The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-06

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the race may attain. IL they viii. dur
ing the thousand years of Messiah's
reign and Kingdom
Those Ancient Worthlcs (Iiebrews
XII, Will not only be Illustrations Of I'M
man perfection. but they will be mhde
princes" or rulers In an the errth.
They will he the outward and visible
representatives OF tae Invisible Mes
siah aud the AGENTS through whom the
Word of the Lord will 20 forth; as II
is written. "The Law shall 60 forth
from Mt Zion (the Spiritual Klngdomh
and the Word Of the Lord from Jeru
salem" the enrthly manifestation OF
the Kingdom amongst men
Pastor Russell gave un extraordinary
Interpretation to heretofore hard-to
be-understood portion Of JOel's proph
ecy: "Your young men lin that New
Dispensatlonl will see with clear vision
what your Ancients dreamed Of and re-
lated in PARALLELS" This vision of glory.
the Pastor declared would be the
Reign of righteousness aud the Pen
tecosta blessing accompanying 1t, upon
the willing and obedient every one
Of whom would be brought to clear
knowledge and full opportunity for sal
vation.
Order of the Blessing.
The order of the blessing Is stated
It will come upon all fesh after those
DAYS. but upon the servants and hand
maldens IN those days. The days men.
toned evidently refer to this Gospel
Age-from Pentecost to the second
coming Of Christ.
In this period Of now nearly nine.
teen centuries, Gods Holy Spirit has
been granted TO His faithful ones, and
to these alone Only the fully conse-
Grated have been accepted Of the Lord
as living sacrifices, and only such have
been begotten of the Holy Spirit. that
they may be new creatures In
| Christ" During all this time. the
world has been unrecogni2ed so far as
the Holy Spirit is concerned.
Indeed. the Apostle after Pentecost
went still further and declared that
'the whole world lieth IN the Wicked
One" The only action Of the Holy
| Spirit must be. as I'm the case of Felix.
to "reprove the world of sin and right
eousness. and Of coming Judgment"
Our text declares. however, that the
time IS coming when the icOrld VIII re-
celve share of the great Divine bless
ing, which was fully assured by the
death of Christ. But its time of favor
will be "dftcr those days'-after this
Gospel Age shall have come to an end;
after the New Dispensation shall have
begun.
To the Jew First
Only Jews received the Pentecostal
blessing The Gentiles were excluded
for three and half years thereafter,
in harmony with a Divine promise
made to the Jewish nation Then
came the time for similar privilege
| to be extended 10 the Gentiles.
rejoice with yon today, fellow-stu-
dents Of the Word of God. that this
great gift OF God Is still 0btainable
that the time has not yet fully come
when the door of opportunity TO this
high-calling must close. Close II will
so soon as the full number of the
"elect" shall be completed Thank
God that another door viii then open;
the door OF Restitution to human per.
fection and to earthly life. grand be.
yond the power OF description.
Then Gods Holy Sprit-holy power
will. through Christ. be outpoured upon
all Gesh-upon all mankind. Messiah
will inaugurate the New DispensatiOn
by sealing with Israel the New Cove
nant in His blood; as says the Lord
through the Apostle Paul, This is my
Covenant with them when I shall take
away their sins. As concerning the
Gospel they are enemies for your
sakes. but rs touching the election
they are beloved for the fathers sake
Romans xl. 81, 2Sl
This outpouring Of the Holy Spirit
Is not merely for Israel. nor Gods
blessing merely upon Abraham's nat
ural seed outside the Church class. Il
viii include all of every nation desir
Gus Of coming into accord with God
after they shall have come TO cleal
knowledge of the Truth All nations
shall be privileged TO enter into anC
enjoy Israels great Covenant. by be
coming children OF Abraham through
faith. And all rejectors Of Gods grace
having been destroyed in the Secont
Death. the world Of mankind will con
stitute the promised seed OF Abra
ham," whose number shall be as th'
"sands of the seashore," even as tn,
Bplrit-begotten ones of this Gospel Ag'
are likened to 'the stars OF heaven"