Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-03-25

care. Many OF rs twisted the Scrip
tures, wrested them from their Tlain-
ly obvious import. and always to our
own injury. Some went in the direc-
ton Of Universalism; others halfway.
and still others abandoned the Holy
Book. Now we see where we erred.
God has two salvations; one for the
Church and totally different one for
the world. The salvation for the
Church is to heavenly nature. spirit
bodies, and jOint-heirship with the
Master in His Kingdom. which flesh
and blood cannot inherit. as we have
already seen. The other salvation. for
mankind, is an earthly one. called in
the Scriptures Restitution" Man was
not an angel originally. not a spirit be-
ing, but, as the Scriptures declare,
'The first man was of the earth
earthly"
1t was that earthly man. perfect,
In the image. Of his Creator, for
whose happiness Eden was specially
prepared BY obedience to God he
might have continued to enjoy his
Eden home everlastingly. BY disobedi-
ence he first lost his fellowship with
God. then his Eden home. and after
nine hundred and thirty years Of toll
ing with thOrns and thistes in sweat
Of face, the death penalty upon him
| reached cOmpletiOn-he died. Adams
race. sharing his weaknesses by laws
Of heredity, have also shared death
with him.
"WorId Through Him Might Be Saved"
The Scriptures tell us that Gods real
purpose in sending Jesus into the
world was that the world might
through Him be saved"-not the
salvation of the Church: that was
an incidental feature. The Church
Is selected that as the Bride or Queen
during the Messianic Kingdom she
may be associated with her Lord, the
King, as the Seed of Abraham in the
blessing, the saving, of Adam and his
family, or so many of them as shall be
willing, from sin and death conditions.
| We remember the Masters words to
the effect that HE came to seek and
to save recover) that which was lost"
We have just seen that 1t was a hui
man life, human perfection and an
earthly home that were lost 1t is
these, then, that Jesus proposes in due
time to recover for Adam and his
family. The Messianic reign of Jesus
and his Body--the Anointed, the
Christ, The Messah-will be for the
purpose Of blessing Adam and all Of
his race with glorious opportunities Of
an earthly salvation. The uplifting.
restoring influences of Messiah's King
dom will affect not only Adam and his
race, but also the earth itself. Grad
ually Paradise Lost. as little garden
Of Eden, will become Paradise Regained
as the world beautiful. Then the will.
derness shall blossom as a rose and
the solitary place shall be glad.
"Times of Restitution"
At our Lords First Advent the "ac-
ceptable time" began-the time when
God, having accepted the sacrifice of
Christ Jesus, became willing through
Him to accept the sacrifices of all who
desire to become His disciples-to take
up their cross and follow Him through
evil report and good report even unto
death. The entire. Gospel Age anti
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the sacrifices of our Lord and the
Church, Els Body. are the better sac
riflces, foreshadowed by the bullock
and the goat offered typically by the
Jews. This is the acceptable year of
the Lord which Jesus declared isaiah
Xxi, 2; Luke iv. 19. Gods faithful
people Of this acceptable day are
glad to be invited to present their
bodies living sacrifices, holy and ac-
ceptable unto God" ROmans xii. y.
In the end of this acceptable day will
come the end Of all opportunity to thus
sacrifice the human nature and become
joint-heirs with Christ and partakers
of the heavenly nature
Then will be introduced new period
styled, in the Scriptures. "Times Tor
years. Of Restitution" The acceptable
day for the Churchs sacrifice has last
ed for nearly nineteen centuries. And
we know how long the "Times Of Restl-
tuition" will last-nearly a thousand
years. st. Peter tells us just when these
Restitution Times" will begin. They
did not begin in his day. They have
not begun yet. They will begin as a
result Of the Second Advent of Jesus,
the Messiah, and the establishment OF
His Kingdom and righteousness, "Times
of refreshing shall come from the pres.
ence Of the Lord and He shall send
Jesus Christ as before was preached
unto you, whom the heavens must re-
tain until the Times of Restitution of
all things which God hath spoken by
the mouth Of all the holy prophets
since the world began For Moses
verify said unto the fathers, A Proph.
ct like unto me (of whom | am but
a type or figure) shall the Lord your
God raise up unto you from amongst
your brethren. Him shall We hear in
all things whatsoever He shah speak
unto you. And 1t shall come to pass
that the soul that will not obey that
Prophet shall be destroyed from
amongst the people" (Acts iii, 1929
In the Second Death.
This great Prophet has been In proc
ess Of raising up for now nearly nine
teen centuries. And when the last
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