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not having spot, or wrinkle. or any such thing; I:
| but that il should be holy and without blem- /
ish" Ephesians v. 25-27). !!
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Iseu rnar rne same SIn-UnerIng snan
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-
ditions-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
his was secured or suretied by his
death. finished at Calvary Hebrews
vii, %,
st. Peter. pointing down to that glO-
riouS time of the worlds blessing. calls
it times Of refreshing and times Of
restitution" He tells us that all the
holy prophets described the blessings
Of those restitution times-the thou
sand years, the Millennium (Acts iii.
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-
ccril,o tho uondarful bloSc;nrc that n r,
to come when the earth shall yield her
increase. Then Paradise Lost shall be
Paradise Regained. 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
mainly. The Lord promises to turn to
the people pure message"-instead
Of the contradiction of creeds of hea-
thensm and Churchianity. 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" isaiah xxxv, 5; ii CORN.
thians iv. A..
Two Salvations-One Savior.
Both of these salvations. according
to the Bible. result from the death of
Jesus our Redecmer. who died in obedi-
ence to the Divine will, Died the
Just for the unjust, that he might
bring US to Cod q Peter iii, 49, The
Scriptures clearly show not only the
two salvations. but also two parts of
the Redeemer's work. distinctly sep.
arating his work for the Church from
his work for the world. In his death
there was 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
Precipitation satisfaction 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 APP
piled that merit for the Church's sins,
for u.s. long ago, eighteen centuries
before we were born. Only when we
became believers aud cntcred into
Covenant of sacrifice did we obtain
our share in the merit of that great
sacrifice. The world has not vet re-
ceived its share Of that promised
blessing, but the operation OF the Di-
vine Plan is sure and will bring it to
them lin due time" as st. Paul de-
clares q Timothy ii. G..
The dra wing 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 drawn Of the Lord were
by nature much more fallen and de-
PRAYED than some who give no evi-
dence of the work of grace in their
hearts. The Lords calling ard draw
Ing seem to be along the lines of jus
ticc. love OF Righteousness, faith. hui
mility aGh obedience These cali
ties will all belong TO IL" PERFECT man.
Dut all have lest them in varying de-
c:'ccS Such as respond to Tie Lords
cal now are accepted us being in the
right heart attj:Uue which, if they had
perfect bodies. would constitute them
/ RECT men. In other words. they
have qualities Of heart which, if
brought to a 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. But more are called and
drawn by Gods providences and the
preaching of his message than - do
SIGNS {" save il the present salvation.
lie is choosing Il very select class for
a very special purpose and therefore
makes the terms and conditions of
their salvation extremely difficult AS
a consequence we read, MANY are
called, but few chosen''-under this
high calling OF God in Christ Jesus"
Terms of Salvation Differ.
or course, these different salvations
imply different terms or conditions.
Gods requirement of Adam. that be |
might continue to live forever and |
everlastingly enjoy Divine favor. his |
Eden Home, etc. was obedience to !
reasonable. just requirements. 1t was
his violation of the Divine Law that |