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restraint. and the favor of God through
the knowledge of God will be turned
upon the people-"The knowledge Of
the Lord shall fill the whole earth as
the waters cover the great deep"
Blessing, aye, favor upon favor. bless
ing upon blessing, is the Lords ar
rangement and provision. ALI shall
know him from the least unto the
greatest, and none shall need to say
to his neighbor or his brother, "Know
thou the Lord?" Qsaiah XII, 9; jeremiah
XXI, 34)
The prophets spoke repeatedly of
these blessings due to the world in
the future. Mark how Joel tells that.
as during this Gospel Age, the Lord
pours out his spirit upon his servants
and hand-maidens, so after these days,
in the Millennial Age. he will pour out
his spirit upon all flesh. There will
be worldwide blessing through the
knowledge of the Truth. Mark how
Moses, the prophet, spoke of these
coming blessings, and told how God
would raise up greater Lawgiver
than himself. greater Teacher, bet
ter Mediator, and, under the better
Covenant Of the Lord, would bring
blessings world-wide. Mark again
how he represents the atonement for
the sins Of the whole world in the
Atonement Day sacrifcial arrange
ments! Mark how again he typifcally
foretold the blessings Of the Millennial
Age. representing it in IsraePs Year
of Jubilee" in which every man went
free and every possession was return
ed to it's original ownership. thus rep
resenting the blessings of the future,
mans release from the servitude of
sin and Satan, and the return to him
of all that was lost through Adam.
Isaiah, jeremiah, Hosea, Micah, have
spoken of these coming times, so that
the Apostle Peter. pointing to the fu-
ture. could truthfully declare that the
coming times Of restitution Of all
things have been spoken by the mouth
of all the holy prophets since the
world began (Acts iii. 1920.
Hope For Jews and Others.
The second class to be blessed under
this Abrahamic Covenant is fieShly Is
rael. We are not forgetting that the
Jews were a stiff-necked and rebellious
people; that they slew the prophets
and stoned the Lords ministers and
caused the crucifXion of our Redeem
er Nevertheless. the Scriptures clear
ly hold forth that after they have had
a period of chaStiSement, which they
have been undergoing as nation since
our Lords crucifiXion, and after Spirit
ual Israel shall have been glorified in
the Kingdom, then blessing from the
Lord will come upon natural Israel;
they shall be saved or recovered from
their blindness, and, as the Prophet
declares. they shall look upon him
whom they have pierced and shall
mourn for him-becauSe the eyes Of
their understanding shall be opened.
We rejoice, too, that the promise is
clear and distinct that the Lord will
pour upon them the spirit of prayer
and of supplication" (Zechariah xii,
1O). See also Romans xi, 1928.
But if God is to have mercy upon
the natural Israelite, whom he de-
clares to have been stiff-necked and
hard hearted and rebellious, would it
surprise us that the Divine, benevolent
intention should be to bless others
than the Jews-others who had not in
the past the favors and privileges of
this favored nation, and whose course.
therefore, was less in opposition to the
light? 1t should not surprise us. And
so we find in this great Oath-Bound
Covenant a blessing for all nations
all peoples.
Poor, imperfect Creatures.
"we make Gods love too narrow
BY false standards of our own"
Do not misapprehend us. We are
not teaching that heather and imbe-
Giles and the unregenerate in general
shall be taken to heaven, where they
would be utterly out of harmony with
their surroundings and require to be
converted and to be taught. Such an
inconsistent view we leave to those
who are now claiming that the heather
will be saved in their ignorance. We
stand by the Word of God that there
is no present salvation without faith
in Christ Jesus. and that the heather
and the imbeciles have neither part
nor lot in the salvation Of the present
time We stand by the Scriptures
which say that salvation at the present
time is only for the little flock, who,
through much tribulation, shall enter
the Kingdom. We stand by the Scrip
lures which say that this Kingdom
class now being developed is the Seed
of Abraham under the Lord, their
Head, their Elder Brother, the Bride
groom.
The period in which opportunity will
be granted to man is in the Scriptures
termed the Day of Judgment-a thou
sand-year day, the Millennial Day. 1t
will be day of trial, day of testing,
a day of proving the world to see
whether, with a full knowledge of
God and Of righteousness, which he
requires, they will choose righteous
ness in preference to sin, choose life in
preference to the Second Death.
Thank God for that wonderful judg-
ment, the trial day for the world, Sc
cured for all through the precious
blood of Christ "When the judg-
ments Of the Lord are abroad in the
earth, the inhabitants Of the world
xx,sIl s-I,@ sol.