The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-09

Offspring-"the Seed OF Abraham, OF
the stem of JESSE" 1.-The Offspring of
David" and SO Jesus was born OF this
very lineage But His exaltation by
the Father to the spirit plane. and the
fact that 1t was His earthly rights
which He laid down in sacrifice. which
are to go to Adam and all Of his race
who will accept the same on the Di-
vine terms. puts Jesus in the position
Of Father or Life-giver to the world.
and to Abraham, David, etc., as well.
They must all obtain their everlasting
life through Him, and hence will be
His children. Thus the Prophet David
wrote Of the future. Instead OF thy
fathers shall be thy children. whom
thou mayest make Princes in all the
earth" psalm xiv. l6l. Those fathers
who are to be Princes are already de-
clared to be pleasing to God. They at
tested their loyalty to Him by faith
which worked in harmony with His
will through the limitations of fallen
nature.
The Fathers to Get "a Better Resur-
rection."
On account of this they are already
declared to be worthy of better res
direction" than the remainder of man
kind-but not so glorious resurrection
as will be granted to the Church. Their
resurrection will be to the perfection OF
human nature-mental, moral and phys
ical Thus they will stand before man.
kind as samples of human perfection,
to which standard, by obedience. all OF
the race may attain, if they will. dur
ing the thousand years OF Messiah's
reign and Kingdom.
Those Ancient Worthless Hebrews
xD. will not only be illustrations Of hui
man perfection, but they will be made
princes" or rulers in all the earth.
They will be the outward and visible
representatives of the invisible Mes
siah and the Agents through whom the
Word of the Lord will go forth; as it
is written, 1.-The Law shall go forth
from Mt Zion Ghe Spiritual Kingdom),
and the Word Of the Lord from Jeru-
salem''-the earthly manifestation OF
the Kingdom amongst men.
Pastor Russell gave an extraordinary
Interpretation to a heretofore hard-to-
Misunderstood portion Of Joel's proph-
ecy: "Your young men fin that New
DispensatiOnl 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 and the Pen
tecostal blessing accompanying it, upon
the willing and obedient, every one
Of whom would be brought to clear
knowledge and full opportunity for sal
walton.
Order of the Blessing.
The order of the blessing is stated.
1t will come upon all flesh after those
days. but upon the servants and hand
maidens 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 Lore
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 unrecognized so far as
the Holy Spirit is concerned.
Indeed. the Apostle after Pentecos1
went still further and declared thai
1.-The whole world lieth in the Wicked
One" The only action Of the Holy
Spirit must be. as in the case OF Felix
to "reprOve the world Of sin and right
eOusness, and Of a coming judgment.
Our text declares. however, that thu
time Is coming when the s0Ortd will re
ceiye share Of the great Divine bless
ing, which was fully assured by thu
death of Christ. But its time Of favo
will be latter those days"-after thi
Gospel Age shall have come to an end
after the New Dispensation shall hav'
begun.
To tho Jew First.
Only Jews received the Pentecosta
blessing. The Gentiles were excluded
for three and half years thereafter
in harmony with a Divine promis
made to the Jewish nation. Thel
came the time for similar priv1leg
to be extended to the Gentiles.
l rejoice with you today, FELLOWSHIP
dents Of the Word Of God, that thi
great gift of God is still obtainable
that the time has not yet fully com
when the door Of opportunity to th1
high-calling must close. Close it will
so soon as the full number OF tn
select" shall be completed. THAN
God that another door will then open
the door Of Restitution to human pei
lection and to earthly life, grand be
yond the power Of description.
Then Gods Holy Spirit-holy power
will. through Christ. be Outpoured upo
all flesll-upon all mankind. Messia
will tnaugurate the New Dispensatio
by sealing with Israel the New Cove
nant in His blood; as says the Lor
through the Apostle Paul. This is m
, Covenant with them when l shall tax
away their sins. AS concerning tn
Gospel they are enemies for you
sakes. but as touching the election
, they are beloved for the fathers sake
ROmans XII. q. 28).