The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-03-08

ditorium to the bible Students Con-
vention." The large audience seemed
deeply interested. He said:-
Some apply the first text only and
think of the Divine Program as being
merely an endeavor to rescue mankind
from sin and death to righteousness
and eternal life in the present time.
Such as hold this view are much con-
fused because it must be acknowl-
edged that comparatively little has
been done, or is now being done, for
mans uplift. After six thousand years
It Is still true that The whole world
lieth In the Wicked One;" Darkness
covers the earth and gross darkness
the heather" In order to have any
confidence at all in this theory those
who hold it are obliged to greatly low
er their standards. They are forced to
hope that God will admit millions of
unfit people, crude, rude, ignorant and
wicked to eternal life and happiness,
or perchance provide for them Purga-
torial experiences, to make them fit.
righteous and acceptable for life eter-
nal. AS a whole, Christian people are
greatly bewildered. The tendency of
their bewilderment is toward doubt.
skepticism, atheism.
The other view briefly stated is that
God never intended the salvation of
the world, but merely the salvation of
the Church. elect according to the fore
knowledge of God through sanctifica-
ton of the Spirit and belief in the
Truth. Those who hold this theory
have great confusion also. because it
seems incomprehensible that God
would make no provision for thou
sands of millions" of Adams race. but
arrange for them to be born in sin,
shapen in iniquity. and to go down to
the tomb Tor worseJ without a clear
knowledge Of God and his purposes
and will respecting them.
AS we have already frequently set
forth. both of the described theories
are erroneous. The Scriptures set
forth two salvations. entirely separate
and distinct. They are different as re-
spects time. in that the one salvation
began to be spoken by our Lord at
his First Advent, and began to be APP
plicable to his Church at Pentecost.
and will wholly cease at his Second
Coming in the end of this Age The
other salvation neither applied before
our Lords First Advent nor during
this Gospel Age, but will apply to all
mankind, except the Church. during
the Millennium-the thousand years
of the reign of Christ and the Church.
specially designed for the blessing of
the world and its uplifting out of sin
and death conditions.
These two salvations are distinctly
different as to kind. as well as respects
their plan of operation. The salvation
of the Church during this Gospel Age
since Pentecost-means not only a
deliverance from sin and death condi-
lions to eternal life, but provides that
the eternal life will be on the heaven
ly or spiritual plane and not on the
earthly or human plane of existence.
Thus the Apostle declares that our sin
heritance is incorruptible and unde-
fled and fadetb not away and is re-
served in heaven for us, who are kept
by the power of God through faith
unto salvation" q Peter /. A. 81. Our
Lord also told that in the resurrection
we shall be like unto the angels. The
Apostle also declares that ultimately
we shall be partakers Of the divine
nature and like our Lord and Redeem
er.
Hence. all who participate in this
turally spoken of as New Creatures in
Christ Jesus. whose citizenship is In
heaven" I'll are assured that at
the Lords Second Coming they will
constitute the First Resurrection class.
They are guaranteed that only the
blessed and holy will have part there
fl. and that all participating in that
First Resurrection will be Royal
Priests unto Gcd and unto Christ, and
reign with him thousand years REV
elation XXX. u They are assured that
the transformation of mind which
they now experience through the be-
getting of the holy Spirit will. in their
resurrection. result in a complete
transformation. providing them with
spirit bodies Thus it is written of
their resurrection. 1T is sown in weak
ness: it is raised in power: 1t is sown
in dishOncr: il is raised in glory; 1t is
sown an animal body; it is raised a
spiritual body" q Corinthians XIV, AZ
Al. OF those who will share in the
Church's salvation the Apostle says
eve shall not all sleep. but must all
be changed" because flesh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom of Cod
Il Corinthians XIV. so, 81.
The worlds salvation which will fol
low will be wholly different from this
1t will not include change of nature
from earthly to spirit nature. 1t will
mean a rescue from sin and death to
the earthly perfection Of the original
man, in the image and likeness OF
his Creator. and surrounded by ev-
cry necessary blessing for his com
fort. Human perfection and the Eden
home were lost through disobedience
to God. The Divine arrangement is
that the merit of our Lords obedi
ence unto death. when ultimately ap
piled for mankind. shall fully can
eel the death sentence upon him. More
and better than this. God has prom
ised that the same Sin-Offering shall
seal New Covenant between him
self and mankind The blessings OF
that New Covenant arrangement will
then Immediately begin. The great
Redeemer will thenceforth be the
great Mediator of that New Cove
nant. The whole world of mankind
will be fully under his supervision
and government for their blessing
their correction In righteousness, theil
uplifting out of sin and death con
ditions-back. back. back, to all thai
was lost in Eden. All Of this was
the original design of the Great Gre
ator All of this will be outworked
through the Great Redeemer. All Of
this was secured or suretied by his
death. finished at Calvary Hebrews
vii. 22)'
st. Peter. pointing down to that glo
rious time of the worlds blessing. calls
1t times of refreshing and times OF
restitution" He tells US that all the
holy prophets described the blessings
of those restitution times-the thou
sand years. the Millennium (Acts iii
1921 When once we get the eyes OF
our understanding opened, we find the
rated by the Divine records, which de
scribe the wonderful blessings that are
to come when the earth shall yield hel
increase. Then Paradise Lost shall be-
Paradise Regained Then God will