The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-02-26

Eh GPheaans Y. 25-27l
ised that the same Sin-Ofering shall
seal a New Covenant between him
self aud mankind The blessings OF
that New Covenant Arrangement will
then Immediately begin The great
Redeemer will t%henceforth 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, their
uplifting out Of sin and death con-
ditions-back, back, back. to all that
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, 90.
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
Apostles words thoroughly corrobo-
rated by the Divine records, which de-
scribe the wonderful blessings that are
to come when the earth shall yield her
Increase, Then Paradise Lost shall be
Paradise Regained. Then God will
make his earthly footstool glorious.
Then the blessing Of the Lord shall
make rich and he win add no sorrow
Herewith. Then streams shall break
forth In the desert and the wilderness
and solitary places shall be glad. But
most glorious will be the change In hu-
manity. The Lord promises to turn to
the people a pure message" -instead
Of the contradiction Of creeds Of hea-
thenism and Churchianity. He prom
ises that Satan shall be bound for that
thousand years. that he may deceive
the nations no more. He promises
that then all the blinded eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped' isaiah XIV, 5; II CORN.
thians Nv, A..
Two Salvations-one Savior.
Both of these salvations. according
to the Bible, result from the death OF
Jesus u RedeemeF. who died In obedi.
ence to the Divine will. "Died. the
Just for the unjust, that he might
bring US to God" q Peter III. 49,. The
Scriptures clearly show not only the
two salvations, but also two parts of
the Redeemer's work, distinctly sep
arating his work for the Church from
his work for the world. In his death
there was a Divine general provision
for the sins Of the whole world and a
special provision for the sins Of the
Church. The two thoughts are FIRE.
quently brought out IN the Scriptures.
One text distinctly declares, "He is the
propitiation [satisfactionl for our sins
1.-THE Church's sinsl. and not for ours
only, but also for the sins Of the whole
world" His death constituted the sat
isfaction price. The Redeemer ap-
piled that merit for the Church's sins,
"for u.s. long ago, eighteen centuries
before we were born. Only when we
became believers and entered into a
Covenant Of sacrifice did we obtain
our share in the merit Of that great
sacrifice. The world has not yet re-
ceived its share OF that promised
blessing, but the operation of the Di-
vine Plan is, sure and will bring it to
them lin due time.' as st. Paul de-
clares Il Timothy ii, O..
The dra wing and calling of the
Church has not been along the lines of
human perfection, for all are sinners
and none righteous or perfect. And
many OF those drawn Of the Lord were
by nature much more fallen and de-
PRAYED than some who give no evi.
dence OF the work Of grace In their
hearts. The Lords calling and draw.
ing seem to be along the lines Of jus
tice, love Of righteousness. faith. hu.
mllity and obedience. These quail.
ties will all belong to the perfect man.
But all have lost them in varying de.
grees. Such as respond to the Lords
call now are accepted as being In the
tight heart attitude which. If they had
perfect bodies. would constitute then
perfect men. In other words. they
have qualities Of heart which, Il
brought to a knowledge Of the Truth
would prove some Of them to be pure
in heart and such as the Lord would
desire should have eternal life and al
of his favors. Bur more are called ant
drawn by Gods providences and tn,
preaching Of his message than he de
signs to saw In the present salvation
He is choosing a very select class fol
a very special purpose and therefore
makes the terms and conditions o
their salvation extremely difficult. A.
a consequence we read. Many ar
called. but few chosen under thi
thigh calling Of God In Christ Jesus"
Terms Of Salvation Differ.
OF course. these different salvation