Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-03-23
H GREAT
HEREAFTER
By PASTOR RUSSELL
81 Brsohiy. Tah>xns<ls

house shall b established In the top Of
the mountains. and shall Be exalted abov.
The hills. and all A,ion shall Gov into
it-lsaiah ia
Our text has no yet been fulfilled.
but we believe the beginning Of its full
nllment TO be near. Il pictures Mes
slabs kingdom. for which Christian
people have long been waiting and
praying. Thy kingdom come; they
VIII be done on earth as II Is in
heaven"-the same kingdom for which
the Jews so long waited and are stiH
waiting. Our text relates not 70 the
spiritual part OF the kingdom. which
the Gospel church Is called to share,
but to the earthly part OF the kingdom.
which belongs to the natural seed Of
Abraham. A great mistake has been
made by many Of US In the past, In
that we have lot discerned and &C
knowledged the two Israels. spiritual
and natural. and the separate rewards
and blessings apportioned to these by
the Divine promises OF the Scriptures.
Both are to be used of God in fulfilling
the promise made to Abraham-in
blessing all the families Of the earth.
After the completion Of Messiah.
Head and Members. on the plane Of
glory. the New Covenant will be IN
augurated with Israel. as the Scrip
lures distinctly teach Jeremiah XXI
$3.50. Dur text. therefore. waits for
it, accomplishment until the last mem
Der OF the elect Church Of Christ shall
havS passed beyond the vale.
In the symbolic language OF the
Scriptures a mountain Is alvays sym
bolical OF a kingdom Hence the noun
tain Of the Lords house means the
kingdom OF God and that royal house
or family recognized by him For in
stance. We read that David sat upon
the throne Of the kingdom OF the Lord
and that God made a covenant with
him. even the sure mercies Of David
viz. that none but his seed. his POS
terity. would ever be recognized as the
Divinely appointed representatives OF
God In kingly authority and power. In
other words. Messiah was to be the
offspring OF David. the great antitypical
David Beloved. who must reign
from sea to sea and from the river to
the ends OF the earth
Tie Messiah King on the spirit plane.
the son OF God land like God invisible
10 men. as are also the angels. Is the
a~ntitypical David and the antitypical
solomon. the wise. the great. the rich
In the days o, his flesh our Lord vas
the Son OF David according TO the flesh.
though begOtten Of a divine life not
tainted BY any human imperfection
He was. therefore. holy. harmless. IN
iefled and separate from sinners His
f~aithfulness 10 the will OF the Father
made him subject to all Of the expe-
riences Of suffering and death. as Ell
pressed in his own words The cup
which my Father has poured for me.
shall l refuse % drink it, His obedi
enoe unto death. ever the death OF
the cross. demonstrating his loyalty
to the last degree and he received the
high reward appropriated Him hath
God also highly exalted and given a
name that is above every name. that
a; the name Of Jesus every knee
should bow. both of things in heaven
and Of things in earth.
We have before our minds the anti
typical house OF David. Messiah's king
" household. the royal priesthood d.
yinely prepared. As a kingdom II will
be at the top above all the kingdoms
Of earth Not only will this be true
Of the spiritual kingdom invisible
{ man as the angels are indivisiblel.
but It will include also an earthly
kingdom, composed OF "lsraelites in
deed" At their head as princes in all
the earth will stand the resurrectet
Ancient Worthless. perfected as men
and samples Of all mankind. by obedI-
ence to the laws OF the kingdom. may
attain to. with eternal life These
Ancient Worthless are enumerated in
the Scriptures-Abraham, Isaac. Jacob.
the prophets. etc, and described by
s.. Paul in Hebrews I1:3s40. To these
belong the earthly promises OF
the Old Testament They never
heard Of the heavenly or spiritual
promises Their loyalty will find its
reward in the fact that they will come
forth from the tomb no longer blem-
ished and imperfect. but fully. com
pletely restored TO the perfection orig
inally enjoyed by father Adam Ad-
ditionally these will have the special
guidance and Instruction OF Messiah
Head and membersl in all the az
fairs of mankind. Thus as the Mas
ter said. speaking OF that time. ~Ye
shall see Abraham. Isaac. Jacob and
the prophets in the kingdom Luke
13:2sl
Gods kingdom will be represented in
the earth by Isaac. especially by these
sanity men Of Israel. resurrected per
feet. who will be the special ap-
pointees and Representatives Of the
giorined Nessiah's rule.
Humanity for 5000 years has been
learning the exceeding s~infulness OF
sim Its downward tendency In every
sense Of the word
As a consequence, the world Is los.
ing confidence in itself. All. whether
politicians or judges or governors,
great or small. or one party or an.
other. Of one nationality or another
all are accused Of being iarred with
the sams stick OF selhshness- The
Bible clearly indicates that this dis.
trust is not without reason, and tina,
the great time Of trouble to come upon
every nation Daniel 12:I) win be the