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But they tell us that God has moved first in
This matter-that He did not wait for 10
appeal to Him for mercy. but that, while we
were yet Sinners" He sent His only begOt'en
Son to be our Redeemer, TO bring US back into
harmony with God. The Old Testament is full
of assurances that Gods mercy will ultimately
he manifesed to mankind through that Re
deeIner and through the nation of Israel. upon
which He would confer the special privilege ana
honor of bearing the truth to every other nation
The New Testament contains the record that
when our Redeemer came. The world and His
own nation knew Him not 1t tells that. In
crucfying the Redeemer, the people OF Israel
really fulfilled the divine intention as fore
told through the prophets; that they thus slew
the great sin-offering. The Lamb OF God, which
taketh away he sin Of the world And as
learn how to bring the various testimonies
Z of the scripture into harmony with each other,
they tell us that he Redeemer. before blessing
Israel. will accomplish another work not gen
orally known. the gathering of spiritual Israel
! This the apostle styles The mystery or God
THE RESTITUTION OF ALI. THINGS.
The result OF sin-atonement and the return OF
: 10 GCd's favor would not mean changing
of men 10 spiritual beings, nor the giving to
mankind of a heavenly home, but rather resti-
tuition. The Eden home first provided for Father
Adam was paradise, but ii was lost by his dis
obedience. The proposition OF the scriptures
is that the great Redeemer will restore para
disc and enlarge it, making it Worldwide the
home for no. only Adam. but his now multi
tudinOus progeny of twenty thousand millions
The scriptures abound with promises that Israel
shall he regathered and restored to divine favor
and be made the nstrumen,ality OF the LORD
script Ures tell us now the paradaisacal conul
ton shall be brought about. The explain thal
tie wilderness shall blossom as the rose and
the solitary place be glad They tell that Christ
shall reign, as promised. and establish justice
I'm the earth They tell that 1.-THE sun OF right
cousness shall arise. with healing In his beams,
scattering superstition ignorance and darkness.
They tell that darkness covers the earth
aud gross darkness the people, but that the
coming reign of Messiahs kingdom VIII chahge
all this. They tell that weeping may endure
for the night (of this time Of SIM but that
ioy cometh in the morning the mlie unldi
morning. st. Peter points us down to the second
coming of Christ for the fulfillment of all these
restitution promises He tells us that then
will come to earth times of refreshing" He
assures MS that the time of restitution of all
things which God hath spoken by the mouth OF
all the holy prophets since the world began VIII
then n find SRGRIFGEs THAN AfS THOSE
But now we inquire why this delay in bring
ing In the times of refreshing the times OF
restitution" Why did not the great kedee ,lrtd
nv His death at Calvary? How can He bear
to delay. since He loved the world so that He
the whole creation is in pain, waiting for the
great deliverance made possible by His sacrifice!
The Scriptures answer the question. They
tell MS that the gathering Of the elect Church
during the gospel age as a feature on me III
vine program must precede the bringing or res
ttuti0n blessings to the world. They tell us that
God has imposed special crucial tests upon those
now called and chosen. Their invitation is to
oint-hCdrship with Christ in a heavenly or splr-
.tual nature and to share with Him in the
millennal kingdom and glory: and in the WORK '
Scriptures tell that those who will be ac-
counted worthy of this exaltation to glory, honor
and Immortality, will first be required to prove
their loyalty TO the Lord TO the extent of sacrt
flee This does not mean a putting away OF
sin, for that would not be sacrifice II does
mean the laying down Of earthly rights and priv
iicgcs. after the manner and example Of the
Redccmer. who knew no sin. Believers are ex-
horted thus to sacrifice. The apostle says to
them 81 beseech you, therefore. by the mer-
cies OF God, that We present your bodies liv
Ing sacrifice holy acceptable DE, unto God your
MANY Scriptures inform us that God has at
tached the glories Of the future to the suffer
ing Of the present and that II we suffer with
Christ we shall also reign with Him and III
he dead with Him, we schau also live with
period Of sacrificing. Or Lord began the sac
rlficing and. in accepting believers as His mem
bers. II is on condition that they will be sane
tilted. separated from the world, and present
their bodies living sacrifice. Thus the saints
throughout this gospel age have been suffering
With their Lord and Head and, as st. Paul
Affections of Christ.-Col Ira The merit is
in the sacrifice Of their Lord, but ne passes
age, TO the intent that they may share in the
glories and honors OF His millennial Kingdom
which will be established as soon as the LAST
member Of His body shall have finished the suf
fering Of the Christ.
st. Paul. after pointing out typical sin-offer-
ings. represented under the Jewish arrangement
shows us that the sacrifices of Christ ana tine
Church are the antiques Of those sin-offerings-
offered year by year under the Jewish economy
Those styles the better sacrifices than these"
THE DAY OF AToNEMENr.
We are at the time OF the year when our
Hebrew fellow citizens accustomed to teie-
brate their great day of atonement. Ihey celt-
brate the day, although IN meangltss a1t
the facts know that the whole procedure is
farce. In the confusion which God has permit
ted To come upon them they have no priest.
Messiah their prleSIlF
records ere lost, so that no Jew in the world
can make claim to the position OF hlgh priest
or dare to perform the functions Of high priest
in connection with the day OF atonement sacrl-
fees They have tabernacle or temple, nor
dare they erect one; for II. one were conse-
Grated an unauthorized priest would RISK nus
life in attempting to pass through the secohd
veil into the most hely.
As a consequence our Hebrew friends deserve
our sympathy The tenth day Of the seventh
month was their appointed day OF atonement.
BY the sacrifices of that day, properly per-
formed. reconciliation for their lniqultles was
made for the ensuing year, at the end OF winch
they would again become unclean and need an
other atonement day AS the apostle says lhe
Arrangement God smade for them Tor the Ior-
giveness of sins was year by year continually
and the yearly repetition Indicated that Inc
sins were not really cancelled, but merely COW
cred for the year.
Hebrew friends have no priest ana that no
atonement sacrifice is possible. Now when
the anniversary of the day OF atOnement comes
they bpmoan their sins and fast and pray; out
they have priest 10 orter the bullock OF u
sin-offering and then TO take its blood into
the holy and most holy and TO sprinkle the
same for the cleansing Of the priestly tribe
They have no priest later on to come and take
the goats sin-offerng and do with IT as he
did with that of the bullock, taking its blood
into the most holy and sprinkling the mercy
seat for all the other eleven tribes or israel
The priest does not come out OF the holies 10
bless them, as of yore, and to tell them that
their sins are forgiven through the merit OF
the sacrificed blood. No! after waiting the
entire day. and knowing that they have no
priest, no advocate. no intercessor, no sin-pear-
err Mt the close of their atonement day. they
tndeavor to be cheerful and happy and to sup
pose their sins forgiven; or, rather, they en-
deavor to forget all about the matter in world
illness.
THE ANTITYPE OF THIS.
Would that all our Hebrew friends, as well as
all Christians could understand the true anti
tyne Of that great day of atonement, which the
Jews celebrated annually in typical manner.
Its anttype is this gospel age. At the begin
ming Of this antitypical atoncment day our Lord
Jesus offered up EImself-the antttype Of tue
bulIock.-Levit. 49, When He assembled up ON
high He applied the merit OF the sacrifice e
the antitypical Levitical tribe, to the household
faith Of this gospel age, for the royal priest
rood Since PentecCst the second part of the dag
Of atonemont sacrifices has been in process.
The Lords goat" sntityped by the church,
has beer in process Of sacrifice. The great
high priest has been accepting consecrated be-
levers as members of His body and has been
seeing to their sacrifcial sufferings. Now is