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was confirmed unto us by those VIII
heard Him.
Pastor Russell observed that accord
ing to u creeds the salvation will no
be so great, but rather so little, so few
only the sanity handful out o
earth's thousands of millions. FL,
thought it evident, therefore, that th,
creeds were in error and quoted til,
prophecy that the Savior would see th,
fruitage Of the travail of His soul ant
be satisfied" isaiah lii, III. The Pas
tor did not believe that Jesus would
be satisfied with His work If 1t rescued
merely a handful from eternal torture
He quoted various Scriptures which
afford a larger hope, declaring thai
God sent not His Son into the world
to damn the world, but that the world
through Him might be saved" from the
condemnation already upon 1t because
Of Father Adams disobedience. These
Scriptures cannot be applied to the
Church, but must be held as applicable
to the world. OF the Church Jesus
says, Eye are not Of the world"
Theologians for centuries have miss
ed the keynote Of the Bible, which is
that the salvation of the sanity hand
full, the true Church or Bride of the
Lamb, is merely a preliminary work
only the salvation Of a "frst-fruits"
James /, 1S). This frst-fruits class or
Church of the First-born" Is to have
a different salvation entirely from that
which Is provided for the world. The
Church is TO constitute Gods King
dom, for which we pray, Thy King
dom come" Under its Messianic sway
Gods will will be done on earth even
as in heaven.
The Worlds Salvation Earthly.
AS the Scriptures show distinctly
that the salvation of the Church, or
the Kingdom class, is to a heavenly
plane or condition. they equally show
thet the salvation of the world is diff
ferent-an earthly salvation. To the
Church the Apostle wrote, We must all
be changed in a moment, in the twin
king Of an eye, because flesh and
blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of
God q Corinthians XIV, 50-52l. OF the
worlds salvation we read not of a
change of nature, but Of a Restitution
to the perfection OF the nature already
given to man, but lost through the sin
Of u first Observation-Disclosures through
the merit of the precious sacrifice at
Calvary. The Restitution Salvation
which is to come to the world through
the changed and glorifed Messianic
Church is described by st. Peter as
awaiting its due time-the Second Com
ing of Christ-''Times of Restitution Of
all things which God hath spoken by
the mouth Of all the Holy Prophets
since the world began" (Acts Lii, 1928.
The fact is that the Old Testament
Scriptures treat entirely of the Restf-
tuition blessings, incidentally mention
ing also things pertaining to the great
Messiah, through Whom those bless
fngs will come. Christians have neg
lected study of the Old Testament
Scriptures and hence have failed to
get their blessing. Prior to the com
ing Of Jesus no one eve dreamed of
the First Resurrection change to spirit
nature. Everybody had the Restitu,
ton view of salvation in mfnd-the
hope Of being raised up out of death
to human perfection. Hence it was
not necessary for the Apostles to en-
phasize this feature. Rather they drew
the attention of their hearers away
from the earthly prospects, which are
for the world, and gave them the mes
sage of the "high calling"
The High Calling Closing.
Now that the high calling is
drawing to a close, having accomplish
ed its election or salvation Of the saint
Iy handful, Divine providence is point
ing us back to the Old Testament,
that we may appreciate more than
eve the length and breadth and
height and depth Of the love Of God
WHICH pdSSEtu uhuS10Iu4d4hS. w
we begin to see that the Scriptures
foretell that Israel is to be the first
amongst the nations to receive Mes
siah's blessing, as soon as His King
dom shall have been established. Now
we see how all the families of the
earth will be blessed, not only through
the Spiritual Seed of Abraham, typed
by Isaac, and the Church. typed by
Rebecca. but also through Abraham's
seed these blessings will pro-
coed to every nation under heaven
'tAI1 the blinded eyes shall be opened
"AH the deaf ears shall be ~unstopped,"
1.-THE knowledge Of the Lord shall fill
the EARTH ."The earth shall yield her
Increase" The wastes and deserts
shall blossom as the rose.
Ultimately the Paradise of Eden
will bloom again. world-wide-God's
footstool made glorious. The resur
of the dead is the salvation
which God has promised. wen as
Heath itself is the penalty which He
has proclaimed for sin. The resurrec.
ion will not only include the awaken
ng of those who have gone into the
Omh. but. additionally. the uplifting