The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-01-13
Prince Of Glory" the Redeemer, the


the completion of Jehovah's great pul
poses and dealings with man and 1
respect to him, will stand revealed tn
foreknowledge and Wisdom of Go
who knew the end from the beginnin
and who foresaw how even the permif
sion of a reign of sin and death coul
be made eventually to work out to hi
own glory and to the blessing and In
struction Of his creatures on both tn
human and the angelic planes. The
will be revealed to all the gloriou
| character of their Creator, and the ne
cessity for his requirement Of abeolut
righteousness and perfection
Surely. the result eventually will be
as the Scriptures declare, that all shall
learn righteousness, and hate iniQuity
and that every creature in heaven an<
In earth and under the earth shall &C
claim both Jehovah, who stitch upoI
the Throne of the Universe. and th'
Lamb, the Redeemer, forever.
Were we to allow ourselves to spec
ulate respecting the future respecting
the Divine purposes in relation to th<
millions of worlds around us, our spec
ulatons would run thus: Those In
structed and used of Jehovah in con
junction with the initial development
of the Divine Plan In the earth will
thereby be fitted and prepared to be
the Divine Agents to other worlds.
The Great Redeemer and his "elect"
associates, after dealing with human
ity for their uplift out Of sin and death
conditions, will surely be qualified for
further service in other worlds: to
"show forth the praises Of him who
called them out of darkness into his
marvellous light"
And what shall we say of humanity
when perfected at the end Of Messiah's
glorious reign7 Will not all be well
prepared, not only to approve right
eousness In themselves, but to tell in
other worlds, to other races, the story
Of the fall and Of the reign Of Sin and
Death resulting; and of the redemption
accomplished by Gods love; and of
the great restitution; and Of the les
sons thus learned?
The Interchangeable Ono.
The qualities of the Divine character
which we have just considered-Wis-
dom, Justice, Love and Power-be-
longed to our Creator In the great eter-
nifty preceding creation. But there
was no one at that time to appreciate
God-it requires a full view of the
perfected Plan of the Ages to make
known to any and to all the glory of
the Lord. AS we have just seen, thus
far the secret of the Lord and the
glories of his character are known
holy Spirit But the time nears when
''the whole earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the glory Of the Lord
as the waters cover the great Deep"
He and his glorious government will
then be 1.-THE desire of all nations;"
1.-THE glory Of the Lord shall be reveal
ed and all flesh shall see 1t together"
II, Z; Isaiah xl, 81.
St Paul assures us that every fea-
ture of the Divine Plan which we see
In process Of execution was known to
Jehovah from before the foundation
Of the world. He declares that these
things God purposed in himself before
the foundation of the world. The
for thousands of years, were
all surely elaborated In the mind of
Jehovah before the creative work be-
gan In that purpose angels had a
part-of how many grades we may
not surely know, but they are various
ly designated in the holy Scriptures as
angels, principalities and powers"
Later came the creation Of man, ca
little lower than the angels" and
with earthly honor, dignity
and power, in the image and likeness
Of his Creators glorious power.
These creations varied not in degrees
IF perfection and imperfection. Each
was perfect on its own plane. Each
intelligent creature was a free, moral
agent, and hence, whether ON the an
yelic or human plane was created in
the likeness of God. unblemished, but
with different capacities and abilities.
Almighty God, infinite in Wisdom,
Justice, Love and Power, purposed the
orderly exercise Of his infinite powers.
Is a great Father, DESTROYS of giving
ife and happiness to his creatures.
These intelligent ones were desig-
lated Sons Of God" so long as they
their attitude of perfect
oyalty to him, their Creator and Fa-
her. Not only was It the Divine
Intention thus to give pleasure to
Millions Of creatures to be created, but
t was also the Divine VIII to manifest
o his creatures his own greatness and
he perfection of his own goodness
hat they might enjoy him and he en-
oy them everlastingly.
We are not to understand that Al
mighty God was lonely In that great
before creation began On
he contrary. human loneliness Is
argely because of human deficiency.
What we lack we seek for In others. |
but the great Jehovah lacked nothing;
e was complete In himself; he needed |
ot companionship to complete or to
Implement his happiness. 1t was his