Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

1916 A TRINITY or nns 95
"head
observable.
out" that their admixture with the wheat became
The harvest season being at hand, they now
reveal themselves. But they have had equal opportunity
with the wheat class. '1'hey took root in the same soil,
were refreshed by the same rains, and warmed by the
same sun. Notwithstanding these advantages, they have
chosen the path that they will tread. "Bind them in
_bundles
to burn them," said Jesus.
Is there any doubt that the goats have gone by themselves,
lead by the false doctrines and lying wonders of
that wicked one! One has, for example, but to attend a
meeting of a prominent society, now endeavoring to gain
control of the world, to ascertain whether they are building
upon solid rock or erecting a structure upon the shifting
sands. Do we in these meetings hear philosophy
based upon the teachings of the Man of Galilee? No. Is
it here we see a temple being constructed according to
the plans and specifications of the carpenter of Nazareth?
No. We listen in vain for a word grounded upon the impregnable
precepts of Him who endured all the agonies
of Gethsemane and poured forth his last breath upon the
cross at calvary, in order that you and I might have the
knowledge that would permit us to inherit eternal life.
Instead his very existence is denied, and for food the
people are served with the husks of a departed theology,
culled from the miasmic swamps and venemous jungles
of decadent India.
As we look into the future, the immediate future, we
can say With positive assurance,
"The stone that was
rejected of the builders has become the corner of the
temple."
The setting up of the abomination of desolation, the revealing
of the man of sin, and the appearance of the image
of the beast, constitute the very
(Matt. xxiv. 15.)
time of the end.