Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-12-08

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is $$i#= :. IN =::* lEs! text was:-''The God
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U.s., II Il sssssgE*$H Messenger of h
H@ 49,, =::" >sySssi Covenant, whom We
[E&a&ES$, ~ #:;:, MaSSS#x$$$| delight in; Behold,
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E3s&#% IN %a#%#%t Jehovah of Hosts.
pc <s#% e I;s;;,,s%s%%* But who may abide
To-: X kU9aEAks the day of his com
ing:'-Mal. 3:l-5.
Said Pastor Rus
sell:-Six thousand years ago in Eden our
Maker when justly sentencing his dis
oUCdient children to death. intimated that
ultimately the Seed Of tho woman would
brrise the serpent's head. This myster
GUS promise was the first intma[ion OF
the Divine mercy which our gracious
Creator had purDosed in himself from
b, core the foundation of the world. Ever
noble kind and gracious, our Creator re-
strained his mercy for the good OF MS
reatures-that we might learn to appre
ciate the exceeding sinfuncsS Of sin. For
the good of the angels also. that they
might know of his Justice, as we'll as Of
his Wisdom and his Power, God insisted
upon dealing with his creatures from the
standpoint of exact ju;tice. They had
sinncd and had thereby forfeited all claim
uDon the eternal life given them condi-
tionally Eternal torment, we have al
ready seen, did not in any sense or de-
gree enter into the Divine intention. His
sentence upon man. plainly stated, was.
Dying thou shalt die not. Living thou
salt live in torment. The soul that
sinneth, it shall die" God intended to ex-
c'NDlify In his dealings with our race
principle of Divine government to be
made operative everywhere, and ultimate
~ amongst all his creatures on the spirit
plane as well as upon the earthly
Gods message through Enoch was the
first mention made in the Bible of the
great Messenger of the Covenant. Mes
siah, although at that time the Covenant
had not been made. Enoch declared, Be
hold the Lord cometh with myriads Of
his holy ones to execute justice in the
earth'-to grant mankind another trial.
another opportunity for everlasting life.
Cod thus intimated the ultimate accom-
plishment Of Atonement for Adamic sin,
and the resulting blessings upon Adam
and his race
Next Abraham was the recipient of a
special promise which further revealed
that the great Messenger of the Covenant
who would bless the world would be of
Abra hamic stock Later. 430 years after
the Abrahamic Covenant of general bless
ing. God entered into a special Covenant
with the nation of Israel. to the effect that
If they kept his Law, the Abrahamic bless
ing would be fulfilled through them-they
would be Gods agency or channel for
the blessing of mankind For centuries
they endcavored to fulfill the require
nlents of their Law but, since that Law
represents the full possibilities Of per-
feet humanity. the ISraelites were unable
to meet its requirements. Hence, so far
fro blessing all nations. they We're
hi ooir toir HON ea1y-rc in a
blessed state.
A New Covenant and Better Media
tor.
When Israel came to realize the hope
lessncss of heir ever keeping the aw
and thus proving their wOrthiness of eter-
nal life and their preparedness to be
Gods channel of blessing to others, they
were. naturally. discouraged Later. God
through thc prophets informed !l":n that
their Law covenant was merely a fore
runner and type of a better Covenant
w}!ich he would effect for them in his
own due time Thor New Covenant
would hav" q better Mediator than Moses
a NOR" capable one. This message was
sent through Moses himself who declared
to tho fathers, "A Prophet shall the Lord
your God raise up from amongst your
brethren like unto mo RI am his type. but
como to pass that whoever will not obey
that Prophet shall be destroyed from
amongst the people tActs 800
T. a New Covenant was to take the
place of the old one and New Mediator
wGG to take tho nace Of tn cid mediator,
there would of nacessi+'' be Il better Priest
to ta'-" the place OF tho -'aro0ic priest.
and "bcttrr sacrifices' to take the place
of tn,.~e of the Law Covenant. These
t! were intjmated here little and
there little, throughout the prophecies
Grrd' Nv I:'rae! hefan to LOCI. for and to
lon: for the promised Messiah the Mes
senger and Mediator of their promised
New Covenant He must be great indeed
if he would be greater than Moses. Hc
met y" W if IOloron was but hi
type What kind of better sacrifices
than those of bulls and goats he would
offer they were pe"plexed to know; but
in Melchisedcc they had a fore-fgure Of
how tn" great Messiah would be- not only
the antityplcal Prophet. but the anti
typical Priest and antitypical King. all in
one person; for these various duties ard
Offices and their blessing would center in
Messiah.
Finally came the time mentioned in our
text. when the Lord declared that this
great kingly. prics.ly antitype of Moses
would shortly appear He Is styled the
Messenger of the Covenant-the New
Covenants: the One of whom they had
been delghting to hear; Nevertheless,
with the blessings he would bring to the
world through Israel. there would be test
ings of faith, obedience, character The
Messenger of the Covenant would sud
denly come to the Temple.
This is the testimony of the last of the
prophets. Malachi Nevertheless, several
centuries elapsed. with no manifestation
Of Messiahs glorious Kingdom and
1sracrs New Covenant. Had God forgot
ten his promises to Israel?
Then in IsraeIs histor| there came in
a parenthesis. as it were. AS nation
they were cast off from Divine favor for
a length Of time equal to that in which
they had enjoyed Gods favor. Now that
duplication or double of experience has
been fulfilled. as was predicted by the
Prophets jeremiah 1918; zechariah, 9:12;
Isaiah 4O:1 2. The double has passed and
the time for the Mediator to inaugurate
IsracIs New Covenant has arrived.
Shortly the great Messiah. will be re-
veale1 to the eyes of understanding of an
expectant world, but will be invisible to
the natural sigh His Kingdom will be
everywhere in full exercise of heavenly
mowers vet men will not be able to saw