The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01

the Lord" Tine long centuries or per-
secution and separation from Gods
favor will have brought that people
to n humber condition OF heart, whore
they will be glad to'recelve 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-fide, just as
genuine, as though he had not known
1t. 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
1t signfied rs 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
dividuals of that nation. AS the
Prophet Isaiah had foretold (Romans
tx, 2I-33) there was Il 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
I'M
own received him not (as 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-
gotten not of blood, nor of the will of
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but
Of God"-at Pentecost Uohn |, 11-13).
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 glorious earthly portion, to
which they will be introduced at our
Lords second coming. Then their
sins will be cancelled, and as a people
the Hebrews will return to Divine
lures OF the promise made to their
fathers. Then, through them, Gods
blessing will be extended to all ma
tons and peoples under Israels New
Covenant, which Will then become OPP
erative at the hands of their great
Mediator-the Christ. the Messiah in
glory. But by that time the election
Of hA int 90 H.
complete and the Messiah in glory will
include Jesus the Head and the Church
his Body-joint-hei with him in his
Kingdom-join heirs with him in the
spiritual features Of the great Abra-
hamic promise Galatians iii, 29).
All this is clearly stated by the
Apostle in Romans xi, 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 at
hand. Just so it was at our Lord S
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 peo-
pie, until recently. have noted the fact
that Spiritual Israel has had parallel
history to that Of Natural Israel. Few
have seen that these are dealt with
all through the Scriptures as type and
antique. Few have noticed that from
the death of Jacob to the death of
Jesus finds its exact parallel of 1,S45l5
years between the death of Jesus and
our day. Few have noticed that in
both cases there is a nominal and a
real Israel. The nominal Jewish sys-
tenn was tried and all hut the Israel
ties indeed" failed. Likewise will be
the experience of Spiritual Israel. The
nominal Christian systems will be
tried, and all will fail except the spir-
it-begotten and faithful. AS only a
remnant OF small number were found
in the proper condition at the first
advent so the Scriptures clearly init
mate that only a small number will
be found sufficiently sanity and zeal
Gus and loyal to the Lord and the
principles of his Truth in the end of
this age. to graduate with first honors.
AS there was a special period OF
testing and trying at the close of the
Jewish Age. lasting for forty years. so,
the Scriptures clearly indicate. there
is a special sitting and testing due to
come to Christendom during the clos
ing forty years Of this Gospel Age
before the inauguration OF the glorious
Millennial blessings. AS the trials and
tests came upon the Jews in a subtle
manner, to test their faith and ODE
dience, so even more subtlety must
we expect will be connected with the
trials and testings in the harvest time
Of this Gospel Age. OF this time the
Lord through the prophet said, who
may abide the day Of his presence,