The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-06

OF enlightenment and npirt from thc
sin and deaih conditions now prevail
ing 1t will be to the Accomplishment
OF this end that Sman shall be hound
for n thousand yenrs. and the dirk
ness. which now covers the enrih and
the gross darkness which now blinds
the henthen. will hp chnsed away by
the glorious "Sun Of Righteousness
with healing in His hrnms." Thus
will be inaugurated the glorious Day
of Messiah. n thousand years long
Thus the knowledge of the glory of
the Lord will Ill the whole enrth.
Thus every tongue shall be brought
to confess and every knee to bow to
Messiah as the great Representative of
Jehovah and His righteousness.
Abraham's Spiritual Seed First.
Abraham of old typifed Jehovah.
and Isaac typifed Messiah. born not
after the flesh. but after the Spirit-by
a special Divine interposition-accord-
ing to Gods promise. OF this anti
typical Isaac class. Jesus is the Heod,
the Forerunner Of the Church, as well
as the worlds Redeemer The Body
of Messiah is composed Of a sanity
few, according to the Scriptures gath
cred. primarily. from the Jews, but
being completed by additions from ev-
cry nation, people. kindred and tongue
These all, the Apostle tells us. will
be character-copies of Gods dear Son
our Redeemer and Head. This. the
Apostle declares. is Divine predestna-
tlon Romans viii, %. 3O
This Church class, or Messiah class.
Is variously referred to in the prophe
cies, as well as In the New Testn'
ment. as the "brethren" of Jesus. and
as "sons OF Cod" OF them the proph-
ct David writes. II have said. ye are
gods. all of you sons of the Highest;
but ye shall all die like men and fall
like one of the Princes" psalm
lxxxii. G. y. These all die Ike men
i'm the estimation of the world. be
cause. MS the Apostle declares. the
world knoweth them not even as II
knew not their Master As the world
did not recognize that the life Of Je-
sus was laid down sacrificially. nei.
ther IS It aware that the followers of
Jesus. little handful, down through
the Age. have likewise through His
merit presented their bodies living
sacrifices. holy and acceptable to God.
Abraham's Natural Seed Next.
This Spiritual Seed of Abraham, all
lqintiy, viii constitute the Church Of
the First Borns. the antitype OF the
Priests and Levites of the Jewish Dis
pensation. With the completion Of
this Church. gathered out of all ma
tions, sects and denominations, Divine
favor will return again to the natural
seed of Abraham. AS the Jew was
granted the first privilege or opportu-
nifty of becoming the Spiritual Seed
of Abraham. he will likewise have the
first opportunity to participate in the
blessing which then will come to the
whole world of mankind ITO the
jew first" is the Divine order in re-
spect to both of these blessings. To
this agree the words of the Apostle
Paul.
After telling of the Divine election
Of the Church. the sanity few of both
Jews and Gentiles. the Apostle adds,
81 would not. brethren. that ye should
be ignorant concerning this Mystery.
that blindness IN part lOnly,
not perpetuall. has happened unto
Israel" When the full. elect" Spir
itual Seed shall have been gathered,
shall have been completed from
amongst the Gentiles, then all Nat.
ural Israel shall be saved fpm their
blindness and Outcast condition (R0.
mans ~.