The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-03-23


least IN this thy day. the thing, which belong
unto thy peace But now they are hid from
thine eye" luke XIX, AZ.
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dividualS Of that nation AS the
Prophet Isaiah had foretold Romans
tx, 2I-33) there was a small. faithful
section or remnant" This remnant
accepted Christ and We're by him ae
cepted and became the nucleus or
foundation of Spiritual Israel on the
Day Of Pentecosi. Thus we read. "IIe
came unto his own mationl and his
own received him not (as nation;
but To as many as received him. to
them gave he liberty tprivilege) to be-
come sons of God. even to them that
believed on his name; which We're be-
gotten not of blood. nor of the will of
the flesh, nor of the will of man. but
of God"-at Pentecost tJohn l. 11-13).
Thus 50 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 Mt our
Lords second coming. Then their
sins will be cancelled. and as 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
lions and peoples under Israel's New
Covenant, which will then become OPP
erative at the hands OF their great
Mediator-the Christ the Messiah in
glory But by that time the election
of the saints of this Gospel Age will be
complete and the Messiah in glory will
include Jesus the Head and the Church
his Body-joint-h with him in his
Kingdom-jointh heirs with him in the
spiritual features of the great Abra-
hamic promise Galatians iii. 20.
All this is clearly stated by the
Apostle in Romans xi 25-322. But
somehow our eyes of understanding as
Christians have been holden SO that.
until of late. we have not seen these
lengths and breadths. these heights
and depths. of Divine Love and Wis
dom and arrangement. The fact that
we now see these things is n corrobo-
rative evidence that they are nigh at
hand Just so it was ut our Lords
first advent Many things pertaining
to that time were completely hidden
until the time of their fulfillment
came. and then only the Wise Vir-
gins were so 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 peo-
pie. until recently, have noted the fact
that Spiritual Israel has had parallel
history to that of Natural Israel Few
have seen that these are dealt with
all through the Scriptures rs type and
antitype Few have noticed that from
the death of Jacob to the death Of
Jesus finds its exact parallel Of ,S45M
years between the death OF Jesus and
our day. Few have noticed that in
both cases there Is II nominal and Il
real Israel The nominal Jewish sys-
tenn was tried and all but the Israel
ties indeed" failed Likewise will be
the experience of Spiritual Israel. The
nominal Christian systems will be
tried and all will fail except the spir-
it-begottcn and faithful. As only n
remnant or small number were found
In the proper condition ut the first
advent. so the Scriptures clearly init
mate that only Il small number will
be found sufficiently sanity and zeal
GUS and loyal To the Lord and the
| principles of his Truth In the end Of
this age. TO graduate with first honors
AS there WIS n special period of
testing and trying ut the close of the
Jewish Age, lasting for forty years, SO
the Scriptures clearly Indicate. there
is n special Sitting and testing due to
come 10 Ghristendom during the clos
! ing forty years of this Gospel Az"
before the inauguration of the glorious
Millennial blessings AS the trials and
| tests came upon the Jews In a subtle
manner. to test their faith and ODE
dienec. So even more Subtlety must
we expect will be connected with the
trials and tcstings in the harvest time
Of this Gospel Age OF this time the
Lord through the prophet said. who
may abide the day OF his presence,
and who shall stand when he appear
eth? for he IN Ike retiners fire and
like fullers' soap; and he shall sit as
n refner and purifier of silver: and
he shall purify the sons of Levi and
purge them ms gold and silver. that
they may offer unto the Lord accept
able sacrifices" (Malachi iii. >. 81.
Both Houses of Israel.
Natural and Spiritual Israel are con-
trasted The Lord through the Proph-