Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12

ssrv,cs Rut Jesus Gid not accept as disciples
be- Except a man forsake all that ne nam lam
he cannot be my disciple Mss 1S al eIse he
cannot be my Disciple" He that loseu us
Ife FOR my sake shall find IT,"
In other words, The Lords proposition 10 tne
church is that all the earthly rights OF Adam
,lOst through disobedtence and redeemed Vy oul
Lord at Calvary and now at his disposal! ALe
Imputed to those who, during this gospei age
turn from sin, accept Christ as their redeemer'
and then by conservation sacrifice all eaFtny
rights. In word. our Lord Jesus mas "a rlsu t
70 give the earthly rights, the earthly IRE Ahe
honor, to any one person or to any numner OF
persons Of Adams race something 20 sacrl-
fice When they do mentally sacrifice earthly
lights they receive the begetting OF the Holy
Spirit to the heavenly nature. but that heavenly
nature itself they win not receive until tney
shall have finished the sacrifice agreed upon
Thus as Jesus by keeping the law had rlght
70 earthly perfection and sacrificed II. so those
keeping the law in the spirit or their minus
md accepting the merit of Christ as Justifylng
them to restitution right and glory sacrifice
these use them In Gods service that they may
have Jesus new nature and glory. The merit
at the end Of the gospel age will be the same
merit Of Jesus. and win be at hts disposal
because although passed through the church;
the church and viii. therefore, be at our Lords
disposal at the close Of this age, the dawninG
OF the Millennlal day.
ISABEL's NEW COVENANT.
What will be zone win TIE merit OF Christ's
sacrifice al the emu Of tne g0spel age, Wnen II
shall have passed through tne ehurcnt We an
swSr that IL viii be used again. II "lI De
glYen 10 the Jews ana through them 10 the
Whole world. Ii is the biVVu or merit which
Will seal the new covenant promised 10 Israel
long ago, but not fulfilled IL is one thing 10
PROMISE 4 covenant; another thing 10 draw up
the terms of covenant; third thlng 10 slsh
and seal the covenant. The new COY enant has
not yet been sealed The blood that viii seal
it is now being used in the interest Of the
elect spiritual Israel that the little flock may
have something to sacrifice and thereby be
granted share with Christ in MS spirit, nature
and glOry.h This Is the cup referred 10 by our
Lord in the memorial supper when be said,
This is my blood of the new covenant shed
for many for the remission Of sins. Drink We
I'LL Of it," The privilege Of drinking with our
Lord in this cup Of sacrifice belongs to this age
only. None will be left for the future.
But the blessing Will not remain with those
! Who drink Of the cup-their restitution rights
AMI privileges will be sacrificed and thus passed
on. for the benefit of mankind in general. The
spostle says that ou- Lord at his first advent
In his death became the surety" or Of the new
covenant. But he did not seal the new covenant
nor put it into force in any sense OF the word,
because Ii was covenant with natural Israel;
and IL il had been put into force 1t forthwith
would have begun 70 bring blessings 20 Israel ss9I
have been glorified in the first resurrection.
The mystery" is then, that philosophy In the
DIVINE program which no one could have sur
missed in advance. God has been quietly taking
from the world a great Messiah, great
Prophat. great King, great Mediator be-
tween God and the world. Jesus is the head.
and tie faithful members are the body. This ls
the great Mediator Of the new covenant, or
which 81. Peter wrote. saying, For Moses
tluly said unto the fathers, a prophet shall the
Lord your God raise up unto you Of your breth-
ten. like unto me mediator Of the covenantl;
Him slialr 70 hear In all things. whatsoever He
shall say unto, ron. And II shall come to pass
that every soul which will not hear that prophet
shall be destroyed from among the peoplei''-
] The spiritual blessings can go only to those
possessed OF the faith OF Abraham. and this
class receive the blessing on a higher plano.
Then the earthly blessing Is applied TO the nat
urAl seed of Ahraham-eO many VIII, un0er
the MiIlennlal kingdom come to due reverence
Of the Lord. For them viii be ell the blessed
jeremiah, sl:s1. Their sins viii be forgiven,
not merely from year to year, as under the law
covenant, but eyerlastingiy forgiven through TIE
merit OF the ''better sacrifices" Under the
blessed uplifting influences OF the new cove
nant their stoniness of heart Will give place TO
tenderness Of heart, Come. now, let Us examine ne
Roman, IL 1853 He Tres us that blindness u
happiness to Israel, which is not to be perpetual
iiyerer shaI come out OF Zion and shall turf.
away ungodliness from Jacob. Zion represents
the church or rather the Abrahsmic covenant
which bears or mothers the church, as the apos-
tie explains in Galatians. 4:2S.
St Paul styles Sarah, Abraham's proper wife
and the mother of Isaac the type OF heavenly
Jerusalem. the heavenly covenant OF when we
are the children of the promise" And II ye
be Cbrist's, then are ye Aorahams seed, and
heirs according to the promise. (Gal., SGD
Thus the church, Jesus the head and the faith
fui his members. Constitute the great Deliver
which is born or comes out Of spiritual Zion aaa
which, under the new covenant, Will turn away
ungodliness from Jacob-natural Israel. Notice
how the apostle expresses this, saying. FOR
this Is my covenant unto them tine new cove
nant to natural Israeli when l shall take away
, their sins st. Paul enters into the philosophy
Of IT, saying that natural Israel has been trea ted
as enemies for sake, but that they are stu
beloved for the Fathers sake. because GOD
never repents of His gifts or calling As they
have been long time without GODS ravor, so
a. -. for DTQV10uG
this gospeI age without Gods favor he points
! out thnt IL God had mercy upon the Gentiles
to bring them under the favor OF this gospri
J age likewise He will have favor upon natural
/ Israel and he adds, "They shall obtain mercy
through your mercy."-Rom, n;Sl.
We are not to understand that the mercy
which they will receive under the new covenant
! is purely the mercy o. the church and not the
mercy Of the Father and the Son. Evidently
st. Paul wishes US to remember that all ming n
are Of the Father and all things are by the
| Son Gods mercy, exercised through Chrlsl
and Christ's mercy through the ehureh, wiz
| tIess Israel under the provisions OF their new
| Qaw) covenant.
To those who have followed the argument
how evident It IL that the blessing or the LORD,
which gees first to the church, win make nel
Christ our Lord, II so be that we suffer Win
i'm, thst we may be also glorifled with MIN.
how much more riches there are IN Inc DlFlAe
blessings than we bad surnsed! No won
der st. Paul prayed for the church. that ''lht
eyes Of your understanding being enlightened
We NAV KNOW what 10 tHC hopO "a
and what the riches OF the glory Of His inheri-
lance In the saints" (Eph., l:lS), and again.
that ye being rooted and grounded In love,
may be able to comprehend with all saints, What
In the breadth, and length, and depth, ana
height; and to know the love OF christ, Wh'ch
passeth knowledge. "-Eph., SILL
Already indeed by faith has the church been
made rich by the Lords blessing In proportion.
: as the exceeding great and precious promises
have been accepted; and II IL Will still further
make us rich through the change" OF the first
resurrection to glory, honor and Immortality,
what may we not expect Of its richness and
OF the Lord viii make Israel rich and honorable.
Israels blessing viii be national as well as
personal. Indeed. soon as the Millenntal
kingdom shall have been established the bles-
sing Of the Lord win mean Divine favor In all
the natural affairs Of life to all those who are
truly his-''to the Jew first" As people they
will be the first to be ready for the DIVINE
guidance after the great time Of trouble WIN
which this present age will close. Chrlstendom
In general has little knowledge OF coming res
tttutlon to all that which was lost in Eden.
Christendom in general expects to 60 either TO
heaven or TO purgatory or eternal torment; but
many Jews know their Bible better than this
, that the blessings promised are earthly ones
''Ttmes OF restitution OF all things spoken by
the mouth Of all the holy prophets since the
world began."-Acts 1920.
With the close Of this age heavenly hopes
viii no longer be held forth to mankind, but.
ON the contrary, earthly homes, restitution. Us
rqel therefore, will be the better prepared Tor
The terms and conditions OF the new covenant
Tesidrs, amongst them Will arIear Ahrahan,
, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets, perfected
IN their resurrection and constituting them the
earthly representatives OF the church, the henv-