Bible Universalism

UNIVERSAL GLORY.

THE time will come when "the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." Hab. 2:14; Isa. 11:9; Num. 14:21. This will be after the curse, which devours the earth, is removed—when there will be no more curse. Isa. 24:5, 6; Rev. 22:3. It will be after the harvest, which is the end of the present age, after sinners have come to perdition in the burning earth, or the furnace or lake of fire, and the new heavens and earth have appeared. Matt. 13:30, 38-43 ; 2 Pet. 3:7-13 ; Rev. 20:9, 15:21. Christ and his angels must come first, the separation must be made, the saints must reign with Christ above for a thousand years, then, "the rest of the dead" must live, the fire from heaven descend and devour them, the elements of earth be melted with fervent heat, and then the new earth will appear, "wherein dwelleth righteousness," and wherein the righteous will dwell. "There shall be no more curse." "There shall be no night there." "The Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign forever and ever." The glory of God shall then fill the earth, and there shall be

UNIVERSAL WORSHIP

And a universal song of praise, a song in which all then living shall join. "And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever." Rev. 5:13. The time foretold will then have come, when "the wicked shall not be;" the prophetic prayer, "Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more," will have been answered; in view of which happy state the Spirit of inspiration in the sweet singer of Israel exclaims: "Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord!" See Ps. 37:9-11, 20; 104:35.

There shall be universal light, glory, and knowledge, universal righteousness, and universal worship, and a

UNIVERSAL SABBATH

"For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD." Isa. 66:22-23.

None then living will claim that the Sabbath was made only for a small portion of the human race. They will believe that "the Sabbath was made for man." None will call it a local institution only designed for the land of Judea. None will claim that it cannot be kept on a round and rolling earth, nor that they cannot tell when it comes. None will hold that the Sabbath is no particular day, but only one day in seven; and thus be absent from the general convocation, and come on another day and find no meeting. And, consequently, there will be no disagreement in regard to the day—they will all observe the same day.

Which of the two days that are now rivals to each other will it be? Will it be the one which God made his Sabbath, or rest-day, by resting upon it, and which he blessed because he had rested on it, and sanctified or commanded it to be kept holy? or will it be another day, a day which all know and admit that "there is no express command for its observance"? The Sabbath was made for man in Eden, before his fall. In Eden restored, it will be universally observed. None will then say that the day has been lost. The whole blood-washed throng will unite in the worship of God on that sacred day.

We exhort all to come to Christ for pardon while it may be found; keep the commandments, that you may enter into life and escape the second death; so that you may be accounted worthy of a part in the glorious world to come, and share in that universalism that shall then be realized.

"Oh! give me a place in Thy kingdom,

When life with its turmoil is o'er.

Let me dwell with the King in his beauty,

And I ask, oh! I ask for no more!"