The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-23
PEOPLES
Sermon by
CHARLES r.
RUSSELL.
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacie.

ed twice here today 30 the local
branch of the International Bible Stu.
dents Association He had an excel.
bent hearing and large and intelligent
audiences. One address was entitled
'The Great Hereafter" The other we
now report. The speaker said
Our text has not yet been fulfilled,
but we believe the beginning of its
fulf1lment to be near. 1t pictures Mes
slabs Kingdom, for which Christian
people have long been waiting and
praying, 'Thy Kingdom come; thy will
be done on earth as in heaven"-the
same Kingdom for which the Jews so
hong waited and are still waiting. Our
text relates, not to the spiritual part Of
the Kingdom, which the Gospel Church
Is called to share, but to the earthly
part of the Kingdom, which belongs to
the natural seed of Abraham. A
great mistake has been made by many
of us In the past In that we have not
discerned and acknowledged the two
Israels, spiritual and natural, and the
separate rewards and blessings appor-
toned to these by the Divine promises
of the Scriptures. Both are to be used
of God in fulfilling the promise made
to Abraham-in blessing all the fami-
lies of the earth
After the completion of Messiah, Head
and Members. on the plane of glory,
the New Covenant will be inaugurated
with Israel, as the Scriptures distinct
ly teach Jeremiah XXI, 81-34). Our
text, therefore, waits for its accom-
plishment until the last member of the
elect Church of Christ shall have pass
ed beyond the vail
Israel the Earthly Representative.
In the symbolic language of the
Scriptures a mountain is always sym
bolical of a Kingdom. Hence the
mountain Of the Lords house means
the Kingdom of God and that royal
house or family recognized by him.
For instance, we read that David sat
upon the throne of the Kingdom of
the Lord and that God made a Gov
enant with him, "even the sure mer-
cies Of David'-viz., that none but his
Seed. his posterity, would ever be rec
ognized as the Divinely appointed rep
resentatives of God In ktngly author
ity and power. In other words, Mes
siah was TO be the offspring of David.
the great antitypical David (Beloved),
who must reign from sea to sea and
from the river to the ends Of the
earth"
The Mess1ah-King on the spirit plane,
the Son of God land like God invisible
10 men. as are also the angels), is the
antttypieal David and the antitypical
Solomon, the wise. the great, the rich.
In the days of his flesh our Lord was
the Son of David according to the
flesh. though begotten of a divine life
not tainted by any human imperfec-
ton He was therefore, holy, harm
less, undefiled and separate from sim
ners. His faithfulness to the viii Of
the Father made him subject to all
of the experiences of suffering and
death. as expressed in his OWE words,
The cup which my Father hath pour
ed for me, shall refuse to drink
it, His obedience unto death. even
the death of the Cross, demonstrated
his loyalty to the last degree and he
received the high reward appropriated.
"Him hath God also highly exalted
and given a name that is above every
name, that at the name Of Jesus every
knee should bow, both of things In
heaven and things IN earth
Exalted to the right hand of Divine
favor he waits only for the Fathers
time to take to himself his great power
and reign Revelation xi, 10. Meantime,
in harmony with the Divine VIII. pur-
posed before the foundation Of the
world, he acts as advocate for such as
have the hearing ear and the obedi-
ent heart and viii now respond 70 the
special invitation of the Gospel Age
That call is to leave the world, its
sins. its pleasures and its hopes, and
TO walk by faith IN the exceeding great
and precious promises of God-the
things which eye hath not seen nor,
ear beard, neither hath entered into
the heart of man These are the heav- |
emily things promised them as the |
Bride and joint-heir with their Redeem !
er In his glorious Kingdom TO come and |
it's blessed work of uplifting Israel |
and the world
In the Top Of the Mountains
We have before our minds the anti
typical house of David, Messiah's king |
~ household. the royal priesthood Di-
vtnely prepared As Kingdom Il VIII |
be at the top, above all the kingdoms
Of earth. Not only VIII this be true 1
Of the spiritual Kingdom invisible to
men as the angels are invisible). but
II VIII include also an earthly Kingdom
composed Of 'Israelftes indeed" At
their head as princes IN all the earth
WIN stand the resurrected Ancient
WORTHLESS. perfected as men and sam
pies Of what all mankind. by obedi-
ence 10 the laws Of the Kingdom. may
attain 10. with eternal life These An
Client WORTHLESS are enumerated IN the
Scriptures-Abraham. Isaac. Jacob. the
prophets. etc. and described by St
Paul IN Hebrews II. $40 To these
belong the earthly promises Of the Old
Testament They never hard Of the
heavenly or spiritual promises. Their