The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-22

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!, prophetic view saw. fist the Church.
The "Royal Priesthood" His breth'
rem" Ills Bride" delivered from the
power Of sin ana daAah thrqneA The
merit Of His blood And these were
but the first cof1.s of n following host;
they were "a Kind Of irSt-fruits to
God of Ills creatures" rescued from
sin and from death Gnmes |. IS; Rev
clation xiv. a..
Later on. stretching down for thou
sand years beyond the Churchs dcliv-
erance. the prophetic pen foreteils
countless hosts OF every nation, poo
ple. kindred andftoneuc to be deliv-
cred from the power Of sin and death
through the merit Of Tim Who died,
"the Just for the unjust Now the
Savior Of the Church. His Bride. He
will shortly be the Savior of the world,
its Great King. Great Teacher Great
Priest. Great Mediator.
Then will come the glorious consum-
nation, when all who win have re-
fused Divine grace shall have been de-
stroyed in the second neath-then shall
be heard every creature IN heaven and
on earth and under the earth saying.
"Glory to God I'm the Highest" Thence
forth there shall be no more crying nor
diving. for all the former things Of sin
and death shall have passed away
Times of Restitution, Which God Hath
ia Spoken"
At our Lords First Advent the "ac-
ceptnblc time" began the time when
God. having accepted the sacrifice OF
Christ Jesus. became willing through
Hin to accept the sacrifices OF all who
desire to become His disciples--to take
up their cross and follow Him through
evi report and good report even unto
death. The entire Gospel Age anti
types lsraefs Day of Atouement, aad
the sacrifices OF our Lord and the
Church. Ills Body. are the better sac
rifces." foreshadowed by the bullock
and the goat offered typically by the
Jews QIebrews tx. 1873.
This is the acceptable year Of the
Lord which Jesus declared isaiah Xxi
.; Luke iv, 1W. Gods faithful people
Of this acceptable day are glad to be
invited TO present their bodies living
sacrifices, holy and acceptable unto
God" Romans xii. u. 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 heay-
enly nature
Then will be introduced new period
styled, in the Scriptures, "Times (or
years. of Restitution The acceptable
day for the Churchs sacrifice has last
ed for nearly nineteen centuries. Aud
we know how long the Times Of Res
tlutlon" will last-nearly a thousand
years
st. Peter tells us Just when these
RESTITUTION Times" viii begin. They
did not begin in his day. They have
not beg m yet. They will begin as "a
result of the Second Advent of Jesus
the Mess iah. and the establishment
Of His Kingdom and righteousness,
Times of refreshing shall come from
the presence of the Lord and He shall
send Jesus Christ, as before was
preached unto you, whom the heavens
must retain until the Times Of Resti-
tuition 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 IN
Tiers. A Prophet like unto me (of
whom l am but n type or tlgre) shall
the Lord your God raise up unto you
from amongst your brethren, Him
shall We hear in all things whatsoever
He shall speak unto you. And it shall
come TO pass that the soul that will
not obey that Prophet shall be de-
stroyed from amongst the people"
(Acts III. 19-23)-ln the Second Death