Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-26

centuries. Thank God the day is neal
| at hand, when, at the second coming Of
Messiah, his Kingdom shall be turned
over to them. And then, as he de
clares, they will be glad to say. BLESS
ed is he that cometh in the name OF
the Lord" The long centuries Of per
secution and separation from Gods
favor will have brought that people
to a humber condition Of heart, where
| they will be glad to receive Of Divine
grace upon Divine terms. To this
great event st. Paul refers us in Ro-
mans xi. 27-34.
! Although God foreknew ali that had
happened the offer of the Kingdom to
Israel was just as bona-fide, just as
genuine, as though he had not known
it. God always does his partl What
ever failure there is in any matter of
contract belongs to humanity.
II thus we have before our minds
the origin Of Palm Sunday and what
1t signifed as the climax of the test of
natural Israel In respect to Messiah,
we are prepared to go further and to
note that in Gods providence there is
a similar test for us Christians
"Enemies For Your Sakes."
st. John emphasized particularly the
fact that the rejection of the Jewish
nation, because Of their rejection Of
Messiah, did not apply to all the in
dividuals of that nation. As the
Prophet Isaiah had foretold Romans
TX, 27-33) there was a small faithful
section or remnant" This remnant
accepted Christ and we're by him ac-
cepted and became the nucleus or
foundation of Spiritual Israel on the
Day Of Pentecost. Thus we read. "He
came unto his own matiOn) and his
own received him not (as a nation);
but to as many as received him, to
them gave he liberty privilegel to be-
come Sons OF God. even to them that
believed on his name; which were be-
gotten not Of blood, nor of the will Of
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but
Of God"-at Pentecost John /, 11-13L
Thus so far as the spiritual part of
Gods great promise to Abraham is
concerned 1t has passed from the Jew
ish nation; but there still remains for
them glorious earthly portion, to
which they will be introduced at our
Lords second coming Then their
sins will be cancelled, and as a people
the Hebrews will return to Divine
favor and will inherit the earthly fea-
lures of the promise made to their
fathers. Then, through them, Gods
blessing will be extended to all ma
tions aud peoples under Israel's New
Covenant. which will then become op-
erative Mt the hands Of their great
Mediator-the Christ. the Messiah in
glory, But 10y that time the election
of the saints of this Gospel Age will be
complete and the Messiah In glory will
include Jesus tue Head ana the Church
his Body-j joint-heirs with him I'm his
Kingdom joint-heirs with him in the
spiritual features Of the great Abra-
hamic promise Galatians iii, 20l.
All this Is clearly stated by the
Apostle In Romans xl, 2J-32, But
somehow our eyes OF understanding as
Christians nave been holden so that,
until of late, we have not seen these
lengths and breadths, these heights
aud depths, of Divine Love and Wis
dom and arrangement The fact that
we now see these things is a corrobo-
rative evidence that they are nigh at
hand Just so it was at our Lords
first advent Many things pertaining
to that time were completely hidden
until the time of their ful6llment
came. aud then only the Wise Vlr.
gins were 80 blessed, so assisted,
that they trimmed their lamps effec-
lively and were enabled to see these
Beauties in the Divine Plan.
The Time of Our Visitation.
Apparently very few Of Gods pco-
pie, until recently, have noted the fact
that Spiritual Israel has had parallel
history 10 that Of Natural Israel. Few
have seen that these are dealt with |
Ill through the Scriptures as type aud |
lntltype, Few have noticed that from
Ihe death OF Jacob TO the death OF |
Jesus finds its exact parallel Of l.S45h |
Years between the death OF Jesus aud |
)ur day, Few have noticed that in |
both cases there Is nominal and a
'eal Israel. The nominal Jewish sys-
em was tried and all but the ''lsrael- F,
ties indeed" failed. Likewise viii be
he experience OF Spiritual Israel. The
nominal Christian systems will be
rled. aud all will fail except the splr-
t-begOtten and faithful AS ouly |
'emnant or small number were found |
n the proper condition at the drst /
Idvent. so the Scriptures clearly init
nate that only a small number win |
le found sufficiently sanity aud zeal
rus and loyal 10 the Lord and the
principles of his Truth In the eud of /
his age to graduate with first houorS
AS there was special period of |
estiug ana trying at the close OF the
Jewish Age. lasting for forty years. So
he Scriptures clearly Indicate, there
IS special sitting and testing due Ia
'ome TO Chrlstendom during the clos
ng forty years Of this Gospel Age
before the Inauguration OF the glorious |
Mllennial blessings. As the trials and |
ests came upon the Jews In a subtle |
manner TO test their faith and obe
Hence, so even more suhuety must |
ge expect viii bee conAeeted with the