The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-06-07

this Church, gathered out of all ma
favor win 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
Grst opportunity to participate In the
blessing which then viii come to the
whole world of mankind. ITO the
Jew first" is the Divine order in re-
spect to both of those blessings. To
this agree the words of the Apostle
Paul.
After telling Of the Divine election
If the Church. the sanity few of both
Jews and Gentiles the Apostle adds,
81 would not, brethren, that We should
be ignorant concerning this Mystery,
that blindness. in part [only,
not perpetual]. has happened unto
Israel" When the full, elect" Spir-
itual Seed shall have been gathered,
shall have been completed from
amongst the Gentiles. then all Nat
ural Israel shall be saved from their
blindness and outcast condition (Ro-
mans LID.
St. Paul points out that as Israel's
stumbling was directly foretold
through the Prophet ("Let their table
become a trap and a snare"-Psalm
Xix. 22), 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, pictorially, 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-
which Messiah would be developed.
I'm thy Seed shall all the families Of
the earth be blessed" Genesis xii.
II, 49,. 'If We be Christ's. then are
ye Abraham's Seed. and heirs according
to the promise" Galatians iii. 10, 29).
1t has required more than eighteen
centuries to give birth to this great
Deliverer. Jesus. the Head, was the
''First-Born from the Dead" and the
Church. His Members, since devel-
oped. will be His brethren. sharers in
His rule OF the Heavenly plane. For
Is He not declared to be the First
Born among many brethrenT The
toe ,,,I1 l~nt,
all these Sons of God to the plane of
glory, honor and immortality-born
from the dead; then the great Deliv-
erer will be fullys 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 it was the
glorified Jesus who received of the Fa-
Their, 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 we'll as points Of difference
The blessing will come through the
great Messiah and as a result Of the
satisfaction He will make for the sins
Of the whole world. by applying to
the race the merits of Ills sacrifice by
which He 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 Hebrews tx. 1929.
The Pentecostal blessing then to
come upon the world will not be upon
the terms of their sacrificing their
earthly rights to attain heavenly bless
ing and spiritual sonship; on the con
trary, its requirements will be a con
secration of obedience to the Divine
Law; and it's reward will be earthly
RESTITUTION 10 lne peTIeCllOU Ol HuDlHU
nature. and to the enjoyment of all
the blessings originally given to Adam
and forfeited by his disobedience. All
coming under that blessing will ex
perence the uplifting and restoring
to all that was lost in Adam. They
shall build houses and inhabit them.
They shall plant vineyards and eat the
fruit thereof. and long enjoy the work
of their hands, isaiah ky. 2D. This is
the Divine promise, applicable to them
ard not applicable to the Spiritual
Seed Of Abraham. the Church. the
Kingdom class, who must all be
changed. because "fesh and blood can
not inherit the Kingdom of God"
As Jacob was a son OF Abraham. not
directly, but through Isaac, 50 also
those blessed under Messiahs reign
will be children of God. not directly,
but through the Messiah. Directly
they will be the children of Messiah
Thus 1t is written of Messiah HE
shall be called Wonderful. Counselor
the Mighty One. the Prince OF Peace
and :he Everlasting Father-the Father
or Lifegive to the restored world of
mankind. The life which He laid down
in sacrifice. namely, the earthly life is
the one which He will give 20 all the
willing and ohadinnt Of Adap'a 5000