The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-27

bers bridegroom and Bride, sUnto
Him every Knee shall boy aud every
tongue eonfesssto theSglory % God
"Ask u Ma and viii eivs.s .
Although orr Lord did lot pray for
the world. He Will yet pray for them,
and His prayer will he answered. The
promise reads, ".Asksof Me and i will
give Thee the heather for an inner
i,ance and the uttermost parts of tie
earth for a possession" psalm Ii, 81.
Jesus did not make this request on
the night OF His cruciaxion because 1t
was not the Fathers time to answer
that prayer. Appropriately He waited.
and while gathering the elect. from
every nation. people, kindred and
Snguc. the Scriptures declare that He
Is seated at the Fathers right hand OF
glory expecting or waiting for the
time to come when the Kingdom under
the whole heavens shall be delivered
to Him by the Father. This will be
done at the end Of this Gospel Age.
when the sanity Body Of Christ shall
have been completed. Then "IIe shall
take unto himself, His great. power aud
reign"
I A great time OF trouble will fol.
low. The plowsbnre Of sorrow will
make ready the hearts of mankind for
the great blessings which Messiah Will
then be ready 10 bestow. because that
will be the due time. st. Paul tells
us that Messiah's reign Will be a vic.
torious one: HE must reign until He
shall have put all enemies under His
feet I'm full subJcctlon): the last enc
my that shall DO DESTROYED Is DEATH"
Then, after n thousand years, after
having accomplished the purpose of
the Father In the uplifting Of all the
willing and obedlent OF mankind to
earthly perfection the great Prophet,
Priest, Mediator and King of Glory
will at the end of the thousand years.
reign deliver up the Kingdom even to
God the Father, that God may be all
In all Il Corinthians XIV, 2S).
While Satan will be bound ut the
beginning Of Messiah's reign and every
form Of unrIghteousness will be rooted
out, nevertheless the raising OF man.
kind up out Of sin and degradation to
perfection will be Il gradual work. AS
the regenernting influences operate In
mankind. they will become more and
more alive. less and less dead-untll ut
the end Of the Messianic reign Adamic
death will be no more; It shall have
been fully destroyed by the raising OF
mankind completely out Of Il: the last
enemy that.shall be destroyed is deatl,
-Adamic death.
The Second Death will never he de-
stroyed, but Will he everlasting. It is
not an enemy to God md His right
eousness. but n valuable servant to de-
stroy everything wi|fully and Intclli.
gently out Of accord with the Divine
Observation-Disclosures.
j Pray For Them.
All who, are seeking to walk in the
footsteps Of .Jesus:Na nil who have taken
up their cross to follow Him. may well
rejoice in that feature OF His prayer
which says, I pray for those whom
Thou hast given Me that they may, all
be one, as Thou, Father, and / are
one, that the world may believe that
Thou Inst sent Me John xvii. 90 2U.
The nenes Of Gods people is not
represented in the various. sects and
parties Of the present time. 1t Isl rep
resented In the fact that NIL the conse-
Grated followers OF the Redccmcr IRE
Individually united to Him as the
Head and united to each other as
members Of His Body. "Thc Lord
knowcth them that are HIS" BY and
by, by the power, OF the First Resur-
rection. all these shall be perfected on
the spirit plane and constitute the
Kingdom for which we pray, "Thy
Kingdom come: Thy will be done on
earth as It is in heaven" As n re-
suit OF that Kingdoms coming the
win VIII al pS uLouSut " tHe I'OluS
OF believing In Jesus and will all have
the opportunity OF obtaining through
Him the gift Of God. eternal life.
Our Lords solicitlde was not merely
for the Apostles and earliest members
OF the Church whom the Father gave
Him In the special sense, ms His per.
sonal companions and helpers in the
founding Of the Church: he prayed on.
saying. Neither pray l for these alone,
but for all those also who shall be-
lieve on Me through their Word. Tho
Masters words outlined to lis the d..
vine Program. And Jesus himself be.
gan to declare the Gospel md brought
life and Immortality to light. He
commissioned His twelve Apostles. st.
Paul taking the place OF Judas. to
speak in Els Name and MS His special
m%outhpIeces. Whatever they would
declare to be binding on earth would
be binding in the sight OF God In
Heaven. Whatever they would loose
aud declare to be non.essential on
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