gods God's glor glory stall shall fill rill the whole earth us ns Ih the waters aters cover the great deep Eventually I all nil wilful opponents opponent of that Kingdom will die dip the Second Death from which there Here will wIlt be he- heno n no red redemption re re- re- re d no recovery But meantime nil all the willing and obedient will be berls beris ris rising 1 ing not nut only from the tomb but also ou out t of lit all 1111 the vEa weaknesses mid and frailties tI of If the present time up up up to the of perfection of life Ilfe although the they will not live again In this perfect sense until the thousand years yeal's shall Rhall be finished With the close of the Reign of RI Righteousness II after after- It shall have hn accomplished Its work of dells dells- ering rIng the groaning creation from the We bondage e of corruption sin and death Messiah will wUl abdicate the Throne asit as liS asit liSIt it is written He fie will deliver up the tile I Kingdom to tu God even the Father that lie Ilc may be all nil In all 1 Cor 1524 I No More Sighing Crying Dying I What a glorious triumph that flat will be when every creature in III Heaven and earth eart and under th the earth shall be be- heard beard saying Praise glory honor dominion dominion dominion do do- minion and might be unto Him that upon the Throne and unto time the Lamb forever fore Revelation What a IT glorious condition will then obtain when there shall be no more crying no IO more sl sighing no more dying for nil all the former things shall have passed It away wu Ah He fie that upon the Throne said Behold I make all things new newl Glad we the we ore are that our great Messiah les lah is about to overthrow sin and evil HI about bout to establish rl righteousness It on 1 a permanent and everlasting e foundation foun foun- nation dation which will still Insure that to all eternity Gods God's will shall be done as perfectly on earth larth ns nR done In III Heaven I ask you to consider candidly you candIdly you need not Is reply reply Is there a kingdom In Inthe the Ilu world today that in your our judgment fitly represents a Divine government amongst t men Is there a 11 perfect government government government gov gov- is there a n single le spot In all the earth where e Gods God's will is done as asIt asit asit it I is done In ht Heaven You are con conversant versant with history You know the bloody record which h marks its pages You ou know that so-called so Christian Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope has been drenched with blood more store than any other part of the world You know that the tile cause caust of wrong has triumphed as often orten or oftener than the cause of ot right You know that today today to to- today day these kingdoms of Europe styled doms of God are destroying one another You know that great guns great battleships and monster torpedoes torpe tope doss does etc such as ns the world has never known before ha have ve been prepared by these various nations for use either aggressively or defensively ely against one white while they all claim to be sits kingdoms Is this logical Is uis 11 rational Most assuredly not noti We lye must go to the Bible Bible for tor true Information information In in- formation on this subject It t tells teUs us UR that it these kingdoms I are art not the king king- doms dotus lolU of God Gor but kingdoms of this world It tells u us that Satan h is the tilt Prince of this world John 1430 Ephe Ephe- sinus 4 21 that he lie I Is the god of this world that now in the hearts of the children of disobedience so su much m more morl numerous than the children of obedience that he through them holds the worlds world's control lint with equal clearness the Bible declares the Divine Power and mastery over Satan that Satan he and und his reign of Sin and and Death are permitted of God for a n limited time and for tor tora a n special pUli purpose purpose se The testimony ony tells tens us us that when the due time shan come Messiah His Ills great pow power r and rel reign and u then ll Satan shall be bound and uila t r rl l 1 p Q s. i i 7 tIll this for forces of sin and ss br lit restrained re rt restrained strained Then the Sun Son of Righteous Righteousness tress ness shall shah arise with healing In It Its beams to flood the earth with the light of the knowledge of the glory Iry of God The Election Hath Obtained It It Come with me mt told Hud take a 11 cursor view of Gods God's great work thus far accomplished accomplished ac ac- For fior more moTto than two thou thousand thousand thousand sand years God gave no clear tion of what He lie intended to do for the fallen race Then He UP made n a state lent nt to Abraham so 80 clear so gO explicit that St. St Paul declares that It was a n statement of the Gospel in n vance advance God led said to Abraham I 1 purpose to bless bl's the world This Would could only meau mean I purpose purpose- to relieve them of ot the curse of death h which came upon them through Adams Adam's sin God added added- to Abraham This blessing which hl h I 1 will bring to all t the families of vf the earth arth will wUl como come through your posterity posterity UIn In thee and In th thy Seed shall all nil the families families lies of the earth be blessed blessed Gods God's due time for for bringing this bless bless- blessing blessing ing was still future the blessing could not come until Messiah should comp come but meantime God g gave e to the natural seed of Abraham through h Moses the Law raw Covenant which offered offered them eternal life lite and an In the Kingdom dom Jf If they could coull keep the i the e Law Of cou course se they could not keep the Law raw for I It was the measure of a perfect per per- perfect mans man's ability and alas like the remainder of the world the Israelites utes were Imperfect imperfect sInners sinners Nevertheless the offer and their attempt t to keep the Law brought them great uplift of heart so that when J Jesus sus came to them a cons cons' considerable d able n number were ready to receive Him did receive Him and He received them They bp became ame sons of God through the begetting of the Holy Spirit at nt Pentecost and after after- ward These were the Spiritual Seed Seedof Seedof Seedof of Abraham begotten of the tbt Holy Spirit Jesus Himself being the Head Israel had been hop hoping ng for for- for fora a share in Messiahs Messiah's Kingdom and St St. Paul paui explains ex ex- plains Israel hath bath not obtained that which he he for but the Elec Election lon hath path obtained It It and the rest werE were blinded The blinded Israelites are still cast aside but not forever The Divine ln blessing shall come come to Natural Israel Just as soon as Spiritual I Israel Israel Is Is- rael ael shall shaH be completed Rom 1125 3 The Tre Kingdom Violence What did the Election obtain Of what did the faithful Israelites Israelites In Indeed Indeed Indeed In- In deed become heirs by accepting 1 Jesus and by the Pentecostal blessing We answer answer that they became Identified with Messiahs Messiah's Kingdom and and h heirs hS h'S or 01 h Inheritors of the glorious Promise made to Abraham that in this Kingdom King King- dom lom a all the families of the earth should he be blessed But now note that there were vere not a sufficient number of Jews found worthy to c complete te the Kingdom class The Kingdom therefore could not be Inaugurated inaugurated- then God had foreseen this and through the Prophet had promised that some would be w gathered gath gath- ered eyed from the Gentiles to complete this Kingdom class Th The entire work of the the Gospel Age has been been the |