Mystery of the Ages.PDF - Blow the Trumpet

When God, through the prophet Ezekiel, named three of the most righteous menwho ever lived, he named Daniel as one of them. The other two were Noah and Job(Ezek. 14:14, 20). And it is evident that God will assign Noah and Job to offices of verygreat magnitude. More of that, later.God in his Word gave Daniel the assurance that he shall be in the kingdom ofGod, at the time of resurrection (Dan. 12:13).It is an interesting possibility, in passing, to consider that Daniel's three colleaguesin this Chaldean Empire service--Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego--might serve as ateam directly with and under Daniel, even as the three "fathers" very possibly may serveas a team directly with and under Christ himself. In fact, there are a number of such teamsthat appear to be possibilities.But what about Paul? As the twelve original apostles were sent to the lost houseof Israel, Paul was the apostle to the gentiles. That is the key. Christ himself saidspecifically that each of the twelve shall be a king over one of the nations of Israel. It isinconceivable that Paul would be over no more than one gentile nation. It might even beinferred that Paul rated a little higher in ability and accomplishment than any one of thetwelve apostles. And, again, no gentile nation will be as great as one of the Israelitenations.The indication, then, seems to be that Paul will be given position over all gentilenations, but under Daniel.Of course there will be kings appointed by Christ over every gentile nation. Anddistrict rulers under them, and rulers over cities. There is no indication as to the identityof any of these, except that those apostles and evangelists who worked with and directlyunder Paul--Barnabas, Silas, Timothy, Titus, Luke, Mark, Philemon, etc.--undoubtedlywill be given offices of importance. And what of other saints of that same time, in thefirst flush years of the Church, when its membership at first multiplied in number ofconverts? And what of many converted since, and down to our present day?We can mention, here, only what seems to be rather clearly indicated from whatGod has already revealed.The International LevelBesides these revealed and indicated assignments of government over nations and groupsof nations on the national level, there will be positions of great magnitude on theinternational level in the areas of scientific and social functions. And there are a fewindications of what some of those operations will be, and the possible--if not probable--personnel.Since Noah lived first, we now take a look at Noah. In Noah's day, the chief causeof the violence and chaos of world conditions was racial hatreds, interracial marriages,and racial violence caused by man's efforts toward integration and amalgamation of races,contrary to God's laws. God had set the boundary lines for the nations and the races at thebeginning (Deut. 32:8-9; Acts 17:26). But men had refused to remain in the lands towhich God had assigned them. That was the cause of the corruption and violence thatended that world. For 100 years Noah had preached God's ways to the people--but theydidn't heed.