West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-23


Much has been done for truth and human
kind
Man claims his birthright. frcer pulses lean
Through peoples driven in your day like
sheep:
Yet. like your own our ages sphere of light
Though widening still is walled around Sy
night
"He that humbleth himself shall be exalt-
cd. Matt. "a: IA.
The Apostle declares that this element
OF the divine law was illustrated in the
giorihcation OF Jesus. who has givcn us in
the last book of the Bible The revelation
OF Jesus Christ WHICH GoD GAvE TO HIN
TO show unto His servants REV. I;I. A
most beautiful picture OF this subject of
the Atonement In Rev. 8. the Heavenly
Father. the Ancient OF days. seated on the
throne OF the Heavens aud in His hand a
scroll. written inside and outside. sealed
with seven seals That scroll. represent.
ing the divine plan known only to the Faith.
er. Jehovah himself. was kept IN His own
power until some one should be PROVED
worthy to know IL and become its executor
and Jehovah's honored agent and repre-.
sentative.
The symbolic picture proceeds TO show
that up TO the time our Lord Jesus Christ
suffered for us at Calvary "the just for the
unjust no one had ever been found tproy-
ed by this principle OF our text worthy to
take up the divine plan and even under.
stand its contents.
But when our Lord Jesus had PROVEN
His loyalty to the Heavenly Father by His
obedience. not only In humbling himself 10
take mans estate for the suffering OF death
but also in his obedience even unto death. %
aud still further, "even unto the ugnomini.
ous) death OF the cross then and thereby
He proved himself worthy OF every conf.
dencc and trust "WHEREFoRR Him hath
God highly exalted and given Him a name
that is above every name" in Heaven aud
on earth Phil 2: ON, the dead under
the.carth" to come forth and bow the knee.
AZ this point in the picture (Rev. so1O
is shown our Lord Jesus as the lamb that
had been slain, and obeisance is made
Thou art worthy to take the scroll and TO
open the seals thereof. because thou vast
slain and hast redeemed us to Gcd by Thy
blood.
We call attention here to the lines OF dis
tinct personalities Of Father and Son In
| exact accord with the whole Scripture. as
we shall certainly show later on In the
| argument. Our Lord learned obedience
| and was made perfect i'm all things, by the
things which he suffered OHeb. { 81 be-
coming High Priest Of an order not men.
toned in the Levitical shadows.
The Father is always given the first place
i in Tf al md a.
cate the throne OF Heaven. ''As the Father
hath appointed unto me kingdom. so I
appoint unto you tmy disciples) a kingdom. %
Luke "a 20. Rev. 3: a.
The entire work OF Redemption is of the
Father through tho Son. HIS executor and
representative Heb. /: "a 1T is mani.
fest that lie tbe Father is excepted which
did put all things Under Him fthc SOM .
And when all things shall be subdued under
! Him. then shall the Son himself be subject
unto Him that put all things under him.
that God may be all in a "a ~ Cor. Is:2s. .ag.
The Almighty has appropriated unto
himself and declared His name to be Jeho.
h-"self-existing or The immortal
One He declared to Moses. saying. II
appeared unto Abraham. unto Isaac and
Jacob by the name Of God Almighty uhe
Superior or Most Mighty Cod. but by my
name. Jehovah. was not known-to them. -
Exodus 8; 3
by this name. Jehovah. God was there.
alter recognized amongst His people The
name IS used hundreds oftimes throughout
the Old Testament covered in a large dc.
gree 10 the English reader through the
error Of translating il LORD" IL Is rec.
ognizablc, however. being always printed
in small capitals when used to translate
this sacred name. Jehovah Il am Ieho.
yah thy sod. Thou shalt have
no other Gods (mighty one's) before me (as
may equals. For T. Jehovah. thy
God. am jealous God. ."-Exod 20. a.s.
Hear. o, Israel; jehovah Our God. is
oaE--j Jehovah. "-Dcut. 8: IS. And this
Our Lord declared TO be the very essence
OF truth.--Matt. a.. &c.
His name is Jehovah. cmphatically so
declared. and exclusively so Qsa. a.. 81
and here he Immediately prOciaims His
elect Son-scrvant. behold my servant.
whom UPHOLD"
The text chiefly relied on TO prove that
the name. Jehovah may properly be con.
i ''NfN' ~ ttiN NHthf " NNliHN Jesus READS
/ II will raise up unto David righteous
branch-and he shall execute judgment
and justice in the earth And this Is the
/ name whereby lie may be called, "Tng
LORD OUR RiCBTEoUsnEss. "-Icf "a: 90.
Evidently our Lord Jesus and His millcn.
nial reign arc here referred to and the
namc in the Hebrew is JFucyAH TsiDKEHu.
/ The explanation is merely this. The
/ zeal ri the translators TO find place 10
/ associate the name as another appeilation
| iof Jesus have given us a poor translation.
io Jcr 33 ~ this same name precisely
occurs again but as the context shows
I thai 90 is applied TO The entire selected
/ Church thc Sew Jerusalem. tho transia.
I tors DE not put thc words in cspitalie;icrs
\ but translate according 60 the Hebrew
! idiom. thus And This shall be called
] Jehovah 1sidkonu The Righteousness
/ Of Jehovah. And surely NJ name could
DC more appropriate for our Lord stood
/ AS thc representative Of Gods righteous.
ness and suffered the penalty Of justice as
mans ransom and the church not oni,
I shares her Lord suffering for righteous.
ness (Col. %; Pet o. bot is also
promised a share boz His giories As wife
shares her husbands honors and NAME
Rev. 3. ~ 70 q. o.; g.
The mount upon which Abraham offered
Isaac he named Jehovah. Jireh"-" Mount