Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-01
God Provides Some Better Thing For
the Church Than For Ancient
Wnrthias

Worthless.
st. Paul tells us the status of those
noble characters, Of whom John the
Baptist was the last. They were vol
unteer servants of God, so to speak.
Those of them who We're born under
the Law Covenant, by their faith lived
above it and will be fully rewarded,
although they lived before any specific
call or offer Of eternal life was made.
Their faith and obedience We're pleas
ing to God; us st. Paul relates, "All
these died in faith, not having receiv-
ed the things promised lthem), God
having provided some better thing for
us (the Gospel church,, that they with
out us should not be made perfect
(Hebrews xi. 13, 40l.
"The Church of the First-bOrn" is to
be perfected first, and on the spirit
plane, 'partakers of the divine ma
ture" Oh Peter |, n. In due time those
Ancient Worthless will come forth
from the tomb to receive the blessing
which God declares shall be the re-
ward Of their loyalty. As the Church
will have the better resurrection" on
the spirit plane, so those Ancient
Worthless will have the "better resur-
rectlon" on the earthly plane. They
will come forth from the tomb actual
ly perfect, while the remainder of
mankind will be obliged to attain per
fection by the slow process Of faith,
works, obedience, during the thousand
years Of the Kingdom.
Ancient Worthless Will Be Princes In
All the Earth.
Moreover, those Ancient Worthless,
while not members of the Kingdom,
per SC, which will be spiritual. will be
members of that Kingdom in its earth
~ phase, They will be the Kingdoms
earthly representatives, princes or
rulers, in all the earth. as the Scrip
lures declare psalm xiv, 16). We re-
member the words of Jesus to this eff
feet: "Ye shall see Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob and all the Prophets in the
Kingdom" but He said not word
! about Himself or His disciples being
seen; properly so, because they, as spir
1t beings, will be invisible to men.
The Scriptures still further intimate
that during the thousand years Of
Messiah's reign all the faithful of
mankind, all the obedient. will be priv
lleged to come into relationship with
the King This Is fguratively repre-
sented in the statement that the great
ones of earth will bring their glory
and honor into the New Jerusalem"
With such glorious hopes before us,
with such appreciation Of our Heaven
| ly Fathers glorious character and
wonderful Plan, with such a grand
view Of our Savior's work. with such
a hope of a share with Him In His
Kingdom, what manner of persons
ought we to be in holy living and
godliness! Nor should 1t be thought
strange that any Of the spirit-begotten
now or the restored of the future.
who would turn their backs upon the
gracious provisions made for their sal
vation. would he considered unworthy
of further favor or blessing at the
hands Of God and would die the Sec
ond standardization As Paul says
they shall he punished with everlast-
ing destruction from the presence of
the Lord and the glory of his power"
0I TheSsalonians |. ~.
Soon the disciples of the. Master will
he one with Him beyond the veil.
sharers of His glory and Kingdom
Then will come the time when the
world will believe The knowledge Of
the Lord will ill the earth and all
the binding and stumbling influences
of the present will be at an end. The
Savior will then exercise His power
on behalf of the world, overthrowing
evil and uplifting every good principle
and all who love righteousness, and
DESTROYING those who would cOrr1lnt