Milford chronicle., 1909-07-09

mini0n over two cities, to another
Have thou dominion over five cities; @
another. Have thou dominion over Tel
cities Note chat this giving of tl,
Dominion 10 his faithful servants sig
nided their sharing with him in hi
Kingdom at the time of its establish
ment at his second coming
The Kingdom In Glory.
Note the parable of the sheep an,
the goats. which pictures the lIillen
niaI Kingdom in full operation. ii
onens with the announcement, ''Whcu
the Son of Man shall come I'm his glory
and an the holy angels with him, thei
shall he sit upon the throne Of hi-
glory. And before him shall be gath
cred all nations; and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd
divideth his sheep from the goats
OIatthew XIV, 80. This is unquestion
ably picture Of the NIillennial reign ot
Christ. and his dealing with the world.
When that time shall come, the elect
Church. the Bride Of Christ viii De
with him i'm the throne, sharing his
glory. and sharing in the work Of judg
ing the world; as said st. Paul 'DC
We not know that the saints shall judgc
the World?o q Corinthians vi, p
The prophecies Of the Ola Testament
Scriptures abound in testimonies re
specting the blessing which will come
to the world during the reign of Mes
siah's Kingdom. The Jews had every
reason to expect that God had honored
their nation as the seed Of Abraham
with especial relationship to his King
dom-that as his holy nation and peO
pie Israel should be the channel foI
the dispensing of the divine blessings
to all the families Of the earth. Nor
viii that expectation prove false. The
Lord has not changed his plan; he has
merely introduced first of all anoth
er feature Of his plan not previous
ly revealed, styled by the Apostle
Paul "the mystery Of Cod" Thi.
mystery is. that before Israel can be
Gods earthly agents for dispensing his
blessings to mankind in general. t.
every nation. people, kindred aud
tongue, God will first select a special
class. a Little Flock" Royal Priest
hood"-the Church. the Bride, the
members of the Body of Christ as a
Spiritual Israel When this Kingdom
class shall have been fully selected
and the last member shall have been
glorifed with Christ beyond the vail
on the spirit plane Of existence. then
divine favor win return TO natural
Israel
We are not to understand tina
everyone who has Abrahamic blood in
his veins viii on that account be per
mitted a special service for the Lord
during the Millennium as an earthly
representative Of the spiritual Empire
Nay. they are not all Israelites who
are of the seed of Abraham But thu
Lord shows US through the Apostle
that prior TO the coming Of Christ God
had already selected Abraham. Isaa.
and Jacob and all the prophets and
other faithful ones enumerated by 81
Paul in Hebrews 11th chapter These /
having demonstrated their faith anG |
willing obedience to do the Lords viii /
have this testimony. "that they please, /
God" These Ancient Worthless Of thr /
earthly seed of Abraham are already /
prepared Of the Lord to be the earthly |
of his Spiritual King .
dom In due time. after the gloridca
ton of the Church in the first resur /
rection." these will come forth NOT ON
the spirit plane, but as perfect human \
beings Through these the Lord
blessings and instructions to mankind .
will be disseminated They will con
stitute the earthly Jerusalem, as the
Church win constitute the heavenly
Mount Zion; as we read
The Law shall go forth from MI
Zion and the Word Of the Lord from
Jerusalem" (Micah iv . for the bless
ing Of all nations. for their instruction
in righteousness. for their assistance
in the highway Of holiness. that they
may gain al its farther end the great
reward Of life eternal
It is but reasonable to expect that
with the establishment of that King
dom for which Israel has so long
waited and hoped. its mercies dis
1ensed through these Ancient 'Wor
-hies will first appeal to the nation OF
israel, and subsequently to all people
II all nations, as they shall come to
he faith Of Abraham and receive the
Instruction Of the Kingdom. Thus it is
vEtten. And many nations shall go
md say, Come. and let US go up to
he mountain Of the Lord, and to the
house Of the God Of jacob; and he
Will teach us Of his ways. and we will
walk in his paths" (Allcah iv, p.
The Gospel Age Parenthetie.
It may help some to think Of this
Gospel Age as a parenthesis. Gods
lealings with the Jews in the flesh
we're interrupted by the development
# the spiritual seed Of Abraham
Jhrlst and the Church Galatians iii
.9l. AS soon as this work Of develop {
ng Spiritual Israel shall be completed.
nd the little flock" be exalted to
.lory on the spirit plane by their resur t
ection change then the parenthesis ,
yil be ended. and divine favor w.u !