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The first separation is in the past, occurring in the "harvest," orend of the Jewish (aion) age. Jesus himself, while on earth,thoroughly purged the floor of the Jewish house, gathered thewheat into the Gospel church, and cast the chaff into a fire,which, culminating at the destruction of Jerusalem, burns evenyet against the Jew. So far from marshaling that nation in rankand file before him, they were not even aware of the test thenmade, and were condemned because they knew not the time oftheir visitation.--Luke 19:44.The second great separation was due to take place at the end ofthis aion [age], i.e., closing period of the Gospel dispensation.This work has actually been going on in our midst, and theworld and worldly church know nothing of it. So in the last greatharvest in the age of judgment: God's truth, the two-edgedsword, will quietly, but surely, do the dividing work; and thatWord not spoken but written, will plainly manifest the sheep andthe goats.R268 : page 88THE TERM "DAY"in Bible times, as now, was frequently used to cover a long butdefinite period; as, for instance, "The day" in which "JehovahGod made the earth and the heavens." Gen. 2:4. "The day of thetemptation in the wilderness." Heb. 3:8. [40 years.] "The day ofsalvation." 2 Cor. 6:2. [Gospel dispensation.]R268 : page 89As to the period comprised in "the day of judgment," if thestudent will but faithfully use a reference Bible or aconcordance, and find the amount and kind of work to beaccomplished "in that day," he will soon be glad to accept ofPeter's explanation of it, that "one day is with the Lord as athousand years;" and believing the Revelation of Jesus Christ,rejoice in the promise there given, to "reign with him a thousandyears." As toTHE KIND OF JUDGINGwhich is to be carried on, we must consult the Word if we wouldget the truth. Turn to the book of "Judges," and we find that afterthe death of Joshua, the Israelites forsook Jehovah, andworshipped Baal. To bring them to their senses, their enemieswere allowed to triumph over them. When they repented,"Jehovah raised up judges, who delivered them out of the handof those that spoiled them." For instance, "When the children ofIsrael cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a deliverer Othniel.And the spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel,and went out to war, and prevailed, and the land had rest forforty years," until Othniel died. Thus it continued through the
period of the judges until Samuel, who "judged Israel all thedays of his life." When Samuel had grown old, the Elders ofIsrael asked him for "a King to judge us like all the nations."--1Sam. 8:5,20.A judge then, in those days, was a person eagerly sought after; aruler to be desired; who would deliver his people fromoppression, administer justice to the wronged, and bring peaceand joy to those over whom he exercised authority.The world, and even the Church, at the present day, led astrayby an unscriptural theology, puts far away the idea of Christ'spresence to judge [rule] the world as something to be dreaded byall. Not so the heaven inspired prophets of old. To them it wasone grand and glorious epoch, for which, as Paul said, "creationgroaneth."Listen to David and the sweet singers of Israel, in the firstR268 : page 90psalm sung by the first divinely-appointed choir, at the homebringing of the ark:Let the heavens be glad,And let the earth rejoice:And let men say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth.Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof:Let the fields rejoice, and all that are therein.Then shall the trees of the wood sing aloud,At the PRESENCE of JEHOVAH,BECAUSE HE COMETHTO JUDGE THE EARTH.O give thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good,FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER."We might multiply quotations like the above, but they ought tobe familiar to the faithful student of the Word.WHYdid "all the holy prophets since the world began" long for "thatday" when the Anointed should be present to rule, to reign, tojudge?WHY does all Christendom of this age shrink at the baremention of that day? Because they do not comprehend thenature of the work of that day, nor the grandeur of its results,while the prophets spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spiritof God, who knew what he himself had planned and purposed.IN "THE DAY OF THE LORD,"as in the days of creation, there is an evening and a morning. Sothe Jews kept their time: beginning their day with evening. It is
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The first separation is in the past, occurring in the "harvest," orend of the Jewish (aion) age. Jesus himself, while on earth,thoroughly purged the floor of the Jewish house, gathered thewheat into the Gospel church, and cast the chaff into a fire,which, culminating at the destruction of Jerusalem, burns evenyet against the Jew. So far from marshaling that nation in rankand file before him, they were not even aware of the test thenmade, and were condemned because they knew not the time oftheir visitation.--Luke 19:44.The second great separation was due to take place at the end ofthis aion [age], i.e., closing period of the Gospel dispensation.This work has actually been going on in our midst, and theworld and worldly church know nothing of it. So in the last greatharvest in the age of judgment: God's truth, the two-edgedsword, will quietly, but surely, do the dividing work; and thatWord not spoken but written, will plainly manifest the sheep andthe goats.R268 : page 88THE TERM "DAY"in Bible times, as now, was frequently used to cover a long butdefinite period; as, for instance, "The day" in which "JehovahGod made the earth and the heavens." Gen. 2:4. "The day of thetemptation in the wilderness." Heb. 3:8. [40 years.] "The day ofsalvation." 2 Cor. 6:2. [Gospel dispensation.]R268 : page 89As to the period comprised in "the day of judgment," if thestudent will but faithfully use a reference Bible or aconcordance, and find the amount and kind of work to beaccomplished "in that day," he will soon be glad to accept ofPeter's explanation of it, that "one day is with the Lord as athousand years;" and believing the Revelation of Jesus Christ,rejoice in the promise there given, to "reign with him a thousandyears." As toTHE KIND OF JUDGINGwhich is to be carried on, we must consult the Word if we wouldget the truth. Turn to the book of "Judges," and we find that afterthe death of Joshua, the Israelites forsook Jehovah, andworshipped Baal. To bring them to their senses, their enemieswere allowed to triumph over them. When they repented,"Jehovah raised up judges, who delivered them out of the handof those that spoiled them." For instance, "When the children ofIsrael cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a deliverer Othniel.And the spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel,and went out to war, and prevailed, and the land had rest forforty years," until Othniel died. Thus it continued through the
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