Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-17

III .tAl As'i ' Hi'll
'ou;ract !W n..u>u hu.~ ina lI,..
mis- supervision .aromuDl vurlG I..
,vpnWuly rr tu 'nrit ,iu,y YGu
Dui ihp reverse. !.u o. 90 tal1 ..u.U.r
Is n Typical p,H. th"i' iut''.s rt
rpsentinr tnp "tt",rs uf r.'t'''i.'
Acts ii 20, coi'.. Ig o. ,nr wui., % ..''
~" Millpnnml r...r ut t'"i-t ...
luy S1bh1ths ti,iu.d com ir a-
ing TO Spiritual Israel rurt 'rru
sabbath typfrI .rmipp nrs'la 90
the world. TO the universe hutr iay
of Atonemeut fot e'iis typ7ri tho ,l1'
Of better sarrl1res. uf Christ ard tn'
Church Indeed. we may uud"r4ttrd
that Heshly Israel and all ot It's great
ttfairs were "pi ~ observation-disclosures uf
Gods greater Dressings to come IN ui'.
ct dispensatlons.
Jewish Favor cul--irst.d,
The elimination of the Lords deaf.
lDgs with Israel was reached ~ II" nrh
intended fruu the beginning. wuru
our Lord Jesus leli Tie glory oi tue
Father on the heavenly plane aud was
made flesh being huru under the Law
] 0VNtuuuAs aNNl NflAA " hAANNA WNIltlH'l
OF the human family, but holy, harm.
less and separate from sinners ue
was perfect aud fully able to Keep nll
/ the terms of that Law Covenant. ana
did so. Thus under the provisions uf
the Law Covenant he. aud he alone.
OF all the Jewish nation. could claim
the rights OF the Abuhamlc Covenant
the blessings forctold and the rightful
authority to bless men. for. as the
ruler OF earth. he took the place OF
Father Adam With all bis rights aud
authorities described In Psalm viii. ~.
by keeping these right, aud priv.
ieges as mau our lord udurd would
have been au earthly putcU,ale of cOn.
siderable dignity. the highest amongst
men. But the Fathers luurr Tor blm
aud for the world was fur higher than
this. AS an earthly poteutate Gr would
have ruled over falling and dylug
race and would have been privileged
merely to counsel. rula aud direct their
imperfect energies: but he never could
have brought them tu eternal ne.
Hence the Divur i,Ju was that he
should die as the .'fdrcWrr of Adam
and his race. that thus hc might have
the just the legal rlGht to llft out of
sin and degradation aud death nll ut
mankind who woUhl fail ~ line with
the gracious nrruu gempnts of the III.
vine purpose which center In Christ.
IL was In fuliilmeut of this feature of
the Divine Plan thar our Lord laid
down the earthly Kingdom, the earthly
rights. al that h. had. as mans ran.
som price (Matthew Kill, 40. who |
gave himself n ransom for all. TO he
testified In due time" q Timothy u. d..
Every Knee Shall Bow"
We now have Messiah exalted /
aud In his possession the authority !
Justly legally acquired. whereby he
may bless all the families OF the |
earth-all the children OF Adam. by re- /
storing TO the willing aud obedienl /
that which was lost"-earthly perfec- ,
ton aud dominion. Where will he hr- !
gin his blessing work All the pruphr- |
cies implied that Messiah would begin |
his work with Israel aud that II snOud |
progress through Israel Ia all nations. /
But the prophecies did not even hut /
az the fact that before giving the res
titution" blessing "a Israel. under the /
New law Covenant nf jeremiah xxxi, !
81, Messiah would hrst make use OF |
his restitution" authority for the
gathering of special class of people,
"a holy nation. a peculiar people, /
royal priesthood" This, as the ApOs-
tie tells us. was kept Mystery
and, generally speaking, Il Is still a
Mystery" not only tp Israel, but 10
the world. The gathering OF the Spir-
imal lsraelilrs Was the hrst step ~ .
the new program, Those uf the jew
ish nation an our Lords First Advent
who were ot thp right altituur ot heart I
We're transferred from Muses Iu christ
from natural Israel 90 spl.:.lul lsravL I
Theu. as We have seen. i,um the time
of Cornelius onward the GOspe, tues'
sage has been free tu uli who nave the |
believing heart aud hearing ear to take
the message These as q whole, as 1
our Lord mtimatrd are but "iilJF
lork His words were Fear not,
little hock, for IL Is your Fathers guod |
pleasure to give you the Kingdom
OLuke xii, 32,.
The Kingdom, the life eternal etc.
which the Lord has Ia give away, are
those of Adam. which were lost
through his dlsobedience aud repur-
chased by our Lord at Calvary. These
be gives Ia his followers. the little
nock, bUi moi % seer Earthly resyi-
tuition blessings are theirs tu sacrifice 1
only. Whoever viii noy accept them
on these terms cannot be Jesus dis
ciples, Such are the terms OF the
heavenly or high calling bestowed
upon his followers They must take
up their cross and foilop hin IN me
Sacrinrr of eauAig Hfe and earfhiy 4
lesfitatioE riqhts. II they would share