The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-01-11

Judge the World In righteousness by lhat I
Man Whom He Hath Ordained (Acts xvi,
30. 3ll.
pnant, but nevertheless he made II II
greut blessing to them-a means Of in-
structlOn. which. as we have seen, ulti-
mately prepared several thousand to
be Of 50 ripe u condition of heart as
to be ready for the Savior and become
his disciples. The Jew then had this
advantage over the Gentle up to that
time. He had Gods promises. BE
knew the Law of God. He was profit
ed by striving to do the impossible
thing of keeping It perfectly. Had
God not chosen the nation of Israel to
bring them under the schooling pro-
cesses of the Law Covenant Galatians
iii. "a, he would have "winked" at
their ignorance. etc. as he did with
the transgressions of other nations up
to that time.
SNOW Commandeth All Men,"
What is the secret of this change on
Gods part-from winking at the sins
and impprfections of the world to com
munding them to repent! IL II was
| just to wink at their sins for thou
sands of years, why did not God con-
tlnue to wink az them! The Apostle
answers the question, telling us that
this change In Gods dealing which
sent forth the message that the world
should repent was based upon the fact
that his eternal purposes had by that
time reached the stage of development
which justified such II message. The
Son Of God had left the glory Of the
Father which he had before the world
was; he had humbled himself to be-
come man. AS the man Christ Jesus
he had been obedlent to the Heavenly
Fathers wish and hid laid down his
life sacrifcially-that it might first
benefit consecrated believers during
this Gospel Age: secondly that 1t
might bless the world of mankind
during the Millennial.Age
For time these good tidngs were
confined to the jewish nation. but
three and half years after the cruel
tixiOn the limit of lsraei's favor re.
specting the message came to an end,
and then the good tidlngs of great joy
was permitted 10 20 to all the Gentlles
on the same terms that the Jews had
enjoyed
The Gospel or good news" consists
of the Information that God In his
mercy has provided that the death sen
tence upon Adam and his race shall
not be perpetual: that there shall be
resurrection OF the dead, both of the
just and of the unjust: that the pro-
/ vision for this has already been made
In aud through the death of the Re-
deemer Is II inquired what advan.
tage would there be In Il resurrection
of the dead If Herewith all were to
be placed back just where they are
at present! The answer ls that there
would be no advantage in such Il res
direction. IL the Jew could not keep
the Law. and il the very best-lnten'
toned of the Gpntiles have found them
selves to be imperfect and their efforts
to stand approved before God In the
present life to be failures, what good
could result from merely awakening
them From the sleep OF death! Would
It not be wiser and better everyway
to let them perish like the brute beast
We answer that Gods Word reveals
very grand outcome TO his Plan OF
Salvation. The word resurrection. ns
Scripturally used. signifies much more
than TO he merely resuscitated. II sig
nities awakening aud more-upliftinl
/ ~ al 81, nd ,,n,,Iitinny 10,
up. up to perfection-to all that was
lost by Father Adam aud redeemed In
the Calvary sacrifice.
"God Hath Appointed Day"
This. then. is the meaning of the
Apostles argument. BY providing the
Lord Jesus Christ as the Redeemer Ut
the Church and the world God has
made possible II fresh trial or judg
meut for Adam and his race. Adams
first Judgment or trial day was IL
Eden. There he lost everything by his
disobedience and brought upon him
self and all OF his race Divine sentence
to death. Christ has appeared that ht
might redeem Adam aud his race, fOl
the very purpose of giving them in
dividually another full, fair trial ol
Judgment for life everlasting or deatl
everlasting.
That general Judgment day men
toned by 81. Paul in our text is neithel
Il damnatiou day nor a twenty-fouI
hour day. II Is the thousnnd-year day
of Christ-the period of his medlatoria
reign, in the which Satan will bt
bound. all evil Influences be removed
and the light of the knowledge OF tht
glory Of God he made to ill the wholt
earth. st. Peter reminds us. "Beloved
he not ignorant of this one thing. that
one day with the Lord is as thou
sand years" I'll Peter Ill. 81. This Is
the key to the expressions, "The day
of Christ" ''rhe day Of Judgment
etc. The Milleunlal day will he Il day
of Judgment or trial in the sense that
all mankind. the living aud The dead
will then he brought 10 full knowledge