Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-17

DIN the prooont DAY enIIghten-
Ansnt, il Christ were here in person as
1t tho time Of His first advent, do you
believe the people would treat Him the
same a. they did thsn7
Answer.--There are representatives
Of Christ In the world today-not those
who are merely protesting Christians,
in name only. but the true. heart-de-
voted, sincere followers Of the Master,
and by considering the worlds treat
ment Of these we can safely approx
mate as to what would be the Lords
experiences were He to appear In the
flesh as at HIS first advent. The
sanity few who humbly walk In the
footsteps Of Christ, devoting their all
! In assisting the poor and In preaching
the Gospel, are not held In very high
esteem by the people, as rule. And
is not this In harmony with the words
Of our Lord and the Apostles? Mat
thew v, 1912; Romans viii, II, 1S; III
Timothy ii, II; l Corinthians i, 20. 27)
After all, the common people heard
our Lord gladly and marvelled at the
gracious words that proceeded out Of
His mouth. They wished to make
Him their king on one occasion, and
accorded triumph to Him at the
time of His entry into the city OF
Jerusalem. 1t was the Scribes and
Pharisees. the religious leaders of that
time, that opposed and prosecuted the
Lord, and finally induced the multi
tude to cry out against Him. 1t Is
even, so now. Worldly people admire
an Upright Christian man, his sinceri-
ty and honesty, even though they
/ might consider him foolish for striv
ing to live up to his faith. But it Is
the modern Scribes and Pharisees who
hate those that are setting forth the
true teachings Of the Scriptures.
Therefore, In view Of the foregoing,
we have reason to believe that the
world today than at His first advent,
were He to appear as then.
o.3Why were the Jews called Goods
chosen peopie?" Were the ancient
Jews different from the modern ones7
Answer.-Abraham was the father
Of the Jewish people. God made
promise to him. saying, "ln thy Seed
all the families of the earth shall be
Abraham. had twelve sons, who be
came the head Of the twelve tribes OF
Israel. or Jews. God made a covenant
with this people, saying to them, IF
We will obey my voice indeed, and keep
my covenant. then We shall be pc
culiar treasure unto me above all peO
pie, for all the earth Is mine; and We
| shall be unto me kingdom OF priests
and an holy nation" Exodus xix, 5, O..
For more than eighteen centuries
Gods dealings were with this people
exclusively. as he said through His
prophet, "Ye only have l known of
all the families of earth" amos til.
p. Time after time God reiterated
His promise that the Messiah should
come to them. and when Jesus came
the masses Of the Jews were not heed
ing Gods promises: being led by the
Clergy class. themselves negligent OF
! the promises. therefore blind, as Jesus
said, Blind leaders of the blind"
they rejected Jesus Christ and were
cast Off from Gods favor (Aiatthew
xiii, 37-39). The words OF our Lord
clearly imply that Gods favor will
again return to this people; He said,
Eye shall not see me -hencefOrth,
till We shall say. Blessed Is He that
cOmeth In the name Of the Lord The
Apostles point out that God there be-
gan to turn his favor to the Gentiles,
and when the requisite number have
been selected from among these to con-
stitute the Kingdom class, as promised.
then Gods favor will again be shown
to the Jews as people (see Romans
II, Is and 25-2S).