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ness being the merit of Jesus sacrifice.
Few have realized how clearly the
Scriptures set forth that the New Cove
nant will be lsraelitish-if the promise
respecting it be carefully read and
noted. Christ is the Mediator Of that
New Covenant and its better sacri-
fees" have been in progress during this
Gospel Age. 1t will be instituted with
the Ancient Worthless first. but grad
ually with all the Israelites who flock
to the standard then lifted up amongst
the people. AS the blessings of resti-
tuition, earthly prosperity. health,
strength. etc, begin to be manifested
amongst those living under that Cove
nant arrangement. other nations. the
Bible tells us. will also desire to enter
into it's blessings; and they will be per-
mitted SO 10 do. BY individually re-
nouncing sin and accepting the Cove
nant and its Mediator they will become
'proselytes of the gate" Hearkeu!
"Many nations shall come and say. let
us go up to the Mountain of the Lords
House. for He will teach us Of His
ways and we will walk in His paths"
One King, But Two Kingdoms.
1t has escaped Christendom in gen.
eral until recently that the Divine
promise to Abraham is to be fulfilled
through two Seeds-one heavenly
class. the other an earthly class. with
Messiah the Head over all tRomans
iv, 16,. For eighteen centuries God
favored the Seed Of Abraham. the ma
ton Of Israel.
That period of favor. explain it how
we may. began to wane about the time
Of Jesus death. 1t was completely
removed from them in the deSOlatiOn
of their land by the Roman army A.
d. TO- Now a parallel time has been
reached. hence it is time for the re-
turn of Gods favor. as shown on previ-
Gus occasions. The favor already is
returning.
The Jew has not been so cOmforta
BILE. nor so favorably fixed, as he is to-
day. in more than eighteen centuries.
But his blessing is only beginning.
Shortly Divine favor, in Gods due
time, will accomplish for His Chosen
People all the precious promises of the
Law and of the Prophets. Already
the Jew is awakening to realization
of this great truth.
A voice is sounding from the wilder
ness. and the Jews everywhere are
hardening TO it. 1t does not call them
to become Christians. but to remain
Jews and to realize. as Jews. the ideals
set before them by the Lord in the
Law and in the Prophets. To all
those exercised thereby great bless.
ing is near, which will more than
compensate for the sorrows of the past.
Neither by swords nor guns nor dread
noughts, neither by flying airships nor
torpedoes will Israel's great victory be
gained: neither by money power and
worshiping of the golden calf of finance
nor by trusting in the arm of flesh. but
by looking to the Lord. from whom
will come their help.
Messiahs Spiritual Empire. about to
be established. will bind Satan. re-
strain every evil and lift up a stand
ard for the people. blessing Israel and
establishing with them the New UawD
Covenant instead of the Old Law
Covenant-under the better Mediator.
still more capable than the great
Moses; under the greater King. still
more wise than Solomon and still more
beloved of God than David. This great
Celestial Empire will be established
with great authority in the world by a
time of trouble. time of earthly dis
tress. which the prophecies picture as
terrible.
Israe's Hopes-Why So Delayed?
The perplexing thought with our
Jewish friends. as well as with Chris
tians. u.s. If these things be SO; if Mes
siahs Kingdom is yet to be establish
ed. as the Jews contemplated. only on
a spiritual plane instead of an earthly
one; and if Gods purpose is to use
those anciently favored people as the
channels of His blessing in the future,
why has there been so long delay?
We answer: This is what the Scrip
lures term the Mystery-the matter
which God did not reveal directly.
either to Abraham or through any Of
the Prophets. Indirectly He limited at
it, saying to Abraham. THY Seed shall
be as the stars of heaven. and as the
sand Of the seashore for multitude
But Abraham did not discern, nor
did others, that these two illustrations
belonged not to the same people. but
to two different Israels-the heavenly
and the earthly. the stars representing
the heavenly Seed and the sand of the
seashore the earthly Seed.
The restitution privileges soon to be
opened. first to Israel. will. later on. be
thrown open to all nations, peoples.
kindreds and tongues-that they may
press in also under the same glorious
terms of Israel's New Covenant, be.
/ cause ''lsraelites indeed" without
guile and sharers in all the blessings
Of God supplied through the great
Mediator of the New Covenant and
His earthly instrumentalities.
Zionism. amongst the Jews today,
we believe the Lord is stirring up-a
preparation of natural Israel for the
great blessing which SO soon will be
at their door. AS they begin to really
appreciate the Land of Promise the