The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-29

sent disloyalty to God. but they surely
do always represent slackness or mat
tention to the Divine message; though
we may be sure Of the Lords faithful
ness in cnlightening all who are OF the
proper. teachabie spirit.
Jehn the Da2tiet's Class.
To wha: class does John the Ba,t.et
belong. and what will be his share ~
the Kingdom, according to cur text:
Since the call of God began with the
call of the Church. and since the
Church began at the First Advent of
Jesus. it follows that no one was called
of God to salvation prior to Jesus TINA
none for forty-one hundred ard fifty
years after sin entered the world.
God did. however, recognize the 10y
atty of heart of His Prophet Enoch
and communed with him and blessed
him. etc. God also recognized ARA.
hams faith and spirit of obedience,
and lsaac's and Jacobs. and that of
Moses and Aaron and numerous pr0i;h
cts and other faithful ones less notable
Did he not call these? We answer
that he did not call them to salvation
for no salvation could be positiv ely
offered until the Redeemer had sacli
ficed nor were they called to the King
dom. for the same reason God did
tell them that in due time He would
bless all the world. He did tell them
that in due time the great Ruler of
the world would come forth FROM
Abrahams posterity in the line Of
Isaac and Jacob and the nation of Is
rael. But telling them of a c0Ming
blessing and giving them eternal "ft
are different matters. st. Paul de.
clares that none Of them got everlast-
ing life, and that by the deeds of the
Law no flesh can be justified before
Cod
Israel's Law Covenant served to
instruct the Chosen People. 1t was
a call to do right, and a promise Of
eternal life if they would keep the
Law. HE that doeth these things
shall live" Israel learned the lesson
that perfect Law could not be kept by
imperfect beings. Some of ther and
some of the Gentiles in due time heard
of Jesus and how God has provided
justification through His sacrificial
death.
God Provides Some Better Thing For
the Church Than For Ancient
Worthless.
St Paul tells us the status of those
noble characters, of whom John the
Baptist was the last They were vol
unteer servants Of God, so to speak
Those of them who were born under
the Law Covenant, by their faith lived
above it and will be fully rewarded,
although they lived before any specific
call or offer of eternal life was made.
Their faith and obedience were pleas
ing to God; as st. Paul relates, "All
these died in faith, not having receiv-
ed the things promised (them), God
having provided some better thing for
us the Gospel church,, that they with
out us should not be made perfect
Hebrews XII. 13. 400.
'"The Church of the First born" is to
be perfected first. and on the spirit
plane, ''partakers of the divine ma
ture" Gil Peter i, ~. In due time those
Ancient Worthless will come forth
from the tomb to receive the blessing
which God declares shall be the re-
ward of their loyalty. AS the Church
will have the "better resurrection" on
the spirit plane, so those Ancient
Worthless will have the better resur-
rection" on the earthly plane. They
will come forth from the tomb actual
ly perfect, while the remainder Of
mankind will be obliged to attain per-
lection by the slow process of faith.
works, obedience. during the Thousand
years of the Kingdom.
Ancient Worthless Will Be Princes In
All the Earth.
Moreover, those Ancient Worthless.
while not members of the Kingdom,
per Sc, which will be spiritual. will be
members of that Kingdom in it's earth
~ phase. They will be the Kingdoms
earthly representatives, princes or
rulers. in all the earth. as the Scrip
lures declare G'Solm xiv. 16). We re-
member the words of Jesus to this eff
feet: aye shall see Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob and all the Prophets in the
Kingdom" but He said not word
about Himself OF His disciples being
seen; properly so. because they, as spir-
1t beings, will be invisible to men.
The Scriptures still further intimate
that during the thousand years of
Messiah's reign. all the faithful of
mankind, all the obedient. will be priv
ileged to come into relationship with
the King. This is figuratively repre-
scented in the statement that the great
ones of earth will bring their glory
and honor into the New Jerusalem"
With such glorious hopes before us.
with such appreciation of our Heaven
ly Fathers glorious character and
wonderful Plan. with such grand
view of our Savior's work. with such
a hope of Il share With Him in His
Kingdom. what manner of persons
ought we to he in holy living and
godliness, Nor should it he thought
strange that any Of the spirit-becotten
now. or the restored of the future.
who would turn their backs upon the
gracious provisions made for their sal
walton. would be considered unworthy
of further favor or blessing at the
hands of God and would die the Sec
ond Observation-Disclosures AS Paul says
they shall he punished with everlast
ing destruction from the presence of