The Daily Missoulian., 1910-12-18

presence OF the great King Jehovah
and then adds that the virgins Or COM
panions. that follow her shall alsc be
brought into the preAence OF the Ktpg,
showing that there viii alwa ys ~ a
difference Of rank on the spiritual
plane. These two classes are again
pictured in the law as Priests and
eLevites, the bride class being repre-
sented by the priests. owing to their
willing sacrifices of the earthly por-
tion in favor of the heavenly,
| We are not to identify the bride
class with the nominal Christian
churches of today any more than we
would identify the apostles with the
Jewish church of their day The
apostles were select few, and SINH
larly all the members of the church
throughout the age have been select
| few out of nominal many. The
\ Lord knoweth them that are His"
The true church has been selected, not
only from all of the IL tribes of Israel,
but from every other nation. people,
and tongue, even SO many as the Lord
our God has called
| Rebecca's leaving her fathers house
typified the personal conservation OF
each one who led of the Spirit, ac-
cepts the Divine invitation to joint
| heirship with Christ. The first jew
elry given to Rebecca, when first she
needed the invitation and invited the
servant to her home, represents the
earliest blessing received by believers
| The jewelry she received after she had
decided to go to Isaac and become his
L ,&A~ Ii t<,E
Holy Spirit which come upon the fully
consecrated, those who determine to
walk in the footsteps of Jesus in the
narrow way into the kingdom, under
the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Arriving at the end of her Journey,
she found herself in the presence OF
Isaac, and Immediately alighted from
her camel and covered herself with a
veil. Thus, pictorially. is represented
the fact that the church, when having
experienced the change of the first
! resurrection and in the presence of
the heavenly Bridegroom, will no
longer need the guidance of the Holy
Spirit. through the Scriptures, This
part Of the picture, Of course, Is yet
future. The Scriptures however, in.
dicate, and outward conditions cor
roborate the fact. that the time of
this glorious change Is nigh at hand.
I Mothsr Of Thousands Of Millions.
Isaac Immediately received Rebecca
and took her into his mothers tent.
Sarah had died and Rebecca became
her successor Thus Is beautifully
pictured the fact that when the bride
of Messiah shall be complete on the
plane of glory, the Sarah covenant
will be at an end and her place, as a
channel Of blessing, will be taken by
the. glorified church. Then will be
fulfilled the prophetic blessing Of her
relatives BE thou the mother of
thousands Of millions. Those thou
sands OF millions represent the world
of mankind, which will be regenerat-
ed, or granted new life by the great
Messiah during the thousand years of
His reign as the Mediator Of the new
covenant.
Messiah win be the regenerator and
His bride will be the nourisher, in
structor helper of all mankind under
the new covenant, because it will be
this antitypical Isaac and his bride
that will mediate for Israel. and
through ASEdcl lOF lilc WOFAus llIc new
covenant of restitution blessings
(Acts ill, 1920. I'm thee and in thy
seed shall all the families of the earth
be blessed" applies primarily, as st.
Paul shows, to Messiah and His
church in glory-the sacrifices being
past, the spiritual nature being at
tanned as a reward for the sacrifices
Galatians iii, Is. 29).
Whoever will first receive Messiah
and come into harmony with the
righteous laws of His invisible king
dom will be the first to be blessed.
There will be no partiality in this
matter, for God is no respecter OF per-
sons However. because Of their past
experiences and earthly hopes and
trust in the law and the prophets.
the Jews will be the first amongst the
nations to accept the new order OF
things and ally themselves with it;
therefore, to them win the blessings
go first and through them, as instru-
ments OF the kingdom. the blessings
will extend to all.
While thanking God for the glorious
prospects OF that glorious time which
is nearing, let us, dear friends, seek to
make our calling and election sure to
membership in the body Of the bride
Of Christ.