"WORLD IN REVOLT.”
VN I B S.A. ADDP.Ksi, j. :|,. Di-ui,!-' H.,11 Sunday. Mr. j;_ T.inrol n . <„■ Nlolbcuriie, reprcii'nting the. 1 meinatioii;a! Bi!>l c .Students' VsM. ( i H ,i,-, r . , a the world to-dav was facing the oreai est crisis its ent::'.-, hi.stci v Thnun-liTul me., h a ,j ;l 51 . n..,, of , h coining of •trniiljii'. but did not under wbar. it meant. The Void of God explained. When sm entered in the Garden o( liden death began, and since then the brightest .'minds of fallen men became good grounds fo r Satan to work upon, and through them hi established his visible organisation nu Uns earth. (,) ur Lord camo to take away sin of the world and co destroy the works of the deyd. Thg, power of (.hrisi s Kingdom uas not immediately exercised. God first purposed the selection and development of the True Church. With the completion of tin Church our Lord would return. lli<
work was to iaise the sleeping saints to Separate true Christians from false, to destroy Satan's organisation on this earth. Christ had already returned. thn, for many years the separation of true Christians from the false had been taking place, that 1911 saw the login eml cf the old world, a n ,j ’lull since that time we had been ]j v . mg in a transition period. Satan had been cast out of heaven, and his vis iblc organisation on earth was in process 01 destruction. ITcboily had >cen our Lord with the physical eye, for the reason that 17.0 had returned i„ the spirit form. God was invisible. Satan was invisible. The angels were invisible. So also was C hrist, \\ ho becaine man for the express purpose of giving' His flesh for tlto life of tin world, fo the lambs his second presence was visible by the eve of faith. Delusion of knowledge to-dav v .as di.
rectly due to our I.ord's return and tlin; "the time of the end" "" IS here. This great. wave of cnliglitnient. hail lifted n|; men, including the masses, to a hioß er level. The introduction of |b., newspaper; education, and the inlcrehangi of thoughts resulting from the won dei'fully unproved tn,veiling facilitiet of our day, had Brought the people into closer contact, and had awakened the desire to demand their rights. Th< bitterness between organised labour and capital had steadily increased. Improved contritions had been demanded. Force of circunista.nces lute compelled a begrudging compliance. One concession merely led to another The point was rapidly being reached where capital would refuse to give way further. Tills would lead t<
“direct action” on both sides. In tin final eoiiflic t both sides expected tv win, bn t both would lose. .St. Pctei says, “The elements shall melt will fervent heat.’' Tt would leave tin world weak and helpless, hut man/ extremity would he God’s opportunity. The great trouble would completely break down Hie old system I which so long had spelt oppression fo this fired world. God would then tun to the people a "pure language’ (Zeph. iii., 8-9), fiat they might al' turn to se.ive Him with one consent. Riigihledusncss would bs rigidly enftncod, and the ago of gold would give place to the Golden Age. The ideath sentence would be lifted. Mil lions, by coming to barniriiiy with tin K-jnffdopj wcrnld never die,
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Grey River Argus, 12 February 1926, Page 7
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