Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-07

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Mystery Of the Gospel Age.
To attain the highest blessing which
God has TO ofcr al the present time
certain dimclit requirements must be
complied wirh Sin must be repented
Of heartily. and. so far as possible.
restitution must be made. which
means that sin must be forsaken TO
the extent Of ability Faith must then
recognize the Lamb Of God which
taketb away the sin Of the world
| that the sacrifice for sins was neces-
sary. aud that God himself provided
| 1t in the death Of Jesus. Faith and
knowledge must 20 further and not
| only see and acknowledge the death of
the Redeemer. but also that God rails
ed him from the dead and highly eX-
alted him to spirit being again. to the
I intent that eventually he may accom-
Dlish for an mankind. the wonderful
blessings foretold in the Law and the
Prophets
Additionally to such will be revealed
the great Mystery" of this Gospel
Age. lasting from the death Of Jesus
to the manifestation Of Messiah in
power and great glory as Michael
the "God-ike One" Daniel xii. ~ The
Mystery Is that Jesus is the Head,
Chief. Lord. over the Church which
is his Body. and that the Body" men,
bers will eventually be Glorified with
the Head on the spirit plane: and that
then Head and Body will constitute
the great Messiah whose spiritual
reign of a thousand years will result
In the blessing and uplifting Of man
kind
Whoever shall be thus taught Of God
in the school Of Christ will learn also
the necessity for having a share with
the Master In his suffering and death
in order to have a share with him in
his glorious reign, These will be
taught by the great Head that 'if
they suffer with him they shall reign
with him" and that the sufferings of
this present time if faithfully endured
by them will work out an exceeding
and abundant blessing.
The Sentiment Of Our Text
To properly understand our text and.
indeed, to understand the Bible as a
whole, it is necessary to discern that |
God has foreordained two Israels-the
earthly and the heavenly. Both are
precious, both are ELECT" both are to
be used OF the Lord during Messiah's |
Kingdom reign-the one on the heav- |
enly plane and the other on the earth
ly. A mistake has been made by |
some in recognizing the earthly Israel |
and not recognizing the heavenly or
spiritual Israel Others have made the |
mistake Of recognizing the heavenly |
or spiritual Israel and not recognizing
the earthly Israel. "The promise of
God is to be sure to both the seeds of
Abraham-tO that which Is according
to the promise. the oath-the Spiritual
Scotland also to that which is accord
ing to the Law, the natural seed Ro-
mans ", 49,
The Spiritual Seed must be develop. |
ed first, because the blessing will pro. |
ceed from the Heavenly Seed to the
earthly seed, then from the earthly
seed to all nations, The blessing upon
all nations will consist Of the oppor. |
tunity that will be offered them of be.
coming members Of the earthly seed
which. ultimately. as the sands Of the
seashore, will include the saved of all
nations-all found worthy Of everlast
Ing life. II have constituted thee n
father Of many nations" (Rom. iv. 10.
"Prinees In All the Earth"
All who will come into this blessed
experience of relationship to God are
described In our text, Fear mott for
nave redeemed thee: have called
thee by thy name, thou art mine"
The faithful few of this GOSPEL Age
who have passed through the deep wa.
ters OF tribulation and walked through
merry trials, have not only come Off
unin1ured. but have been blessed. yea
and will be abundantly blessed in the
rewards OF the coming Kingdom.
They have naught to fear.
Similarly, Natural Israel as a peo.
pie was specially favored from the
days of Abraham down to the reiec.
uon OF Messlah-particularly the saint.
ly few Of that people whose sure re-.
ward will he their privilege of being
made Princes in all the earth by the
great King of glory psalm XIV lG,.
Even during the Gospel Age when
the nation of Israel, jacob" has been
Obliged to pass through trying expert.
ehces' waters Of alllction" aud fiery
trials the Lord has not forsol,en
them He has kept them together rs
people, He has NOT permitted Them
TO be destroyed by their enemies
Ihelr persiStency for thiuy-ave cen.
turtles is Of itself miracle of Divine
supervision Without affections thav
would have disappeared as Il distinct
people
AS the Gospel Age (for the selec.
uon OF Spiritual lsraeN draws to a
close the voice of God is calling nat.
ural Israel and pointing them TO the
Land of Promise and reviving thnir
hearts with the messages Of their
prophets.
All are 10 share Gods BLESSINGS
eventually aud then all may he With.
OUT Tear Now is the time for those
who know their God. to fear NOR
Now those whose eyes OF faith nnd
understandings cam discern Gods stote.
" SteppinES amongst the children Of
men IN the directing Of the Divine
trogram may rearleSsly rejoice Now
is the time for these to be Of cood
courage TO fear not. TO overcome tho
world to be valiant for righteousness
unu truth rhpir hi,s,i,, , .