The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-12-19

forth still more distinctly to Father
Abraham. assuring him that he would
have two seeds. two posterities, one
"as the stars Of heaven and the other
las the sands Of the seashore." The
Church, with Christ her Head, consti-
tutes this heavenly, starry Seed of
Abraham. as saith the Apostle Gala
tians Ill. 16. 29); and with the compile
ton of the Church will come the Sec
ondary blessing-the development of
the seed of Abraham as the sand of
the seashore for multitude, every knee
bowling and every tongue confessing.
to the glory Of God.
But this secondary seed Of Abraham.
the earthly seed, is to receive its bless
ing from the Heavenly Seed, hence
everything waits now until the Church
shall have been completed-until the
very elect" shall have been gathered
from the four winds of heaven"-un-
til all the followers of Jesus shall have
been changed, lin moment in the
lwinkling of an eye" as participants
o. the First Resurrection.
Then. oh, glorious Day! the Sun Of
Righteousness will shine forth-Christ
and His faithful Bride-to chase away
the darkness, ignorance and supersti-
tion from the world and to fully en-
tighten mankind of every nation, peo-
pie, kindred and tongue. In that glori-
Gus work of enlightenment the natural
seed Of Abraham will have a blessed
share. and Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
and all the Prophets shall be princes
In all the earth psalm xiv, 16). per-
feet men. representatives Of the glori-
GUS Messiah and His Bride In the
earth. administrators of the Law,
which will go forth from the glorious
Christ, invisible to men.
All! that will be Earth's Jubilee! As
In olden time, In the Jubilee year,
the Israelites returned to their own
possessions, to their own homesteads,
so in the Antitype, only the latter will
be still more grand: The human fam
lily will come back into possession Of
its Own-that which was lost by sin
and its penalty, that which was recov-
cred by Jesus, that which will be re-
stored by resurrection power during
the Messianic reign.
The Nation Born In Day.
But what about our text? Did we
misinterpret the Divine statement
when we applied 1t to the acceptance
by people of civilization? All! yes;
we made very foolish mistake; the
wish was father to the thought Our
misconceptions blinded us to the prop
er Interpretation of that Scripture.
What then does 1t mean? How should
our text be applied? All, Beloved,
that Nation to be born In day is the
Church. the Holy Nation. Of which st,
Peter spoke, "Ye are a Royal Priest
hood, peculiar people, Holy Ma
ton" Il Peter ii. o. The be0ettin0 Of
this Holy Nation began at Pentecost,
and has continued down through the
succeeding eighteen centuries and
more. The birth will be the resurrec-
tion.
All who now receive the begetting
of the Holy Spirit are reckoned as
members of this Holy Nation, but
their membership in 1t is dependent
upon their faithfulness; as we read,
ITO him that overcometh will l grant
to sit with Me in My Throne" The
present life Is to every one of these
royal priests. or prlestly kings, as we
may choose to express 1t. period of
probation. VIII we or will we not
make our calling and election surew
Not Mt the beginning nor at the time Of
our conservation Is the matter decided,
but after we "have fought the good
fight and finished the course and won
the crown. by obedience even unto
death
For nearly nineteen centuries these
royal priests have been testifying for
the Lord. each In his turn. For all
the faithful there Is crown of right
eousness laid up; as st. Paul said.
"EIenceforth there Is laid up for me Il
crown OF righteousness. which the
Lord, the righteous Judge. Will give
me Mt that day"-enrly In that day of
Messiah, In the resurrection morning.
All these have Il part In the First
Resurrection, and will be members OF
that Holy Nation. that royal priest
hood as we read, blessed and holy
are all they that have part In the
Chief Resurrection: on such the Sec
ond Death hath no power; but they
shall be kings and priests unto God
ana unto Christ and shall reign with
Him thousand years"
Thus will that Holy Nation which
God has been gathering and electing
during the nineteen centuries, out of
all nations. peoples. klndreds and
tongues. from Jews ana Gentiles. bond
aud free. be born In day come forth
perfect and complete. the Holy Nation
Of Divine promise which, as Gods spir-
ltual Empire, IL to take over the con
troll of the world for II thousand years
and rule II in righteousness. to free all
from the power of Satan. sin and
death, and TO lift up again as many
ns nre willing TO the image aud like
ness Of God. and to destroy all who
love unrighleousness aid work In
,quity,
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