The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-09

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licut Of Thirs oan -Gsu,h VIII 1
5 Juess Ti.se,r
Said tic Lord. ugl ii h.rmohy With
. tlils we filG That IN TIC Lonls rniri-
densc thcsr Higher Critics arc grady.
ally more and. more telling on tlicni-
selves. But The nominal Christian Is
quite obtuse, ntds many Of the true
Christians. ss the Apostle explains. arc
merely '.babcs In c!iilst.. Unable to
use the strung meat oftthe Word. and
capable only OF enjoying or using the
:mllli OF the Word. !" and incapable OF
using its strong meat. Hence the open
I declarations of.tlicse wolves In Sleeps
clothing. who masquerade ast sheep,
are not taken seriously. r. the sheep
are startled by the words. they are
sooilic,l again by the thought that this
IS, Our Kind minister. polished IN NAH
ner ard well educated. and lie surely
would nat led ua as..rn?. lie surely
would not deceive US. Il he had ceased
to believe the Biblc and become an In
iidcl lie surely would have left the pull.
pit. Poor iinoccn,s.
I elssd 4Atoner.cns Fer Gin.
Our text refers to authorizations
mcnt for sin. The Law. Covenant re.
,qulred the death Of bullock and n
goat, but the repetition OF these sac
riflces every year indicated that no
cancellation was cGcired= thereby
merely typical eoreFins OF sin for II
year. The Law required an ere for
en- eye, tooth for tooth, mans
life. for mans life. which implies
that perfect man must of necessity
die in order to be the Rcdccmer OF
Adam ind the race Which shared his
condemnation. The bullock OF the sin
offering. therefore, was merely IL type
OF better. sacrifice. The true sacri.
fcc was provided In the death OF the
Man Ch:ist Jesus. lie was a man and
yet not a sinful iran, beShrsc, nj
though born of woman. Ills life was
from above. Had Tic received Ills life
from an earthly father. lie would
have been blemlsilcd. imperfect. sir
full MIN. and as such could not have
paid the. rinsom.pricc for another.
For this cause One was chosen to lie
the Redcemcr who was '.holy, harm.
less, indebted mil separate from SIN
ners.' And all this; because Of Ills
miraculous conception.
As In the type the blood OF the bull
lock was used TO mike n typical atone
ment for u year. so In the uRtitypc
the blood OF Jesus Is elIicaciou3 to
inakc atonenent for the sins OF tic
whole world. In the type an earthly
priest offered the blood, In an earthly
tabernacle; In, the antitype. He who
became the Sin-O:rCring. bcgo,tcn OF
the Holy Spirit, at the time OF His
conservation, was therefore recognized
as the great Antitypical High Priest.
After His resurrection He assembled
on high. ito appear In the presence of
God for us"-for rthe Church-ilrsi:
and when the Church shall lie COM
pleted, lie will appear for the world.
He will seal the New Covenant for
Israel, applicable to, all !, the families
Of the earth, through Israel. Then. us
the great Mediator Of that New Cow
enant Jeremiah XXI, 31l, He will,
for a thousand years, reign ms King
of earth. the Antltyfe Of A1e!chIscdcc-
Priest upon His throne-a Royal
Priest, possessed Of the necessary
power to put down sin and to uplift
humanity and perform the function of
instructing and blessing mankind.
To Regain Paradise Lost.
The Paradise lost when Adam sinned
was mininture ope., 1t is to be. re-
stored AMI to be wGrld-wille in extent.
God will make His earthly foOtstool
glorious" He has promised to make
His footstool glorious-"IIe formed II
not In vain. He formed 1t to be In.
habtcd."-lsaiah lx,. 10; Levi, /; xiv, Is.
AS the earthly Eden 1t will be inlab.
lted by its MASTER, man: the restored
earth would he naught without Its
master restored. And this Is the Di.
vine provision, that. as by man came
dcnth, sin. sorrow, pain, trouble, by a
man also shall come. the resurrection
OF the dead, the uplifting Of Adams
race. mentally, orally.-physically, to
human perfection. happiness aud ever.
lasting lifc., Earth's, blessings win be
for all except two classes: IN Those
who love sin. and hlteO Righteousness,
after having been brought to full
knowledge Of both good and evil, will
have 10 further Divine favor, but will
die the Second Death. ;(2l The others
,wbo will not get human perfection and
earih's blessings viii be spiritual
class, sanity class whom God is now
selecting f:om among mankind 10 be
His co-laborcrs with Christ in, the up
lifting and restitution of humanity.
Unqucsiionably. the Almighty could
have arranged II plan for dealing will
humanity dllrcrentE-He' could have
put n different penalty upon Father
Adam. The present arrangement was
made so as to display ~ Divine Jus
tIce, (2) Divine Love. co. Divine Power
"a Divine Wisdom, Mans fall and
degradation under the death sentence
witnessed 10 men and to angels the
downward tendency of sin and Divine
IuStIrn In n,nu'Sf condemnation Di