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Great Ones” who have come hereto fore; and it is said: “We have but to turn to the sacred books of the nations to find what manner of Beings the great Teachers of mankind have ever been.” Such statements as these which, by implication, identify the In carnate Son of God with Buddha, Mahomet, El Mahdi, etc., betray to all who have spiritual understanding the hand of the father of the lie. The Son of God has not come and gone “many times.” He appeared once in the end of the age to put away sin; and when He comes again it will be “the second time” (Heb. 9:27, 28). OBVIOUS QUESTION. We look now at the details of the scheme: 1. Among the specific objects to be promoted by the Order the first is “to work on the minds of men” so as to remove “intellectual unbelief.” The writer of the pamphlet foresees that; when “the coming of a World-Teach er” is announced, “the obvious ques tion ‘How do you know?’ springs nat urally to every lip.” To this “obvious question” the pamphlet gives no ans wer, save to say concerning the found ers of the Order, that “we have the privilege to have amongst us a few who are in direct contact with the Sources, from which alone such infor mation can come.” The “Sources from which alone such information can come” are God and Satan. In asmuch as these founders of the new Order do not pretend to have received their information from the Word of God, and do not even mention it or Him, the “Source” with which they are “in direct contact” must be Satan ic. God’s messengers are always men who stand forth in the full light of publicity, and who boldly say, “Thus saith the Lord.” But the “few who are in contact with the Sources” nat urally prefer to remain concealed in the darkness whose Prince they serve.
of the Coming of the Lord Jesus, “Who is our Hope,” is just now the subject of 'much preaching and testi mony by a few who believe the Word of God. Their preaching is likely to influence some to flee from the com ing wrath, ok at least to cause them to inquire into the matter. Hence the Enemy provides an “Order” which is calculated to satisfy all excepting those who have learned from the Word of God that the world is under condemnation for the rejection of His Son, and that He is coming again to take possession of His own creation, to “judge the world in righteousness,” and to execute “vengeance upon them that know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Those who join this Order will be lulled into a fatal slumber. They will be among those who “sleep in the night,” possessed by the “strong de lusion” that they are looking for the Coming of the Lord. NOT THE CHRIST. Upon scrutinizing the details of the scheme set forth in the pamphlet we find abundant evidences of the subtle ty of the great Deceiver. But, before speaking of those details, we would make it quite certain that the Person age, whom the members of this Order are preparing to “recognize when He comes,” is not Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who died on the Cross for sinners. That Personage is never spoken of in the pamphlet as “Jesus,” or as the “Son of God,” whereas Christians are assured of the coming of “this same Jesus” (Acts 1:11), and of the “Son of God from heaven, even Jesus” (1 Thess. 1 :9, 10). Moreover, the pamphlet says: “The Supreme Teacher has many times come and gone. Great religions have sprung from His teaching. His mighty work has invariably achieved its purpose in the length of time.” There are also references to “the
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