The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-03

the extent 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-
sary, ana that God himself provided
It in the death 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 aud highly eS-
alted him to spirit being again, to the
intent that eventually he may accom-
plish for all mankind. the wonderful
blessings foretold in the Law and the
Prophets. tl
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-like One" Daniel xii, u. 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 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 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 df 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 n
whole, It is necessary to discern that
God has foreordnined two Israels--the
earthly and the heavenly. Both are
precious, both are Select" both are TO
be used of the Lord during Messiahs
Kingdom relgn-the one on the heav-
emily 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
mans iv, 16).
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 Il
father of many nations" (Rom. iv, 10.
"Princes In All the Earth"
All who will come into this blessed
experience of relationship to God are
described I'm our text, "Fear not! for
have redeemed thee; l 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 tribalation and walked through
fiery trials, have not only come off
uninjured, but have been blessed, yea
end 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 rejec-
tion of Messlah--particular the saint
ly 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, 16.
Even during the Gospel Age when
the nation of Israel, Jacob" has been
obliged to pass through trying expert
ences, waters OF affliction" and fiery
trials" the Lord has not forsaken
them. He has kept them together as
"A people. He has not permitted them
to be destroyed by their enemies.
Their persistency for thirty-fve cen
turies is of itself a miracle of Divine
supervision. Without aflictions they
would have disappeared as distinct
people.
AS the Gospel Age (for the selec-
tion Of Spiritual Israeli draws to
close, the voice Of God is calling nat
ural Israel and pointing them to the
Land of Promise and reviving their
hearts with the messages of their
prophets.
All are to share Gods blessings
eventually, and then all may be with
out fear Now is the time for those
who know their God, to fear not.
Now, those whose eyes Of faith and
understanding can discern Gods state
ly steppings amongst the children of
men In the directing OF the Divine
Program may fearlessly rejoice. Now
Is the time for these TO be OF good
courage! to fear not! to overcome the
world! to he valiant for righteousness
ana truth Their blessings OF the
ord will ha Ia, t1cnna,tfo, 10 .t.ota