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tude." But Abraham did not discern,
nor did others, that these two illustra-
tions belonged. not to the same people,
but to two different lsracls. The
earthly promises belonged to natural
Israel. Eventually all mankind. bless
ed under the Messianic reign, will be-
come Israeltes-o of the Seed of Abra-
ham, Thus Abraham's "Seed shall be
MS the sand of the seashore for multi
tude." And they must all have the
faith of Abraham and his obedience,
ere they can reach perfection as mem
bers of his Seed. First in the order
of blessing will come the Ancient
Worthles-Abraham Isaac, Jacob and
all the Prophets and holy ones of the
past. These will be raised from the
dead by the power of God-not imper-
feet and fallen. but perfect; fully up
to all the glorious ideals of their minds
aforetime. This will be their reward
for having walked by faith and not by
sight. Thus we read, Instead of be-
ing the fathers, they shall be the chill
dren, whom Messiah will make princes
in all the earth-his representatives in
power, In rulership, in authority
PSALMS xiv, 16). At that time the
blessing shall return to Israel that has
been taken from them for more than
eighteen centuries-God's special ia
vor. Under their New Covenant they
shall be blessed; their eyes shall be
opened; they shall look upon him
whom they pierced" they shall mourn
for him; they shall rejoice In him.
They will say, This is our ruler. We
have waited for him. and he will save
us (zeehariah xii, 1O).
Crimes Committed In Jesus Name.
with shame true Christians must
admit that most atrocious crimes were
committed In the name of Jesus dur
ing the Dark Ages" Worse than
that! The horrible Misrepresentation
Of all that the name of Jesus stands
for still continues. Witness, for in
stance, the injustices practised in the
name of Christianity against the Jew
In Russia for years past. and in vari-
Gus nations in remoter times. Witness
the fact also that only two months ago
the so-called Christians of Roumania
acted like veritable demons toward
their Jewish ncighbors. Well-authen-
ticated accounts tell that the Jewish
cemetery was despoiled. Many of
those buried within the two preceding
months were dug up and the putrid
and TnunuInd hA
steps and in the door-yards of their
families. Can we wonder that the
Jew has come to have hatred for the
word Christian and for the name Je-
sus?
The name Jesus. as is well known.
Is but another form for Joshua, which
signifies Deliverer. The name Christ
Is the Greek equivalent for the word
Messiah. Every Jew, rightly informed
respecting the character and the teach
ings Of Jesus. Is bound to respect
him and his immediate followers as
amongst the grandest Jews that ever
lived. They must not be judged ac-
cording to the perversion of their
teachings. so common amongst Chris
tians. And II should not be forgotten
that while the masses of Christendom
have misrepresented their teaching,
doctrines and practises, there has been
throughout the entire age a sanity
few who have closely followed in the
footsteps Of Jesus.
In my preaching I do not urge upon
the Jews to become Christians; but
seek to hold forth the Divine standard
for them and to assist them to get
ready for the fulfillment of the glori-
GUS promises which are theirs. That
the due time for the fulfillment of
these Is at hand Is the comfort we Of
fer them, In harmony with our text
The Prophet declares that 1t will be
after their return to their own land,
and after the great time of trouble
which Is now impending upon Chris
tendon, that the jew will recognize
that the great Messiah of glory, the
great Michael of Daniel xii, /, for
whose Kingdom they have been wait
ing, Is none other than the "Alan Christ
Jesus. who gave himself II ransom for
all men" eighteen centuries ago God
will then blessedly open their eyes Of
understanding, As The Prophet de-
clares. '"rhey shall look upon him
whom they pierced; they will then
see the identity between the Jesus
who was sacrificed for the sins of Is
rael and the world and the Messiah Of
Glory, whose Kingdom will use Israel
In the blessing of the world,
Meantime. what has God wrought?
All, this, again. we say is the Mys-
terry! Here and there from Jew and
Gentle. sanity characters have been
sought and found by the preaching of
the message of Christ, even though
that message frequently was dimmed
by earthly imperfectlons and blem-
ishes-by erroneous representations.
Those sanity ones will be sharers
with Messiah In Divine blessings on
the spirit plane, mentioned to Abra-
ham under the figure that his Seed
shall be as the stars of heaven" But