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comparatively weak, the suggestion came, ‘Nowit must be God's time for setting up theMessianic Kingdom, because now we have thepower.' The answer of others was, ‘Not so. TheBible teaches that Jesus will set up His ownKingdom at His Second Advent in power andgreat glory, and that the virgin Church willbecome His Bride and Joint-heir by the power ofthe First Resurrection.' The answer to this was,‘So once we thought. But we have waited for thecoming of Messiah for over 800 years; and nowwe have the thought that He probably wishes usto set up HisFM36Kingdom for Him, and in His name to reign overthe kings of the earth.'" (Z.'16.53.) "So thesePagan priests taught the Church to indulge inspiritual fornication, and thus brought upon herthe withering blight of God's wrath"— Z:16-346.Revelation 2:15So hast thou also them that hold the doctrineof the Nicolaitanes, [which thing I hate] INLIKE MANNER.— "The ‘doctrine of theNicolaitanes' (conquerors or the people) seems tobe the theory of lordship or headship in theChurch. (1 Pet. 5:3.) At their councils there wasa bitter fight for supremacy. It was settled onlyby a division of the Church; the Eastern, orGreek Church, accepting the Patriarch ofConstantinople for its head; and the Western, orPapal Church, acknowledging the Bishop—Pope or Father—of Rome." (Z.'16-346.) "Thesins to which Balaam allured Israel were a typeof the sins to which the doctrine of theNicolaitanes now seduce thee."— Cook.Revelation 2:16Repent; or else I will come unto theequickly.— Ere you reach the earthly heights towhich you aspire.And will fight against them.— The unfaithfuland unrepentant church nominal.With the sword of My mouth.— With theScriptures, in the hands of a faithful servant.