The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-03-24

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heard Him."
Pastor Russell observed that accord
ing to our creeds the salvation will not
be so great, but rather so little, so few
only the sanity handful out Of
earth's thousands of millions. He
thought 1t evident, therefore, that the
creeds We're in error and quoted the
prophecy that the Savior would see the
fruitage of the travail of His soul and
be satisfied" isaiah lii, 11). The Pas
tor did not believe that Jesus would
be satisfied with His work If it rescued
merely a handful from eternal torture
He quoted various Scriptures which
afford a larger hope, declaring that
God sent not His Son into the world
to damn the world. but that the world
through Him might be saved" from the
condemnation already upon it because
Of Father Adams disobedience. These
Scriptures cannot be applied to the
Church, but must be held as applicable
to the world. OF the Church Jesus
says. "Ye are not Of the world"
Theologians for centuries have miss
ed the keynote of the Bible. which is
that the salvation of the sanity hand
full, the true Church or Bride of the
Lamb, is merely a preliminary work.
only the salvation Of a "frst-fruits"
Games 1, 49,. This first-fruits class or
Church of the First-born" is to have
a different salvation entirely from that
which is provided for the world The
Church is to constitute Gods King
dom. for which we pray. THY King
dom come" Under its Messianic sway
Gods will will be done on earth gel
as in heaven.
The Worlds Salvation Earthly.
AS the Scriptures show distinctly
that the salvation Of the Church, or
the Kingdom class. is to a heavenly
plane or condition. they equally show
that the salvation of the world Is diff
ferent-an earthly salvation. To the
Church the Apostle wrote, We must all
be changed in a moment In the twin
king Of an eye. because flesh and
blood cannot inherit the Kingdom Of
God q Corinthians xv. 5O-52). OF the
worlds salvation we read not Of q
change Of nature. but of a R~estitwtion
to the perfection Of the nature already
given to man. but lost through the sin
Of u first parents-redeemed through
the merit Of the precious sacrifice at
Calvary. The Restitution Salvation
which L. to come to the world through
the changed and glori6ed Messianic
Church Is described by St. Peter a.
awaiting its due time-the Second Com
Ing Of Christ-rTimes Of Restitution Of
all things which God hath spoken BY
the mouth of all the Holy Prophets
since the world began" (Acts III. 1929.
The fact is that the Old Testament
Scriptures treat entirely Of the Resti-
tuition blessings. incidentally mention
ing also things pertaining to the great
Messiah. through Whom those bless
ings will come. Christians have neg
lected study Of the Old Testament
Scriptures and hence have failed to
get their blessing. Prior to the COM
ing Of Jesus no n ever dreamed Of
the First Resurrection change to spirit
nature. Everybody had the Restitu.
ton view Of salvation In mindIthe
hope Of being raised up out Of death
to human perfection. Hence It was
not necessary for the Apostles to en-
phasize this feature. Rather they drew
the attention of their hearers away
from the earthly prospects, which are
for the world. and gave them the mes
sage Of the high calling"
The High Calling Closing.
Now that the high calling u
drawing to a close, havul g accomplish
ed its election or salvation Of the saint
~ handful, Divine providence is point
ing us back to the Old Testament,
that we may appreciate nor than
ever the length and breadth and
height and depth Of the love Of God
which passeth understanding" Now
we begin to see that the Scriptures
foretell that Israel is to be the first
amongst the nations to receive Mes
slabs blessing. al soon as His King
dom shall have been established. Now
we see how all the families Of the
earth will be blessed, not only through
the Spiritual Seed of Abraham, typed
by Isaac, and the Church. typed by
Rebecca, but also through Abraham's
natural seed these blessings will pro-
coed to every nation under heaven.
"AIl the blinded eyes shall be opened"
"AIl the deaf ears shall be unstopped,"
1.-THE knowledge Of the Lord shall fill
the EARTH" '"The earth shall yield her
Increase" The wastes and deserts
shall blossom as the rose.
Ultimately the Paradise of Eden
will bloom again, world-wide-God's
tootstool made glorious. The rcswr-
rection Of the dead is the salvation
which God has promised. even as
death itself is the penalty which he
has proclaimed for sin. The resurrec.
ton will not only include the awaken
Ing Of those who have gone into the
tomb, but. additionally. the uplifting
(resurrecting) Of Adam and all His
family from sin and death conditions.
weaknesses. meanness. %depravity, etc.
up to full human perfection in the