The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-22


Abra ham. assuring him that he would
have two seeds. two posterities. one
las the stars Of heaven" and the other
las the sands of the seashOre." The
Church, with Christ her Head. cOnsti-
tutes this heavenly. starry Seed of
Abra ham, as saith the Apostle Gala
tians iii, 16. 90; and with the compile
ton of the Church will come the sec
Ondary blessing-the development Of
the seed Of Abraham as the sand of
the seashore for multitude. every knee
bowling and every tongue confessing.
to the glory of God.
But this secondary seed of Abraham.
the earthly seed. is to receive its bless
ing from the Heavenly Seed, hence
everything waits now until the Church
shall have been completed-until the
very elect shall have been gathered
from the four winds Of heaven"-un-
til all the followers of Jesus shall have
been changed. lin a moment. in the
twinkling Of an eye" as participants
in the First Resurrection.
Then. oh, glorious Day! the Sun of
Righteousness will shine forth-Christ
and His faithful Bride-to chase away
the darkness. ignorance and supersti-
ton from the world and to fully en-
tighten mankind of every nation, peo-
pie, kindred and tongue. In that glOri-
Gus work Of enlightenment the natural
seed of Abraham will have blessed
( share. and Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
and all the Prophets shall be Princes
in all the earth psalm xiv, 16l, per-
feet men. representatives Of the glori-
Gus Messiah and His Bride in the
earth. administrators Of the Law,
which will go forth from the glorious
| rhrist. invisible to men.
All! that will be Earth's Jubilee! AS
| in olden time, in the Jubilee year
| the Israelites returned to their own
possessions, TO their own hOmesteads.
so in the Antitype. only the latter will
| be still more grand: The human fam
lily will come back into possession of
| its own-that which was lost by sin
and it's penalty, that which was recov-
| cred by Jesus, that which will be re-
,, stored by resurrection power during
| the Messianic reign.
The Nation Born In a Day.
But what about our text? Did we
| misinterpret the Divine statement
when we applied it to the acceptance
by people Of civilization? All. yes;
we made very foolish mistake: the
| u-ich roc fothor IN tho thnnrhf nur
misconceptions blinded us to the prop
er Interpretation of that Scripture.
What then does it mean? How should
our text be applied? All. Beloved.
| that Nation to be born in day is the
Church, the Holy Nation, Of which ST.
hood, a peculiar people. n Holy Ma.
ton" q Peter ii, 81 The begetting of
this Holy Nation began at Pentecost.
and has continued down through the
succeeding eighteen centuries and
more. The birth will be the resurrcc-
| ton.
All who now receive the begetting
Of the Holy Spirit are reckOned as
members of this Holy Nation. but
their membership in it is dependent
upon their faithfulness: as we read.
ITO him that Overcometh will l grant
to sit with Me in My Throne" The
present life is to every one of these
royal priests. or priestly kings, as we
may choose to express it. a period OF
probation. Will we or will we not
make our calling and election sure?"
Not at the beginning nor at the time Of
our conservation is the matter decided.
but after we shave fought the good
fight and finished the course" and won
the crown, by obedience even unto
death.
For nearly nineteen centuries these
| royal priests have been testifying for
the Lord, each in his turn. For all
the faithful there is crown Of right
eousness laid up: as st. Paul said.
! "Henceforth there is laid up for me a
crown Of righteousness. which the
Lord, the righteous Judge. will give
me at that day'-early in that day Of
Messiah. in the resurrection morning.
All these have a part in the First
Resurrection. and will be members of
that Holy Nation, that royal priest
hood: as we read. BLESSED and holy
are all they that have part in the
Chief Resurrection: on such the Sec
ond Death hath no power: but they
shall be kings and priests unto God
and unto Christ and shall reign with
Him thousand years"
Thus will that Holy Nation which
God has been gathering and electins
during the nineteen centuries, out of
Jail nations. peoples. kindreds and
tongues, from Jews and Gentiles. bond
and free. be born in a day-come forth
perfect and complete. the Holy Nation
of Divine promise which as Gods spir-
itual Empire, is to take over the con-
troll of the world for a thousand years
and rule it in righteousness, to free all
from the power of Satan. sin and
death. and TO lift up again as many
as are willing to the image and like
ness of God. and to destroy all who
love unrighteousness and work in
Iiquity.
This is the Kingdom Of Messiah.
whose dominion is to be established
on the earth. and for which Jesus
taught us to pray. Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth. as it is done