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dominion over him." Nor could there be any object in bringingsuch to life again; having had full redemption and having cometo know both good and evil, if they love evil rather than goodand willfully do it, let them be deprived of life. All will say it islove on the part of our Father to deprive them of life, which, ifcontinued, would be only of injury and evil both to themselvesand others.It will readily be seen, that this sin to this last mentioned extent--punishable with the second death--could not possibly have beencommitted prior to the gospel age, since not until Pentecost didthe Holy Ghost come as a teacher to guide the church into thetruth. (John 16:13.) It had in past time been active through holymen of old as they "spoke and wrote as they were moved by theHoly Ghost," but it moved them to write but not to understand.It came upon the Prophets as servants to communicate; it comesto us as a seal of sonship and to enable us as sons to understandour Father's will, (Rom. 8:14.) consequently in previous agesnone ever "tasted of the good word of God," or "becamepartakers of the Holy Ghost, etc., and consequently none wholived in past ages could sin away forever all hope of a futurelife.The millions of past ages never have been recovered from thefirst death (Adamic) in any sense and must be so recoveredbefore it will be possible for them to commit the "sin untodeath." (Heb. 6:4-6). That Israelites, Sodomites, Egyptians andothers have not fully lived up to the knowledge they possessedwe doubt not, and they will doubtless therefore have "stripes" inthe coming age for sins not pardoned by Jesus' ransom.here's a wideness in God's mercy,Like the wideness of the sea;There's a kindness in His justiceWhich is more than liberty."====================R195 : page 3THE SHEEP AND GOATS.(MATT. 25:31-46.)The scene of this parable is laid after the time of trouble, andafter the exaltation of the "little flock" to the throne, when thenations have been subdued, Satan bound and the authority ofChrist's kingdom established. So we read: "When the Son ofMan shall come in his glory...then shall he sit upon the throne ofhis glory, and before him shall be gathered all nations." TheBride of Christ before this time, has been seated with him in histhrone, and has taken part in executing the judgments of thegreat day of wrath. Now, "the Son of Man appears" (is mademanifest) to the world, "in his glory"--The glory of the husband
is the wife (1 Cor. 11:7) and together Jesus and his Bride "shineforth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father."Here is the "New Jerusalem" as John saw it (Rev. 21)--"thatholy city...coming down from God out of heaven." During allthe time of trouble it was coming down, and now it has touchedthe earth. This is the stone cut out of the mountains (kingdomsof earth) without hands, (but by the power of God) and it hasbecome a great mountain (kingdom) and has filled the wholeearth. (Dan. 2:35.) Its coming has broken to pieces (Dan. 2:34-35) the evil kingdoms of the Prince of darkness. Here is thatglorious city (government) prepared as a bride adorned for herhusband, (Rev. 21:2) and the nations of them which are saved(restored --brought back from the Adamic death) are walking inthe light of it. (Vs. 24.) These may "bring their glory and honorinto it, but there shall in no wise enter into it anything thatdefileth, etc." (Vs. 27.) Here from the midst of the throne,proceeds a pure river of water of life, (truth, unmixed with error)and the Spirit and the Bride say come and take it freely. (Rev.22:17.) Here begins the world's probation--the world's greatjudgment day--a thousand years.But even in this glorious time of blessing and healing of thenations, when Satan is bound, evil restrained, mankind releasedfrom the grasp of death, and when the knowledge of the Lordfills the earth, two classes will be developed, which Jesus in thisparable calls sheep and goats. These he tells us he will separate.Gradually throughout the age he gathers his sheep (those whoknow and obey his voice) to his right hand (place of favor) butthe goats (the disobedient) to the left.In the end of the Millennial age, at the final adjustment ofhuman affairs, Jesus thus addresses his sheep: "Come yeblessed...inherit the kingdom prepared for you from thefoundation of the world." What kingdom? Is not the kingdomunder the whole heavens given to the people of the saints of theMost High God to possess it forever? Yes, as we have alreadylearned, a "little flock," "the saints," the "sheep" of the gospelage, having followed the Lamb (Jesus) whithersoever he went,through evil and through good report, even to the sacrificing ofthe human life, with him have been exalted to the divine natureand to the throne of the spiritual unseen kingdom, to possess itforever (for the age)--"He (the Christ, head and body) mustreign, till he has put all enemies under his feet." (1 Cor. 15:25.) --The saints shall reign with Christ a thousand years. Rev. 20:6.Jesus calls believers of the gospel age, who know and obey hisvoice, his sheep. But he says--"Other sheep I have which are notof this fold (referring to those who should follow him in themillennial age) them also I must lead (into truth andrighteousness during that age) and there shall be one fold andone shepherd." Jesus and the "little flock"--the bride-- made one
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dominion over him." Nor could there be any object in bringingsuch to life again; having had full redemption and having cometo know both good and evil, if they love evil rather than goodand willfully do it, let them be deprived of life. All will say it islove on the part of our Father to deprive them of life, which, ifcontinued, would be only of injury and evil both to themselvesand others.It will readily be seen, that this sin to this last mentioned extent--punishable with the second death--could not possibly have beencommitted prior to the gospel age, since not until Pentecost didthe Holy Ghost come as a teacher to guide the church into thetruth. (John 16:13.) It had in past time been active through holymen of old as they "spoke and wrote as they were moved by theHoly Ghost," but it moved them to write but not to understand.It came upon the Prophets as servants to communicate; it comesto us as a seal of sonship and to enable us as sons to understandour Father's will, (Rom. 8:14.) consequently in previous agesnone ever "tasted of the good word of God," or "becamepartakers of the Holy Ghost, etc., and consequently none wholived in past ages could sin away forever all hope of a futurelife.The millions of past ages never have been recovered from thefirst death (Adamic) in any sense and must be so recoveredbefore it will be possible for them to commit the "sin untodeath." (Heb. 6:4-6). That Israelites, Sodomites, Egyptians andothers have not fully lived up to the knowledge they possessedwe doubt not, and they will doubtless therefore have "stripes" inthe coming age for sins not pardoned by Jesus' ransom.here's a wideness in God's mercy,Like the wideness of the sea;There's a kindness in His justiceWhich is more than liberty."====================R195 : page 3THE SHEEP AND GOATS.(MATT. 25:31-46.)The scene of this parable is laid after the time of trouble, andafter the exaltation of the "little flock" to the throne, when thenations have been subdued, Satan bound and the authority ofChrist's kingdom established. So we read: "When the Son ofMan shall come in his glory...then shall he sit upon the throne ofhis glory, and before him shall be gathered all nations." TheBride of Christ before this time, has been seated with him in histhrone, and has taken part in executing the judgments of thegreat day of wrath. Now, "the Son of Man appears" (is mademanifest) to the world, "in his glory"--The glory of the husband
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