The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23
SUPREMACY
CLAIMED BY DIVINE

noted the three great epochs called
worlds, or dispensatiOns. the one before
the flood. the one since the food, and
the third to be introduced at the second
coming of our Lord and to be blessed
one.
The Death of Christ.
"As Christians and Bible students we
are all aware that the Scriptures teach
that the Lord Jesus paid the penalty for
mans sin in his own death at Calvary.
we know that he died in our stead and
that the Scriptures declare everywhere
that he has thus redeemed the world;
that there is possibility of reeoncilia-
ton with God through him and a pos
sibility OF life everlasting TO those who
will accept IT on Gods terms.
The blessing which God has prom
ised 70 the church called during this
gospel age is not al earthly blessing.
but a heavenly one; not a restoration to
the moral and mental likeness of Father
Abraham from which we fell, but
change of nature to participation in the
divine nature. to joint heirship with
the Lord Jesus in the spiritual condi-
tons and Kingdom. on the contrary
the blessing mentioned In our text ap-
plies to the world i'm general and not to
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human nature TO a spiritual or heavenly
nature. it signifies no joint heirship
with Christ in His Kingdom. but it
speaks of a great blessing in reserva-
ton for the thousands Of millions OF
mankind.
"Misled by Clergy"
christian people have had too much
/ confidence in the clergy and have I'M
! ~ faa her ~
/ scriptures and distort their meaning; as,
/ for instance, when they read in the
| scriptures The soul that sinneth, it
! shall die they are confused and be-
! logged by being told that they must
understand it TO mean live forever in
torment: when they read in the scrip
lures. The wages of sin is death. they
/ are told to understand this TO mean life
/ in torment. when they read in the scrip
lures, All the wicked viii God destroy,
they must understand this to mean the
reverse. that all the wicked will God
preserve in everlasting fire, that they
may be tormented forever by the devil
and his angels; when they read that the
wicked shall be punished with everlast.
ing destruction, they interpret il TO
mean anything else than what it says.
"A similar condition OF the blind lead
ing the blind was noted by our Lord al
the first advent and he had compassion
on the multitude who were being misled
while he scored most severely the
Scribes and Pharisees, the teachers OF
the people who, he declared, had taken
away the key OF knowledge and had
made void the word of God through
their traditions
Divine Clemency.
: The prophecy Of Ezekiel mentions
{ the future restoration and blessing OF
= Israel as IL will be accomplished in the
} beginning OF the times of restitution OF
the Millennial Age 1t shows that this
l BLESSING will not cume 70 Israel because
Of any worthiness on the part of the
Jews. but because OF divine cIemency.
las We have already seen. the Lore
5 saw proper 70 take the sodomites from
life by raining upon them fire and brim
stone. Nevertheless. God had in store Z
blessing for the Sodomites even II
, harmony with his words that all tn.
families Of the earth shall be blessed,
, / ultimately. through the Christ
y A Merciful God.
Some who are unwilling TO deal just
ly and kindly with the Sodomites anC
are Erieved that che Lord should pro
pose to do so. insist that the Lord hai
no thought or bringing Dack from IN
captivity OF death either the Israelitei
: or the Sodomites. But no one can care
fully and conseientiousiy read Roman
ii:6O-6s. and not see that the Lord i
speaking mercifuIly and graciously
He says, I viii remember Ny cove
5 nant with thee in the days OF IN,
e youth. and I VIII establish unto the
, an everlasting covenant Then tho'
shalt remember thy ways and b.
ashamed. when thou shalt receive tn,
j sisters. thine elder (Sodom) and the
E younger (Samaria). and I viii give then
! unto thee for daughters. but not by tn,
e covenant And will establish My GOV
enant with thee: and thou shalt know
that am the Lord. That thou mayes
remember, and be COMPOUNDED, and nev
n er open thy mouth any more because
Q Of thy shame, when 1 am pacified TO
o ward thee for all that thou hast done
: saith the Lord God
n I'VE leave the .-ubject confident tina
: some through hardness OF heart Will re
= ject the good counsel OF God TO thei
r own disadvantage, as did many OF tn
II Jews in the harvest time Of their age
= but confident also that now, as then
r there will be found amongst the con
secrated people or God some who vii
o. have ears to hear and hearts 10 ap
preciate the clear testimony of the Di
y. vine Word, and who will be blessed
y as our dear Redeemer prayed, sancti
: fed through the Truth"