The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

5&%Christ is the reiguing king, this eviJ conditi~)ii willbe abolished, Inlsaiall XXTTI., 9, we are told thatwhen ' the judgments 'of the Lord are in the earth,the- i.nl~abitants of the wodd will learn righrwusness.In that day'the ~oi-d will no longer permitevil. 'l'liere will be a just measure of punisl~ment -for every sinful act and word, and.this punishmentwill bring about reformation of character.On tlie ather hand, according to the Psalmist :" In his (Christ's) day the 1-igilteous shall flourish "-Psalm IJCXII., 7. Ih this respect also tlie conclitioiiswill be the reverse of those which .now.obtain. It will then be easier to do good than todo evil, whereas in the present time it is easiertp do-evil than to do good. 'When the judgments .,of the Lord are in the earth,. when every sinfulact. and word is punished and every righteous actand word rewarded, tqen will soon come to recog-nise the love, justice, wisdom and power bf GodNeed we wonder, then, that at that time theinhabitants of the world will learn rightwnsness "!I believe that the 3lillennial reign.of Christ is*very-near at hand, even at the door; but we are notto understand that perfect peace and righteousnesswill prevail from its very start. Many .have false'ideas with regard to the JIillennium. They thinkthat the moment the Millennium begins, everybody'and everything will imt:lediately be' perfect. Butthis will not be the case: Speaking of t>ie newl~eai-ens and the new earth \vhich will be establishedwhen Chris1 takes to Himself His great power andbegins to reign, the Prophet says .: " There .shall nomore come thence an infant sf few days, nor an oldman that shall not have the full length of his davs;for as lad shall one die a hundred y+rs old;44-7 ---*--',$-,%, A.- ~;?r.'