Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-06-07

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Israels history as a nation began
with the death Of Jacob. when he gave
his blessing to the twelve tribes. The
! period from that time TO the death of
Jesus. according to the Scriptures, was
| lS45 years: and like period Of disfa-
vor. measuring from the Jay OF Jesus
rejection marks the year 1878, as the
end of Israel's disfavor.-the time
when the message Of comfort should
| go forth. However. Divine favor was
only gradually taken from Israel, and
altogether a period Of thirty-six years
! intervene between the death of Jesus
and the utter destruction Of Jerusa-
lem. Similarly we should expect that
the return Of favor would be gradual,
a like period OF SO years; and this
would bring US to the year 1914, as the
time when Gods favor for his people
will be publicly and openly manifested.
"The Seed of Abraham"
| The question now arises, What has
God accomplished during the latter
half of Israers double? Did be pass
by his chosen people to directly bless
| the Gentiles, 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
ly to Abraham or any other Prophet;
| he kept that feature of his purpose
secret 1t is this: Messiah could not
be man and yet accomplish the great
| things which Jehovah intended, as
stated in his Word. The Law called
| tooth and mans life for mans life.
In this God set forth his principle gov
erning his course of dealing with men.
| AS by man (Adaml came the sentence
death. and through heredity upon all
| of his offspring, even so the Divine law
| purposed that there must be sacrifice
of one human life to Offset the one hui
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 it on the
terms of the Divine Law. 1t was for
| this reason that Christ should die, "the
| 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 is
| capable of being a Mediator and of de-
| ing q work for Israel and for the world
| much higher and broader than Moses
| could effect. Moses. the typical medi-
ator, made atonement for year with
| 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 Gesus) who
| suffered the death of the croSs-for the
| Jews and for the Genties-"for all the
| people" This is the glorified Messiah.
| who as the Spiritual Seed of Abraham
| is about to bless Israel's Ancient Wor-
| thies. and to make them Princes in
| all the EARTH" ministers of his King
dom for the ruling. blessing and in
| struction 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 If
| Gods dealings with the world are to
be through Israel. and not through the
| Church. why has there been so long a
| delay? Why did not the glorified Mes
siah at once set up his Kingdom, and
bring forth the Ancient Worthless
from the tomb to be its earthly repre-
| sentatives? 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 allegorical 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
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| his Messianic Kingdom. The period
OF Israel's disfavor, as a Nation, has
| been the time In which a special class
has been called Of the Father and be-
gotten of the Holy Spirit to joint-heir-
ship with Christ as his Bride.
But did God pass by the natural seed
| of Israel to give these spiritual privi-
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the Gentiles a people. fguratively to
| constitute the Bride of Messiah? Nay.
| The Scriptures assure us that this
| spiritual privilege went first to the
| 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,
! and gathered from that people as
many as were found to be "Israelites
| 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 not
| continue TO deal with his chosen people,
but after having gathered from them
as many as were worthy or the Splr-
| itual blessing and exaltation = only
then was the message sent to the Gen.
| tiles. to gather from the Gentiles a
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-
ble'' is about completed; that IsraePs
blindness is about to be taken away.
and that Isfael's exaItation as the
earthly representatives Of Messiah's
Kingdom is near at hand we are prov
Ing to ourselves another thing: namely.
that the full number called from
amongst the GentileS to participate
with Christ on the spirit plane. as
members OF his Bride class. will soon
be completed fRomanS Ii. 25-s2l.