Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-23

over to them. And then, as he de-
clares, they will be glad to say, BLESS
ed is he that cometh in the name of
the Lord" The long centuries of per-
secution and separation from Gods
favor will have brought that people
to a humber condition Of heart, where
they will be glad to receive of Divine
grace upon Divine terms. To this
great event ST. Paul refers us in Ro-
mans xi. 27-34
Although God fOreknew all that had
happened the offer of the Kingdom to
Israel was just as bona-fde, just as
genuine, as though he had not known
it. God always does his part! What
ever failure there is in any matter of
contract belongs to humanity.
If thus we have before our minds
the origin of Palm Sunday and what
it signifed as the climax of the test of
natural Israel in respect to Messiah,
we are prepared to go further and to
note that in Gods providence there is
similar test for us Christians.
"Enemies For Your Sakes"
st. John emphasized particularly the
fact that the rejection of the Jewish
nation, because of their rejection Of
Messiah, did not apply to all the in
diriduals of that nation. AS the
Prophet Isaiah had foretold (Romans
, TX, 27-33) there was a small, faithful
section or remnant" This remnant
accepted Christ and were by him ac-
cepted and became the nucleus or
| foundation of Spiritual Israel on the
Day of Pentecost. Thus we read. HE
came unto his own nation) and his
| own received him not (as a nation) /;
but to as many as received him, to
them gave he liberty (privilege) to be-
come sons Of God, even to them that
believed on his name; which were be-
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but
of God"-at Pentecost John i, lib.
Thus so far as the spiritual part of
Gods great promise to Abraham is
concerned it has passed from the Jew
ish nation; but there still remains for
them a glorious earthly portion, to
which they will be introduced at our
|
sins will be cancelled, and as a 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 IsraePs New
Covenant, which will then become OPP
| A.
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-heirs with him in his
spiritual features of the great Abra
hamic promise Galatians iii. 29l.
All this is clearly stated by the
Apostle in Romans XII, 25-32. 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 a corrObo
rative evidence that they are nigh al
hand. Just so it was at our Lords
first advent Many things pertaining
to that time were completely hidden
until the time of their fulfllment
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 PEG
, pie, until recently, have noted the fac
that Spiritual Israel has had parable
, history to that Of Natural Israel. Few
I have seen that these are dealt witt
, all through the Scriptures as type AM
antitype. Few have noticed that from
{ the death of Jacob to the death o
? Jesus finds its exact parallel Of 1,S451
} years between the death of Jesus an,
our day. Few have noticed that il
{ both cases there is nominal and
! real Israel. The nominal Jewish sys
! tenn was tried and all but the 'Tsrae
! ties indeed" failed. Likewise will
r the experience Of Spiritual Israel. Th
q nominal Christian systems will
r tried, and all will fail except the spil
: it-begotten and faithful. AS only
t remnant or small number were foun
/: In the proper condition at the frs
: advent, so the Scriptures clearly int
q mate that only small number wi
q be found sufficiently sanity and yea
/ Gus and loyal to the Lord and tn
principles Of his Truth in the end G
Il this age, to graduate with first honor:
d AS there was a special period G
s testing and trying at the close Of tn
IS Jewish Age. lasting for forty years, 81
l. the Scriptures clearly indicate, ther
% Is special sitting and testing due t
D. come to Christendom during the clio.
il Ing forty years of this Gospel Ag
d before the Inauguration of the gloriou
lie Millennial blessings. AS the trials an
e. tests came upon the Jews in a subtl
e manner, to test their faith and OBJ,
Is dience, so even more subtlety mus