Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-29


Kingdom of Cod Il Corinthians XIV,
50D. True. he still has as one OF his
many titles, The Son OF man, which
Identifies him with our race and the
work which he is in the process OF ac-
cOmpliShing for it and which he will
finish during his Millennial reign. We
are reminded by the Apostle that he
was put to death in the flesh and
made alive in spirit-a spirit-being. He
died as a man this side the veil. He
arose New Creature the other side
the veil-a spirit being He was "sown
in corruption, raised in interruption;
sown in dishonor, raised in glory;
sown natural body, raised a spiritual
body AS the Church's Head and
Fore-runner be passed beyond the
veil; and now shortly, as participants
with him and as the second battalion
of the glorious triumphal procession,
will follow 1.-The Church which is his
Body" sharers with him in the First
Resurrection. his Bride.
Next in professional order following
the Bride class, the very elect" will
come the great company from every
nation, people, kindred and tongue, the
honored servants of the heavenly
Bridegroom and Bride. The virgins
her companions" psalm xiv, IA, will
follow after the Bride into the pres
ence of the great King Jehovah. Next
in professional order will come the
Ancient Worthless from faithful Abel
down to John the Baptist, the greatest
Of the prophets. But these will come
forth from the tomb in human perfec-
ton and not in the spirit perfection Of
those preceding Hebrews xi, 3S40;
Matthew xi, III. In their human per-
lection similar to that of Adam before
his transgression, plus their develop
mRnt In faith and obedience. these will
constitute a firstfruits of Israel and of
the world of mankind. Under their
ministration supervised by the glori-
fed ones beyond the VEIL the work Of
restitution and uplifting the captives
Of sin and death will progress until,
at the close of that thousand years of
the reign of righteousness, every hui
man being of loyal character will be
completely freed from the bondage Of
sin and death and imperfection and.
with the Ancient Worthless, will march
in the grand procession into the pres
ence of Jehovah God.
Thus the great Redeemer and De-
liverer will not only present the saint
ly Church blameless and irreproach-
able before the Father in love, but
likewise will liberate all who will Of
Adams race, now asleep and degrad-
ed No wonder the Scriptures declare
of the end of his triumphal procession,
"He shall see of the travail of his
soul and be satisfied" isaiah lii. III.
sand Gave Gifts Unto Men,"
All the blessings which. in Gods
providence. are not coming to the
Church during this Gospel Age, and
ali the blessings that In the Millennial
Age will flow to natural Israel. "the
rebelliouS also" and all the blessings
that will flow through Israel and its
New Covenant to all, the families Of
the earth, proceed directly or indirect
ly from the great victory which our
Lord Jesus gained over sin and death.
Our text and context, as well as the
PsalTa from which the quotation is
made. bears out this thought. 1t is
because our Lord descended. because
he left the heavenly glory. and be-
cause. in harmony with the Fathers
will, our Redeemer left the courts Of
heavenly glory and humbled himself to
become man, and then ''humbled
himself to death, and even to the death
OF the Cross that his exaltation came
as a reward of his loyalty to the Fa-
theirs will
And in the Divine Plan it is because
his resurrection body and glory were
a reward a blessing-his earthly body
and nature and rights had not been
forfeited through disobedience-that he
had the latter with all its privileges to
bestow upon Adams dead and dying
race. He gave the merit Of that sacri-
fee, first iinputedly, on behalf Of all
self-sacrifice even unto death, that
these might be, in the Fathers good
pleasure, counted as his members and
companions on the heavenly plane. To
this end the first gifts were bestowed
at Pentecost; and all of similar class
throughout this age have had oppor-
tunity for participation therein. Adj
ditionally gifts of helpfulness and In
struction and assistance were provided
through tse apostles, orators, pastors.
and teachers of the Church-for the
qualification of these sanity footstep
followers for the work of service in
building up the Body of Christ, until
the elect Body shall be complete
Ephesians iv, lib.
Soon these gifts and blessings and
privileges now granted and imputed
to the Church will be no longer needed
by the class being prepared for the
heavenly joint-heirship. Then the gift
of the Millennial Kingdom, and
through Israel the gift Of the New
Covenant Jeremiah XXI, 81, will be
bestowed upon the blood bought world,
granting to them individually the OPP
portunity of recovering from all their
defiement and imperfection.
Let us then hail this great Redeemer
and Deliverer Lord of dlH Let us bow
our hearts TO him now and voluntarily
put on the yoke of his service and suf-
fer with him outside the camp that
we may be accounted worthy Of shar-
ing with him in the glorious work Of
his Millennial Kingdom as his Bride
and Joint-beir hebrews xiii. 11-13).