The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-27
own weakness, cried out to God for
help; while others, Pharisaically, boast
ed Of their holiness.

| etS, GOu lDIOrIne0 ISTGei UudC he IOrt
knew their inability to comply with tn
terms of their Law Covenant: but tina
! He would send them another Mediator
greater than Moses, who would inau
gurate for them still better Covenant
under which their sins and iniquitie
and weaknesses would be taken away
and their stoniness of heart woul,
gradually give place again to tender
ness-to hearts of flesh Jeremial
xxi, 81 The Mediator, Messenger O
Servant of that New Covenant which
will be the temporary requirement fo
Israel and for the world is referred II
as "the Messenger of the Covenant
whom We delight in" CsSalachi iii, l..
They called Him Messiah and KEPT
waiting for Him to appear in glory
and in power. to assume the reins OF
government over their nation-t0 uplifi
them to power and influence and make
them His messengers and servants in
conveying His laws and regulations to
all the families of the earth, for the up.
lifting and blessing Of all.
A Savior, Christ the Lord.
The angels who announced the birth
of Jesus well knew His rank and re.
lationship to the Father; that He had
left the glory of His heavenly station
| to become through His mother a mem
Der Of Adams race, and that He was
| therefore. a suitable one to be the Re-
deemer or Ransomer Of the race. The
angels realized that in this Savior lay
all the hope of Abraham and his seed
and Of all the families Of the earth.
If they had waited long and had been
often disappointed they realized that
at last they were in the midst of won
derful events. Unto us child is
born, unto us Son is given, and the
government shall be upon his shoul-
ders." No wonder they sang, "Glory
to God in the highestw To them our
Savior's birth must have meant. "Now
Gods glorious character, in which we
have always had faith, is about to be
vindicated; and this great event. the
birth of Jesus, marks the beginning of
the fulfilment Of Gods gracious prom
Use which He bound with His oath,
knew could not fail nor be set aside"
But they sang more-"Peace on earth,
good will toward men" They perceiv-
ed that sin. rebellion and the Divine
sentence-the curse Of death-were to
be removed In legal, judicial man
ner. and that for this purpose the Logos
had humbled Himself to human ma
ture.
Their eyes of faith looked down into
the future, and though not understand
ing how it would be accomplished, they
had unwavering confidence in God that
eventually the serpent" of sin would
be crushed and Adam and his race re-
leased. from the bondage of SIN and
death; and they perceived that some
how all this was associated with the
birth of the Babe Of Bethlehem. We
can imagine with what interest they
told the good tidings Of great joy for
all people" and sang "Glory to God"
"God Moves In q Mysterious Way"
1t must have been a cause of still
further bewilderment to the angels
when they perceived that Israel reject
ed Jesus and ultimately crucified Him.
Then came His resurrection on the
third day; and they beheld Him a
Spirit Being of the highest order-di-
vine nature. What could it mean?
They must still wait and watch, listen
and note the gradual unfolding of the
Divine Program. After encouraging
and instructing His disciples the Logos
assembled up on high and appeared in
the presence Of God. There He was
proclaimed Lord of All" and given
position of dignity next to the Father
at the right hand of the Majesty on
high. Gradually the angels came to
understand that the Divine Law,
which has sentenced man to death.
was immutable; and that it was there
fore necessary that Jesus should be-
come flesh. not to aid the Jewish ma
ton and become an earthly king, but
to redeem Israel and all of Adams
race and, ascending up ON high. thus
TO be qualified as the great antitypical
Priest to make reconciliation for in
iquity-"yea. for the rebellious also'
Ps. xviii, 1s).
Next it was manifest that although
Israel did not receive the blessing
sought for, yet the elect. the sanity
few who were ready received it and,
by the begetting of the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost and after, became sons of
God and joint-heirs with Messiah as
members of the spiritual Seed But
there were not enough of these 'Israel-
ties indeed" to make up the predestin-
ed number, and hence, in harmony
with prophecies not previously noted,
n drawing and calling work proceed
ed amongst the Gentles to gather
from them sufficient number to COM
plete the Divine foreordination, as the
Bride class-Messiahs joint-heirs. For
more than eighteen centuries this
work Of selecting has proceeded; and
throughout this period the holy an
gels have learned more and more re-
speeding Divine Love, Justice, Wis
dom and Power. But Gods name has
not yet been glorified. and peace on
earth has not been established. The
reign of sin and death still continues.
Now, my dear friends, unless / mis-
understand Gods Word, we are living
at the most wonderful period Of earth's
history. The elect Bride of Christ.