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Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
Sunday, December 19. Pastor Rus
sell spoke today from the above text.
Brooklyn Tabernacle was crowded
with an attentive audience, as usual.
We report tbo discourse, as follows:
Only those who come to an advanced
degreo of knowledge of God's Word
can realize how Divine judgments are
all good all blessed. Under tho in
fluence of tho fog of superstition, not
understanding aright the teachings of
tho Scriptures, supposing that they
taught eternal torment for the great
majority of our race, we feared God,
rather than loved him. We dared not
say that such a judgment was wrong,
malicious, devilish, yet Ave were unnblo
to see It in any other light; hence tho
.general perplexity of Christendom, and
the general alienation of heart, and
many intelligent minds driven to in
fidelity, and the dislike to think about
God and his supposedly terrible pur
poses respecting our race nnd the gen
eral nwo respecting the Bible nnd the
.fear of its misunderstood teachings.
But now in tho dawning of tho New
Dispensation the Word of God is shin
ing as never before; one passage Illu
minating another, our fear gives place
to reverential love and filial awe. Wo
begin to understand that tho torment
doctrines which we received are whol
ly foreign to tho Divine character,
which, on tho contrary, is distinctly
nnarked by Wisdom, Justice, Mercy
and Love toward all. We And our
selves now in agreement with tho
Scriptural declaration that God's judg
ments are "righteous altogether," and
we delight in them. Instead of a judg
ment of eternal torment as a penalty
for sin, we find a judgment or sen
tence of death. We agree to the right
eousness of that verdict or judgment,
dod had the right to demand of his
-creature tho obedience he was able to
.render. Ho had a perfect right to de
stroy him in death when ho refused
the blessing of life eternal on the
terms of obedience. Seeing this, how
rejoiced we are to note tho Divine
Mercy in the Plan of Redemption for
the sinner and his offspring through
the sacrifice of Christ! As a result we
liavc good hope In his judgments; for
him who once judged us worthy of
death has with equal Justice rcdecin
ed us and granted us tho opportunity
of eternal life through the resurrec
tion. It was another part of the Divine
Judgment against our race that, in
stead of tho death penalty coming in
stantly upon Adam aud Eve, It came
gradually, that through the processes
of gradual dying they might tho better
learn the lesson of "the exceeding sin
fulness of sin" to tho intent that, when
granted the new trial secured by tho
merit of Christ's sacrifice, they might
profit by it tho more. The same princi
ples apply to all of Adam's posterity.
-"The whole creation groaneth and tra
valleth in pain together until now
waiting for the manifestation of the
sons of God" (Romans vlil, 22,19). They
sjro wnitlng for the establishment of
Clrrlst's Millennial Kingdom under
-which they shall have a full opportu
nity of coming to a knowledge of the
Truth.
This is God's provisiou for tho world
In general. What God did for the lit
tle nation of Israel during the Jewish
Age, and what ho has been doing for
Spiritual Israel since Pentecost, In this
-Gospel Age, are matters separate and
sipart entirely from his general deal
ing with the world of mankind. Tho
natural and tho spiritual Seed of Abra
ham are exceptions to tho rule. They
have been granted special privileges
4nd blessings not granted to the world
In general natural Israel under tho
Law Covenant and spiritual Israel un
der the Abrahamlc Covenant. From
theje two nominal Israels special "over
omera" have been chosen or elected.
These shortly. In association with tho
Redeemer, will constitute the Kingdom
of God. The overcome of spiritual
Israel, becomiug tho Brldo of Christ
by resurrection "change" to tho heav
enly nature, will be like him and share
Ills glory and constitute the Kingdom
class in tho highest souse. The over
comers of natural Israel, resurrected
to the perfection of earthly nature,
will constitute tho earthly phase of tho
Millennial Kingdom. Mankind may
'see nnd have intercourse with these,
but will not see nor have direct inter
course with tho glorified Christ, Head
aud Body the King of Glory.
God Will Judge His People.
So far as tho world Is concerned, it
has been under the one genornl sen
tence of Divine Justice, "dying thou
jilialt die." Rut so far as natural and
spiritual Israol arc concerned, thoy have
bvou dealt with ns freed from tho orig
inal sentence and on trial for life or
-death nfrosh undor God's judgments
or discipline. Thus it it written, "Je
horah will Judge his people." Nut an
undor theso Judgments have under
stood thornnot all wore in the condi
tion of hoart to receive tholr instruc
tions, "The secret of tho Lord is with
them that fear him; and he will show
-them his Covonant" (Psalm xxv, 14).
Thus, during the Jewlah Ago, Israel
often la peed Into more or lew of dark
ness and Idolatry and failed to see
their special privileges and relation
ship to God under their Covenant. But
emongst them v. ere the few faithful
Blessed Judgments.
"With My Soul Have I Desired Thee la
the Night; Yea, With My Spirit Within Me,
Will X Seek Thee Early: For When Thy
Judgments Arc Abroad In the Earth, the
Inhabitants of tVe World Will Leam Right
eousness" (Isaiah xxvi, 9).
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who with tho eye of faith discerned
the righteousness of God's dealing
with them. Of these were the proph
ets who rehearsed the Divine dealings
and rewards and punishments, that
they wero true and righteous altogeth
er nnd merciful in the extreme.
Similarly during this Gospel Age
Christendom as u whole has not been
in tho condition of heart to hear, to un
derstand, to appreciate, the judgments
of tho Lord. But some have been "Is
raelites indeed" who possessed tho se
cret of tho Lord nnd who were able to
rejoice in his judgments his righteous
dealings. Thoy realized by faith God's
lovo for thorn'. "The Father himself
lovcth you" (John xvl, 27). By faith
thoy appropriated tho Apostle's assur
auco that "all things work together for
good to them that love God, to tljem
who arc tho called according to his
purpose" (Romans vlll, 23).
God's Judgments In the World.
Wc'hnvc seen that God's judgments
In tho past have been merely with
those who shall constitute the Seed
of Abraham (natural aud spiritual),
through whom, according ro the
promise, "all the families of tho earth
shall bo blessed" (Genesis xxvIII, 14).
Wo now note tho fact that our text docs
not relate to cither of these, for their
judgments could be discerned only by
tho eye of faith. Our text refers to
tho world's judgments during tho Mil
lennial Age. Then God's -judgments
will bo abroad In the earth not mere
ly confined fo one nation or specially
called class, but will Include every
member of Adam's race. And while
these are declared to be the Lord's
judgments, note the fact that they will
bo administered by Tho Christ, of
which our glorified Redeemer shall bo
tho Head, and his "members," when
glorified, shall bo the Body tho
Church. The judgments of tho Lord
abroad In tho earth will not mean
havoc and dlsmny to mankind in gen
eral, but tho very reverse relief, as
sistance to all who come into Hue with
tho righteous arrangements of that
Kingdom designed for their uplifting
from sin and death conditions. Tho
judgments of that Millennial Day of a
thousand years will be severe even to
destruction only against the willfully,
the deliberately rebellious, after they
shall have been brought to n clear ap
preciation of right and wrong, good
and evil, and their penalties, life and
death.
Mark tho statement of tho Prophet
David when prophetically referring to
tho Millennial Age; he points out' that
tho judgments of thnt timo will bo a
cnuso of gladness. Ho says:
"Let tho heavens ho glad,
And let tho earth rejoice;
Let men say among tho nations. Jehovah
relgnoth.
Let tho cea roar, nnd the fulness thereof;
Let tho Melds rejoice, and all that are
therein.
Then shall the trees of tho wood sing
aloud
At tho presenco of Jehovah,
BECAUSE HE COMETH TO JUDQE
THE EARTH..
O give thanks unto Jehovah, for he Is
good;
For his mercy endureth forever."
I Chronicles xvl, 31-31.
A Millennial Judgment Day.
Mark tho words of St. Paul respect
ing what God lias in reservation for
tho tcorW. He says God "hath ap
pointed a day tho thousand-year day
of Christ In tho which he will judge
the world in righteousness by that
man whom he hath ordained" (Acts
xvll, 31).
In this work ordained for our Lord
he is to have associates the "elect"
Church, his "members," of whom the
Apostle writes, saying, "Know yo not
that the snints shall judge tho world?"
(I Corinthians vi, 2.) And tho Ancient
Worthies enumerated by St. Paul
(Hebrews Ix, 38-40) will also bo Judges,
but on the earthly plane as representa
tives of the heavenly Kingdom, As It
is written, "I will restoro thy Judges
ns at the first and thy counsellors ns
at tho beginning" (Isaiah 1, 20).
Our All-Wlso Creator, who has thus
made provision, both for tho heavenly
and the earthly Judges of the world
In the election from Israel and tho
election of the Gospel Age, hns thus
demonstrated to tho few who under
stand "tho secret of tho Lord" "tho
mystery" hidden from ages nnd dis
pensations past. It is evident that
there will be no disappointment, no
failure, in respect to God's great oath
bound Covenant made with Abraham
"In thy Seed shall all the families
of tho earth bo blessed." The basis of
tho blessing Is the redemptive work
of Christ finished at Calvary. The
outworking of that blessing will como
through the glorified Lord and his
Church. "hU Body." Tho first work
will be the establishment of a right
errus government in tho hands of those
already proven absolutely loyal to God
and to his rlghteousmww "faithful
oven unto dentil " Wo may have full
confldonce that in thnt Kingdom
"righteousnoHM will be laid to tho lino
nnd Justice to the plummet," aa God
has promised (Isaiah xxvill, 17). Not
only so. but we may have full confi
dence that mercy will havo n free
hand there to do all fur mankind that
would be reasonable and possible. The
combination of a strong government
with merciful assistants is represented
by tbo fact that "ur Lord will be, not
only tho great King, but ntso tho great
Priest and Prophet nndTenchcr. Even,
so, also, the Church shnll be "kings
nnd priests" tholr ollice, their serv
ice, will bo n combination of ruling
nnd hcnllng, Instructing nnd uplifting.
Everything done will comq under the
head of judgment righteous dealing.
Every good deed, yen, every good ef
fort, will bo rewarded Us judgment
will be n blessing, nu increase of har
mony with the Lord and with a charac
ter development nnd restltutlonnl phys
ical experiences (Acts ill, 19-21). In
stead of the ways of darkness will be
the way of light. Instead of the broad
road leading to destruction with the
masses going down thereon to tho
tomb will bo "tho highway of holi
ness." Instead of stones of stumbling
wo are assured that all the stumbling
stones shall bo gathered out of the
way. Iustond of beastly violence, over
mastering temptations and besetmcnts,
dovourlng mankind because of their
weakness to resist tho Adversnry, tho
Bible assures us thnt Satan will bo
bound and that tho wild beasts of vice
and degeneracy will all be brought
Into subjection. Thus "nothing shall
hurt nor destroy In all God's holy
Kingdom." "And nu highway shall bo
there, and It shall be called, The way
of holiness" (Isaiah xl, 9; xxxv, S),
Tho Messianic Psalm (seventy-second)
finds Its application to that glo
rious Millennial epoch. Thus wo read.
"Give tho King thy judgments, O God,
aud thy righteousness unto tho King's
Son. Ho shnll judge thy people with
righteousness nnd thy poor with judg
ment "(justice). Ho shall judge
tho poor of the people, ho shall save
the children of tho needy and shall
break In pieces the oppressor.
He shall como down like rain upon the
mown grass, as showers that water
tho earth. In his days shall the right
eous flourish uud abundance of pence
so long ns the moon endureth."
"The People Will Learn Righteous
ness." As already shown, God's dealings in
tho past have been with tho world only
in tho sense of executing u general 1
,sentenco for Adnmlc sin a death sen
tence with all that thnt involves of
mental, moral and physical degeneracy
dying. All pf God's special judg
ments Ttavc been with those who were
justified to special relationship through
faith. If we were to Judge of the num
ber who will be blessed during tho Mil
lennium' by the "little flock" of natural
Israel and tho "Httlo flock" of spiritual
Israel, saved under God's judgments
in advance of the millennium, tho out
come of tho world's judgment would
not appear favorable. But theso would
not bo fair crlterious. Present con
ditions are permitted in order to test
and to prove tho faith, as well as tho
obedience of those who are under trial
or judgment and who, by reason of
tho fall, havo such a faith as permits
them to grasp the glorious features of
the present call. Consequently, "few"
there will be who will find tho great
reward uow offered (Matthew vii, 14).
This is as God designs it, becauso
ho is selecting a special class. But tho
arrangements mado for mankind in
general are that the darkness and sin
of the present timo shall flee away. Tho
dawning of tho Millennium morning,
with tho rising of tho Sun of Right
eousness witlt healing in his benms
(Tho Christ in glory to enlighten tho
world), will mean that knowledge will
bo granted the world facts, evidences,
proofs. Tho world will not bo required
to "walk by faith and not by sight,"
as are the "elect" of this present time.
Instead of the eye of faith of tho pres
ent time will be tho eye of understand
ing (knowledge), then. Instead of the
secret of tho Lord being kept from the
world, all of his gracious purposes will
then stand fully revealed. "Tho knowl
edge of tho glory of God shall fill tho
whole earth as the waters cover tho
great deep" (Habakknk 11, 14). As n re- ;
suit none shall need to say unto his
neighbor nnd to his brother, Know thou ,
tho Lord, for all shall know him, from
tho least to tho greatest of them. Every
knee shnll bow and every tonguo con
fess to tho glory of God (Romans xlv,
11). When every good deed shall receive
promptlynnd manifestly Its roward.aud
every evil deed shall receive prompt
ly Its punishment, the world will speed
ily learn to avoid the punishments and
to win the rewards by obedience to the
laws of tho Kingdom,
The Scope of Our Text.
The Prophet In our text personifies
Tho Christ, Jesus tho Head and the
Church his Body, Noto the statement,
"With my soul have I desired thco In
thoniW (Isaiah xxvl, 9). Tho "night"
of sin has been upon tho world for
centuries. The "morning" Is at hand,
but not yet fully come. During tho
night timo tho faithful of the Church
arc represented ns walking in the light
of God's Word. "Thy Word is a
lamp unto my feet, nnd a lautern unto
my footsteps" (Psalm cxix, 10."). St.
Peter says, "Wo havo a more sure
word of prophecy, to which wo do
well to take heed as unto ti light shin
ing in a dark place until tho day
dawn aud the day star arise" (II
Peter 1, 19). In this night time tho
"elect" aro different from tho major
ity of those around them they desire
God's righteousness nnd they pray,
"Thy Kingdom come; thy will bo done
on earth even as it is dono In heaven."
Song of Moses and the Lamb.
Those who now uro able to "slug In
the night" because of their apprecia
tion of the Divine Plan aro prophetic
ally declared to "wing tho song of
Monok, the servant of God and tho
song of tho Lamb, saying, Groat nnd
inarvollous are thy works, Lord God
Almighty; Just and truo nro thy ways,
thou Klug of salntn. Who shall not
fear thoo, O Lord, and glorify thy
name? for thou only art holy: for all
nations shall como and worship bofore
thee, because of the manifestation of
thy righteous dealings" (Revelation xv,
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