Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-08-20

spoken" duke xxiT. 2Jb Through
Ezekiel the Prophet the Lord explains
that when the restitution time shall
come at the Second Advent of our
Lord in the glory OF his Kingdom. then
the Divine blessing will come upon
Israel now cast off Nor will the bless
ing of Messiah's Kingdom come upon
Israel only II will extend to all the
families Of the earth. Through the
Prophet the Lord specially emphasized
to Israel her two sister nations. Sodom
and Samaria The Lord pointed out
that In the day Of their pride and pros
perity they disdained these sister ma
lions as being far beneath them and
unworthy Of their notice In every way.
But in the restitution times facts iii.
1o) they will be glad TO have a share
of the Divine favor in conjunction with
those nations formerly despised
The Lord declares that 1t is not be-
rause of the worthiness Of any of these
that he proposes their restitution. but
because of his glorious character. for
which his namesake. Let me quote
to you this remarkably clear state
ment of the Divine purposes future;
and let us notice that 1t is emphatic
ally declared that the ones to be re-
stored and blessed are the very ones
who persisted In the days Of Lot We
read
"Sodom thy sister hath not done
as thou hast done Be
hold, this was the iniquity Of thy sis
ter Sodom. pride. fulness OF bread.
and abundance Of idleness was to her.
neither did she strengthen the
hand of the poor and the needy. And
they were naughty, and committed
abominaton before me; therefore
took them away as ! saw good. lGod
did not see good to take them to hell
of eternal torture; but he did see good
to destroy them and to make them an
example OF the destruction OF all ulti-
mately displeasing to him after enjoy
ing a knowledge Of his grace and an
opportunity for eternal life.l
Thou also which hast condemned
thy sister nations bare thine own
shame for thy sins They are more
righteous than thou tas Jesus de-
clared). When shall bring again their
captivity [bring them from the prison
house of death1 then will
bring again the captivity of thy cap
tives in the midst OF them: that thou
mayest bear thine own shame and
mayest be COMPOUNDED in all that thou
hast done. in that thou art comfort
unto them. When thy sisters Sodom
and her daughters shall return to their
former estate. and Samtnia and her
daughters return TO their former es-
tate, then thou and thy daughters
shall return to your former estate
] win remember my Covenant
with thee In the days Of thy youth
and will establish unto them an
everlasting Covenant 1.-THE New Law
Covenant of which Messiah Is the
Mediator and which. under his Media
torial Kingdom shall bless Israel and
all who will come into Israel under
the glorious terms of that New Cove
nent1 Jeremiah XXI. 3D.
Then thou shalt remember thy
WAYS and be ashamed when thou shalt
receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy
younger: and l will give them unto
thee for daughters, but not by thy
Covenant mot under your present
Law Covenant, but under the New
Law Covenant and It's better Media
tori that thou mayest re-
member and be COMPOUNDED and never
open thy mouth any more, because OF
thy shame, when l am pacified toward
thee for all that thou hast done, saith
the Lord God" ezekiel xvi, 1859.
lenath and Breadth - Height and
Depth.
How wonderful 1t at first seems to
us to find that we really have good
kind loving God, and not an unmerci-
full and vengeful one! So grossly were
we deceived respecting his character.
by the traditions handed down from
the past. that we gave him the rev.
erence Of fear, rather than that of
love and devotion. The clearer light
comes to US as a fresh revelation OF
the meaning of the Apostles words
when he wrote about lengths and
breadths and heights and depths of
love Of God. which passeth all under
standing"
The words of the Lord through the
prophet come to our minds, Fear not
their fear. neither be afraid" Their
fear of me is not Of me, but is taught
by the precepts of man" "As the
heavens are higher than the earth, so
are my ways higher than your ways
o,d mn rIonS hichar than vour MANS I"