The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-10-22

ning. 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-
rem, like unto me mediator of the
Covenants him shall We hear In all
things whatsoever he shall say unto
you And 1t shall come to pass, that
every soul. which will not hear that
prophet. shall be destroyed from
among the people" (Acts iii, %, 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 ye be Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's Seed. and heirs according
to the promise" Galatians Ill, 29D. Thus
the Church. Jesus the Head and the
faithful. his members, constitute the
great Delivercr which lis born orr
comes out of spiritual Zion and which,
under the New Covenant, will turn
away ungOdlincss from Jacob natural
Israel Notice how the Apostle. eX-
presses this saying, "For this Is my
| Covenant unto them Uhe 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 Christs mercy
through the Church will bless Israel
under the provisions of their New
! lLawl Covenant.
Already indeed by faith has the
Church been made rich by the Lord S
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 it's richness and
blessing toward the Jew? Surely the
blessing of the Lord will make Israel
rich and honorable. Israels blessing
will be national as we'll as personal.
Indeed, as soon as the Millennial 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 people they will be
the first to be ready for the Divine
guidance after the great time Of trou-
bic with which this present age will
close. Christendom in general has lit
tie knowledge Of coming restitution,
sto all that which was lost in Eden.
Christendom in general expects to &c
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
Times of restitution Of all things
spoken by the mouth Of all the holy
prophets since the world began" (Acts
iii. 20,.
With the close of this age heavenly
hopes will no longer be held forth 20
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. he
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" Nsaiah i,2GI
Bless All Nations.
Let us not forget that the blessing OF
the Lord which maketh rich is not to stoT
with Israel. but to be passed by them
as blessing to all nations, that who
soever will may attain to everlasting
life through the merit Of ChriSt'S sac
riice ana through the Church sealing
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noted. however that to obtain share
In the New Covenant blessings It vii
he necessary for the people of all ma
tions to become Israelites and. by Sc
doing. they will become children ol
Abraham. And this will he fulfill
ment of the Divine promise. 81 have
constituted thee father Of many ma
tions" Romnns ". IL. Remember ais,
how the Lord referred to Snmaria anC
Sodom rs examples Of all nations Ot
the world. and declared to the Israel
ties. 81 will give them unto thee fol
dau"hters. hut not bv thy old H.aw
Covenant" They will become Israel''
, daughters Mt the restitution time. the
prophet declares, under their New
Covenant. "When I Shnll bring agair
their captivity. the captivity Of SodoU
and her daughters ard the captivity
OF SnmHrin and her daughters. ther
will | bring again the captivity Of Thy
cantiveS in the midst of them" "WheU
! SodOm and her daughters shall return
To their former rStPtc, and Samaria and
bnr dOurbtprS shall rnturn to thoir fnt