The Revelation of Jesus Christ - The Herald

prophecies has served its purpose. It has been sufficient to convince many Christians that
we have been for some time past in the days of the presence of the Son of Man. The great
object of these time prophecies has been to make known to the Watchers the change of
dispensation, and the nearness of the full establishment of Christ's Kingdom. This would
be true even though some of the expectations have not been realized as to certain details,
and as to the exact time of certain events which the Scriptures indicate are to occur in
connection with the inauguration of Messiah's Kingdom.
These are not all the evidences, however, that the Watchers have had given to them to
prove that we are in the period of the sounding of the seventh symbolic trumpet. The
parable brings to our attention a special service that will be performed by the Master to
His faithful ones at His Second Advent. This service is referred to in the words of the
parable:
"Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching: verily I
say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will
come forth and serve them."--Luke 12:37.
The great central teaching contained in these words is that our Lord at His Second Advent
would make known to His people special truths not before due to be understood. These
truths are those concerning the mysteries of Christ's Kingdom; in other words, the Divine
Plan of the Ages. The same thought is brought to view in the symbol of the eating of the
"little book," considered previously. Again it is referred to in the prediction of Dan. 12:12,
"O the blessedness of him that waiteth and cometh unto the thousand three hundred and
five and thirty days"; also in the message of the Master to the Church of Laodicea: "Behold,
I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice [knock], and open the door, I will
come in to him, and sup with him, and he with Me."--Rev. 3:20.
All these events have likewise been matters of history for some time, and while some who
have once believed are beginning to doubt, the faithful Watchers have no difficulty in
seeing the events that have fulfilled these prophetic utterances. In 1904 the writer above
referred to thus remarked:
"Those who will hear the knock will be such only as are awake and ready, expecting Him
and on the alert for the knock. These will receive a special spiritual feast. It will be special
because it is on a special occasion and intended as a special reward for their manifestation
of interest and devotion. It will be special also, because the Master of the household,
turned to be its servant, would have all the keys to all the riches of grace and blessing, and,
as elsewhere explained, will bring forth from His treasuries--His pantries--things new and
old, substantials and delicacies. The faithful ones will surely have a royal feast, such as
never before was granted them.
"These things, we hold, have already been fulfilled. . . . The servants of the household are
taking notice, and each one as he opens his heart and mind to the fact of the Lord's
presence receives a fulfillment of the blessing promised--receives a feast of fat things,
spiritual--an understanding and appreciation of the Divine Plan and a soul nourishment