1877_Three Worlds and the Harvest of This World (Trzy światy i żniwo tego świata).pdf

/ THE HARVEST OF THIS WORLD.

AND

: " Rrd I locdrd. an'f Wold o n.lrift ciourf. #rA ?,fir lhr cloud onr nrl iik Y rto

: . ILr .Gr J man. ka;.iur on kis kraJ a ~uI.ttnCI.UIU~.

atad i~ his Latrdn s ., -p

on the 'fdudfLr:'st i#t 4;s si.,LYt om the c,~rt.k, .an,/ tAs r.a:.th

i u-as rra/rd."-Rev. xiv.

" Tht kamrst ir tlre rnd of the 1Yurhi."-hlrlt. xiii : 39.

ROCIIESTER, x. 1'.

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PREFACE.

111 oITiaring fl~iq 1111oli

to ll~ct ~~oglt.

:tntl Cll1u1r.1~

of Ocnl, t11c.n ritor, \\.lrilr

frcclv ;~rkno\\.!cclgirl;: his i11d~I~t~t111csq

fur INI~III~

of its lwt thot~ght*

fric~itlsof tlrc C'~IIIW,

is nworc of his i~~itl~ility

to (lo justice to t11c great

~ul)jccls~~rtr.w~~tt.tl.

If t11c:yarc of ctryrrlue, their i~n~mrta~icusl~~t~ld

(.()\car

tile iu~prft-c!tions of ll~ct~~ge~~ts

IL.~

in Lllcir clisscri~in:~lio~~.

dlld IIliI?

Ootl iu 11i.sinfi~~itcl

lore, c-:iu.w tl~al

the 11mk III:IV acrcui~~l)lislr

t11e \vo~

k i~f

1c.uli11g

the (Il~t~rc-11

i~tlo

tl~c!trtttl~c.or~c.c.n~i~lg

111; Iiiblc. pli~n c~f

Iit-dct1111

Thrco \Irorlcls, - - - - - - -

CONTENTS.

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I'.\(i x.

Coming Forty Yciua of 'Troi~lle. - .

. ..

I!)

Seven llc;~els of I:OIIII:. - - -

. z'~

~IRIIII~!~

of tile COIII~II~

of <:l~riat, .

- . -

.,-

Saint :ind .\11ge1, - - - - - - - - -

THE \VUIILLI TO C:C)JIE-SII:I~~

\\'cf 1i110\v 1.:a1:11 Olll(.~1'11(:rc$ ?

. :Iti

? . -13

Tllc Knluntl rncl tl~c.Spirit~~al, - . . . . . . 31

TIIEK~XC~DOU

OF (io~--\\'iIlit I)(: .seen by JIoni~ls

- - - -

1?t111 of 1<~11~111ptioi1,

- - - . . . . . . 50

j.3

Ciblc Cl~ronole~gy, - - - - - - - . . Ui

'I'J~IAI,,P~tt~~~~i~rt~)x-lVill

tl~ttSai~~ts

110 Iirougl~t

to Tri;il? (92

'I'in~cs of tl~cC:entilcs, - . . . 71

Tlr~ Two Cou~sah-.rs,or, .Jc\visl~and Qwpel ~)k~~n~~tions,

Tl~eJ~l)il~x?, - .. . -

- - . .

. 85

Tlie.llolyPlucc., - - . - - - - '-

. 10.1

- - . - -

'rl~eJlcs~~r~r.ctio~i.

ItW

Elijnl~,the l'ropl~et. . -

1 24)

; Its Reginnin& rind its 1*:1;d, -

TIIE ~IAI~VFXT

- 124

Tlie Eve I\'ingdon~s,and tlle~rLocality.

151

A~iticl~risl, - - - - - -

. . I:;.&

Tho &:vc!i~ Tn1111pc1x. . . - - . .

. 131;

- - . .- . -

Seven St-&,

L:tsl Plagues. - . - .

1-16

Tile Scrc~~

Tho Church and tlle \\'orl(I., - - -

. 1.50

151

IC:rstern Question, . . -

BII~YIUII

is 1*';1lle11, . .. -

Dap,

The Iiilrgdon~of (:oil, - - -

Parnhlc of tllc Ten Irirgins, - -

Sllmmnry, . - - ' - .. _ - .

. -

- -.-

- la!!

- lV2

Notes on Cl~ronology, - - - -. -

.IUIX~>IKST,

Tl~e

The Two-l~orneclIleast, - -

Tlie Seven Cl~urcliesof Asia. -

TIIE TIIREE WORLDS

aad plan ofreclcn~intioi~,

A fonrth world, or a foirrtli heaven, is 11om11erenamed ill the

Bible or nsaociated mitli the past, prcsc~it.,orfntr~re,of man; btlt.

three heavens and three eartlis, are distir~ctly~nentio~~ed.

worlds must bc recognized.-Not t IC 11ca\.cn,earth, and hell, of

the catechism; but tlie world tliat wns before the flood; "tl~is

present evil world;" and " the world to comc." Apt1 all that

God has revealed of man or his dcstiay, is associated ~vit,liol~e

or more of tlicse worlds. And tlicy follow cach other; that is,

ao t\vo exist at one and the snme time; hence the Bible is a pro-

gressive science.

If the above is trne?tlie wllole of Ilevclntion, wllcn 1)roperly

handled, will arwl~ge

mass of facts, commancln~el:ts,

arid promises, will prove snsccpdblc of pcrfcct orgyization, ev-

cry part taking its true place.

tllc truth of the above, and it is sns-

tairied from Genesis to Rcvelntion, much of tllc obscurity con-

nected with tlie plan of salvation would I'RII~SII;a~id ?L(I~~ZO~!/

exist among tlie inany apparently conflictin$ texts of Scripture.

ICnch of tllese thrce worlrlu is spoken of 111 2 l'eter 3rt1, as a

distinct "J~caaetts and eartl~." '"The heavens were of old, nl~d

t.1~

If one ~vonldbut ad~riit

cart]], stallding out of tl~cwater, and in the water; mhcrcliy

i.lle world tl~nt

t11c11was being ovcrflomed with wntcr, ~~r~islrt-!l:

but t11c hcnrc~~s

and e:~r111wllicli aye no?o fclcnrl y fil\okc~lof ns

snme ~voril,31.c kept ill store ,;TI-

10 fire. . . . Kcvcrtl~clcss, n-C, nccoriling t,o Iris j)ro~uisc,

from the fonnei] by tl~c

look itir

n 72~10 Iica~c11

:\11d n nczo c:lrtll \\,llcrcin dn.cllctll ~igl~tcolisl~r~>s

5-13 hTot~vith~tn~ld;rlg

tfllcsornrio~~fi

worlds nrcL will I:.,

1\11d

in ordcr to understand the lnl~guac of Scriptarc, these three

itself into one grand syste~ii. Aiid tlic (Ic-

t.ails, instcad of beii~g a conf~~sed

disti~~ct

a cliai~geof diq)enfia-

tion; as is provcn, not only by tllc facts conncotcd with the flood,

but also by positive Scriptnre testimony. At the flood the wa-

tCrs rosc uiitll tile liills \rere covered, and the11 the monntait~s;

and when the waters subsided, the tops of tl~cmou~itainsand tho

llills a11 cared again. Ai~d

if tliey P iad becn floatiiig on tlie water the dove could llarc fouiid

rest for tlic solc of llcr feet. And whcii sent out tlicscco~~cl

even the trees wcrc not nprooted, for

bearing an olive leaf, plzcelced qff, "so Nonli ki~ew

tIi:rt the wsten wcrc abated from off tlic carth." If the olivc

tree liad bee11 Ilontiiig, tl~c

time

plwkcd-off leaf would 11at.c been no

sign of tlic waters having abatcd. Tl~usit appears tlicre was

little or JIO cliangc of the earth, or Iierrvens, but simply a grcat

destruction of life. And yet tllc Iai~g~iagc,

taker1 literally, \vould

imply a total annihilation of both hca~eiisand cnl-tli; :rrid tl~c

one "that now is," is ~ncntioiicdas a~aothcr hesrei~saiid cartl~,

wllich, in turn, is to " pass away," not with a grcat flood, but 1ritl1

a grcat ~ioisc." And yet the general teaching of Scripture is

that the "passing away" of this present llcavcns and earth, is

only a change of dis )ensation, ntteiided with great ncltio7aul (lc-

struction. l~rI'liou,krcl, in tlie beginnilig bast 1:~iclthe fo1111d:t-

tion of tlic eartli, ancl tlie heavens arc tlic ~vorksof thy ha11~1s.

They shall perish, but thou rcmaiuest; tlicy all sllall was old :rs

cloth a arment, and as a vesture shalt tlio~~

they ,9l~a8 6e changed; b~~t

t11011 art tlic sainc, and tliy yew s]lall

fold thein II~, alld

not fail" (IIeb. 1: lo).

'I'liis is in llarnloi~ymrith Ps. 03: 1, " lllc u.orld is cstablislled

that it cari~lotbe moved." " JVliilc the cart11 rcmai~ictll,seed-

tinlo and harvest, cold and heat, somiller atid nvintcr,nrld day nIli(

Jligllt siiall not cease;" and " th~

shall inllcrit the land, aucl dwell thcrcia fol+cvcr.v

Tlie for~nerdispensation rm called t11c old world (2 peter

2: 5). And this, " the world that now is;" and that \rhicll is to

follow, "tlw neu, li&ven~

c:rrth abidctli forecm.." And

and ~arth;"or "world to conlc.n

Thc order of si~ccessionmay Be illustrated to tl~c

eye, thus;

There are also throe subdivisions of the world that now is, vie.

4 YY.hl TIIl<iTX 1 170 Zt ADJS.

"l~erisli," or "pass away," this plaiict ii tl~cbasis of all tlirec;

pussing azony lncai~irignothiiig morc tli:~~

- slic rctl~ri~cd

(L the ri l~teous

TVE S'irBliiE IVOI1LUB 5

the Patriarchal age, reachieg from the flood to the death of Ja-

cob; the Jewish age, reaching to the death of Christ; and the

Gosl)el a e, reachmg to tlic first resurrection, and end of this

world. then follows " nga to comc " (Bplrc. 2: 7)); the firnt of

mliich is the millcnnial agc; or i-atllcr tho age of colzquest, for in

it Clirist is to " rcign until he has s~ibducd

Thcu the gos 1 was given that the " sced," wit I tlie Grent Cap-

tain of our sacation, " might be made pcrfcct through suflering."

The "Seed," means one complete Christ; in otller words, the

head and bod ; "He aaith not, ancl t.o seeds, as of many; but

na of one, An d to thy Sccd, wliicli is Christ" (Gnl. 3: 16 . "And

if y.c be Cllrist's then are ye Abr:~t~aiii's

lieira according to the promise "

Ye=. 29) . Thus the object and

sced [not scc s], and

ivork of the gospcl is to perfect t iis L'seccl," tho~ewho are to

take the name of Christ, and bcconlc one with him. And this

agrees wit.h Acts 16: 14; " Simeon llntli declared how Godatthe

first did visit tho Gentiles, to taka out of

name.** And this is the sole object of

tiles; not to convert tlie world, that work

nial age, but to perfect the second Adam

Christ and his wife. And tho millennia1 age is introdnced by

the marriapc of tho Lamb; " Let us be glad and rejoice, and give

Ironor to him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and hie wife

hath madc lie~gelfready" (IZcv, 19: 7).

This world cnds with the second coming of Christ and the res-

urrection of this " seed;" just this nt~mberwho make up the body

of Christ, "Chriet, the first frtiite, afterwards the that arc

Christ's, at his cominq" And then it iq the work o the snlva-

tion of the worM begl~is.

All that wsa lost ill Adam, is to bc restored in the second Ad-

am. And this "restitntion of all tl~ing,"beginsonly atthe scc-

ond advent: " Itcpcnt ye tliercfore, and beconvcrtcd, that your

sins may be blotted out., when tlic timcs of refreshing shall comc

from the prescncc of the Lord, and he shdl send Jesus Christ,

which before lwne preached unto you; whom tlic heaven must re-

ccive until the timcs of rcstitlrtion of dlthings; which God hath

spoken by the mouth of all his holy pro1)licte since tlio world be-

gan " (Acts 3 : 19-21 .

11 rcs~iti~tio~r

ri~t~st

i~lcll~clc

:r rcal,l.reci.io~~

or lllc

all cricmies; and dcatll

is the last enemy that shall bc conqnercd " (1. Cor. 15: 26).

In the world that was before tho flood, man was without law

or national government; and the result wasutter corruption. In

tlic world that now ia, a system of gradual development has ob-

tained. Under the patriarchal age a peoplc were called out; af-

tcr which, "the law. was a schoolm.zster to brin ris to Chri~t."

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