The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-01-06

ISOLATED with alienation from God.
And, as the Bible declares, None of
the wicked shall understand" dan.
xii 10.
Mystery of the Gospel Age.
To attain the highest blessing which
God has to offer at the present time
certain difficult requirements must be
complied with. Sin must be repented
of heartily. and. so far as possible,
restitution must be, made, which
means that sin must be forsaken to
the extent of ability. Faith must then
recognize the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the world
that the sacrifice for sins was neces-
sary, and that God himself provided
it in the death Of Jesus. Faith and
knowledge must go further and not
only see and acknowledge the death of
the Redeemer, but also that God rails
ed him from the dead and highly ex-
allied him to spirit being again, to the
intent that eventually he may accom-
plish for all mankind, the wonderful
blessings foretold in the Law and the
Prophets.
Additionally, to such viii be revealed
the great Mystery" Of this Gospel
Age, lasting from the death Of Jecus
10 the manifestation of Messiah in
power and great glory as Michael
the "God-like One" Daniel xii, Il. The
Mystery ie that Jesus Is the Head,
Chief, Lord, over the Church which
is his Body, and that the Body" men,
bers Will eventually be giorified with
the Head on the spirit plane; and that
then Head and Body will constitute
the great Messiah whose spiritual
reign of thousand years will result
in the blessing and uplifting Of man
kind.
Whoever shah be thus taught OF God
in the school Of Christ will learn also
the necessity for having a share with
the Master in his suffering and death,
in order to have a share with him in
his glorious reign. These will be
taught by the great Head that 'if
they suffer with him they shall reign
with him" and that the sufferings Of
this present time If faithfully endured
by them will work out an exceeding
and abundant blessing.
The Sentiment of Our Text.
To properly understand our text and,
indeed, to understand the Bible as a
whole. 1t is necessary to discern that
God has foreordained two Israels-the
earthly and the heavenly. Both are
precious, both are elect" both are to
be used of the Lord during Messiah's
Kingdom reign-the one on the heav-
emily plane and the other on the earth
ly. A mistake has been made by
some in recognizing the earthly Israel
and not recognizing the heavenly or
spiritual Israel. Others have made the
mistake Of recognizing the heavenly
or spiritual Israel and not recognizing
the earthly Israel. "The promise of
God is to be sure to both the seeds of
Abraham-to that which IA anenyiisg
to the promise, the oath-the Spiritual
Scotland also to that which Is accord
ing to the Law. the natural seed Ro-
mans iv, 16).
The Spiritual Seed must be develop
ed first, because the blessing win pro-
coed from the Heavenly Seed to the
earthly seed, then from the earthly
seed to an nations. The blessing upon
all nations will consist of the oppor-
tunity that will be offered them Of be-
coming members Of the earthly seed
which, ultimately, as the sands Of the
seashore, will include the saved of all
found worthy of everlast-
ing life. 81 have constituted thee a
father Of many nations" Rom. ~, 10.
"Princes In All the Earth"
All who will come into this blessed
experience of relationship to God are
described in our text, Fear not! for l
have redeemed thee; have called
thee by thy name, thou art mine"
The faithful few of this Gospel Age
who have passed through the deep wa
ters of tribulation and walked through
fiery trials. have not only come off
1ninjured, but have been blessed, yea
and will be abundantly blessed in the
rewards of the coming Kingdom.
They have naught to fear.
Similarly, Natural Israel as a peo-
Pile was specially favored from the |
days Of Abraham down to the rejec- |
lion of Messiah-particularly the saint
" few of that people whose sure re-
ward will be their privilege of being |
made Princes in all the earth by the |
great King of glory psalm xiv. 16).
Even during the Gospel Age when
the nation Of Israel. Jacob" has been
obliged TO pass through trying expert
ences, waters Of affilction" and fiery
trials" the Lord has not forsaken
them. He has kept them together as
4 people. He has not permitted them
10 be destroyed by their enemies.
Their persistency for thirty-five CEN
turtles is Of itself a miracle Of Divine
supervision. Without Affections they
would have disappeared as distinct
people
As the Gospel Age (for the selec-
hon OF Spiritual Israeli draws to a
close, the voice Of God is calling nat
1ral Israel and pointing them 70 the
Land Of Promise and reviving their
hearts with the messages of their
prophets.
All are to share Gods blessings