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at his right hand Of favor they will
enjoy pleasures for eyermOre.
The Revelation OF Our God.

ing when all the blind eyes shall see
clearly. "As l live. saith the Lord, the
whole earth shall be filled with my
glory" "The knowledge Of the glory of
God shall Oil the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep" QHabak-
kuk II. ID Then all shall see what God
hath wrought and our temporary blind
ness will but accentuate the glorious
brightness Of his Wisdom, Justice, Love
and Power.
blind unbeiief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain;
God is his own Interpreter,
And he will make II plainw
In the end 1t will be seen that the
Divine permission of the reign of sin
and death in, the earth. instead of be-
ing blot upon Divine character and
a demonstration of Divine unwisdom
and incompetency. will reveal the
great Creator to his subjects, his chill
dren. as nothinglelse could have done.
Besides, the experiences of mankind
during the seven thousand years from
Adams creation TO the end of Mes
siah's mediatorial Kingdom will dem
onstrate traits of the Divine charac-
ter which could not otherwise be man
ifested to angels or to men.
For instance, without the permis-
sion of sin, the element of Divine
Justice and the unalterabe opposition
of God to all sin would never have
| been known to his creatures. His SEN
tence upon father Adam and his race
and the permission of the reign of
| death and sin for all these centuries
! have demonstrated the fact that Di-
vine Justice cannot be tri1ed with.
And this reign of sin and the strength
of the Divine opposition to sin, and
the sentence upon sinners, in turn
gave opportunity for the exhibit of
Divine mercy, compassion, sympathy,
love. Undoubtedly Gods love was
known to the angelic hosts before. but
not to the same extent. His dealing
with humanity will prove the depth Of
his sympathy to angels and to men.
"God commended his love toward us,
in that while we We're yet sinners
Christ died for us" Romans V, 81.
Surely, as the poet declares, we have
in this a manifestation of
Love Divine, all love excellng."
More than this; some of us at one
time were, perhaps, inclined to criti-
cize our Maker and to say that he had
no right to redeem us at the cost of
Calvary; that it was wrong to cancel
the sins of one and require their pay
ment of another. But we erred. II
was not thus. Rightly understood, the
dealings of the Father with the Sor
add still further to his glory-magnify
still more his Wisdom, Justice, Love
and Power. With all power and au
thority the Almighty would not com
mand the death of his Son. For Jesus
to become mans Redeemer meant his
voluntary sacrifice of himself. And
how shall we understand this-th(
Reedeemer's willingness to be man:
ransom-price? The Scriptures, reply
ing. tell us that it was because of his
great love for the Father, his grea
confidence in him and his willingness
to submit to the Divine will and pur
poses and arrangement in everything
, N Ct' thC NhAihShN'
of the Redeemer, the Father would
not permit him to engage in this grea
undertaking which would cost himsel
so much, unless he would give hin
the corresponding reward Thus w,
read of Jesus, that "for the joy tina
was set before him he endured th
cross and despised the shame"
"Nol 1t Is Just Like Him."
The Divine Plan being set forth t.
, an old colored woman, she was aske,
if it was not strange that God shoult
do such great things for us. Her an
swer was, mo, Master; it is just lik
, him.
+ So we say respecting the great Go,
] who made the heavens and the cart
[ and sun and stars, 1t is not strang
:, that he should have glorious Pla
: for all of his creatures-a Plan whic
! will fully exemplify his character-hi
y Justice, Wisdom, Love and Power.
And amongst these wonderful thing
of the Divine Purpose none is NOR
, wonderful than that which relates t
. the Church class. "the elect" draw
= and called and begotten of the hol
Spirit during this Gospel Age. These
. justified by faith instantly, are a SCI
arate class from the world, who wi
:, be justified, perfected, through work
: during Messiah's glorious reign. Th
arrangement for their faith-justifict
:. ton through the merit of the Redeem
er in advance of the worlds justifici
ton is for the purpose Of allowin
q these, who by nature are children G
y wrath even as Others" to become son
n of God on the spirit plane, "partaker
J. of the divine nature"
+ Dealing on lines of impartialit!
u Gods offer to these members G
y Adams race, '1ittle flock" in all,
r that, if they join with their Redeem
> er in sacrifice and walk in his foo
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