Post by Lee on Jan 2, 2017 3:52:33 GMT
But the apostles of the latter Gentile days will preach the Gospel as an invitation to the nations and their rulers to —
"Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
"Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little" (Psa. 2:11-12).
This latter-day "invitation" is of the nature of a demand sent from one person to another who possesses what does not belong to him, requiring the surrender of it to the rightful owner, under penalty of the consequences- that may follow. It does not invite to eternal life; but to allegiance and submission to the King in Zion, and consequently to the renunciation of fealty to "the powers that be."
It demands liberty for the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound, that they may return to their own land, and serve the Lord their God in the place where He hath installed His Name.
Such is the nature of the proclamation to the nations and their rulers, which precedes the manifestation of the "marvelous things" to be shown
to scattered Israel in the sight of the astonished nations.
Herald 1854
"Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
"Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little" (Psa. 2:11-12).
This latter-day "invitation" is of the nature of a demand sent from one person to another who possesses what does not belong to him, requiring the surrender of it to the rightful owner, under penalty of the consequences- that may follow. It does not invite to eternal life; but to allegiance and submission to the King in Zion, and consequently to the renunciation of fealty to "the powers that be."
It demands liberty for the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound, that they may return to their own land, and serve the Lord their God in the place where He hath installed His Name.
Such is the nature of the proclamation to the nations and their rulers, which precedes the manifestation of the "marvelous things" to be shown
to scattered Israel in the sight of the astonished nations.
Herald 1854