Pleasantville weekly press., 1909-10-16

great Messiah, great Prophet, a great
King. a great Mediator between God
and the world. Jesus is the Head and
the faithful members are the Body.
This is the great Mediator of the New
Covenant. Of which st. Peter wrote.
saying. "For Moses truly said unto the
fathers. A prophet shall the Lord your
God raise up unto you of your breth-
ren, like unto me (mediator Of the
Covenant); him shall We hear in all
things. whatsoever he shall say unto
every soul. which will not hear that
prophet, shall be destroyed from
among the people" (Acts iigl2. 23).
st. Paul styles Sarah, Abraham's
proper wife and the mother of Isaac.
the type of the heavenly Jerusalem, the
heavenly Covenant, Of which we are
the children. I'VE. brethren. as Isaac
was. are the children of the promise"
''And if We be Christ's. then are We
Abrahams Seed. and heirs according
to the promise" Galatians iii, 29). Thus
the Church. Jesus the Head and the
faithful. his members. constitute the
great Deliverer which lis born orr
comes out of spiritual Zion and which.
under the New Covenant, will turn
away ungodliness from Jacob-natural
Israel Notice how the Apostle ex-
presses this Saying. "For tAis is my
Covenant unto them the New Cove
nant to natural Israeli when / shall
take away their SINS"
We are not to understand that the
mercy which they will receive under
the New Covenant is purely the mercy
of the Church and not the mercy of
the Father and the Son. Evidently he
wishes us to remember that all things
are Of the Father and all things are
by the Son. Gods mercy exercised
through Christ and Christ's mercy
through the Church will bless Israel
under the provisions Of their New
[Lawl Covenant.
Already indeed (by faith) has the
Church been made rich by the Lords
blessing in proportion as the exceed
ing great and precious promises have
been accepted: and if it will still fur
ther make us rich through the
change" of the First Resurrection to
glory, honor and Immortality, what
may we not expect of its richness and
blessing toward the Jew? Surely the
blessing of the Lord will make Israel
rich and honorable. Fsraeps blessing
will be national as well as personal.
Indeed, as soon as the Millenniaf King
dom shall have been established, the
blessing of the Lord will mean Divine
favor in all the natural affairs of life
to all those who are truly his-"to the
Jew first" As a people they will be
the first to be ready for the Divine
guidance after the great time of trou-
BILE with which this present age will
close Christendom in general has lit
tie knowledge of coming restitution.
to all that which was lost in Eden.
Christendom in general expects to go
either to heaven or Purgatory or eter-
nal torment. but many Jews know
their Bible better than this; that the
blessings promised are earthly ones
'sTimes Of restitution of all things
spoken by the mouth of all the holy
prophets since the world began" (Acts
iii. 20I.
With the close of this age heavenly
hopes will no longer be held forth TO
mankind, but, On the contrary, earthly
hopes. restitution. Israel, therefore.
will be the better prepared for the
terms and conditions of the New Cove
nant. Besides, amongst them will ap-
pear Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all
the prophets. perfected in their resur-
rection and constituting them the
earthly representatives of the Church.
the heavenly Kingdom. Naturally they
will be more ready to receive these
than the remainder of mankind. be-
cause this is the promise which God
made to them-"I will restore your
judges as at the first and your law
givers as at the beginning" isaiah i.26,.
Bless All Nations.
Let us not forget that the blessing Of
the Lord which maketh rich is not to stop
with Israel, but to be passed by them
as a blessing to all nations, that who
soever will may attain to everlasting
life through the, merit of Christ's sac
rifice and through the Church sealing
the New Covenant with Israel. Be II
noted. however. that to obtain share
in the New Covenant blessings 1t will
be necessary for the people of all ma
tions to become Israelites and. by so
doing. they will become children Of
Abraham. And this will be fulfill
ment of the Divine promise, 81 have
constituted thee father of many ma
tions' Romans iv. IN. Remember also
how the Lord referred to Samaria and
Sodom as examples of all nations OF
the world. and declared to the Israel
ties. 81 will give. them unto thee for
daugh ers. but not by thy old Haw)
Covenant" They will become IsraePs
daughters at the restitution time, the
prophet declares, under their New
Covenant. "When l shall bring again
their captivity. the captivity Of Sodom
and her daughters. and the captivity
of Samaria and her daughters. then
will / bring again the captivity Of thy
captives in the midst of them" when
Sodom and her daughters shall return
to their former estate, and Samaria and
her daughters shall return to their for
mer estate then thou and thy daugh-
tiers shall return to your former estate"
Ezekiel xvi. SO, 55).
AS now the Lord addeth no sorrow
with his blessing. so it will be during
the Millennium with the world. The
assurance az the Word of God is that
by the close of the Millennium there
will be mo more signing. no more cry
ing, no more dying but that he will
make all things new.