Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-26
A savior-a Great One.

n SaVtoF-a Great one.
In the meantime. through the Proph-
cts, God informed Israel that He fore
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-
gurate for them still better Covenant.
under which their sins and iniquities
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, 80 The Mediator, Messenger or
Servant of that New Covenant which
will be the temporary requirement for
Israel and for the world. is referred TO
as 1.-THE Messenger Of the Covenant,
whom ye delight in" (Malachi iii, IL
They called Him Messiah and kept
waiting for Him to appear in glory
and in power. to assume the reins or
government over their nation-to uplift
them to power and influence and make
them His messengers and servants In
conveying His laws and 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 we'll knew His rank and re-
lationship to the Father: that He had
left the glory OF His heavenly station
to become through His mother mem
Der of Adams race, and that He was.
therefore, a suitable one to be the Re-
deemer 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
at last they were in the midst OF won
derful events. Unto us child is
born, unto US a Son is given, and the
government shall be upon his shout
ders" No wonder they sang. GLORY
to God in the highestp' To them our
Savior's birth must have meant. Now
Gods glorious character. in which we
have always had faith, is about to be
indicated: and this great event. the
birth of Jesus. marks the beginning OF
the fulfilment 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 q legal. judicial man
ner, and that for this purpose the LO0os
had humb.ed Himself TO human ma
ture.
Their eyes Of faith looked down into
the future. and though not understand
ing how 1t 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 Bethlehem. We
can imagine with what interest they
told the good tidings of great joy for
all people" and sang "Glory to God"
"God Moves In a Mysterious Way"
|
| further bewilderment to the angels
when they perceived that Israel reject
ed Jesus and ultimately crucified Him.
| Then came His resurrection on the
| third day; and they beheld Him a
| 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 encouraging
| 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
position of dignity next to the Father
| high. Gradually the angels came to
| understand that the Divine Law,
! which had sentenced man to death.
| was immutable; and that 1t 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"
Ps. xviii. 1Sl.
| Next it was manifest that although
Israel did not receive the blessing
few who were ready received 1t 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 ''Israei-
ties indeed" to make up the predestin-
| ed number. and hence. in harmony
with prophecies not previously noted,
a drawing and a calling work proceed
| ed amongst the Gentiles to gather
| from them a sufficient number to COM
| plete the Divine Generalization. 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 glorifed. and peace I
earth" has not been established. The
reign OF sin and death still continues.
Now. my dear friends. unless | mis-
understand Gods Word. we are living
at the most wonderful period Of eartb's
history The elect Bride Of Christ.
foreordained to share with Him the
glory of His Messianic Kingdom. is
nearly completed: and In great time
of trouble-already near-there will be
a transferring of the Kingdoms of this
world to the rule Of Messiah Satan,
the Prince OF Darkness. will be bound
for thousand years: Christ the Prince
OF Light Ills Church. His Bride. In as
sociatiOnl. as the Seed Of Abraham.
will reign during that thousand years