The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-10-09

Wnlcn the LOru PROMISED tnat he Woulu
entirely blot out their sins and take
away their stony heart and give them
a heart Of flesh and that they should
be his people. Confirmatory to this
thought was the message sent to them
through Malachi the prophet, assuring
them that the messenger Of the Cove
nant 1.-THE servant of the Covenant. the
Mediator of the Covenant, whom they
delighted in, the one they were hoping
for, would ere long, come to his peo-
pie. But the prophet iEtimated that
few of them would be ready to receive
him: He said, who shall stand when
he appeareth?'
The Lord crucifed.
Expecting Messiah TO appear In a
very different way, Israel was unpre-
pared for the man of sorrow and ac-
qualnted with grief" 'the Lamb Of
God which taketh away the sin of the
world" They expected a great gen
eral, q mighty leader. who would APP
peal 10 the learned, the wealthy. the
noble. But our Lord appealed only
to those who were pure in heart. rs
~raelites indeed" Such alone had the
necessary faith to recognize him and
receive him. The others crucified him,
but did 1t ignorantly. st. Peter de-
clares, 81 wot that through ignorance
We did it, as did also your rulers. Ye
killed the Prince Of life" facts iii,
15-1D. And st. Paul says, Had they
known 1t, they would not have cruel
fed the Lord Of glory" q Corinthians
II, 81.
However our Lords c%Tuci6xion was
merely q ful6llment Of another feature
Of the Divine Plan to make the bless
ing Of all mankind the deeper and
broader.
By virtue Of keeping the Law, Jesus
would have had the right to earthly
perfection for himself, eternal life and
happiness. He also would have been
heir Of all the things that Adam pos
sessed and lost. He might. therefore,
have established an earthly empire
and, by wise laws and regulations, he
might have done much for human up
lift-the very thing which people today
are wanting to bring about. But his
subjects would still have been under
the Divine condemnation Of death. He
would merely have been the ruler, in.
structor, of fallen, dying men. Gods
promise Of blessing meant more than
this. And in harmony with it u Lord
Jesus did not keep his earthly rights
but surrendered them, sacrificed them
laid them down on our behalf. The
laying down of these earthly right;
was finished at Calvary. Since this
sacrificing was done in harmony will
, the Divine purpose, the Heavenly Fa
Their rewarded the sacrifcer with a new
: life on a higher plane, "far above an
t gels and principalities and powers"
Thus when Jesus was raised from
the dead on the third day he was nj
longer a man, but a spirit being, a par
! taker Of the Divine nature, far above
angels. More than this, he had hi
e earthly rights which he had sacrificed
and these now constituted an asset o.
thing Of value which he possessed anC
5 which he might bestow upon Others
He laid down his earthly rights tina
he might receive life again on a higl
plane and have a right to gire the sac
e rifced earthly perfection, hOnOrs an
priUileges to Others. 1t was in thi
; manner that the Lord provided for tn
q blessing of the world-"the blessing o
the Lord that maketh rich and t
which he addeth no sorrow" Though
the blessings have not yet come to tn
D world, as we have seen, the founda
ton has already been laid In the re
b demptive work accomplished at Cal
vary.
, We cannot in this discourse trace tn
z blessing to its conclusion. But know
le ing that our discourses weekly reacI
about seven million readers we shal
hope to address the majority of yor
&c through the public prints a wee.
hence. We hope the to show hoy
'' the Lord has promised that his bless
le Ing under the Abrahamic Covenan
Q and through the nation Of Israel an
E through the medlatorlal work of Chris
Is yet to bring blessings to every men
~ Der Of Adams race-an opportunity 70
obtaining life eternal. Meantime le
us all assure our hearts Of the trutl
fulness Of the promise, that the bless
: ing of the Lord maketh rich and tha
e be addeth no sorrow Herewith. An
- sorrows that come to us are earthbor
a. and not of the Lord and may be ovel
come; so that eventually we may b
? Of the mighty host who in heayen an
u in earth and under the earth viii b
Z, heard giving praise and honor to Hi
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