The Mankato free press., 1910-11-18

their questions, intended to entrap the
Teacher and Master. were answered
and foiled they merely acknowledged
their defeat by their silence. The an
swer was not, rs imperfectly trans
lated in our Common Version-The
Kingdom of heaven is s0ithia yoa. hyp'
Ocritical Pharisees, but. My Kingdom
the Kingdom of heaven, of which l am
the King, will not appear at all. II
will be an invisible Kingdom-it comes
not with observation or outward show
Ye shall neither say, Lo. it is here
nor, Lo, it Is there; for 1t will be every
where in the midst OF you. amongst
you, invisible but all-powerful duke
xvii, 20-22).
Truly, what manner of man was
this, and what manner of message and
= Kingdom was his, so different from
anything the Jews had ever expected:
Can we wonder that only compare
lively small proportion Of them were
in the heart attitude to receive this
message respecting Spiritual King
dom? We cannot wonder. Even his
most intimate disciples did not grasp
the depth of his teaching until, after
his death and resurrection, they, al
Pentecost. received the special en-.
lightenment foretold for the servants
and handmaidens Uoel ii, 29)
Then understood they the true depth
OF the teachings Of him who spake as
never man spake. Then they compre-
hepded that he was the only begotten
Son of God who, in obedience to the
Divine program for Israel and the
world, had left the heavenly courts
and glory Of the spirit nature and been
made fiesh-"The man Christ Jesus
Il Timothy ii, W. Then they under
stood, not only that he was q perfect
man. but that, through the amounting
OF the holy Spirit which came upon
him at baptism, he was indeed Gods
Amounted. the antitypical Priest, anti
typical Prophet and antitypical King
not that he was these in the flesh, but
that the new spirit nature. begotten
III him through that amounting, was
perfected in the resurrection, and that
it is the glorified Christ on the spirit
plane who will accomplish all the
great things predicted through the
prophets. blessing all Israel and all ma
tions, in Gods due time Then they
understood the meaning Of the Mas
ter's words to the Roman Governor,
My Kingdom is not of this Age; if 1t
were. then my servants would fight
for me and l should not be delivered
to death. Then they perceived that
his Kingdom will be not the less real
and powerful, but the more so. be-
cause heavenly one, a spiritual one.
which, in due time. in the Age to
come, will operate through the nation
of Israel, just as was originally prom
ised and expected.
israePs Hopes Merely Deferred.
The Apostles discerned that the
hopes of their nation were not blasted,
not destroyed. but will all have full
fillment though the time OF fulfilling
was deferred. They saw that in or,
der to make the Messianic blessing as
great as God intended that it should
be--world-wide and unto eternal life
1t was necessary that great Sacri-
flee for sins should be made--a sacri.
flee typed for centuries in Israels
Atonement Day sacrifices-a sacrifice
In two parts. These two parts are
shown in Israels Atonement Day--the
bullock of the sin-Offering and the
Lords goat Of the sin-offering Jesus
himself fulfilled the first of these. the
merit of which has been applicable to
the sanity few of Jews and GentiIes
who have, during this Gospel Age,
made a full conservation to walk in
the Redeemer's footsteps. The second
ary part Of the sacrifice, the offering Of
the goat, pictures the sacrificing COM
pany of the Lords faithful disciples
throughout this Age. These, under
cover of his Righteousness, suffer with
him sacrificially.
Their reward is to be a share with
the Redeemer on the heavenly. spirit
plane, participating in his glory. honor
and Immortality and in his great work
of dispensing the Messianic blessing to
Israel and through Israel to the world
Surely. neither Jew nor GENTLE can
object to the Divine arrangement by
which so great blessings are about to
come to the whole world Israel and
the world in general have no part in
these spiritual blessings. Nor do they
generally desire that gift. The bless
ing that is for them is restitution to
in Adam. The restitution blessings OF
Messiah's reign will embrace not only
humanity. but also all of their inter
ests. including the earth. which shall
become Paradise restored, the glorious
home Of Israel alone; for be it noted.
the Divine arrangement is that all who
will ever receive blessings under
Messiah's reign must receive it as
Israelites. since the New Covenant is
to be made with Israel
How ashamed will all men be when
the 'times Of restitution mentioned
by st. Peter (Acts Iii. 1929 shall be
ushered in! How aStounded all will
be at the goodness of God and his
faithfulness in respect to all his prom
ises! How the eyes Of all humanity
will look back to the days of Jesus in
the flesh. when he appeared amongst
men to lay a foundation for his glori-
Gus Messianic Kingdom by offering
himself in sacrifice for the sins of all
the people. that thereby he might
purge from sin all who ever will come
to the Father through him. and will