Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-07-09

+, thousand years. Satan Is TO be bound
during that period. that he may de
ceive and entrap humanity no more.
| The knowledge Of God and the assist
ance of Divine power are TO be ex
| tended to every creature. bond and
| free, rich and poor. of every tongue
and nation. Not only will the livinc
nations enjoy this privilege of release
from slavery to Sin and Death. through
the great Redeemer. but, additionally.
all who are in their graves will have
the glorious opportunity Of being
awakened and Of being brought to a
knowledge of the Truth. that they may
be saved by laying hold thereoD--by
conforming heart and life TO the rules
OF the Kingdom Of Gods dear Son
and thus attaining eternal life.
Truly. that will be a glorious epoch.
when 10 the great Deliverer every
knee shall bow and every tongue con
fess. to the glory of God" Ii will be
grand. indeed. to witness during the
thousand years of Christ's reign the
gradual liberation OF the slaves OF Sin
and Death--their gradual attainment
of full mastery over their weaknesses
and imperfectiGns by the assistance Of
the great Emancipator. Many OF these
poor slaves went down to the tomb In
fearful anticipation of q future OF eter-
nal torment. How glad they VIII be
when they awake from the sleep of
death, realizing 1t as only a momentary
interim. They Will be advised OF the
fact-that the Redemption price has
been paid by Jesus and that, there
fore, he is fully qualified and empow-
cred to set them free in every sense OF
the word-not only from the condemn0.
ton Of death, but also from the actual
blight of death--the mental, moral and
physical weaknesses, which are ele-
ments of the death sentence.
True, the Scriptures Intimate rnat all
will not appreciate the privilege of
emancipation from the dominion of Sin
and Death 1t is not for US to specu-
late as to the number who will ulti-
mately be set free 1t is sufficient for
us to know that all will be brought to
full opportunity of attaining or re-
jecting the emancipation privileges.
All will be free in the sense that none
will die the Second Death. except by
his own wilful. deliberate sympathy
| with sin and rejection of the righteous
and liberal terms of the Great Liberator.
Not Only They but Ourselves.
| Pursuing the subject, the Apostle
~. e. a.; III A
as separate and distinct from the
world. He shows that those who re-
ceive the begetting of the holy Spirit
now. are already children of God, and
already enjoying full freedom. full lib
Grafton from the condemnation Of Sin
| and Death. He says, And not only
| they Ohe grooming creation, the world,
but ourselves also Ghe spirit-begotten
Church of this age, which have the
| first fruits of the Spirit, even we our
! selves groan within ourselves. waiting
for the adoption, to wit, the redemp-
ton Cdeliverance) of our Body"-"the
! Body of Christ, which is the Church"
| Verse %; Corinthians xii, 20.
The Apostle is here pointing out that
while the world is groaning under its
! share of the Adamic condemnation, be-
levers in Christ also groan-though in
a different manner The world groans
! and travails. waiting for the Church's
manifestation-"the manifestation of
| the Sons of God" The Church groans,
not outwardly. but inwardly. while
waiting for something different. The
world is waiting for the manifesto
tion of the Sons of God, because Now
are we the Sons of God" q John iii,
/ q. Our salvation will come, therefore,
! before this manifestation of the Sons
/ of God, which will bring release to the
! world. The elect Church is t0Gltin0
! for the adoption, the deliverance OF the
| Body in the First Resurrection. Our
! Heavenly Father has already granted
us the spirit OF adoption whereby We
can cry, Abba. Father" but our adop.
ton is not yet accomplished, COM
| pleted. We are already set free in our
minds from the Law of Sin and Death,
but will not be entirely free until our
adoption shall be completed by our
resurrection change. The adoption OF
the Church by the Father will be her
full entrance into the liberty Of the
Sons of God. her full entrance into per-
lection. changed in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye" q Cor. XIV, 52).
The Apostle continues the same
thought, pointing out that the saliva
ton of the Church at the present time
is not her actual or complete salvation.
but a Representation or a faith-salva-
ton. He points cut that what we hope
for is to be brought unto US at the
revelation Of our Lord and Savior Je-
sus Christ, at his second advent. He
points out that, in the meantime. IL
we have this hope as an anchor TO our
souls, it will lead us to be patient in
waiting for the glorious things Of the
Divine arrangement. 1t will lead us
to wait patiently for the Lords time
for our own blessing and further OPP
pOrtunity for service In bestowing
Gods blessings upon the world. We