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Show WHY GOD'S WRATH j UPON THE NATIONS? Outgrowth of Wrong Doing Upon Earth. Justice of ths Day of Vengoano. "Rencfor Unto Her Double" "Th Controversy of Zion" The Year of the Redeefned Balartoing tbe Book. Preparing For the New Dispensation. 'Bwmm Ian - Pastor flB P'M ' Ruwoirs discourse iBStt-' '"''J Inquired into the jKsra reason wbv hi BfejBfj '''-""l' providence ftjph JB ering into "a 'Jlrne PPPfll of Trouble kucd. MkL '" HI iu wn not since jrpT(;,j l here was n na- M-LBf: : atwi was, "The nations (PASTOR gUSSELLl were angry, ainal Thy wrath is conae." Revelation 11:18. After Introductory remarks upon bis fcp.vt, th speaker read Isaiah 34 1-8; Jeremiah 23:15, 16, 27-38; Isaiah 66 .15, 16; Ink 21.24-26. Revelation 6:9-11; 2 Thessalonlaofl 1:8-10. Their united testimony, tes-timony, he claimed, referred to the present time mistranslated the end of tbe world; properly Interpreted, the eaid of tbe Asre, Inaugurating the New Age "the world to come," God's people peo-ple Israel typified Spiritual Israel. All others were called the nations, the peo ple, Gentiles, and were outside cove-nnnt cove-nnnt relationship wltli God. If we recognize rec-ognize saintly people of all denominations denomina-tions na tho true Church, and all others oth-ers as Gentiles, we shall get Into alignment with the Divio mind. From : this viewpoint alone can Biblical i prophecies be understood. The Dlrine rod Is to be expected upon the so called Christian kingdoms nominal Chrlstiniw. Responsibility nd punishment will be proportionate tn I failure to live up to knowledge possessed. pos-sessed. God s wrath and the coming Judgments are wholly different from the creedal legends respecting eternal torture for all except the Elect. Elsewhere God shows us that the trouMofl of the Day of Wrath are the ; outgrowth of human wrong-doing, and that these dire penalties for sin would have wrecked our social and religious ; fabric long apo, bad He not held back ' the storm, of human passion until the I end of this Age. Just so soon as that j storm shall have taught humanity needed lessons and liquidated long-J long-J standing accounts. Messiah's Kingdom, i with a clean slate, will be inaugurated. "The Recompenses of Zion " We have reached tbe end of the world end of this Ago. the Pastor declared. de-clared. Then he explained that, al- : though God has pr ided. through Jesus' Je-sus' sacrifice, for absolute forgiveness ( of nil sins and frailties traceable to original sin, and that certain wilful , sins have leen more or less punished during the lives of the sinners, nevertheless never-theless this will not be a full settle ment for sin. Persecution of the Body j of Christ Is n iiinL' against God; and a Divine cure has rested upon their per- ! secutors. whose responsibility has been proportionnte to knowledge. The great trouble closing the Jewish j Age was retribution for unsettled olsim! nf .IiKlli-o iT iiWr. 11 5.1 I Tht. ; genera HOD then U v i n cr had fsr greater responsibility than hnd those preceding them. They hnd n great Light, shining from Jesus and the early saints. The Plble Intimates that similar aggregations ag-gregations of punishments n.re due in the end of this Gospel Ae. As Jesus foretold, the Kingdom class have suffered suf-fered violence, while outwardly the 1 Ment have posed as the True Church The Time of Trouble now beginning will be the squaring of God s accounts According to Scripture, the closing of this Gospel Age will witness the martyrdom of the last members of the Rody of Christ In our day a more re fined process of persecution obtain. Some nr- othlrtrii by ihe pulpit; some are rwitted in the press; some have their tongues cut out in that their words are misrepresented, and they are denied a hearing. Yet the Bible seems to imply a destruction also Babylon what Is known us "tbe Christian world 'will be punished for these crimes against God's saints. "Christendom'' of today corresponds exactly to tlie Jewry of Jesus' day. Misnaming itself "Christ's Kingdom." It is intent uon the preservation of the great Babylon which it has con-struetcd, con-struetcd, willing to do anything to avoid the destruction foretold. Hypoorisy the Greatest of All Sins. Time was when men really thought that kings ruled am part of Christ's Kingdom, that human destiny was In the hands of tbe clergy, that the non-elect non-elect were doomed to eternal torture Bat that day h.as passed. No longer j deceived, the clergy know that Sbeol arid Hades represent the death state, and not fire or torture in any sense. They see God's character clearly; they perceive thnt the kingdoms of this world are merely political institutions. Neverthelens, the Divine cbaraeter Is still blnsplemed. tJod Is still misrepresented misrepre-sented to the people. Two hundred thousand professed ministers of Christ stand before the , world today tcJttng legends of the I Dark Ages and hinderinc people from I knowledce of the Truth. Does uot j neh hypocrisy, such blasphemy gainst God, such deception of the people, deserve great punishment, and ! it not nigh oven at the door? |