Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-30

..... :, -SAi huOlucr Mediator
greater than Moses, who would Inap'
surate Tor them a stll better Covenant
unoer which their sins and ininuItias
ana weaknesses would be taken swor
Lnu 'neir stoniness Of heart would
gradually give place again to tender.
ness-Io hearts Of flesh. Jeremiah
aAn' Sl) The Mediator. Messenger or
servant Of that New Covenant which
VIII be the temporary requirement for
israel and for the world, is referred TO
as the Messenger Of the Covenant
whom ye delight in" Malachi ii ~
They called Him Messiah and kent
waiting for Him to appear in glory
and In power. to assume the reIns of
government over their nation-to uplift
them to power and influence and make
them His messengers and servants in
conveying His laws and regulations to
all the families Of the earth, for the up.
lifting and blessing of all.
4 Savior, Christ the Lord.
The angels who announced the birth
OF Jesus well knew His rank and re.
lationship to the Father: that He had
left the glory Of His heavenly station
to become through His mother mem
Der Of Adams race, and that He was.
therefore, a suitable one to be the Re.
deemer or Ransomer of the race. The
angels realized that In this Savior lay
all the hope Of Abraham and his seed
and Of all the families of the earth.
If they had waited long and had been
often disappointed they realized that
at last they were in the midst of Won
derful events. unto US a child is
born. unto US Son is given, and the
government shall be upon his shoul-
ders." No wonder they sang. GLORY
to God in the highestr' To them our
Savior's birth must have meant. Now
Gods glorious character. in which we
have always had faith, is about to be
vindicated; and this great event. the
birth Of Jesus, marks the beginning of
the fulilment Of Gods gracious prom
Use which He bound with His oath,
and which all along, therefore, we
knew could not fail nor be set aside"
But they sang mOre-"Peace on earth,
good will toward men" They perceiv-
ed that sin. rebellion and the Divine
sentence-the curse Of death-were to
be removed in legal. judicial man
ner, and that for this purpose the LogOs
had humbled Himself to human ma
ture.
Their eyes Of faith looked down into
the future. and though not understand
ing how 1t would be accomplished, they
had unwavering confidence in God that
eventually the serpent" Of sin would
be crushed and Adam and his race re-
leased from the bondage of sin and
death; and they perceived that some
how all this was associated with the
birth of the Babe Of Bethlehem. We
can imagine with what interest they
told the good tidings Of great JOY for
all people" and sang "Glory to God"
"God Moves In a Mysterious Way"
It must have been a cause of still
further bewilderment to the angels
when they perceived that Israel reject
ed Jesus and ultimately crucifed Him.
Then came His resurrection on the
third day; and they beheld Him
Spirit Being Of the highest order-di-
vine nature. What could 1t mean?
They must still wait and watch. listen
and note the gradual unfolding Of the
Divine Program. After encouraging
and instructing His disciples the Logos
ascended up on high and appeared in
the presence of God. There He was
proclaimed Lord of All" and given a
position of dignity next to the Father
at the right hand Of the Majesty on
high. Gradually the angels came to
understand that the Divine Law,
which had sentenced man to death,
was immutable; and that 1t was there
fore necessary that Jesus should be-
come flesh. not to aid the Jewish ma
tion and become an earthly king, but
70 redeem Israel and all Of Adams
race. and, ascending up on high, thus
TO be qualified as the great antltypical
Priest TO make reconciliation for In
iouitv-"yea, for the rebellious also
CPS. xviii, 1S).
Merit IT was manifest that although
Israel did not receive the blessing
sought for. yet the elect, the sanity
Sav who were ready received 1t and.
nv the begetting of the Holy Spirit at
peutecost and after, became sons OF
God and jolnt-heirs with Messiah as
members Of the spiritual Seed. But
+bors we're not enough Of these "lsrael-
itos indeed" TO make up the predestin-
al number. and hence, in harmony
vritb nrophecies not previously noted
drawing and a calling work proceed
od amongst the Gentiles to gather
from them a sufficient number to COM
nlete the Divine foreordination. as the
Pride class-Messlah's jOint-heirs. For
more than eighteen centuries TINS
work of selecting has proceeded; ana
throughout this period the holy an
GELS have learned more and more re-
specting Divine Love. Justice WIS
Som and Power. But Gods name mas
NOT vet been glorihed. and peace -, on
sortb" has not been established. The
reign of sin and death still continues
Nov. my dear friends. unless ! mis-
understand Gods Word. we are living
at the most wonderful period OF earth $
history. The elect Bride OF Christ
goreoFdained to share with Him tne
- MT Afagsfanlc Kingdom, ls