“May
I warn you against spiritualizing this truth? Christ will
indeed by the King of Kings upon the earth. He will be as
directly and positively a Ruler as any monarch whose name
is upon our lips today; but His sway will be more absolute
and powerful. With all my heart and soul I believe that the
only effective rule for humanity is an absolute monarchy;
but the trouble is that we have never yet found the Monarch.
For a little while the heavens have received Christ, the only
One worthy of unlimited rule; but the King of men is coming
back, in infinite compassion for the world which drove Him
out. For His coming, not only the Church but all creation
waits. The Revised Version gives a wider meaning and greater
force than the Authorized to Paul’s words in Romans
8:19. “The earnest expectation of the creation waiteth
for the revealing (the Apocalypse or revelation) of the sons
of God.” Today the sons of God, as such, are unknown,
or despised and persecuted; but when the Master comes they
will be revealed with Him...
“Following upon the end of Gentile power… comes
restoration of God’s ancient people Israel to their
true position among the nations. I do not say the restoration
of the Jew — that is not comprehensive enough; but of
the whole Israel of God. The Ten Tribes, lost for centuries,
shall be found and restored to their land, for the fulfillment
of God’s purposes for Israel, and through Israel for
the race. I know that some doubt this truth, and say that
Israel as a nation has been finally cast off. Can God desert
those to whom He has made oath? Absolutely impossible! Never!
God’s purposes may be thwarted and hindered; but despite
all human failure and folly, they must eventually be realized.
The prophecies of the Old Testament concerning God’s
ancient people have never been wholly fulfilled; and it cannot
be that the inspired Word of the Living God should prove a
failure.”
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