The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-05

mi life Year after year. centufy nffef
century. they falled. md disconfage:
u1ent toell the plgre Of hope God was
teaching them i great lesson srespect.t
Ing tie NEE pf sael.t dees stiian
those of bulls aud of go1tss and also
teaching them that there IS no other
means OF justification in LIS sight,
They got blessings under this Core.
nant2 educational blessing bnts mot.
1.-THE blessing hoped Tor, dot iifeIeteragl.'
EHenee they were hot III a posld ion To-,
SBec6nea as they had hoped. d I. ma.
ifIonak Messiah a national Seed OF
Abraham, for the blessing % all tthe.
nations ii II q, ~ \, VI
God gave them kings for ri time. hut:
these were unable 70 accompl the
great things hoped for. But the prom,
Use of a personal Messiah was made.
and hathe should be Of the lineage. Of
David, great King, far superior to
\ the great, wise and rich Solomon.
Messiah would be Dasidis Son and yet;
Dayld,s Lord psalm cx, 1; Matthew.
xii, 4o4N. Here. as God intended,
Israel began TO get the thought ofa
personal Messiah, a King Of Glory;
who would use their nation as his In.
strumentality for the conqnering Of
the world, when every knee should
bow and every tongue, confess to the
glory of God. y.
A New Covenant and Better Mediator.
The next lesson for Israel to5learn
was that a change Of sDispensation
must come. that. as Moses had medl.
ated the Law Covenant. SO nm anti.
/ typical Moses, a greater than Moses.
would induct them into the blessings
and privileges Of saiTstill better Cove
2nant. "a Covenant more favorable TO
them and under. which they could
gain eternal life. This New Covenant
was particularly set before them
through Jercmiah's prophecy xxi.
1884. And this. combined with the
statement of Moses respecting great.
z er Mediator. helped their faith TO take
n fresl, hold upon the oath,Bound
Abrahamic Promise--.'In thy Seed
shall all the families of the earth be
blessed" n, y
If a great enough Mediator should
come as the promised Messenger Of
God, and should establish better
Covenant. under which Israel could
have eternal life. md II he. rs the
offspring OF David should become
their King, then indeed Abraham's
Seed. the nation f'Israel under thni
great Medlator-K King, would lie fully
qualified to bless all the families Of
i the earth The thought Of this glory
to their nation became,a fresh inspira.
i ton. and around ,it gathered the fifty
odd Thousand of Jews. out of all the
tribes Of Israeli who returned from
Babylonian captivity under the edict Of
Cyrus, offering fhem;th privilege.
Through the Prophet Ezekiel the Lord
again made mention of the. fact that
their Law Covenant, made at Sinai.
must, before theft great blessing of
restitution give place 10 a New Gov:
enant. a better Covenant. Speaking
Of the time whensh he would regather5
/ them out cor ialttialds1 and would ful.
fill to them thepromise made to Abra-.
ham. :Isape and Jacob. and make them
a great nation, and use them for the
blessing of other nations, the Lord de-
clares. mot for your sakes dosl this.
o house Of Israel. but for my names
+, sake" He then proceeds to tell them
that at the time iies!would receive
them bacls;again into his love and
favor he would! also humble their
pride by restoring the samaritans
/ and the acknowledgements whom Is.
rael detested rs Interiors and sinners.
God declares that neither Of these
peoples had ever committed as serious
sins against Divine goodness as Ind
Israel. and that when he would again
bless Israel he would bless also these
other peoples in their midst. Let ME
quote his words: when thy sisters.
Sodom and her daughters. shall lretllrn
to their former estate. and Samaria and
her daughters shall return to their
2 former estate. then thou and thy, daugh-
tiers shall return to your former cs-
tate. - = Nevertheless l will remem-
Der my CorenGnt with thee In the days
Of thy youth. and | will establish unto
thee an everlasting Covenant. $50
and will give them tSodomites and
Samaritans, unto thee for daughters,
but not by thy Covenant mot under
the old Law Covenant; but Under the
! New Uaw) Covenant of the future),
and;I Will establish my Covenant with
thee: '"ts.tln order that thou may.
est.remembcr and be confoundcd. and
never open thy mouth any more, be.
cause. of thy shame, when Il am paci.
( fed toward thee for al that thou hast
done. saith the Lord God" Ezekiel
xvi. 55.63,.
\ This New and better Covenant is to
be mediated through personal Mes.
siah-a still more glorious Mediator
! than Moses. asstill more glorious King
/ than .DaYid-this One whom Israel be.
gan to look for and to long for Can
we wonder that they, failed to identify
him in the lowiy Nazarcne who died at
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