The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-17

Teacher and Master, were answered
and foiled they merely acknowledged
their defeat by their silence. The an
swer was not, as imperfectly trans
lated in our Common Version-The
Kingdom of heaven Is pithin gon, hyp-
ocritical Pharisees, but. My Kingdom,
the Kingdom OF heaven, of which l nm
the King. will not appear at all. II
will be an invisible Kingdom-it comes
not with observation or outward show.
Ye shall neither say, 10, it is here,
nor, 10, IL Is there; for II will be every
where in the midst of you, amongst
you, invisible but all.powerful duke
xvii. 20-22).
Truly, what manner OF man was
this. and what of message and
Kingdom was his, so different from
anything the Jews had ever expected?
Can we wonder that only a compare
lively small proportion of them We're
In the heart attitude 30 receive his
message respecting n Spiritual King
dom? We cannot wonder! Even his
most intimate disciples did not CRASH
the depth of his teaching until, after
his death and resurrection, they. mt
Pentecost, received the special en-
l%ightenment foretold for the servants
and handmaidens Goel ii, 2g.
Then understood they the true depth
of the teachings Of him who spake as
never man spake. Then they compre-
hended that he was the only begotten
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 flesh-"The man Christ Jesus'
q Timothy ii, W. Then they under
stood, not only that he was a perfect
man, but that, through the Amounting
of the holy Spirit which came upon
him at baptism, he was indeed Gods
Amounted. the a|ntityplcai Priest, anti
typical Prophet and a~ntitypieal King
not that he was these in the flesh. but
that the new spirit nature, begotten
in him through that amounting, was
perfected in the resurrection, and that
1t is the glorifed Christ on the spirit
plane who will accomplish all the
great things predicted through The
prophets, blessing all Israel and all ma
tons, in Gods due time. Then they
understood the meaning of the Mas
ter's words to the Roman Governor.
My Kingdom is not of this Age; if it.
were, then my servants would fight
for me and / should not be delivered
to death. Then they perceived that
his Kingdom will be not the less real
and powerful, but the more so. be-
cause a heavenly one, a spiritual one.
which, in due time. in the Age to
come, will operate through the nation
of Israel, just as was originally prOm-
ised and expected.
lsrael's Hopes Merely Deferred.
The Apostles discerned that the
hopes of their nation were not blasted,
not destroyed, but will all have full
fllment, though the time of fulfilling
was deferred. They saw that in or
der TO make the Messianic blessing rs
great as God intended that it should
be-world-w wide and unto eternal life
it was necessary hat a great sacrl-
fee for sins should be made-a sacri-
fee typed for centuries in Israels
Atonement Day sacrifices-a sacrifice
in two parts. These two parts are
shown in Israel's Atonement Day-tbe
bullock of the sin-offering 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 a fun 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 SCIENTIFICALLY.
Their reward Is TO be q share with
the Redeemcr on the heavenly, spirit
plane, participating iii his glory, honor
and immortality ana in his great work
of dispensing the Messianic blessing to
Israel and through Israel to the world.
Surely, neither Jew nor Gentle can
object to the Divine arrangement by
which so great blessings are about to
come to the whole world. Israel and
the world in general have nc part in
these spiritual blessings. Nor do they
generally desire that gift. The bless
ing that is for them is restitution 80
human perfcction-to all that was lost
in Adam. The restitution blessings Of
Messiah's reign win embrace not only
humanity. but also all of their inter
ests. including the earth, which shall
become Paradise restored. the glorious
home of Israel alone; for be II noted,
the Divine arrangement is that all who
will ever receive blessings under
Messiah'S reign must receive ii as
lsraelitcs. since the New Covenant is
to be made with Israel.
How ashamed will all men be when
the times of restitution mentioned
by ST. Peter tActs iii. 1929 shall he
nshered in! How astounded all viii
be at the goodness of God and his
f%aithfulncss in respect TO all his prom
will look back TO the days of Jesus IL
the flesh, when he appeared amongst
men to lay q foundation for his slori-
Gus Messianlc Kingdom by Offering
himself in sacrifice for the sins Of all
the people, that thereby he might
purge from sin all who ever will come
to the Father through him. ana win
thus have The right 80 restore the Will
ing ana obedient to full perfection ana
to destroy the rebelliOus in the Second
. Death Ah fhpO all will know. ms