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TIE TWO SALyATlONS

not having spot, OF wnnkle. or any such thing;
but that il should be holy and without blem.
Isl" Gphenans v, 25-27L I
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ised that the same SiD-Offerlng shall
seal New Covenant between him
self and mankind. The blessings of
that New Covenant arrangement will
then Immediately begin. The great
Redeemer will thenceforth be the
great Mediator Of that New Cove
nant. The whole world of mankind
will be fully under his supervision
and government for their blessing.
their correction in Righteousness. their
uplifting out of sin and death con
dltions-back. back. back, to all that
was lost IN Eden. ALI Of this was
the original design of the Great Gre
ator. All Of this will be outworked
through the Great Redeemer. All Of
death. finished at Calvary (Hebrews
vii, 22).
st. Peter. pointing down to that glo-
rious time Of the worlds blessing. calls
1t times of refreshing and times of
restitution" He tells us tnat all the
holy prophets described the blessings
of those restitution times--the thou
sand years. the Millennium (Acts Ill,
1920. When once we get the eyes of
our understanding opened. we find the
/ Apostles words thoroughly corrobo-
rated by the Divine records. which de-
scribe the wonderful blessings that are
to come when the earth shall yield her
increase. Then Paradise Lost shall be
Paradise RegaiDed. Then God will
make his earthly footstool glorious.
Then the blessing of the Lord shall
make rich and he will add no sorrow
Herewith. Then streams shall break
forth In the desert and the wilderness
and solitary places shall be glad. But
most glorious will be the change In hui
manity. The Lord promises to turn to
the people pure message'-instead
OF the contradiction of creeds of hea-
thenism and Churchanity. He prom
ises that Satan shall be bound for that
thousand years. that he may deceive
the nations no more. He promises
that then all the blinded eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped" Qsaiah xxxv, 5; II Corin-
thians iv. a..
Two Salvations---one Savior.
Both Of these salvations. according
to the Bible. result from the death of
Jesus our Redeemer. who died in obedl-
ence to the Divine will, "Died, the
Just for the unjust. that he might
bring us to God" q Peter Iii, 49,. The
Scriptures clearly show not only the
two salvations, but also two parts Of
the Redeemei's work, distinctly sep
nrating his work for the Church from
his work for the world. In his death
there was a Divine general provision
for the sins Of the whole world and q
special provision for the sins Of the
Church. The two thoughts are fire.
quently brought out in the Scriptures.
One text distinctly declares, HE is the
propitiation [satisfactionl for our sins
1.-THE Church's sinsl. and not for ours
only. but also for the sins of the whole
world" His death constituted the sat
isfaction price. The Redeemer ap-
piled that merit for the Church's sins,
for u.s." long ago, eighteen centuries
before we were born. Only when we
became believers and entered into a
Covenant Of sacrifice did we obtain
our share in the merit of that great
sacrifice. The world has not yet re-
ceived its share of that promised
blessing, but the operation OF the Di-
vine Plan is sure and will bring 1t to
them "in due time" as st. Paul de-
clares Il Timothy ii. O..
The drawing and calling of the
Church has not been along the lines of
human perfection. for all are sinners
and none righteous or perfect. And
many of those dra wn Of the Lord were
praved than some who give no evil
dence of the work of grace in their
hearts. The Lords calling and draw
ing seem to be along the lines of JUS
tice, love Of Righteousness, faith, hui
mility and obedience. These quail
ties will all belong to the perfect man.
But all have lost them In varying de-
| Bieto. SuCu as TcSpouu " tuc Lulu .
call now are accepted as being in the
right heart attitude which, If they had
perfect bodies, would constitute them
perfect men. In other words, they
have qualities of heart which, IL
brought to knowledge Of the Truth,
would prove some of them to be pure
in heart and such as the Lord would
desire should have eternal life and all
of his favors. Eut more are called and
drawn by Gods providences and the
preaching of his message than he de-
bigns to save In the present salvation.
He Is choosing very select class for
very special purpose and therefore
makes the terms and conditions Of
their salvation extremely difficult. AS
n consequence we read, "Many are
called, but few cbosen"-under this
"high calling of God In Christ Jesus"