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II. THE FIRST DISCORD

WE have been speaking of a future universal government, a government of Christ
and by Christ, a spiritual unity, a divine homogeneity, a condition in which the Divine
purposes and will in the glory of the Son will be manifest. We have tried to point out
that the exact reverse of that future cosmic and universal order obtains in this present
age.

The question logically arises, “Has there ever existed a universal harmony before?
Is there any previous precedent for what God has revealed will certainly come about

in the future?”

We believe that this question can be answered in the affirmative. Scripture indicates
that there has existed an unmeasured period in which all the melodies of the spaces
blended in harmonious symphony of praise to Him that sat on the Throne, when every

created being and thing was in beautiful and felicitous accord with the Divine Will and
reflected in unclouded radiance the glory of the Deity, thus fulfilling the purpose for
which they were created.

Job tells of a time “when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy” (Job 38:7), and this represented the period following the “fastening of
the foundation and the laying of the cornerstone of the earth.” The wonders of creation
are set forth in this remarkable chapter, the references to natural law revealing a

knowledge ante-dating by thousands of years the findings of modern science. In the
eighth chapter of the book of Proverbs (verses 22:36) we find a soliloquy on the part
of incarnate Wisdom of His own eternal existence, “Rejoicing in the habitable part of

His earth: and my delights were with the sons of men.” This speaks of joyous
intercourse between the Creator and the creatures, and we are well aware that such
cannot exist where any sin is present. Who, then, disturbed that delightful state of
things? Who injected a discordant note into that chorus of primeval and harmonious

melody?

We find the answer in Ezekiel‟s prophecy (twenty-eighth chapter) and in the twelfth
chapter of Isaiah‟s prophecy. In Ezekiel 28:1-10 the prophet conveys from the mouth

of Jehovah a prophecy of the downfall of an ancient king of Tyre on account of his
pride and self-worship. From this literal condemnation of a literal king the Holy Spirit
led the prophet on to a revelation concerning the pristine state of that mighty one who

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