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own weakness. cried out to God for
help: while others. Pharisaically, boast
cd of their holiness.
A Savior-a Great One.

| ca UI their uOHHcSS.
A Savior-a Great One.
| In the meantime. through the Proph-
knew their inability to comply with the
terms of their Law Covenant: but that
| He would send them another Mediator
| greater than Moses. who would inau-
guratc for them Il still better Covenant,
under which their sins and iniquiticS
and weaknesses would be taken away.
| and their stoninesS Of heart would
gradually give place again to tender
neSS--to hearts of flesh. Jeremiah
| XXI. SD The Mediator. Messenger OF
Servant OF that New Covenant which
will be the temporary requirement for
Israel and for the world. is referred to
rs 'the Messenger Of The Covenant.
whom We delight in" iNalachi iii, H.
They called Him Messiah and kept
waiting for Him to appear in glory
and in power. to assume the reinS OF
government over their nation--tO uplift
them to power and influence and make
them His messengers and servants: in
conveying His laws aud regulations to
all the families of the earth, for the up
lifting and blessing of all.
A Savior. Christ the Lord.
The angels who announced the birth
Of Jesus well knew His rank and re-
lationship to the Father; that He had
left the glory Of His heavenly station
to become through His mother a men,
Der Of Adams race, and that He was.
therefore. q suitable one to be the Re
deenler or Ransomer Of the race. The
angels realized that in this Savior lay
all the hope of Abraham and his seed
and Of all the families Of the earth.
If they had waited long and had been
often disappointed they realized that
Mt last they were in the midst of Won
derful events. Unto US a child is
born. unto US Son is given, and the
government shall be upon his Shout
ders." No wonder they sang. GLORY
to God in the highest" To them our
Savior's birth must have meant. Now
Gods glorious character. in which we
have always had faith, is about to be
vindicated: and this great event. the
birth of Jesus. marks the beginning of
the fulfilnlent of Gods gracious prom
Use which He bound with His oath.
and which all along. therefore. we
knew could not fail nor be set aside"
But they sang more-"Peace on earth.
good will toward men" They perceiv-
ed that sin. rebellion and the Divine
sentence-the curse Of death--were to
be removed in 4 legal. judicial man
ner. and that for this purpose the Logos
had BUNDLED Himself to human ma
ture.
Their eyes OF faith looked down into
the future. and though not understand
ing how it would be accomplished. they
had unwavering confidence in God that
eventually the serpent Of sin would
be crushed and Adam and his race re-
leased from the bondage of sin and
death: and they perceived that some
how all this was associated with the
birth of the Babe Of Bethicbem. We
can imagine with what. interest they
told the good tidinss Of great JOY for
all people and sang GLORY to -Gody;,s.3
God Moves Il, "A Mysterious Way"
Tt must have been u cause Of Still
further bewjlderment to the angels
when they perceived that Israel reject
ed Jesus and ultimately cr,leifed Him.
Then came His resurrection on the
third day: and they beheld Him Il
Spirit Being OF the highest Order--di-
vine nature. What could it mean?
They must still wait and watch. listen
and note the gradual unfolding Of the
Divine Program. After encoura ging
and instructing His disciples the Lo0os
assembled up on high and appeared in
the presence of God. There He was
proclaimed Lord of All'' and given a
position of dignity next to the Father
at the right hand of the Majesty on
high. Gradually the angels came to
understand that the Divine Law,
which had sentenced man to death,
was immutabe; and that it was there
fore necessary that Jesus should be-
come flesh. not to aid the Jewish ma
ton and become an earthly king. but
to redeem Israel and all Of Adams
race. and. ascending up on high. thus
to be qualified as the great antitypical
Priest to make reconciliation for in
iQuity-'.yea. for the rebellious also"
Cps xviii. 49,
Next it was manifest that although
Israel did not receive the blessing
sought for. yet the elect. the sanity
few who were ready received it and.
by the begetting Of the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost and after, became sons Of
God and joint-heirs with Messiah as
members of the spiritual Seed. But
there were not enough of these Israel
ties indeed to make up the predestin-
ed number. and hence, in harmony
with prophecies not previously noted,
a drawing and calling work proceed
ed amongst the Gentiles to gather
from them q sufficient number to COM
plete the Divine REORGANIZATION, as the
Bride class-Messiah's joint-heirs. For
more than eighteen centuries this
work of selecting has proceeded; and
throughout this period the holy an
gels have learned more and more re-
specting Divine Love, Justice, Wis
dom and Power. But Gods name has
not yet been clarified. and peace on
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