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3The New JeruaaIen symhol.

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The New Jerusalem Symbol.
The church In her glorifed condition
,rfter the .chnnge'' Of, the First I,esur.I
Irectien. after becoming the Bride. IS
symbolically represente cd as q City, as
q Governments Tho capital OF Gods
Kingdom, the New Jerusalen, which
VIII then come to, or be established In.
the earth2not q literal city, but, bet.
terra symbolical one, Of the Kingdom.
It will DO from under the Throne
of3 that New Jerusalem, the Messianlc'
Kingdom, that the;..riyer Of the water
Of life will flow, clear MS crystal On
cltlier bank OF the .symbolicdi river will
be trees Of life, whose leaves willfbe
for the healing OF the nations. Then
will be their "duc time" to come To-
a knowledge ofEthe Truth that God
lored them and did not prcdest.nate.
them to eternni torture. nor to pursn.
torlal suffering, but sent ITS Son TO die
for theni-toS pay their death penalty
and thus 70! make possible their restItn.
tlon to Divine favor tActs III. 1921
and to NIL the earthly blessings, privl;
lcges and rights originally given to.
Father Adam-lost by his disobedience
ind redeemed ut Calvary. !
My dear friends. here we have the
grandest and broadcast Free Grace pos.
sible to be Imagined. din connection with
our Heavenly Father and Ills great
salvation provided In Christ AS every
creature shares in Father Adams i'm.
perfection and dying conditions. so
each ono is to share In the merit o!
Christ's righteousness and sacril'ciaI,
death; It shall Des"testilied 10 all in
due time" There will be stripes, les
sons, Instructions. but they.wiIl all be
coTectfve-witlia tiew to the reforma-
ton and the regenerat lion OF Adam and
his race as human beings-not rs spirit
beings, not as angels; Adam and his
race never were such. Only the Church
Ihas been bcgottenf Of the Holy Spirit
to a spirit nature; only. the Church will
share in the resurrection to, spirit con;
dItions and be thus alikei unto the an.
gels" if,.,t 7s' seq ''ifa VI Z z u
This 10 Not universaiisn,. IA
These two salvations. now Of the
elect, and during sIcssial's reign Of
the non.elect, do not imply u universal
salvation Of our race, but merely n
universal opportunity for everlasting
life. The Scriptures most clearly teach
Second Death, like the first death
except that none will be redeemed
from the Second Death. and none viii.
be resurrected from It. It. therefor
Will be, as st. Paul declares. an ..evcr
lasting destruction" QI tThessalonlan,
1, o. AS st. Peter declares. the wilfu
sinners against light and knowlcdg,
will perish, like natural brute beasts,
The lessons from these great truths
Of the Bible, arc powerful. They max,
plain to us that none can hope to be
of the heavenly class, Of the Bride OF
Christ. except, such MS enter the strait;
gate and narrow way-thc saints. thr
faithful unto death. They teach us
also, In harmony. with other Scrip.
lures, that those who now, either soc
not and hear not. or who sec, and ,henr
imperfectly. will miss this great "priz,,
Of our high calling" Nevertheless for
these, heather and others. God In |
provided more than they could has 4
thought or nsked-an opportunity 70
obtaining human perfection and :
worldwide Edcn-Paradlse restored
1t teaches, also, TINT every mlsstcp
every failure to do our best, is costly
both to the world aud to ourselves.
To whatever extent the world dcmeans
and dcgrades itself. 1t will have. in
proportion, difficulty and stripes IN
connection with the possibilities and
opportunities of recovery during Mes.
siah's Kingdom.
Let us herald wide the story Of the
grace of God In Christ for every crea.
ture; let us show the love of God to
NIL who have the eyes and ears Of ap
probation. There Is no greater lnlu.
Gnce for righteousness than thls-The
love Of God and the love of Christ con.
strainctli us QI Corinthians V, ~. And
In proportion us mankind receive the
same their constrnints toward right
cousin Is Increase. Thus. with clearer
light upon our Fathers Word. It is
time for us all to cast aside the things
Of darkness and scctnrianlsm which 50
long have separated the people of God
from each other.
Tho Great Lesson Of This.
" The lesson to the Church Is gratitude.
loyalty, faithfulness to Him who called
her out of darkness to the high calling
of joInt.heirship with the Redccmcr.
1.-THE Bride, the lambs Wife," Is to
make herself ready by putting on the
fruits and graces Of the Holy Spirit
and being renewed and transformed.
Tho lesson to the world yet Is only
to those who, to some extent, hear it
that God is Love, that Ills mercy Inns
provided II great opportunity for rcstl.
tuition that is nigh at hand: and fur
ther, the lesson Is that every good md
every evil decd will make their impress.
sion upon human character and have