The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-06-17


only gradually taken from Israel. AMI
altogether n period OF thirty.slx years
intervene between the death OF Jesus ,
and the utter destruction Of Jcrusn
lem. Similarly we should expect that
The return OF favor would he gradual.
like period OF 80 years; aud this
would bring us to the year 1914, MS the
time when Gods favor for his people
will be publicly and openly manifested.
"The Seed of Abraham"
The question now arises, What haI
God accomplished during the latter
half of lsraels "double"2 Did he pass
by his chosen people to directly bless
the Gcntilcs, or how shall we under
stand Divine Providence with respect
to this matter?
We answer that Almighty God had
one feature of his plan which he did
not make known directly and explicit.
~ to Abraham or any other Prophet:
he kept that feature of his purpose II
secret. 1t Is this: Messiah could not
be man and yet accomplish the great
things which Jehovah intended. HS
for an eye for I'M eye, tooth for Il
tooth and mans life for mans life.
In this God set forth his principle gov.
crning his course of dealing with men.
As by man (Adaml came the sentence
death, and through hcrcdlty upon all
of his offspring, even so the Divine law
purposcd that there must be n sacrifice
e IN, IN . In I'm
man life condemned TO death. The
| one who would thus meet the demands
| Of Justice on behalf of the race would
have the right TO give eternal life and
human perfection TO every member of
| Adams race willing to accept II on the
| terms of the Divine Law. 1t was for
| this reason that Christ should die "thr
| just for the unjust"
AS reward for his obedience to the
| Father even unto death, Christ was
raised from the dead to the Divine ma
| ture In this exalted condition he II
| capable of being II Mediator and OF de-
ing work for Israel and for the world
| much higher and broader than Moses
could effect Moses. the typical mcdi.
| y
| the blood of beasts; but Messiah with
| his own blood makes perpetual atone.
| ment for the sins Of all the people.
| This Is the great Messiah Uesus) who
| suffered the death of the cross-for the
| Jews and for the Gentiles-"for oil the
| people" This Is the Elorified Messiah,
who as the Spiritual Seed Of Abraham
/ l. 30,
| thies. and to make them Princes In
all the earth" ministers of his King
dom for the ruling. blessing and In.
structlon of whatsoever will, out OF the
present sin and death conditions. to
life eternal to full human perfection.
with the earth as Paradise restored.
Members of Messiah.
| But, some one may say, Where do
Christians come in connection with
this Divine arrangement? And IL
Gods dealings with the world are to
be through Israel and not through the
Church, why has there been so long Il
delay? why did not the glorited Mes
siah at once set up his Kingdom. ana
bring forth the Ancient Worthless
from the tomb TO be its earthly repre-
sentativcs? Oh. here is another part
Of the mystery Of God! Isaac. Abra-
hams son, was typical OF Messiah. the
Spiritual Seed. but before Isaac began
the work of dispensing the blessings
to his brethren and to his children. he
first took bride. and this act also
was allegOrCaI or typical. In the anti
type, Messiah. the gloritied Jesus. par
took of the divine nature according to
the Fathers invitation. and he is TO
take Bride who Is to be his joint
heir on the spirit plane-to share with
him the glory, honor and service OF
his Messiauic X, gdom. The period
of ISrael's disfavor. as Nation. has
been the time in which special class
has been called of the Father and be-
gotten of the Holy Spirit to joint-heir'
shin with Christ as his Bride.
But did God pass by the natural seed
of Israel to give these spiritual priv
} leges to the Gentiles-to gather from
, the GentiIes a people, tiguratively to
constitute the Bride Of Messiah? Nay
The Scriptures assure us that this
spiritual privilege went urSt W 'he
, Jews; they show us that during the
three and half years of Jesus min
istry. and during the thirty-six years
following it, the gospel message was
given almost exclusively to the Jews
t and gathered from that people as
many as were found TO be "lsraelites
| indeed without guile" as many as
, were not only of the circumcision OF
the flesh but also who were of the
] circumcision of the heart. God did moi
e continue to deal with his chosen people
but after having gathered from then
5 as many as were worthy of the spir
: itual blessing and exaltation - only
: then was the message sent to the Gen
tiles, to gather from the Gentiles
, number sufficient to complete the fore
ordained and predestined number
, who will constitute the Bride.
: So then, my brethren. in proving
] from the Scriptures that Israel's "dou
f BILE" is about completed; that lsraeP'
= blindness is about to be taken away
e and that Israel's eXaltation as thu