Watchtower: Judgement by J.F. Rutherford, 1929

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JUDGMEN

T

of

the Judges

of the Preachers

of

the

Nations

of

the

Financiers

of the

Politicians

of Satan s Organization

of

th

e People

by

J

F

Rutherford

Judge Rutherford s books, The Harp of God,

Deliverance Creation

Reconciliation Gov

e

rnment

and others

published n thirty languages, have

in the past sLx years, reached a ci.rculation

exceeding

o r t y

o u r

million copies.

Mude

n

U S A

Copyrighted 1929 and llubUsbed by Ule

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS AssOCIATION

Bi Ooklyn, _ ew l: ol k, U. S.

A..

London, Toronto, Melbow

De

Cape Town, Berne, Magdeburg,


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lli

sto

I Y, a day

of

pl oiJ

aR

ulld

,,'po

H

ur

os

'£he

world's

i

Ud

gCH, (1I'[,II (' ill'l ' , liS tions, financiers

ami politi ('iuns, ulld all

of

Satan's 01'-

g ll lli

r.a

iioil ILI P lJel o l e tiL

e

hal' of divine

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GMENT

H

night was exceedingly cold. A heavy gale

was driving the snow and sleet. The

un

protected were chilled to the bone. The shops

were

clo

sed and there was no shelter in the

street to shield one from the

fury

of the storm.

Just

arou

nd

the comer stood a church edifice.

Not only was

it

a place of shelter from the driv·

ing

storm

but

the steam from its furnace

warmed the

atm

osphere inside and made the

chmch a pleasant place

in

which to rest.

Th

ere

was a light in

the vestibule indicating

that

the

church door was unlocke d.

A dozen

or

more ragged and

hungry

men and

women simultaneously rushed

for

the church

door

that

they mig

ht

find some reli

ef

from the

perils of the night. They entered the church

building quietly and orderly. The church ser

vice was

in progre

ss. The velvet-padded pews

of

ease and elegance were occupied

by

a small

number of old ladies and a few men all of

whom appeared to be those who enjoyed finan

cial

pro

sperity.

Farther

back

in

the room a

y lmg

man

sat

alone. S

ee

king knowledge

be

had thought he might

learn

something in

that

church; hence he had gone in.

The hymn

had

b

ee

n chanted the prayer ut

tered and the collection

had

been gathered .

in

silver platters.

For

some momen

ts

the preacher

had

r

eco

unted to his small

c o n g r e ~ t i o n the

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4

JUDGMENT

many

important lhin

gs

[lIe c

hur

ch

haC

accom

pli

shed co n

ce

l'lling lhe

\ {

orld War and

lh

e

election or public olliceTs and ilie enforcement

of tlle

d

l'y law.

Sudd

enly tli cloo l' swung ajar ancl a great

gu

st or wind for

ce

d II c

loud

of sleet and snow

inside

tho warm

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111,

followed quickly by

th

e

raggeu com puny of lllon and wom en above men

tioned who

WOI' • ~ o o

k i n

g ~ e e

r

from th

e

st

orm.

'l'he l 1 l i n i ~

c

puuso d

ill hi

s

oration

and with a

8cowl

WI.LL

c

ll

Cl

t

1

0

IIlIw

ol

co

me

visitors

orowd

inlo tile J NlI.

' l

w

jJl'ovidcd I'or the less

pro

s

l)ol'ona. lrjxlng jliH '

yes

upon the

m f o r t u n

t ~ s

lhe minis t,(' r continlled to gaze at them in

~ e c e

ulilil

evc l'y eye ill the room was

turn

ed

in

lho

di I

celion or lho motl

ey

newcomer s,

t:; O

Ill

C of Lho WO

lli

en hlHt no

ll

ead

co

ve

rin

g and

theil'

110

i l' W l \ ~ lllU ~ d wi III snow and sleet.

rh

e

m e

ll

11

0

1'

0

110t

f J l t

u

~

i n

g

ill

app

e

aran

ce.

Th

ey

hnd

bee

ll s

ult

el'llig outs

id

e

fr

om

th

e s

tolnl

,

but

now, ouso J'vi II

W;

1 I 1 1 l ~ th < y were unwelcome,

they WC O CVC

II

]\lon, ull comJ'ortable under the

ije

ul' ·hill ).\

gut-o or

the

l1Iiui ij

l I'

and hi

s l'ich

pa-

ri s

lIi

o

ll('

I

R.

'J'1I0 yo uli g

Ili

l

lII wh

o sa t alone looked

upon Llli H PU OI'

COIIiPIlil

Y

wi

Lh great pity. - H e

wus Ib o only o

ll

e ill 1

lI

a t prosen

ce

who

diel,

Aft

or

wlmL ~ o o

l\ll

int

e

rminable

pau

se

the m i J i ~ wil.ll

IIi

R

p

uv e s till

fi

x

ed

upon

th

e

be

dragg

led ('Olip tl UY ill Lho reur,

with

great

graviLy

Ullt wi

lli pious

uud

sanotimonious voice

b

eg

an lo B euk, Uis wo

rd

a were

in

s

ubstanc

e

these :

"TIle ;judgmellt or Cod ~ aga iu st you, Tire

s to

rm

ha

s

dri

ve

ll

you

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the o

ut

s

id

e. H ere

you

have CO

lU

CI

alld f ound protec

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CLERGY PERVERT DIVINE JUDGMENT 5

warmth. You come here not to do the church

any

good nor to build up society

and

the gov

ernment. You come here only because you

are

driven here by this storm from heaven. Soon

tIle storms of hen will be beating against your

naked souls and you win find a heat from which

you can never escape. In

that

place of doom the

fires are never quenched and the worm dieth

not. I warn you to escape the wrath of God

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while you cau.

o

and find work. Save

your money and come here and

pay

your vows

and your obligations to the church.

Let

the

judgment of this night

that

has driven you into

this blessed church be a warning to you to flee ,

from the wrath of God to come. Behold, he

comes to execute judgment upon all the ungod- '

ly. Beware The chmch alone can render you

l

aid,

but

you must

do

your

part.

Th

en with the '

voice of assumed charity the mini ster added, '

addressing the congregation: ''W e will now

receive the silver offering for .foreign mis

sions.

With. the benediction said, the 'favored ones

of the congregation gathered around the minis

ter to commend

him

for his timely words of

warning to

that

uncouth people

that had

un

ceremoniously interrupted the church

ser

vice.

While tIns was being done the ushers saw to it

that the ragged, motley and hungry visitors

were quickly sent forth from the building. As

they huddled in the street outside the door

some of the women asked: "Do you think this

is the beginning of od 's judgment against us ,

f

this storm

is

just

the heginning, what

w

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6

JU GMENT

1.

' bo lono young man had followed the

COIU-

pan

y ot

unfor

t

unat

es

out

of

th

e church. H e

saw their pinched c e ~

and

s

hiv

ering bodies

a1ld thei,. seenljug distress or milld as well as

of body. e y di

sa

ppea red

ill

ihe darkness. H e

hurried

t l

wa y to lli8 r OO I11. H e kept asking him-

·elf these qlles

ti

oll&: '·Does Umt lUinister r ep-

r esell i c od

1 Is

Lmi

chur

ch the church of the

lovillg God

I I ho se

me

ll

>llLd

wom en seemed to

be very

pO

OL

Will GOd

H

.jndgment

be particu-

lady harsh against lho poor 'l I s

not

the Bible

God·s W ord of lnllh t Do s t

not

say that Goel

is lovo1

11

0

11'

lhc ll CHII lhut church r epresent

God 1" fhen a

mi

them the

yo

ung man r esolved

10 beg ill tl

~

r l l l Hlldy or

Ih

e Bible, that he

mighL ~ u L l l w h a iH IIINl l l t

by

lhe judgment day

and

wh

o wjJ be ,judge(Lulltl what will

be

the

r es

ul

t

tl pO Il

Ih

osl'

wh

u

\I

·U

jud

ged.

What

he

lea rned rro

lll

lhe B i l J l ~ iH c t 01th ill the f ollow-

ing p

a g e ~

U is Lho lruth,

Il

ecause taken

from

lhe Word or Uotl.

DOI'i lI it i OilS

h ldgmeut :

J u d Il1l'UIiK

n formal juilicial

dpc l'oc d

1

livol'l'd or

"III fl

l'cd

011 l·

ecord by

olle

]

la

villg a

lltJ

lU

ril y

IIl1d

juri

8

lii

·

Ii

on

of

th

e case

or subject

~

l l d

o r

, o llsi(\cm tion. A judg-

mOl t

~

duliven 'd 01 rClld

l'

l·NI

by

a judge.

J1t4ge: A . i u t l ~ c ~ ouo wht> .jll tlicia JJy OnOtUl (J-

es

senlclIce or

r ( IIt1c r H

j U d ~ l l t . He must be

clo

th

ed w.it

l

po wer, uul li ori ly and jurisdiction

so to do.

L egal: J udgmell

ts

may be r cud er ed eitiler le-

gaily or illegally. Oue

who

wrongfully

asswn

es

to r euder judgmenl docs so illegally. A legal


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EFINITIONS

7

judgment is rendered by a fully qualified judge

after

hearing the facts, weighing the same,

and

applying the facts to the law. The judgment

rendered by one having neither authority nOr

jurisdiction is void, and no one is bound to obey

it. A juClgment rendered by one having power

01' authority 01' jmisdiction is binding.

s ~ £ The word issue, as used in connection

with judgment, means the question

01'

material

point

that

is ,

in

dispute and which is subm

itte

d

to the judge for determination. The issue 01'

question in dispute may be affirmed by one and

denied by another. The rights of the parties to

the issue joined are considered and determined

by the judge hearing the matter. When a crear

ture is on trial before a court 01' judge and the

question or issue is whether he has disobeyed

the law, the facts

are

heard

and the law applied

to the facts, and then the judgment

fo

llows.

T ial: The

tria

l or hearing of the facts must

precede the rendering of the ~

r

or judg-

ment.

t

follows, therefore, that there can be

no ju

st

01'

proper

judgment rendered without a

hearing or

trial.

, J ehovah Goa is the .great

Judge

over all. All

rightful author

it

y proceeds from him.

He

holds

the power and

juri

sdiction over all matters and

therefore he cau .delegate that power, author-

ity and jmi

sdiction to anyone whom he may

choose. He is the Supreme Justice: F01' God

is judge

himse

lf. -Ps.

50: 6

God is ju

st

and merciful. Justice

an

d judg-

ment are the habitation of thy throne : mercy

and

truth

shall

go

before

thy

face. (Ps. 89: 14)

Th

e law of

the

Lord

is perfect. . . . The


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S JU GMENT

_ . _

. . l .

statutes of the Lord are r ight," (Ps, 19:

7,

8)

Therefore God gives every creatme a fail' trial

01'

hearing befol'e final

jud

gme

nt

is rendered,

Hi

s judgments are

impartia

l. "Ye shall

not

respect persons in judgment; but ye shall he

ar

the small as well as the grea

L;

, , , for the judg

ment is

God's," (Deut,

1: 17)

God therefore

ass

ur

es everyone

u

fail'

Jl

eal' in g

or

trial. "Doth

our law judge any mall before it heal' him, and

1000W

what he do

e('

h

Jolm

7:

5l.

Judge Christ

Jes

us

After the consecration of Josus, at the time

of his

bapti

sm

iu

tbe J ordan, ,Jehovah God ap

pointed

a l ~ d

ulloinlcd

Jl

illl as the g

reat

Judge,

That means t

hut

,JellOval1 God delegated to

hi

s

beloved

Son

lho

paWN'

and auLhority and

juri

sdicti

on

to heal' aud

jud

ge

all

creatures,

J esus Christ was clothed witJluUpower and au

thol'il-y ill heaven alld ill

oU I'Li ut

his r es

urrec

tion, (Matt, 28: 18) H is wl'ilten concerning

him: For the Father juclgeth no man,

but

hath

committed all judgll1

nL

\llllo

Lhe

Soa," (John

5: 22) In due timo I I U ~ t "n il 1 pellr llefo

re

the

judgme

nt

seat of hd sL". (2 Cor, 5: 10) Act

ing

as

J'ehovah

GOd'B

executive

olIi

ce

r J esus

Christ render s jutlg

ru

eul ill h u acco l'd with the

will of God.

Uffi

sdict ion 'rhe lit.

en

tl moani ng of the 'YOI'd

jurisdiction is "the 'ig

ht

Lo suy _ I t means the

right, power and nutJlol'ity

lO

ilea

l'

and to de

termine the cause under consideration and to

execute the sarno, Of necess

ity

time enters into

th

e

matter

because there is a pI'oper

01'

due

time to heal' and

cl

etermine (luuses of action,


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JUDGES THEMSELVES ON TRIAL 9

The fact that Jesus Christ was clothed with

power and authority

at

a specific time does not

mean

that

he would immediately begin to exer

cise

that

authority and render judgment. Jeho

vah God fixes the due time to hear and deter

mine all matters. When the court is set

for

hearing,

that

is the propel' and due time. Be

rOTe Jehovah

God,

tIle great Supreme Judge,

delegates power imd authoTity

to

others

to

act

as judges, he puts them upon

trial

and judg

ment.

-: Ve

110'1'

consider

t.he

judgment

Of the Judges

Since all authority proceeds from 'J ehovah

God he delegates power and authority to

others. This he does only after a trial and

j udgment of those whom he makes judges. His

beloved Son was God's active agent n

the

cre

ation of all things. Then he was made flesh

and

dwelt amongst men on earth

that

he might by,

his full obedience to God's law become the Re

deemer of man. J

OM

1:

14,

29) ..at the Jordan

he made an agreement to

do

God's will, which

meant

that

he must be fully obedient to

God

's

e:>' pressed law. At

that

time God made a cove-

nant with

Jesus

that he should be the

great

Judge and Ruler of all creation.

But

before the

authority was fully

and

completely conferred

upon Jesus he must undergo a trial and be

judged and prove worthy. For tIn'ee and a

half

years Jesus was subjected to the most severe

test, which brought upon him much suffering.

He learned obedience by the things which he

suffered. Heb. 5: 8) He became obedient unto

death, even the [ignominious] death of the


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GM NT

cross. Wheret{)re God also

hath

highly exalted

him,

and.given him a name which

is

above every

name . (Phil. 2: 8

) He

was tested and

proved

by

Jehovah

and

was made judge over

aU creatmes, to hear and render judgment in

God's due time. '['hat includes power and au

tllOrity to judge his associa.te judges; also to

judge the clergy, the natious, the financiers,

. the politicians, Satan and

)li

s.organization, and

all the peoples, includillg the living and the

dead.

God planned

that

Jeslls Clu'ist should have

associated with him a small company taken

from amongst men, who in due time should par

ticipate with him n jucign1ellt.

Each

one of

these must first fully agl'

0

to do God's will,

whidl means cOl1secmtlol1; und then eaoh must

be put upon trial and ill that trial must prove

himself loyal and failbful unto God and to

Christ. Jesus said to his disciples that because

they

had

been faithful with ti.m in his trials

they should share wiUt him in his kingdom, and

in his throne 01 judgmont s at.-Luke 22: 28-30 .

To those who agree to be llis followers Jesu<

says: And he that ovcrcometlJ, and lceepeth

my works unto the end, to hiltl will I give pow

er

over the nations.

'

1'0

him that overcometh

will I grant to

sit

with me in my throne. (Rev.

2: 26; 3: 21) Again, it is

written:

Do ye not

know that the saints shull judge the world1"

1 Cor. 6: 2) From the time one becomes a true

follower of Christ until death he is on trial.

The final judgment concernulg such is rendered

by the

Lord

J esus

Christ

when he comes to his

temple.

-Mal.

3:

1-3; 1

Pet.

4: 17;

Ps

. 11:

4,

5.


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of

more iuterest aud vital im-

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to

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We say

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bout the

book:

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plai n statemeut

o[

the gracious l)rovisioll Jebo-

Yah has

maue to

bring ill

men into full harmouy with

himseU that the

obedieut

ones may have everlustiut;

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U GM NT

God made

man

for the earth, not for heaven.

Only those who are faithful unto death [n doing

the

will

of God will be a part of the heavenly

kingdom.

Je

sus said

that

not

everyone that

says,

LOl·d

Lord, shall enter the kingdom,

but

he

that

doeth the will of my Father>'. (Matt.

7: 21) These will be associate judges with

Christ in a part of Iris judgment work.

f the

Pl·eachers

The

rul

e of action,

or

la

w of the judgment,

is

written in the Bible, which is God's Word of

truth. All

just

judgmenJs

are

rendered in full

accord therewith.

For

t lris reason the student

of the Bible can determine from the Bible what

will he the nat

ur

e of the judgment of the Lord.

Jesus Christ renders s lleh decree

or

judgment,

and his followers have

someL

hing to

do

there-

with.

P

s

a.

149:

8

9) 'l'hc due time

for

judg-

ment to begin

has

come, aml therefore the per-

son who is devoted to Goel can study the matter

and

get an

Imderstancling thereof.

Th

e preachers or clel·

g-yr

neu elaim to have

agreed to

do

God's will. They claim to be rep-

r esentatives of Goel and of Christ. Among them

there

have been some good men

anel

ma.ny who

ha.ve been otherwise. A marl is good only when

he is

ent

ir

ely devoted to God.

God

calls those

who are truly Iris sons watchmen . Be-

cause the preachers pose before the people and

claim that they r epresellt God and that they

are his sons, God caused llis pl·ophet to write

concenring them and

ironi

cally to

ca

ll them

watchmen. These men claim to have a knowl-

edge

of

the

truth.

Th

ey

are

therefore on

tria

l


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PRE CHERS

UP

FOR JUDGMENT 13

as preachers or claimed representatives of the

Lord.

The unfaithful preachers have ignored God's

Word and have looked to their own selfish in-

terests. They have used their congregations

to further their ow n desires. They love honor

of men and seek their own personal comfort,

each one looking to

his

own congregation fOT

the things that he wants. Co ncerning

S

UCll

God's

proph

et wrote:

Hi

s watchmen are blind;

they are all ignorant, they are ll dumb dogs,

they cannot bark; sleeping lying down, loving

to slumber. Yea, they

are

greedy dogs which

can never have enough, and they are shepherds

that cannot understand ; they all look to their

ow

n way, ever

ne for his gain from his

quarter Isa. 56: 10 11. .

Many of the clergmen or preacbers have

joined forces with

Big

Business and profession-

al politicians and have tried to exalt themselves

and have lost sight of God's Word. They favor

the ri

ch and influential because they rea

so

n it

will be to their own goo

d.

They make

the

in-

fluential men the favored ones of

their

congre-

gat

ion or the principal ones of their flock. They

delight to have the rulers in their chief pews

a,nd they push o

ut

the poor

and

rag

ged

and

those without influence for

fear

that they will

offend the rich and that this w()uld work to the

clergymen's disadvantage. They do not really

love God, and they serve him only with their

mouths by making speeches of great gravity

and u m e piety. Those men

hav

e become in

toxicated with the teachings of the world, such

as

evoll'ltion, the

great

achievements of men,


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14

JU GMENT

and what their church organizations have

wronght. Concerning such it is written: Stay

yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cr

y:

they are drunken, but not with wine; they stag

ger, but not with strong drink. For the Lord

hath poured out upon you the

spirit

of deep

sleep,

and hath

closed your eyes : the prophets

[preachers] and your rulers, the seers hath he

covered. And the vision

of

all is become unto

you as the words of a book that is sealed whicll

men deli

ver

to one th tt is learned, saying, Read

this, I pray thee: and lie saith, I cannot;

for it

is sealed; and the book

s

delivered to lIim

that

is not

learned, saying, Re

ad

this I pray thee:

and lie saith, I am not learned. ·Wherefor e the

Lord

said, Forasmuch as this people draw Ilear

me with

their

mouth,

and

with their lips

do

hon

our me, but have removed their heart far from

me,

and their

fe

ar

toward me is

taught

by the

precept of men: therefore,behold, I will pro

ceed to do a marvellous wo rk Illliong this peo

ple, even a marvellous

wo

rk an

1

a wonder:

for

the wisdom of the

ir

wise

mOll

shall perish, and

the understanding of the

ir prudent

men shall

be hid. -Isa. 29: 9-14.

The clergymen claim to represent God and

call themselves "the shepherd of the flock"

or

congregation, which they se

rv

e. They

do

not

try to feed the congregation l1pon the proper

Word of God. Their

interest

is centered in

themselves and they feed themselves on the

things that please themselves. God likens them

unto the shepherd who selfishly negleets

his

floek. Concerning them he caused their judg

ment to be written

in

his Word, as follows:


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LERGY NEGLE T

TH IR

FLO KS 5

"Thus

saith

the ] ,ord God unto tlle shepherds

[clergymen], Woe be to the sheph

erds

[preach.

el's] of

Israel

that

do

feed themselves hould

not the shepherds [preachers] feed the flocks '

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool,

ye kill them

that are

fed:

but

ye teed not the

o ck

. The diseased have ye not strengthened,

neither have ye healed that which was sick, nei

ther have ye bound up that Wllich was broken,

neither have ye brought again

that

which was

driven away, neither have ye sought

that

which

was l

ost; but

with force and with cruelty have

ye rnled them. And they were sca ttel'ed

be

cause there is no shepherd : and they became

meat

to all the heasts of the field when they

were scattered. My sheep wandered through all

the mountains, and upon every

high

hill: yea,

my flock

was scattered upon all the face of the

earth, and none did search

or

seek

after

them.

l

'herefore, ye shepherds [preachers],

hear

the

word of the

Lord:

• Behold, I am against the

shepherds [clergy] ;

and

I will require my flock

at

their hand, and cause fhem

t o

cease from

feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds

[preachers] feed themselves any more; for I

will deliver my flock from their mouth,

that

they

may not be

meat

for th

em

." -]]]zek. 34:

2-

7, 10.

,\T}len

reading these words of God's prophet,

call to mind

that

littl

e company of poor who

fled

f rom the storm into the church building

and who were refused

aid

and comfort. Call

to mind the des

ir

e of the clergyman

on that

oc

casion to please those of his congregation

wh()

could afford

to

occupy the padded pews.


18/68

16

JU GMENT

The preachers have frightened the people by

falsely telling them

that

God would consign

them to purgatory

for

a long while and later

transfer

them to

eternal

torment where they

would be

tortur

ed for ever. They llave told the

people t h

at

each one

ha

s a soul

that

can not

die and,

it

being

in

hell torment,

that

condition

of suffering would obtain eternally. They have

told them

that

such is God's judgment. Snch

statemeuts

are

lies, and God calls them such.

He

says

that

he did

llOt

authorize these men to

speak

in

his name

and

to represent him

as

a

fiend, because such a wicked tlung

as tortme

was never

in

God's mind.

(J

e1·. 32: 35) Then

the Lord said unto me, The prophets [preach-

ers] prophesy lies

in

my name j I sent them not,

neither have I commanded them, neither spake

uuto them : they prophesy unlo you a false vi-

sion and divination, and a lltillg

or

nonght, and

the deceit of

their

heart

.

(J

cr. 14: 14) God

has

decreed

that

there

will C 111e

a time of

trouble wmoh

will

destroy lhe wicked organiza-

tions that oppress the people. rhe preachers

deny this, and the Lord says to them: There-

fo re thus saith the

Lord

concerning

tlle

proph-

ets [preachers]

that

prophesy

in

my nam

e

and I sent them not,

yet

they say, Sword and

famine shall not be

in

this

l

and;

By

sword and

famine shall those prophets [clergy] be con-

snmed.

Je r .14:15.

The rich and influ

entia

l in

lhe

church denom-

inations

are

tbe principal ones of the

flock

or congregation, and

they

influence improperly

the preacher or shepberd. Those shepherds

now enjoy good

pasture

for themselves. Of


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course

the

principal of the flock gladly pay

the preacher, thinking that

by

so doing they

will1:eceive immuui.ty

1:

absolution

from

thei1:

wrongful acts. Concerning such (he

Lord

de-

crees: ''Rowl, ye

shep

h

er

d

s,

and

cry; and

wallow yourselves

in

the ashes, ye principal of

the flock: £ 1: the days of your slaughter and of

your disper sions are accom]llished ; and ye shall

,fa,u like a

pl

ea

sant vess

e

l. And

the shepherds

[preacher s] shall

hav

e no way to

flee,

nor

the

, principal of the flock

to

escape. A voice of the

cry of the shepherds, and all howling or

th

e

prin

cip

al

of the

flo

ck, shall be he

ard: for

the

Lord ha

th spoiled

th

eir pas

tm'e. -Je1:.

25;

34-36.

In these days the cl

ergy

are the ones WllO

oppose all per sons who hy to t each the people

the plain

truth

of

the

Bible. They

do

not want

the people to know

th

e t

ru

t

h,

because

it

would

interfer e

with their

wrongful course. During

the World

War

they caused many

faithful

Christians to be imprisoned and beat en beC3


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NATIONS BEFORE TIlE

BAR

19

selfishly abuse those who are in their way. Such

men claim to be God s sons, but they are in fact

the children of

Satan

the Devil.

(John

8:

42-44)

In

the parable Jesus says concerning them: I

was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked,

and

ye clothed me not; sick and

in pri

son, and

ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer

him,

saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hun

gered,

or

athirst,

or

a stranger, 01' naked, 01'

sic

k

01' in prison, and did not minister uuto

thee

¥

Then shall he answer them saying, Verily

I say unto you,

Ina

smuch as

ye

did it not to one

of the least of these [my bret

hr

en], ye did it

not to me. And these shall

go

away into ever

lasting punishment; but the righteous into life

eternal. -Matt.

25: 43-46.

Of the Nations

God organized. the

Jew

s into a nation

ana

made a covenant with that people to give them

life

i

they kept his law.

That

nation was on.

u·ial. They being unfaithful to their covenant,

God r endered a final decree against them and

took away the right to rule. (Ezek. 21: 24-27)

He

cast the Israelites away from him and per·

mitted

their

nation to be destroyed.

n

due

time he

will

grant

the Jews

an

individual new

trial.

At the casting away of Israel the Gentile na

tions were permitted to have full sway in the

earth. The Lord God placed sufficient informa

tion within

the

reach of these nations to let

them Imow that he is the only true God. : The

Gentile nations, therefore, were put on trial for

an

attempt

to establish a desirable govern-


22/68

20

JU GMENT

ment. Many of such nations adopted a religion

and

called it

the

Christian religion, and have

sil ICe called themselves Christian nations. The

men

that rul

e the

na

tions of the eart}l today

are

anything but

th

e followers of Christ. Christ

Jesus is the Prillce of Peace . H e restated his

Father s

commandmeut: Thou shalt not kill.

,Vhen the great

World

War came, the nations

of

so-called Christendom, or organized Chris

tianity , not only indulged ill that war, but en

acted laws

co

mpelling young men to go to

war

and kill each other. 0 oue was ahle to give a

good r eason why the war was being fought.

While the

war

was

in

progress the nations took

advantage

of

the condit.ions

an

d saddled upon

the people many burdens iv the way of unjust

laws

greatly

increased taxation, and other

bur

dens

contrary

to righ teousness.

t

is well known by all persons

that

the laws

of the so·called Christian nations are enforced

with gr eat

partialit

y. The rich and the influ

ential escape the punishment for

th

e violation

of the law, while

they

also use the law to hnr

den

and

oppress the less fornmate. The poor

man

has little or no show

in

the courts.

Th

e

ways of

th

e natio

ns

are

not equal. The nations

of so-called Christendom are

rul

ed

by Big

Busi

ness, big politicians,

and

big preachers. All

have forgotten God and turned to the false

teachings of evo

luti

on and science so called.

Concerning such God's decree is aJll10unced

thus:

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and

all

the nations

that

forget God.

(Ps.

9:

17)

'Hell, as used

in

tbis tt1xt, does

not

mean eternal


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common sense ) OU

will wonder why there

could. ever

h

ave

been

any difference

of

opin-

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torment, but it means oblivion. These

vil

nations shall cease to exist.

Today the so-called Christian nations

are

armed to the teeth,

in

fear

that

an attack may

be made by one up

on

another. God foreknew

the conditions that now exist and foretold sucb

throngll his prophets.

Th

ese so -called Chris

tian nations set np the League of Nations and

.claim it to be an exp1 essi

on

of God's kingdom

on ea1'th. The IJreache1's have

tried

to inveigle

some 'of the trne Chl'istians into tlJis unholy

alliance. Concerning such, God says :

Th

erefore

wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day

that I rise up to the pl'

ey;

for my determination

is to gather the nations, that may assemble

the kingdoms, to pour upon them nune indigna

tion, even all my fierce anger : for aU the earth

shall be devom ed with the fire of my jealol1s),.

(Zeph.

3 : 8)

A

nd

he

that

overcometh, and

keepetl1 my w01'ks unto the end, to

hlm )vill

give power over the nations: and he shall l'ule

them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a pot

ter

shall they be broken to

sh

ivers : even as

1 eceived of my Fathel'. (Bev. 2 : 26,27)

Th

en

says the LOTd : And in

th

e days of these

Icing

s

shall the Go

el

of heaven set up a kingdom which

shall never be destroyed : and the kingdom shall

llOt

be left

to

other people, but

it

shall break

in

pieces and consum e all these

kin

gdoms, and it

shaU stand for ever. (Dau.

2: 44)

God is now

setting np his lcingdom, or true nation, and

through it

his

blesssings for the people of the

nations

will

be given to them

that

obey

hlm -

Gen. 22: 18.


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GREED F FIN NCIERS

23

Of the inanciers

t

is

written in

God's

Word

For

tlie Jove

Ot

money is t he root of all evil; which while some

coveted after, t.hey have

erred from

the faith,

and pierced themselves through with many sor

rows. (1 Tim. 6: 10) The men who control the

money

of

tbe world are called financiel·s. They

grow rich by juggling with

that

which

is pro-

duced by others. These men usually possess

more

than

ordinary intelligence. They know of

God; some of them have even ga

in

ed some

knowledge of God's plan. Their greed and love

for

money and

for

the pow

er it

brings have led

them to be oppressors of the people. Some of

them have become so

very

selfish that human

life

is

not sacred to them

but is

counted a

com

mon thillg.

Th

ese men

hav

e formed and operated g

reat

inanimate bodies called corporations. These

organized corporate powers are employed as

agencies of

great

oppression upQn the people.

The

men who use

th

em

must

know

that

they

are

not doing right.

f

a man

sta

nds in the way

of these organized systems' accomplishing their

selfish purpose

they

do not

he

si

tate

to

hire

the

professional killer to remove such obstruction.

f a

man

brings to li

ght

some

important

inven

tion, and selfish financiers believe it to be to the

advantage of t.heir cOl'poration, they find some

way of defrauding the inventor out of the

fruits of his labors.

Th

e farmers grow

their

crops

at

the cost of

money and much labor, but the price thereof

is

fixed by the heartless corporations. These

hoard

their

ill-go t gains and think such

w ll

be


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4

JU GMENT

able to 'deliver

them

iu the time of trouble.

'i'here are about 280 men who control the great

corporations

and the

money power of America,

and each olle of these has an

a.nJlUul

income of

a million dollars or more. There are more than

110 million people

in Am

erica, most of whom

are

in very ordinary circumstances. Ther e

is

a great dis

parity

in the number of the rich and

those who

are

not rich. .

J'ust now it is a common tIring to hear the

cries of the people

against

their oppres

so

rs.

God hears t

llO

se c

ri

es and he will set right all

matters in his due time. He

has

announced in

his

WOl·d

his judgment against those who are

responsible

for

these cries. t is written:

Go

to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your

nriseries that shall come upon you. Your riches

are

c

orrupt

ed, and

your

garme

nts are

moth

e

at

en. Your gold and silver is cankered; and

the rust of them shall be a witness ag

ainst

you,

and s

hall

e

at

yom flesh as

it

were fire. Ye have

heaped treasure together

for

tIle

la

st days. Be

hold, the hire of the labo

ur

ers who have reaped

down your fields which is of you kept back by

fraud, crieth : and the cries of them which have

reap

ed

are

e

nt

ered

into

the

ears

of the

Lord

of

Sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the

earth, and been wanton; ye have nOUl'ished

your

h

earts, as

in a day of slaughter. Ye have

condemued and kill

ed

the just; and he doth not

resist you. -Jas. 5 : 1-6.

The cruel and oppressive corporations or

ganized and

operated

by a few selfish men the

Lord

likens unto a fierce lion amidst

harml

ess

lambs. The p.oor are powerless against such


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•

I Ol:JTICIANS REJECT CHRIST

25

harsh - lions. When God's judgment is enforced

against the great corporations owned and op-

erated

by men,

he

will destroy their power and

they will cease to oppress and coerce the peo-

ple. The government of God lmder Christ, the

great Judge

, being in full sway

in

the

earth

then, the1'e will be no harsh organizations sym-

bolized by lions. They will cease for ever. No

lion sha ll be there, nor any ravenous beast shall

go up thereon, it shall not be found there;

but

the redeemed shall walk t h e r e . - I s ~ . 35:

.

9.

f the Politicians

Those who exercise rule over the people are

pl'operly called politicians. One holding a ptlb-

lic office and who looks well to his own advan-

tage is a professional politician. Such in part

constitute the visible

part of

the ruling powers

over the people. A ruler is also ca lled a prince.

During

a political campaign such meu seek

office aud promise much to the people, lJUt

when eleoted, straightway forget their prom-

ises. The Lord mentions such in his Word: As

a

roaring

lien, and a

ranging

bear; so is a wick-

ed

ruler

over the poor p

eo

ple. (Prov. 28: 15)

The

rul

er that has not llilderstanding is also

an

oppressor.-Prov. 28: 16.

The

great

politicians

or

statesmen assemble

from

time to time

to

determine what is

for

the

best int

erest

of their respective cOlliltries.

Such a conference was held in Paris in 1919.

Although God

had

furnished the

proof that

the

time

had

arrived

for

his

righteo

us Son to be,

gin his reign and establish right

eo

usness, these

politicians

or rul

ers took counsel together


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AND

OPPRESSORS IN SI

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LUCIFER BECOMES SATAN

27

against the

Lord and

his Anointed: 'rhe kings

of

the

earth set themselves,

and

the rulers take

counsel tog

et

her, against the Lord, and against

bis aJlointed,

say

ing,

Let

us

br

eak

their

b n d

asunder, and cast away

their

cords from us:'

-Ps.2:2,3.

Then the Lord sets forth his judgment

against such and advises what he will do

for

them: Then shall he speak unto them in his

'rath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Yet have I set my Icing upon my holy hill of

Zion. Thou s

halt

br

eak them with a

r o d

of

iron:

tbou shalt dash them in pieces like a

potter's

vessel. (Psa. 2: 5, 6, 9) To the same effect is

the Lord's judgment announced in Jeremiah

51: 22, 23.

Further spealciug of his

ju

'dgment upon snch,

and of the righteousness of his OWIl govern

ment, the Lord says : The Lord hath broken

the staff of the wicked, and the

sceJ,Jtre

of

the

rulers . (Isa. 14:

5)

Then the rnlel'S that

have ruled

in ul1l

ighteousness

and

made pub

lic office a private gain shall cease for ever.

f Satan's rganization

Safan the Devil is the arch

enelllY

of God

and of man. Before he 1Jecame evil his name

was Luc

ifer

and he was then a beautiful crea

ture acting

Ulld

er the authority of God as man's

invisible overseer. He was then on trial before

God. H e rebelled against dod and was guilty

of treasQll agaillst God and gnilty of the mur

der of man. Immediately following his rebel

lion God announced wha would 1Je his ftnal

judgment against Satan.-Ezek. 28: 14-19.


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CHRISTENDOM ND S T N

ITS

GOD

9

(3) the religious element, which plays upon the

superstition of the people to induce them to be

submissive to the ruling powers, teaching

the

people tJlat their failure to obey the teachings

of

the

p.reachers

or

the church will result in

their

being tormented in hell

for

ever.

Rome was

the

sixth in the li

st

of world pow

ers

formed and ruled by Satan. Originally

Rome was pagan in religion. Thell

that

nation

adopted

a formalism, called

it by

the name of

Ch

ri

stianity and

designated

it

the

Christian

religion. The ecclesiastical eleme

nt

formed

an

influential part of

that

world power.

There was rebellion against Rome

by

other

countries of Europe, and then came into vogue

what is called the

Protestant

religion of Christ.

Without a doubt many good and hon

est

men

embraced the Protestant faith. Within a short

time, however,

the

Devil,

through

Big

B usil1ess

aud

professional politicians and false preach.

ers, got contI-ol of the

Prot

estaut ch

ur

c

h.

Such nations as

Great

Britain, . the United

States

and

ot.h

ers

claim to be Christian nations,

hut th

ey

a:re

not Christian nations by any

means. These nations

and

other nations of the

earth form Satan s visible organization. No

one will dispute

the

fact

that

the

nations of so·

called Christendom are the nations of the

world. t is written that Satan is the god or in

visible ruler of

the world.-2

Cor. 4:

3

4 ;

John

12:

31; 14: 30; Matt. 4:

8

9.

Satan has builded a tremendous

and

power

ful organization.

The

invisible

part of his

or

ganization

is

designated in

the Scriptures

as

heaven, while the visible

part

of

his

organiza-


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30

JU GMENT

tion is called the earth. The invisible part

is

composed of Satan and his angels. The visible

part

is

composed of the commercial, political

and religious elements, which now combine to

ru

le

the peoples of

earth

.

Sa tan is the grea t oppressor and he uses his

organization to oppress the people and keep

them in subjection. God

has

decreed that the

works of Satan shall be destroyed. With God's

govermnent of righteousness in power, with

Chri

st

the

Head

thereof, God

will

destroy Sa

tan and his works. ' 'For tlris purpose the Son

of God was manifested,

that

he might destroy

the works of the devil. -lJ'ohn

3:

8.

The real he d of the earthly part of Satan's

orgalllzation is the commercial power, or the

great

financiers. These constitute the power

behind the earthly

throne

. The bod J is made

up

of

the

professional politicians

or

statesmen,

because they

are

the ones

that

rule visibly. The

t il of the organization, which tail fans from

one side to the other to blind the people,

is

the

religious element led by the clergy, which

teaches lies to induce the people to subnrit to

an oppressive rul

e

Such orgmrization shall

perish. t is written: The ancient and honour

able [wise financiers], he is the

head;

and the

prophet [clergymen and religious leaders who

teach falsely]

that

teacheth lies, he

is

the

tai

l

For the leaders [the body of politicians] of

this people cause them to err; and they that

are led of them are

destroyed. -Isa.

9: 13-16.

Those who rule and have control over tlle

people

are

proud and haughty. (Mal. 3 : 15)

The financiers are cruel and oppressive, the


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31

politicians

are

proud and severe, and the cler

gy

are

al'l'ogant, and all worldng together are

oppressors of the people. Concerning such the

Lord says: For, behold, the day cometh, that

shall burn as an ove

n;

and all the proud, yea,

and all that

do

wickedly, s

hall

be stubble: aud

the day that cometh s

hall burn

them up, saith

the

Lord of

hosts,

that it

shall leave

th

em

neither

root

nor branch

. -Ma

l. 4: l

The three elemeuts forming the controlling

power over the people

are

designated

as

the

earth,

and

suoh

are

now

in great

fear

and

are

feverishly

pr

eparing

for

war because of

Ule

things that they see coming upon the earth .

Satan

the Devil is therefore gathering his forces

for the great battle of Armageddon. (Rev.

16:

13-16)

Th

ese ruling poweI's well know that

they

have violated

t

he ev

er

la

st

ing covenant'·

by

shedding innocent blood am God says con

cerning them: "The

earth

moul'lleth, and fad

eth away; the world languishelli, and fadeth

away; the haug

ht

y people of the earth

do

lan

guish. The earth also is defiled lUlder the iuhab

itants thereof, pecause they have

tran

sgressed

the laws, chaJJged the orclinance, broken the

everlasting covenant. Therefor e ha th the curse

devoured the earth, and they

that elw

e

ll

therein

are

desolate; ther eror e the inhabitants of the

earth

are burn

ed, and few mon left." - 1sa. 24:

4-6

.

Conc

er

ning those w

ho

have deliberately act

ed

as Satan's in

st

rum

e

nt

s to oppress the peo

ple God says : And I will lIlake drunk her

princes and her wise men, 11er captains, and

her rulers, and h

er

mighty men:

and

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sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wale, saitb

tbe King wbose name is tbe Lord of bosts.

Jer.51:57.

Satan

's organization is referred

to

also under

tbe symbol of Babylon, al

so

under tbe symbol

of wild beasts

that

te

ar

and lash the people.

Ooncerning tbose who form Satan's organiza

tion God says : Howl yej for the day of tbe

Lord

is at hand; it

sban

come as a destruction

from tbe .Almighty. -Isa. 13:

6.

Tbe beast , which is Satan's visible organi

zation composed of the three elements above

named, comes into war with God's organization

under

Christ. (Re

v. 19 : 11)

That

war

results

in the destruction of Satan's organization.

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ME OF JOY 33

And

I saw the beast,

and

the kings of the

earth, and their armies, gathered together to

make

war

against

him

that sat

on the horse,

and against

his

army.

And

the

beast

was taken,

and with him the false

prophet

that wrought

.miracles before

him,

with which he dece ived

them

that had

.

re

ceived .the

mark

of the beast,

and them that worshipped his image. These

both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning

with brimstone. -Rev.

19:

19,

20.

The final judgme

nt

executed ag'ainst

Satan

and his organization will be the complete and

everlasting destruction thereof. God sU'

ys: 1

will early destroy all the wicked of the land.

Psa.

101 : 8.

Of the

People

With

Satan's

organization oompletely e ~

stroyed,

th

en the people

that

remain on the

earth will constitute tile world. It is

written:

''BecaU se

he [God]

hath

appointed a day,

in

the

which he will judge the world in,

righteousness,

by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof

he hath

given assurance unto a

ll

men,

in that

he hath raised

him

[Christ]

from

the dead. -

Acts

17

:

31.

The

Lord

could

not

judge the world

in

rig

ht-

eousness until Satan

's

organization of u

nrig

ht-

eousness

is

destroyed. Satan,

by

working

through his instrnments of

unrig

hteousness,

has

deceived the people for

many

centuries and

h

as

tu

rned

them away

from

God. Satan has

made

the

nations evil. When

Satan

is bound

and his organization destroyed,

he

can deceive

the nations

no

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chance

to

leal'll

the

truth.

(ReY. 20

:

1-3)

Christ, the

great

and l·ighteous Judge, will then

judge

the

people

in

righteousness.

Th

en

th

e

peo

pl

e can haye a hea

ring

and a trial. When

Ohrist's kingdom of right

eo

usness is in full

sway, then t

he

jndgm

ent

will take pla

ce

as it is

writt

e

n:

Th

e

Lord

shall

judg

e the quick

[HYin

g]

and the

dead

at hi

s

appearing

and his

kingdom. (2 Tun.

4: 1

Those liYing on the

earth will be the fir

st

ones judged. After them

tlle dead will be brough t to life on earth

allfj

1)e gi

vell

a

fair

trial.

Th

e day of judgment of

the

people, instead of its being one of great dis.

tress, will be a day of great joy to all

th

em that

obey.

t

will mean the time of de

liY

e

ran

ce hom

oppression, and the day of blessing. Concerning

tbat day qf judgment the preachers haye luis

represented God

and

baye misled the p

eopl

e.

God ne\Ter authorized

them

to speak. Now tbl)

tinle has come when God will make known his

tl Uth to his people

in

his own gbod way.

he rial

Bear in mind always

that Goel

is just, aud

his action always

in

harmony with

hi

s law.

t

follows then

that

ther e co uld be no judgment

without· a he

aring or

t

rial

of the ones to be

judge

d,

b

ec

ause God's law provides

that

such

hearing mu

st

he had.

(John 7: [i

t

also fol

lows

that

there could be no judgment of the

people without a jud

ge;

and, sin

ce

the judg

meut work is assigned to Christ J·esus, the

judgment

by

Christ

of

the people

co

uld not take

place until

ru

s lli t

is set

and the due ti1ne

has

arrived.

l 'mth

ennor

e,

there

co

uld lIot

be

a trial


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of a person unless that person has knowledge

of and concerning his trial. The preachers

have told the people

that

all have their

trial

and that their destiny is fLxed at death. 'l'hat is

not true. Only those who have learned of God s

plan and who have Im

owlec1ge or

could have

had a lmow ledge tllereof have been on trial.

Some have been h'ied as individual

s

and some

fOl'ming an

or

ganization have heen subjected

to trial.

Take 'as an illustration

that

li

tt

le company of

men and women who rushed into the church

building to escape the stOl'm and who heard the

words of the preacher concerning their judg-

ment. They were not on trial. They conld not

have been on trial unless they

had

first

heard

thc

truth

. 'l'hey did not hear the truth from the

preacher. They

had

heard it in no churcll huild-

ing

. They were

thr

e

aten

ed

with

eternal tor-

ment, which is not true. They heard nothing

about God's provision for poor hUll1anity. The

preacher was not their judge and he

had

no

authority to single them out and speak in words

of condemnation

or

otherwise against them.

Satan, the enemy of God, has ovc1'l'eached the

preachers and has induced them to preach false

doctrines,

that

have really blinded the people to

the

truth.

Only those who have made a consecration to

do God s will and have received Iris spirit have

been led into the truth. That is exactly what J e-

sus said to his disciples, that when the holy

spirit

of God is given, you will be led into all

truth

.

(John

16: 13) Until the second conring

of the LOl'd and ills kingdom the poor of the


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world are blinn to the truth by r eason of the

works of the enemy

throu

gh

his

false teachers.

(2 Cor. 4 :

3,

4)

t

ha

s been like a

vai

l over

th

e

fa ce of the people.

In

the Bible

th

e word

mOlllltain is used

as

a symbol

of

God's kingdom,

and

the Lord declares

that in that mountain he

shall r emove this vail that the peo

pl

e may see

the

t ruth.-I

sa. 25: 7. -

Why

a

rial

Why

shQuld

th

e people be

put

on trial, and

for

what

could

they

be tried1 The proper au

swer to th

at

question

is

imp

ortant

. God created

th e ear th for man to live upon.

(I

sa . 45: 12, 18)

He gave to

Ada

m dominion over the things

of

the earth

and

the

right

to

li

ve on it for ever .

That right depended sole

ly

upon Adam's obe

dience to God's law. God did not r equi re much

of

him,

bu

t he t old

Adam

th

at

I

e

must not

dis

obey and t

ha

t

i

he wo

uld

disobey death would

lJe

the penalty. (Gen. 2: 17)

Adam

being on

trial, becau se o his disobedience the judgment

of death aud expulsion from Edeh was entered

against him. (Gen. 3 : 15-24) All

of

Adam' s chil

dren were born after

that

. Theil' sinful and

imperf

ect

father,

under going

the

sen

te

nce

of

d

eat

b, could

not

bring

fo

r th perfect children.

The c

hildr

en therefor e inherited the result of

Adam's sin. H ence the prophet says: Behold.

I was s

hap

en in iniquity,

and in

sin (lid my

mother conceive me. -Psa . 51: 5.

Unless God would

make

some provision for a

new

vrial for mankind,

all

men must

in

due

time

for

ever

p

er

isb. God

promised

that

he

would

redeem man. (Hos. 13: 14) God in his loviug-


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kindness made provision

to

prevent mau from

perishing. For

God

so loved the world, that

he gave his only begotten Son,

that

whosoeve1·

believeth in him should not perish,

but

have

evedasting life.

For

God sent not his SOil into

the world to condemn tIle world; but that the

world through him might be saved." J hn

3:

16,17.

Jesus, the Son of

God,

became a mau. (Jghn

1:

14) lIe came to earth in order

that

he might

ransom the hlUnan race and give the people the

opportunity

for lif

e.

(Matt

.

20:

28

;

John

10: 10)

Hansom means to buy back or acquire title with

a

conesponding price. J esus was a perfect man,

even as Adam was wh en he was in Eden. The

death of

Jesus

as a man exactly conesponded

to the price of the pe

rfect lif

e

that God 's

judg-

ment required of Adam. Jesus Christ in cleatll

was made a substihlte for Adam that Adam and

his offspring

mi

g

ht

be

released from the judg-

ment of death and the effects thereof. For whom

did J esus die upon

th

e cross '1 'or every man,"

say the Scriptures. (lIeb.

2: 9)

l 'urthermore,

in

God's due time

th

e

fact

must be told to evel·y

man, and

that

before he is put upon trial. ' 'For

this is good and acceptable in the sight of God

our SaviOlIT; who willlmve all men to be saved,

and

to

come unto the kn

ow

ledge of the truth.

For

there is one

God,

and one mediator between

God and men, the man

Christ

Je

sus; who gave

hinlse

lf

a ransom for all, to he testified in due

time." 1 Tim. 2: 3-6.

The ransom price

that

purchases the

right

or

man is the basis for the granting

Of

a new trial

to Adam and all his offspring. Only Adamwas


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9

hied originally, and the offspring inherited the

evil effects thereof. The new

tria

l or judgment

of men now will be an individual trial. n sym-

bolic phrase the

proph

et of God

says:

In

those

days they shall say no more, ' The

fathers

have eaten a sour g

rap

e, and the children's

teeth

are set

on edge,

but everyone

shall 'die

for his own iniqnity : every man that eateth the

sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

(Jer. 31:

29

30) That will mean that every man

must

be brong

ht

to a knowledge of the truth

before he

is

really

put

on trial, and each one

will

stand

or fall by his own course of action.

Before the trial and judgment of the people

of the world can begin,

the

way

must

be pre-

pared

and the ground cleared. The court

is

selected, and all hindrances to rig

ht

eousness

must

be removed.

Th

en the Lord will judge the

worlc1 in

righteousness.

The J ews

as

a nation had a trial, and the

judgment was adverse. The Gentile nations had

a

trial

and

an

opportunity to establish a govern-

ment

ill harmony with God's way, and to

th

em

the judgment is adverse. The preachers

claim

to be God's re

pr

esentatives aud

that

their

c

hur

ches

are

his organization. They have had a

hearing, and the. judgUlen t

against

them is ad-

v ~

The financiers claim the ability to estab-

lish a government on

ea

rth and to make

it

a fit

place

for

man to live.

Th

ey have had a trial,

and

the judgment against them is adverse. The

politicians have claimed to rule by divine right

and have had a hearing and the judgment

against them is adverse. Satan and his organi-

zation have had a

tria

l,

and

the judgment


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against such

is that

the evil one and his organi

zation must be destroyed. That done, the way

is cleared for the peoples to have a trial and

judgment in righteousness and without inter

ference

of

unrighteousness.

That is

also proof

that the judgment of the peoples of the world

is yet future.

Period of Trial or Judgment

Jesus

said: I f I be

lift

ed up, I will draw all

lllen unto me.'

(J

ohn 12: 32) The lifting up of

Christ includes the members of his body, and

the drawing of all men to him is during the

time of his reign. t is stated in the Scriptures

that the reign of Christ for the trial and judg

ment of the world..llhall cover a period of 1000

years. (Rev. 20: 4-6) The day which God has

appointed for the judgment of· the world by

Clu-ist

is

not a twenty-four-hour day,

but

a

thousand-year day. One

day

is wit.h the

Lord

as a thousand years. 2 Pet. 3:

8;

Acts 17: 31)

Within

that

period of time every human being

will have a full and fair opportunity to be heard

and his

right

s d

eter

mined

by

the just J

udge_

In Righteousness

When the trial aud judgment of the peoples

on

ealth

begin, the people will not be righteous,

but will,

on the contrary, be very imperfect.

What is

meant

by

judgment in

right

eousness

is

this: The govermnent that will rule the peo

ple will be righteous, because it is God

s

govern

ment. The invisible ruler and judge will be

Christ, and his representa.tives on earth will be

the faithful men whom

the

Scriptures describe


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as the

heroes

of faith

who died fully faithful

unto God.-Heb. 11: 1-39;

Ps

. 45: 16.

A beautiful

picture

of the

day

of judgm.ent

is

given

in

the Bible.

Tbe way

which people will

Imve

to

go is like

ned

unto a highway.

And an

highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall

be called, The way of holiness; tbe unclean shall

not

pass

over it;

but

it shall be for

tbose;

the

wayfaring

men, though fools, shall

not

err

t herei

n sa

.

35: 8.

highway

represents

a Clear and lillobstruct

ed road to travel. t means, thell, a clear

and

unobstructed way to learn the truth, to be obe

dient

thereto,

and

to return

to

God. That the

people are not clean

and

righteous

at

the begin

ning

of the

trial

is shown by the

scripture

wherein it

is

stated that

th

e highway is for the

cleansing of the people and that

th

ey

must be

cleansed

01'

cleaned ·

up

befo

re

they

reach

the

farther end thereof.

I t

shall be called, The way

of holiness, because the only way

to enter

upon

it and go complete

ly

over it is

by

be

ing

devoted

entirely

and wholly

to

the

Lord and

to his

way

of

righteousness.

Neither the

Devil nor

any

of

his

agencies

nor anything

else will

be permitted

to

hinder ·one

from

learning and obeying the

truth

.

Therefor

e

that

trial

and

judgment way

will be a

way

of joy to those who

try to

·do

right

.

The Poor

The

great

mass of the peoples of earth

are

poor and very ignorant. They have always had

a hard time, while the rich have been favored.

Will the rich and learned have a better oppor

tunity

in

the

judgment

day

than

the

p o o r ?

o


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but

just the reverse. Those who have been

rich and luwe enjoyed much advantage and

have lived in pleasure

hav

e g:rown haughty and

proud.

t will

he difficult for them to humble

themselves lmder the mighty haud of the Lord

and

learn to do right.

Jesus

a,lmounced the rule

when he said to the Jewish clergy and the pTin

cipal ones amongst the Jews : I t shall be mOTe

tolerable for the land

o ~

Sodom ill the day of

judgment, than

for

thee.

(Matt

. 11: 24) The

people of Sodom were

very

ignorant

and de

praved. They were a simple and

pOOl

people.

The favor of the Jews was

far

greater, because

they had the

Word

of the

Lord.-Rom. 3:

1, 2.

Even

so

today, the rich and the mighty enjoy

the things of the preseJlt time, and have the

better educa

tiOll

and better opportunity .to learn

the

truth and

the

right

way. The poor are ill- '

situated and

are

kept

in

ignol'ance. The rich

and favored ones

are

hmlghty and austere. You

~ v l l

recall with what austerity the

cl

ergyman

spoke to

that

little company

of

poor ones

that

came into his church.

t

will be hard for the

men tllat

are

haughty and severe to become

meek and obedient. Concerning such the Lord

says :

And

the high ones of

stat

ure shall be

hewn down, and the hau

ghty

shall be humbled.

(Isa. 10: 33)

But

how will the Lord judge the

poor t

The Scriptures answer that he will lead the

poor and meek and will judge them in right

eo

us

ness. With righteousness shan he judge the

poor, and reprove with equity

for the meek of

the

earth

: and he shall smite the ea

rth

with the

rod

of his mouth, and

with

the

breath .of

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lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness

sllall be the girdle of bis loins,

and

faithfulness

the

gird

le

of is reins. -Isa.

11:

4,

5.

'l'he meek are those who desire to be taught

tlte right way. The meek will he guide n judg-

ment. (Ps. 25: 9) That the

trial

and judgment

day for the poor and meek will be a happy one

is proven by the words of the prophet: The

meek shall

inherit

the earth, and shall delight

themselves

in

the abundance of peace. (Ps.

37:

11) Blessed

are

the meek:

for they

shall in-

herit the earth. (Matt.

5:

5) The

proud

and

haughty have spoken vain words and oppressed

the

poOr. Of these God a.ys: '''rhe Lord shall

c

ut

oJ1 all flattering lips, and the tongue that

speaketh proud things. For the oppression of

the poor, for

th

e sigbing of the needy, now ,,-ill

I arise, saith the Lord; will set llim in safety

from him

that

puffeth

a.t

him.

Ps . 12:

3,

5.

The Devil and his r epresentatives have op·

pressed the poor,

but

the Lord is a

just Judge

and

he will

ju

stly deal with ,them. He shall

jndge the poor

of

the people, he shall save the

children of the needy, aud

sha

ll break n pieces

the oppressor. For he shall deliver the needy

when he crieth; the poor also,

and

him that hath

no helper.

He

shall s

par

e the poor and needy,

and shall save the souls of the needy.

-Ps .

72: 4, 1

2,

13.

Living First

The judgment of the people of the world n

righteo

usness will begin with those who are

living on the ea

rth at

the time of jndglllent.

(2

Tim .

4:

1) Not

everyone

will

have to die and


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enter the grave. Doubtless tbere will be mil-

lions living on

emth

when the judgment begins.'

There is a

great

deal of evidence showing

that

the judgment

will

begin within a very short

time. The first tIring

for

the people will be to

bring

them to a knowledge of the truth.

God

's

great

promise is

that

all the families of the

eartb

shall be blessed. (Gen. 12: 3) Such prom-

ised blessing means

that

they must have an op-

portunity to receive the

great

blessing of life

which

is

the

gift

of God through

Jesus

Christ.

(Rom.

6:

23)

No

man can receive a gift of any

kind tmless he has some knowled

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