Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-06-10

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Priests and I.eyites OF the Jewish Dis
pensoti0n. With the completion Of
this Church. gathered out Of all ma
tions. sects ana denominations, Divine
favor will return again to the natural
seed of Abraham. As the jew was
granted the first privilege or opportu'
nifty of becoming the Spiritual Seed
OF Abraham. he will likewise have the
first opportunity TO participate In the
blessing which then will come TO the
whole world of mankind. ITO the
jew first" Is the Divine order In re-
this agree the words of the Apostle
Paul.
After telling of the Divine election
OF the Church. the sanity few of both
Jews and Gentiles. the Apostle adds,
IL would not. brethren. that ye should
he ignorant concerning this Mystery.
- that blindness, in part lonly,
not perpetuall. has happened unto
Israel" When the full. elect" Spir-
itual Seed shall have been gathered,
shall have been completed from
amongst the Gcntiles. then all Nat
ural Israel shall he saved from their
blindness and outcast condition Qto.
mans III.
St. Paul points out that as lsraels
stumbling was directly foretold
through the Prophet (''Let their table
become trap and n snare"-Psalm
Xix, DO, SO also. God through the
prophets has foretold their blessing
later on-that they would be the first
TO be blessed under the glorious Spir-
itual Messiah of many Members.
Thus It is written. There shall come
out of Zion the Deliverer and He
shall turn away ungodliness from ia
cob" Here. pietorially. Zion is a
mother and her Offspring Is the Mes.
siah. Looking again at the type. we
see that Abraham represented Jeho-
yah and that Sarah, his wife. repre-
scented the great Covenant through
which Messiah would be developed.
"In thy Seed shall all the families Of
the earth be blessed" Genesis xii,
II, 49,. III ye be Christ's, then are
We Abraham's Seed. and heirs according
to the promise" Galatians Ill. 16, 29).
II has required more than eighteen
centuries 10 give birth to this great
Deliverer. Jesus. the Head. was the
"First-B from the dead;" and the
Church. His Members. since devel-
oped. will be His brethren, sharers in
His rule on the Heavenly plane. For
Is He not declared to be "the First
Born among many brethrenT The
First or Chief Resurrection will bring
all these Sons of God to the plane OF
glory. honor aud immortality-born
from the dead; then the great Deliv-
erer will be fully completely born and
ready to begin His great work OF
blessing all the nations-Israel being
the first of these.
my Spirit Upon All FLESH"
St. Peter declares that 1t was the
glorlfled Jesus who received of the Fa-
ther, and poured out upon the Church
at Pentecost. the Holy Spirit. That
blessing came TO the Church because
OF their coming into harmony with
the Fathers arrangement through the
Son. The receiving OF the Spirit there
marked the recipients as sons OF God.
The later Pentecostal blessing upon
the world will have points of similar
ity as well as points of difference.
The blessing will come through the
great Messiah and as n result OF the
satisfaction He will make for the sins
of the whole world. by applying to
the race the merits OF His sacrifice by
which lie will seal the New Law Cove
nant with Israel: and then. with the
world through Israel Jeremiah XXI,
81. The great Messiah Of glory will
be the Mediator of that New Covenant,
and the foundation OF that Covenant
will be 1.-THE better sacrifices" offered by
this Mediator. as the Antitypical High
Priest QIebrews tx. 1929.
The Pentecosta blessing then TO
come upon the world will not be upon
the terms of their sacrificing their
earthly rights 10 attain heavenly bless
ing and spiritual sonship; on the con-
trary. its requirements will be con
secration of obedience to the Divine
Law; and It's reward will be earthly
Restitution TO the perfection of human
nature. and to the enjoyment of all
the blessings originally given TO Adam
and forfeited by his disobedlence. All
coming under that blessing will ex-
pcrlence the uplifting and restoring
TO all that was lost In Adam. "Thcy
shall build houses and inhabit them
They shall plant vineyards and eat the
fruit thereof. and long enjoy the work
Of their hands" isaiah XIV. 2D. This Is
the Divine promise. applicable to them
and not applicable to the Spiritual
Seed of Abraham. the Church. the
Kingdom class. who must all be
changed. because flesh and blood can
not inherit the Kingdom Of God"
As Jacob was n son OF Abraham. not
directly. but through Isaac. so also
those blessed under Messiah's reign