The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-01
set up His Kingdom in power and

Sreut SAoiy, "tter ne SuuiI nave UOuHu
Satan for Il thousand years that he
might deceive the people no more. the
glorious Savior Messiah, will cause II
general enlightenment Of mankind and
a full opportunity for all. rich and
| poor. great and small. to rise up from,
dust and ashes and the grave TO the
full perfection of human nature.
| The Sun of Righteousness will arise
with healing in his beams. blessing
mankind, healing their diseases. men.
tai, moral and physical. and causing
the knowledge of the Lord to fill the
whole earth. No longer will any need
to say to his neighbor or his broth
er, "Know thou the Lord, for all
shall know Him, from the least to the
greatest" And only the wilfully wick
ed and disobedient will be cut off
from life in the Second Death-not
'"They shall be punished with everlast-
ing destruction"
We see, then, that our Lords reason
for not praying for the world was that
He knew the Fathers Plan that the
world was not to be dealt with during
this Age, but during the next, the
Kingdom Age. The Master prayed for
His own, for the class which He has
been selecting during the past nine
teen hundred years. These are vari-
ously called "the elect" the dis
ciples," His followers" "members
Of His Body" Royal Priesthood"
the Bride" "the Lambs Wife," the
"little fock," to whom 1t is the Fa-
theirs good pleasure to give the King
dom.
Elect to Bless Non-e elect.
Seeing, then, that there is a differ
ence between Gods provision for the
world. to be dispensed in the next Age,
and his provision for the Church to be
given now, we ask, What is the diff
ference between these? The answer
Is that the worlds salvation is to be to
human nature and an earthly Paradise
special one called Of God, chosen in
/ Christ and faithful in adversely and.
| by the Lords grace. is to have heav-
enly nature. like unto that of the an
gels but superior. Theirs is "heav-
enly calling" a high calling" They
are to he like their Lord and Redeem
err and Head and Bridegroom, Jesus.
in His glorified state far above an
gels and municipalities and powers. and
every name that is named"
| Is this an arbitrary election? Does
God arbitrarily draw and call one
above another? Yes. He thus select
ed the Jewish nation to be His pecu-
liar nation-not. however. to the detri.
ment or injury Of other nations. He
| thus called Isaac instead Of Ishmael,
and Jacob instead Of Esau to be the
prOgenitOrs of His chosen nation Is
rael. whom He foreknew as people
and predestinared to a certain service
But this Sre ton worked no injury to
either IShnuci or Esau Similarly
during thi> Gospel Age God chooses
from the world certain class and
grants thea the hearing ear and the
seeing eye, and He passes by others
and gives them not this special favor
l. uoNtNtl Is Dol W NE W Tie
advantage Of the others-non- elect
unchosen. uncalled.
| According to His Purpose.
| st. Paul speaks of the Church as
called according to His purpose" He
even tells us what the purpose is.
namely, that in Ages to come He
might show forth the exceeding riches
of His grace in His loving kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus (Ephesians
| ii, y. Toward this specially called
class God viii to all eternity manifest
special favor. But we are not to sup
pose that there is no reason for this
selection and favor There is n reason
1t is because of certain intrinsic quail
ties or characteristics possessed by
this class which God is now selecting
They will all be saints" They will
all love the Lord more than they love
houses or lands. parents or children
self or any creature, They will all
possess the fruits and graces of the
+, Holy Spirit
| Indeed. this is Gods particular pre-
destination St. Paul tells us that He
fOreknew that He would provide His
only-begotten Son to be the Savior Of
mankind and the Head over the
Church, and He foreknew that He
would have Il Church. Royal Priest
hood under the great High Priest, as
members of His Body. God foreknew
also the kind of Message He would
send forth and that it would be at.
tractive only to certain class pos
sessed of Il love for righteousness
These only would hear His call. These
only would have the eyes of their I'M
Outstanding specially opened. because
| these alone would accept of His assur
ances and make n full conservation to
His service. Such He would beget of
His Holy Spirit, and such. in due time
would be born of the Spirit in the res
direction and enter into the fellowship
and companionship and kingly joys Of
their Master
| 1t is of this special class that the
Apostle declares. Whom God did
foreknow. these He also did predesti-
nate to he cOnformed to the likeness
dmage) of His Son" itomans viii, 20).
That is to say. Gods predestination
was not only that He would have a
Church. but, additionally, that the
terms or conditions of fellowship in
that Church should hp that each one
would become Ch"ist-like Surely this
Is n good professionalism. with which
no one could find faut. Whether we
shall gain n piece with the ELECT" on