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not be favorable 10 them nor 10 others
under present ndidonss Fear is5 ass
ISOLATED with alienation from God.
And, as the Bible declares, None ] cf
the wicked shall understands DAN
XII, 40. 81
Mystery Of tho Cos pel Aye.
TO attain the highest blessing which
God has to ofcrf at the prcseut tiniay
certain difficult requirements must be
complied with. Sin must le repentcdi
Of; heartily, md. so far as possible.
restitution must be made. which
means that sin must be lforsaken5stoi
theextent of ability. Faith must then
recognize the Lamb Of God which
taketh AWAY the SIN Of the world',.--;
that the sacrifice for sins was neces.i
sary. md TINT God himself provided
1t In the Aath OF Jesus. Faith and
knowledge must go further and not
only see and acknowledge the death Of
the Redeemer, but also that God rails.
ed him from the dead and ;hlgllySeN.
allied him to spirit being again. 10 the
intent that eventnallyIhc may accom-,
plish for all mankind. the wonderful.
blessings foretold in the Law and the
Prophets. ''5ia' Z, y 4, q *
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-Tike One" Daniel xii, 4 y; The
Mystery is that Jesus is the Head,
Chief, Lord over the Church which
Is his sBody.ia and that the Body" mem.
beers will eventually be gloriilcl with
The Head on the spirit plane; and Tint
then Head and Rody will, constitute
the great Messiah whose spiritual
reign Of a thousand years Will result
In the blessing and uplifting Of man.
kind. Il
Whoever shall be thus taughto Of God
in the school Of Christ will learn also
the necessity for having Il share with
the Mastertln his suffering and death,
IN order to have q shnre with him IN.
his glorious reign. These viii be
taught by the great Head that If
they suffer with. him they shall reign
with him" and that the sufrerings Of
this present time az faithfully endured
by then) will work out IN exceeding
and abundant blessing.
80 Tho Sentiment Of Our Text. "a
To properly understand our text and,
indeed, to understand the Bible as a
whole, it is necessary: to discern that
God hns foreordalned two Israels-tlic
earthly and the heavenly. Both are
precious, both are "elect," both are to
be used OF the Lord during Messlah's
Kingdom relgn-thc one on the heav-.
emily plume and the other on the earth.
ly..s 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 Isrnel and not recognizing
the earthly Israel. ..The promise Of
God Is to be sure to bpth the seeds Of
Abraham-to .thnt which Is according
.toithe promise. the outh-the Spiritual
-seel--and. aIsQ. to that (which Is accord:
Ing to the Law, the natural seed GRO
mans ", ICY. IA. ....s:53
The Spiritual Seed Must be develop.
ed first, because tile blessing viii pro.
coed from the Heavenly Seed tothe
earthly seed, then from the earthly
seed to all nations. The blessing upon
all nations will consist oe tltet oppor-
tunlty thatwill be offered them Of be.
coming members OF the earthly seed
which, ultimately, as the sands Of the
seashore, will include the 50 ycd Of all
nations-all found worthy of everlast-
ing life: II. have constituted thee n
father Of many nations" Rom. IL, in.
princes In All tho Earth"
All who will come into this blessed
( experience Of relationship to God arc
described in our, text, ''FearPnot, for
have redeemed thee; / haye called
thee by thy name, thou art mine"
The, faithful few Of this Gospel Age,
who have passed through the deep va.
tiers Capitalization and walked through
fiery trials, have not only come or
uninjured, but have been blessed, yen
aud will be abundantly: blessed in the
rewards Of the coming Kingdom.
They have naught to fear.
Similarly. NaturaltIsrncle rs n 5pco.
plc was specially n,vored from the
days Of Abraham down to the rejec.
ton Of Messiali-parucularly the saint.
" few of that people whose sure re.
ward will be their privilege Of being
made Princes in all the earth by the
great King of glory psalm xiv, 10y.
Even during the Gospel Age when
the nation Of Israel ,Jacob, llas been
Obliged to pass through trying expert.
ences,. waters OF afliction,' ind "tiery
trials" tho: Lord his not forsakcn
them He has kept them together as
people. He has not permitted them
to hp fflasfrnvnd 11,st thai. ,,,o,,,;as