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not be favorable to them nor to others
lnder present conditions. Fear is as
ociatcd with alienation from God.
And. as the Bible declares. None of
the wicked shall understand dan.
xii, 10).
Mystery of the Gospel Age.
To attain the highest blessing which
God has TO offer at the present time
certain difficult requirements must be
complied with Sin must be repentcd
Of heartily, and, so far as possible.
restitution must be made, which
means that sin must be forsaken to
the extent of ability. Faith must then
recognize the Lamb Of God which
taketh away the sin of the world
that the sacrifice for sins was neceS-
sary, and that God himself provided
it in the death of Jesus. Faith and
knowledge must go further and not
only see and acknowledge the death Of
the Redeemer, but also that God rails
ed him from the dead and highly ca
allied him TO spirit being again, to the
intent that eventually he may accom-
plish for all mankind, the wonderful
blessings foretold in the Law and the
Prophets.
Additionally, to such will be revealed
the great Mystery Of this Gospel
Age lasting from the death of Jesus
to the manifestation of Messiah in
power and great glory as Michael
the "God-like One" Daniel xii u. The
Mystery is that Jesus is the Head,
Chief. Lord. over the Church which
is his Body, and that the Body" MEM
bers will eventually he glOrified with
the Head on the spirit plane; and that
then Head and Body will constitute
| the great Messiah whose spiritual
reign Of thousand years will result
in the blessing and uplifting cf man
/ kind.
! Whoever shall be thus taught Of God
| in the school of Christ will learn also
the necessity for having Il share with
| the Master in his suffering and death.
| in order to have i share with him in
| his glorious reign. These will be
| taught by the great Head that IF
they suffer with him they shall reign
with him" and that the sufferings of
! this present time Gf faithfully endured
by them will work out an exceeding
and abundant blessing,
The Sentiment Of Our Text.
! To properly understand our text and.
! indeed. to understand the Bible as i
/ whole, it is necessary to discern that
81,
/ earthly and the heavenly. Both are
/ precious, both are elect" both are to
! be used of the Lord during Messiah's
! Kingdom reign-the one on the heav-
emily plane and the other on the earth
/ ly. A mistake has been made by
some in recognizing the earthly Israel
and not recognizing the heavenly or
spiritual Israel. Others have made the
mistake Of recognizing the heavenly
! or spiritual Israel and not recognizing
the earthly Israel. THE promise of
God is to be sure to both the seeds OF
| Abrahan,-to that which is according
to the promise, the oath-the Spiritual
Scotland also to that which is accord
ing 20 the Law. the natural seed Qo-
| mans iv, 1G.
The Spiritual Seed must be develop
ed first. because the blessing will pro-
coed from the Heavenly Seed to the
earthly seed. then from the earthly
seed to all nations. The blessing upon
all nations will consist of the oppor-
| tunity that will be offered them OF be-
coming members Of the earthly seed
which, ultimately, as the sands of the
seashore, will include the saved of all
nations-a.l found worthy Of everlast-
| ing life. Il have constituted thee Il
! father of many nations Rom. iv, 10.
"Princes In All the Earth"
All who will come into this blessed
experience of relationship TO God are
described in our text, Fear not. for |
! have redeemed thee; have called
thee by thy name, thou art mine"
| The faithful few of this Gospel Age,
who have passed through the deep wa
| tiers of tribulation and walked through
| fiery trials. have not only come off
uninjured. but have been blessed, yea
and will be abundantly blessed in the
rewards of the coming Kingdom.
! They have naught to fear.
| Similarly, Natural Israel as a peo-
! pie was specially favored from the
! days of Abraham down to the reiec-
! ton Of particularly the saint
! ly few of that people whose sure re-
ward will be their privilege % being
/ made Princes in all the earth by the
great King Of glory psalm xiv, 16,
! Even during the Gospel Age when
/ the nation of Israel. jacob has been
obliged to pass through trying expert
ences. waters Of affection and fiery
| trials the Lord has not fOrsaken
them He has kept them together as
a people. He has not permitted them
! to be destroyed by their enemies.
! Their persistency for thirty-ive cen
/ turtles is of itself miracle of Divine
] supervision. Without Affections they
would have disappeared as distinct
! people.
AS the Gospel Age Gor the sciec-
ton of Spiritual Israeli draws to Il
! close, the voice of God is calling nat
ural Israel and pointing them to the
! Land Of Promise and reviving their
hearts with the messages of their