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Prince Of Glory" the Redcener, the
Regeneration Of Adam and his race.

Ana nnalIy, from tne StSnQpOlnC OF
the completion Of Jehovah's great pur-
poses and dealings with man and In
respect to him. will stand revealed the
foreknowlelge and Wisdom of God
who knew the end from the beginning
and who foresaw how even the permits
sion of a reign OF Sin and death could
be made eventually TO work out to his
own glory and to the blessing and in
human and the angelic planes. Then
will be revealed 10 all the glorious
character OF their Creator, and the ne
cessity for his requirement. of absolute
righteousness and perfection.
Surely. the result eventually will be.
as the Scriptures declare that all shall
learn righteousness. and hate iniquity,
and that every creature in heaven and
i'm earth and under the earth shall ac-
claim both Jehovah. who sitteth upon
the Throne Of the Universe. and the
Lamb. the Eedeemer. forever.
Were we 10 allow ourselves TO spec
ulate respecting the future-respecting
the Divine purposes in relation To the
millions OF worlds around us our spec
ulations would run thus: Those in
structed and used of Jehovah in con-
iunction with the initial development
of The Divine Plan in the earth will
thereby be fitted and prepared 70 be
the Divine Agents to other worlds.
The Great Redeemer and his elect"
associates, after dealing with human
lily for their uplift out OF sin and death
conditions, will surely be qualified for
further service in other worlds: to
'.sbOw forth the praises OF him who
called them OUT Of darkness inrO his
marvellous light +
And what shall we say of humanity
when perfected at the end of MesSiah's
glorious reign? Will not all be well
prepared. not only to approve right
eousness in themselves. but to tell In
other worlds, 70 other races, the story
Of the fall and Of the reign OF Sin and
Death resulting: and Of the redemption
accomplished by Gods love; and OF
the great reStitution; and OF the les,
sons thus learned?
Tho Interchangeable One.
The qualities OF the Divine character
which we have just considered-Nis-
dom, Justice. Love and Power-be-
longed TO our Creator in the great eter-
nifty preceding creation. But there
was no one at that time TO appreciate
God--it requires full view Of the
perfected Plan Of the Ages to make
known TO any and to all the glory Of
the Lord. As we have just seen. thus
far the secret Of the Lord ard the
glories of his character are known
only TO his sons" be9Otten Of his
holy Spirit. But the time nears when
''the whole earth shall be full Of the
knowledge Of the glory Of the Lord
as the waters cover the great deep"
He and his glorious government will
then he THE desire Of all natiOns:"
The glory of the Lord shall be reveal
ed and all flesh shall see it together
tIuggai ii. Z: Isaiah X, 81.
St Paul assures US that every fea-
ture OF the Divine Plan which we see
in process of execution was known TO
Jehovah from before the foundation
OF the world. He declares that these
things God purposed i'm himself before
the foundation Of the world. The
creative processes, which have been
operating for thousands Of years were
All surely elaborated in the mind of
Jehovah before the crestive work. be-
gan. In that purpose angels had Il
part-cf how many grades we may
rot surely know, but they are various
iy designated in the holy Scriptures as
angels. prinCipaiities and powers
Later came the creation Of man. "a
little lower than the angels" and
ccowned with earthly honor, dignity
and power, in the image and likeness
of his Creators glorious power.
These reations varied not In degrees
OF perfection aud imperfection. Each
was perfect on It's own plane. Each
Intelligent creature was a free, moral
agent. and hance, whether on the an
get? or human plane, was created in
the likeness Of Ged, unbiemished. but
with different capacities and abilities.
Almighty God, infinite In Wisdom,
justice, Love and Power. purposed the
orderly exercise of his infinite powers,
as Il great Father, DESTROYS of giving
life and happiness TO his creatures.
These intelligent ones We're desig-
mated Sons Of Cod SO long as they
maintained their attitude of perfect
loyalty to him. their Creator and Fa.
ther. Not only was it the Divine
intention thus to give pleasure to
millions of creatures to be created, but
| It was also the Divine will to manifest
! TO his cree lures his, own greatness and
| the perfection OF hts own goodness
that they might enjoy him and be en-
! Joy them everlastingly
We are not to understand that Al.
/ mighty God WAS lonely il that great
Eternity before creation began. On
| rhe contrary. human loneliness il
largely because of human deficiency
What we lack we seek for in others
But the great Jehovah lacked nothing;
he was complete in himself: he needed
not companionsh.p to complete or IN
supplement his happiness. Ir was lis
pleasure to create that his creatures
might have JOY ny rejecting. as a