Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-10-16

would have begun to bring blessings
TO Israel not TO be theirs until after
spiritual Israel should have been glori-
fed I'm the First Resurrection. The
"ngstery' is then that philosophy i'm
the divine program which no one could
have surmsed In advance. God has
been quietly taking from the world a
great Messiah, great Prophet, a great
King, 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
Covenanb; him shall ye hear I'm all
things, whatsoever he shall say unto
you. And It shall come TO pass, that
every soul, which will not hear that
prophet, shall be destroyed from
among the people" (Acts iH, %. 23)
st. Paul styles Sarah. Abrabams
proper wife and the mother of Isaac,
the type Of the heavenly Jerusalem, the
heavenly Covenant OF which we are
the children. "We brethren, as Isaac
was, are the children of the promise"
"And II ye be Christ's. then are We
Abrahams Seed. and heirs according
to the promise Galatians III, 20J. Thus
the Church. Jesus the Head and the
faithful, his members, constitute the
great Dellverer which Qs 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 this is my
Covenant unto them dhe New Cove
nant to natural Israeli when l 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 MS 10 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
[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 II II 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 lts richness and
blessing toward the jew? Surely the
blessing OF the Lord will make Israel
rich aud honorable. Israers blessing
will be national as well as personal.
Indeed, as soon as the Mlllennial 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 Il people they VIII be
the first 20 be ready for the Divine
guidance after the great time OF trou-
BILE with which this present age VIII
close. Chrlstcndom In general has lit
tie knowledge OF coming restitution,
20 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
"Tlmes OF restitution OF all things
spoken 10y the mouth OF all the holy
prophets since the world began" (Acts
III, 2Ol.
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 th
terms aud conditions Of the New Cove
nant. Besides, amongst them VIII ~
pear Abraham, Isaac ana 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 bc more ready 10 receive these
than the remainder of mankind, be-
cause this Is the promise which God
made to them-"l win restore your
Judges as at the first and your law
glyers as at the beginning" Gsalah L2G.
Bless All Nations.
Let ms not forget that the blessing OF
the Lord whichmakethrlch Is not 10 stop
with Israel, but 10 he passed 10y them
as "a dcssing TO an nations, that who
socvor viii may attain To everlasting
life through the merit Of Christs sac
rihce ANA through the church sealing
the New Covenant with Israel. Re 10
noted. however, That 90 obtain n share
IN the New Covenant blessings Il viii
he necessary for the people of ALMA
tlons TO become lsraelites and, 10y sn
doing, they viii become children ot
Abraham. And this will be a fulnll-
mont ot the Divine promise. II have
constituted thee a father of many ma
tions' ORomans iy. IL, Remember also
how the Lord referred to Samaria and
Sodom ms examples ~ an nations ot
the world. and declared to the Israel
ftna 81 will triYp fharn unfn fhnn for