The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-14

doning than Mt first contenlpiated.T
But they were insincere. Hence when
their questions, Intended to entrap the,
Teacher and Master. were answered
and foiled they merely acknowledged
their defeat by their silence. The an
;sRer was not, as impcrfeefly trans
lated in our Common version- The
Kingdom Of heaven is teithin gol, hyp-
:ocritical Pharisees, hut, My Kingdom,
the Kingdom OF heaven. of whichyI am
the King, will not appear at all. & IT.
will be an invisible Eingdom4it comes
not with observation or outward show
Ye shall neither say. 10. 1t Is here
nor, Lo. is there; forthwith be every
where in the midst Of you, amongst
you, invisible but all-powerful d,uke
XVII, 2o.22) t...
Truly, what manner OF man was
this, and what manner Of message and
Kingdom was his. so different from
anything tile Jews had ever expected?
Can we wonder that only compare.
lively small proportion Of them were
in the heart attitude to receive this
message respecting a Spiritual King;
dom? We cannot wonder! Even his
most intimate disciples did not grasp
the depth Of Ids teaching until, after
his death and resurrection. they, at
Pentecost, received the special en-
lghtenment foretold for the servants,
and .handmaidens (Joel II, 29).
Then understood they the true DEPTH
of the teachings OF. him who spake as
never man spake. Then they compres
bonded that he.iwas ths21iilS 6esotfen
/ Son of God who, in obedience to the
Divine program for Israel and, the.
world, had left the heavenly courts
and glory of the spirit nature. and been
made fesh-"Thc man Christ Jesus
| q Timothy II, W. Then they under
stood, not only that he was Il perfect
man, but that. through the amounting
of the holy Spirit which came upon
him at baptism, he was indeed Gods
Amounted, the antitypical Priest, anti
typical Prophet and antitypical King
not that. he was these In the flesh. but
that the new spirit nature, begottcn
In him through that amounting, was
perfected in the resurrection, and that
1t Is the glorificd Christ on. tho spirit
plane who will accomplish nil the
great things predicted through the
iprephets, blessing all Israel and all ma.
.tions, in Gods due time. Then they
understood the meaning .ef the-AIas.
ter's words to the Romans Governor,
My Kingdom Is notsof this Aee;, II 1t
were, then myS escfvItnts w6ulJs light
for me and l Should not be delivered
ito, death. Then they pefeelved that
his Kingdom will sbetnot the less real
14nd powerful but sthe moro so,i shes
stause heavenly one, a spiritual onie,
(which, in dpe tlmc.Sfp the.si71gettG
sSome. will operate THOUGH the nati6p
fsof Israel, Just Us: was orlgini1ly proIns
Used and expected. ~
|ssk isracl's Hopes Merely Deferred, y
y The Apostles Giscerneda. that. the
hopes of their naton We're NOT BLASTED,
not destroyed, but will all$hape full
sallment. though Nthc time Of, fulfilling
was deferred. They saw TINT IN or
der to make the Messlanic blessing MS
great as God intended thdt~it .shot,ld
be-world-wldc and unto eternal life
It was necessary that u great sacrl-
fee for sins should he made-si sacri-
fee typed for centuries In Israel's
Atoncment Day sacrifices-a sacrifice
In two parts. These two parts are
shown In 1srael's Atoncment Day-the
bullock Of the sln-ofrering and the
Lords goat OF the sin-offering. Jesus
himself fulfilled the FIRST of these, the
merit Of which has been applicable to
the sanity few of Jews and Gentiles
who have, during this Gospel Age,
made full conservation to walk in
the Redeemer's footsteps. The second
airy part of the sacrifice, the offering Of
the goat, pictures the sacrificing com.
pany of the Lords faithful disciples
throughout this Age. These, under
cover of his righteousness, suffer with
him sacriHcially.
| Their reward Is to be share with
the Redeemer on the. heavenly, spirit
plane, participating IN his glory, honor
and Immortality and In his great work
Of dispensing the Messianic blessing to
Israel and through Israel to the world
Surely, neither Jew nor Gentle car
object to the Divine arrangement by
which so great blessings are about .tc
come to the whole world. Israel and
the world III general have no part fl
these spiritual blessings: Nor. do they
generally desire that glft.. Thc"Bless
ing that is for them is, restitution tc
human pcrfectio--to all that was lost
in Adam. The restitution blessings Of
Messiah's reign will embrace NOT ionIy
humanity, but also all Of their inter
ests, including the earth, which shal
become Paradise restored. the glorious
home Of Israel alone; for be 1t noted
the Divine arrangement Is that oil who
Will ever receive blessings under
Messiali's reign must receive 1t a,
Israelites, since the New Covenant 1.
to be made with Israeli
How ashamed will allgmen be wher
the ..tlmes Of restitution mentioned
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