so God's own definition of destruction is "a condition of conscious and awful torment."

5. But there is a bright side to the results of our Lord's coming even in regard to the nations. It is clearly taught that EVERY ONE

THAT IS LEFT OF THE NATIONS AND KINGS AND PRINCES

SHALL WORSHIP AND SERVE JESUS CHRIST. We read in Zech. 14:16, "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that come against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles." And in Is. 49:7 we read, "Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and His Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers; Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee." That this refers to the kings and princes of the Gentiles is evident from the verse that immediately precedes, "I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.” Along the same line in Rev. 15:4 we read, "Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the

nations shall come and worship before thee." And in the wonderful prophecy concerning our Lord found in the 2nd Psalm we read in the 8th verse, "Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." And in that other marvelous prophetic picture of the Lord Jesus in the 72nd Psalm, the 8th to the 11th verses, we read, "He shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him." "He shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth" (Zech. 9:10). To sum it all up, "The kingdom of the world" shall "become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever” (Rev. 11:15.)

V.

The Results of the Return of our Lord Jesus as regards human society as a whole.

At the Return of our Lord Jesus and as a result of that return, WAR SHALL CEASE,

PEACE AND PLENTY SHALL REIGN AND THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL FLOURISH. This is declared over and over again in the prophetic Scriptures. For example, we read in Is. 2:2, 4, "And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." We find a similar picture of those glad coming days in the prophecy of Micah: "And he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts

hath spoken it" (Micah 4:3, 4). Then and only then will be realized what the greatest statesmen of the present day are trying to work out. Now we have our "Peace Conferences" and our gatherings at The Hague, and they have accomplished something, but they will prove utterly futile to accomplish all that is in the mind and heart of our greatest statesmen. While we talk peace, we are increasing our navies and our armies. We are squandering untold millions in schemes for destroying the lives of our fellow men and for the protection and extension of our own nation. We talk of disarmament, but we all know it is not coming. All our present peace plans will end in the most awful wars and conflicts this old world ever saw, but none the less there is a good day coming when war shall be at an end, when there shall be universal peace, when there shall no longer be conflict between nation and nation, nor between class and class, when there will be no more strikes, because strikes will not be needed; when industrial wars, as well as wars between nations, will be over and peace and plenty shall reign; when the prophetic vision of the Psalmist will be realized, "In his days shall the righteous flour

ish, and abundance of peace, till the moon be no more. There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains" (Ps. 72:7, 16). All this is to be realized at and as a result of the Return of our Lord Jesus.

2. THE WHOLE EARTH SHALL BE FULL OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD. This, too, is clearly proclaimed by God through His prophet Isaiah. We read in Is. 11:2-5, "And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah. And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain;