141
April, T934
T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
iquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain” (Isa. 26:20, 21 ). In that day, the living will be unable to bury the dead.« Again,. Babylon’s most royal exile wrote: “ The king [the Antichrist] shall do according to his will . . . and shall prosper till the indignation is accomplished” (Dan. 11:36). “ The great tribulation” and “ the indignation,” while different, are yet contemporaneous events. “ T he I ndignation ” “ The indignation” o f the Almighty God! Can words express thought more terrifying? “ The indignation” of the angry God, who maketh the thunderbolts to do His bidding, and commands eternity for time! Let Gentile tor turers consider! When Jewdom enters “ tribulation, the great,” Gentiledom will enter “ indignation, the terrible” ! It is “ the indignation” that will “ shake the heavens, and . . . all nations” (Haggai 2 :6, 7) with “ a great earth quake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great” that “ the cities o f the nations” shall fall (Rev. 16:18, 19). It is “ the indignation” that shall roll back the heavens “ as a scroll,” and send “ the kings o f the earth” into “ the dens and in the rocks o f the mountains,” crying to the rocks and mountains, “ Fall on us, and hide us from the face o f him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath o f the Lamb” (Rev. 6.T4-16). It is “ the indignation” that shall open heaven, and command One to ride forth, whose eyes are “ as a flame o f fire,” to “ smite the nations” as He “ treadeth the winepress o f the fierceness and wrath o f Almighty God” (Rev. 19:11-15). It is “ the indignation” that shall bring forth One, “ glorious in his apparel” of garments red, “ traveling in the great ness of his strength,” for to “ tread them [Israel’s foes] in his anger, and trample them in his furv” (Isa. 63 :l-3 ). Verily there shall be “ blood from the winepress, even unto . the bridles o f the horses” (Rev. 14:20, R .V .), for “ the day o f vengeance is in mine heart, and the year o f my redeemed is come” (Isa. 6 3 :4 ). It is “ the indignation” that shall gather “ all nations” “ before him,” and “ separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats,” judging them accordingly as they shall have dealt with “ the least o f these my brethren”— His “ brethren” , in the flesh (Matt. 25:31-46). Those nations judged to have dealt kindly with His erring “ brethren” shall enter into “ life eternal” [Lit., life age-lasting ]. (Com pare Zechariah 14:16.) Those judged to have dealt un kindly with His “ brethren” shall “ go away into everlasting punishment” [Lit., age-lasting cutting o ff]. True it is that it was our Lord’s own familiar “ brethren” who took Him with “ wicked hands” (Acts 2 :23) and de livered Him over to the Gentiles to be crucified. It was His “ brethren” that “ denied him in the presence o f Pilate, when he was determined to let him go,” and “ desired a murderer to be granted” freedom, while they “ killed the Prince of life” (Acts 3 :13-15). True it is that His “ breth ren” have continued “ a stiff-necked and stubborn people,” and to this day have continued to show their hatred o f Him by spitting upon the ground at the mention o f His name. True it is that all out o f proportion to their numbers,' His “ brethren” are ringleaders among the hosts o f them that shake their fists in defiance, and delight to blaspheme His name. Yet, it is also true that they “ are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, . . . and the promises” o f a covenant-keeping God— “ Israelites . . . whose are the fathers, and o f whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever” (Rom. 9:4, 5, R .V .). Yea, it is also true that He, who sees the end from the beginning,, knows that the day is coming when the Gentiles will humanize the eternal God, deny His
words, mock His people, and return to their dumb pagan gods; while His now blind “ brethren” shall open their eyes to His eternal glory and shall bow “ down themselves before him with their faces to the earth,” in bitter tears, saying “ one to another, W e are verily guilty concerning our brother” (Gen. 4 2 :6, 21 ). Omniscience is not deceived by present attitudes. Nineteen centuries ago, the Spirit o f God spoke o f the day when “ high-minded” Gentiles should refuse to “ continue in his goodness,” and when Israel, abiding not longer in unbelief, should “ be graffed in” again (Rom . 11 :23). Nor is Jehovah unmindful o f Israel’s glorious, even if distant, past. W e cannot refrain from quoting a stanza from Joaquin Miller’s apostrophe of Russia, written after the Kishniv horror:
Who taught you tender Bible tales O f honey lands, of milk and wine? O f peaceful, happy Palestine? O f Jordan’s holy harvest vales? Who gave the patient Christ? I say, Who gave your .Christian creed? Yea, yea, Who gave your very God to you ? Your Jew! Your Jew! Your hated-Jew!
Yes, in spite o f all their sad failures,, in spite o f all their terrible blindness, in spite o f all their unjust treatment of Him, the great Joseph still loves His “ brethren,” and awaits the day when He again shall kiss away their tears. “ And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There they shall be called sons o f the living God” (Rom . 9 :26, R .V .), for, “Th e gifts and calling o f God are without repentance” (Rom . 11:29).
Tou will enjoy
THE SERIES O F A R T IC LE S O N Dispensational Music BY ROBERT H A R K N E SS
beginning in the J A N U A R Y Issue of T H E S A CR ED MU S I C I A N EDITED BY ROBERT H A R K N E SS
This series of NEW articles will deal with Present-Day music . . . the highest forms of the modern musical classics as well as the lowest JAZZ compositions. V . It will analyze modern music and prove from its chaotic character as well as its insistent minor strain certain indisputable DISPI^NSATIONAL facts . . . it will illus trate the music of Hinduism, Confucianism; and other religions. It will tell of the Minor trehd in the music of NATURE—animate and inanimate. In addition: “ THE SACRED MUSICIAN” will present in each issue several pages of valuable articles and stories on sacred music, BESIDES EIGHT PAGES of NEW sacred music including solos . . duets . . quartets ... .. chorus numbers . . offertories.
By subscription . ;. . In U. S. A. $2.00 a year. In Canada $2.50. Other British Countries 15/- a year. All other countries $3.00. Single Copies, 25 Cents.
MAIL ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO T H E S A CR ED MU S I C I A N P. O. BOX 204
SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
j ' PUBLISHED M O N T H L Y Twenty pages including attractive color cover
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker