Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-06-10


cause Messiah was TO come as their
ofrspring--"the Seed of Abraham" "of
| the stem Of jesse" 1.-THE Offspring Of
David" and so Jesus was born OF this
very lineage. But Ills exaltation by
the Father 10 the spirit plane. and the
fact that II was His earthly rights
which lie laid down IN sacrifice, which
are TO 20 to Adam and all OF his race
| who will accept the same on the d.
vine terms, puts Jesus in the position
OF Father or Life givcr TO the world,
and TO Abraham. David. etc, rs 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, iG). Those fathers
who are 10 be Princes are already de-
clared TO he pleasing TO God. They at
tested their loyalty TO Him by faith
which worked In harmony with His
Will through tho 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.
klnd-but not so glorious a resurrection
ms Will be granted to the Church. Their
resurrection viii 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. IL they will. dur
Ing the thousand years of Messiah's
reign and Kingdom.
Those Ancient Worthless (Hebrews
XII, will not only be illustrations of hui
man perfection. but they will be made
princes" or rulers In all the earth.
They will he the outward and visible
representatives of the invisible Mes
slab and the Agents through whom the
Word OF the Lord will go forth; as 1t
Is written, "The Law shall go forth
from Mt. Zion (the 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 heretofore hard-to-
Misunderstood portion of Joels proph-
ecy: "Your young men lin that New
Dispensation 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 II, 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, al
to these alone. Only the fully cons
Grated have been accepted of the Loi
as living sacrifices, and only such hay.
been begotten of the Holy Spirit. thai
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 Pentecosi
went still further and declared that
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 n coming Judgment
Our text declares. however. that the
time Is coming when the icorld VIII re-
ceive n 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 10 an end
after the New Dispensation shall have
begun.
To the Jew First.
Only Jews received the Pentecosta
blessing. The Gentiles were excluded
for three and half years thereafter
in harmony with Divine promise
made 10 the Jewish nation. Then
came the time for n similar privilege
TO he extended TO the Gentiles.
l rejoice with you today, FELLOWSHIP
dents of the Word of God, that this
great gift Of God Is still obtainable
that the time has not yet fully come
when the door of opportunity TO this
hlgh-calling must close. Close II will
so soon as the full number of the
"elect" shall be completed. Thank
God that another door will then open
the door of Restitution TO human per
lection and TO earthly life, grand be