Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-16

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seat Of Divine power and authority
for the Universe, with angels as minis
terlng spirits Then is described a
scroll. in the right hand Of Jehovah
in Divine power and keeping. That
scroll. written inside and outside. was
sealed with seven seals" represent
ing the complete secrecy Of the Divine
purposes related In that scroll. From
before the foundation Of the world 1t
had been in the hand lin the power
Of the great Eternal. He had given
hints respecting 1t and had caused II
to be symbOllzed In the Law and TO
some extent to be described by the
Prophets. But still It was a Hidden
Mystery. because the prophets under
stood not the things which they wrote;
nor could any understand them until
the Fathers due time" which he had
purposed In himself
Not only was the Divine Program
thus scaled and safely secreted, but II
was the Divine determination that it
should be given only TO the one who
would demonstrate his wOrthiness to
be Jehovah's hOnored Agent for the
carrying out Of those purposes-pre-
destlnated before the world was. The
honor OF being the Agent, the Repre-
sentative Of Jehovah. to carry out the
Divine purposes, should be disclosed
In advance only to the one who would
demonstrate his worthiness to he the
great Messiah, the great Deliverer,
the great Prophet, Priest, Judge, King
OF Israel
High as the Redeemer stood in the
Divine counsels and fellowship before
he came into the world to be mans
Redeemer. 1t was not then granted
even to him to know all the mysteries
! Of the Divine Program. But by Vir-
tue Of his high station, his perfection,
his obedience, the privilege was given
to him FIRST to become mans Redeem
err at the cost OF personal humiliation
and death and then, II faithful in this
redemptive work, Il should be his to
be glorlAed, exalted to the divine ma
ture. and to execute the Divine Pro-
| gram to its completion. First, he
must manifest his devotion and loyal
| ty 10 the Father, ere he could be trust
ed even with the knowledge Of the
Divine Program.
WORTHY ls the Lamb"
All this is declared In the account
Revelations W. The proclamation
was made, Who Is worthy to receive
the scroll and to break its seals and
to execute the wonderful purposes Of
God? None was found worthy! Final
ly, one demonstrated his Worthlness--
he left the courts Of glory he hum
bed himself, he was made flesh"
More than this, being found in fashion
as a man, he consecrated his all to the
doing of the Fathers will, even untO
death, the death Of the cross. Where
fore. says the Apostle, God also high
ly exalted him. and gave him stand
ing, a rank, title above all others
philippians Ii, T. -. He commission
ed him to execute all the Divine pur-
poses and to him he handed over the
scroll with the privilege Of opening its
seals and cOmprehendlng to the full Its
message
In the symbolic picture John saw n
freshly slain lamb at the same time
that the angelic messenger declared
that the Lion Of the tribe Of Judah
had prevailed Jesus proved himself
worthy and therefore the privilege Of
understanding the things of the Divine
Plan. and the privilege OF executing
them rlghtfully belonged to him. The
Lamb slain represented the work of
Jesus from the day he was thirty
years Of age and made his consecra-
tion. There he became dead to self
and to the world When he success
fully finished this great contract, he
cried on Calvary, at is finished"
This glorious victor was then ac-
knowledge by God and by the holy an
gels to be the worthy One to whom the
Father would entrust the execution of
every feature of the Divine Program,
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive glory and honor, dominion
and might He has not yet completed
his great work there and then entrust-
ed to him The Father gloriled him
and set him at his own right hand
the place Of Divine favor-wheu he fin.
shcd his demonstration Of loyalty even
unto death. As yet he has only begun
his great work The blessing of the
Church ns "the Bride, the Lambs
Wife" Is the first step In the glorious
Program and It is not yet completed.
Following 1t win come the blessing of
the world al the families of the
earth MOI only the living hut the dead.
His declaration to those now called TO
be his Bride Is, "ro him that over
cometh will | grant to sit with me in
nay throne even rs oyercame and am
set down with my Father In his
throne" Beychtion III, 2n.
"TO Ills there is one God" saws the
/ Apostle an wisdom and power are
bis, Recent electrical inventions assist
4 Us greatly IN apprehending his great.
ness What man can do limltedly with
the telephone and wireless telegraphy
I merely hint TO Us Of the infinite re-
sources of the Eternal One from ever
lasting to everlasting, God But our
| knowledge of the Divine Justice and
Love satisfies our hears-ou Great
Creator becomes "0ur Father who art
In heaven"
Next Lords Day. u. w., viii have
something more to say TO the large
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