Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-10-14

"tut Of Thine Own Mouth Will I
Judge Thee"
Said the Lord. and IN harmony with
this we find that in the Lords provi-
dence these Higher Critics are gradu-
ally more and more telling on them.
selves. But the nominal Christian Is
quite obtuse. and many of the true
Christians. rs the Apostle explains, are
merely babes In Christ" unable to
use the strong meat of the Word. and
capable only of enjoying or using the
milk Of the Word" and incapable OF
using It's strong meat. Hence the open
declarations of these wolves In Sleeps
clothing. who masquerade as sheep,
are not taken seriously. II the sheep
are startled by the words, they are
soothcd again by the thought that this
Is our kind minister. polished In man
ner and well educated. and he surely
would moi lead MS astray, he surely
would not deceive us. If hc had ceased
10 believe the Bible and become an In.
fldel he surely would have left the pul
pit. Poor innocents
Blood Atonement For Sin.
Our text refers to n blood.atone-
mcnt for sin. The Law Covenant re-
qured the death of bullock and a
goat. but the repetition OF these sac
riices every year indicated that no
cancellation was effected thereby
merely typical covering of sin for n
,..ur MA, a.. rnn,irod IN ava for
an eye. tooth for n tooth, n mans
life for mans life. which implies
that n perfect man must of necessity
die in order to be the Redcemer Of
Adam and the race which shared his
condemnation. The bullock OF the sin
Offering, therefore. was merely n type
OF better sacrifice. The true Sacri.
flee was provided in the death OF the
Man Christ Jesus. He was man and
yet not sinful man. because, al
though born of woman. His life was
from above. Had lie received His life
from an earthly father. He would
have been blcmished, imperfect. sin
full man. and as such could not have
paid the ransom.price for another.
For this cause One was chosen to be
the Redeemcr who was holy, harm
less. undeiiled and separate from sin
ners." And all this because of His
miraculous conception.
As in the type the blood OF the bull
lock was used 10 make n typical atone
ment for year, so In the antitypc
the blood of Jesus is efficacious 10
make atonemcnt for the sins of the
priest offered the blood. In an earthly
tabernacle: In the antitype. He who
became the Offering. begotten of
the Holy Spirit, ut the time Of His
conservation. was therefore recognized
as the great Antitypical High Priest.
After His resurrection lie assembled
on high. ito appear In the presence of
God for us"-for the Church-first
and when the Church shall he com.
plcted. lie will appear for the world.
He will seal the New Covenant for
Israel. applicable TO all the families
of the earth. through Israel. Then. as
the great Mediator of that New Gov
enant Jeremiah XXI. 81, He will.
for thousand years. reign as King
OF earth. the Antitype OF Melchisedec =
Priest upon His throne-a Royal
Priest. possessed OF the necessary
power to put down sin and TO uplift
humanity and perform the function of
instructing and blessing mankind.
To REGAIN Paradise Lost.
The Paradise lost when Adam sinned
was miniature one II is to be re.
stored and 10 be worldwide In extent.
God will make His earthly footstool
glorious" lie has promised to make
His footsiool glorlous-"lIe formed II
not in vain, lie formed Ii 10 be in.
habitcd. Isaiah *, 13: Xvi, L. xiv, Is.
As the earthly Eden II will be inhab-
tied by its master. man; the restored
earth would he naught without its
master restored. And this Is the hi
vine provision. that as by man came
death, sin. sorrow, pain, trouble, by a
man also shall come the resurrection
of the dead. the uplifting OF Adams
race mentally. morally. physically, to
human perfection. happiness and ever
lasting life Earth's blessings will be
for all except two classes: o. Those
who love sin and hate righteousness.
after having been brought TO full
knowledge of both good and evil. will
have no further Divine favor, but will
die the Second Death (2l The others
who will not get human perfection aud
earih's blessings will be spiritual
class. a sanity class whom God is now
selecting from among mankind TO be
Ills co-laborers with Christ in the up
lifting and restitution of humanity.
PROFESSIONALLY. the Almighty could
have arranged - plan for dealing with
humanity difTcrently-IIe could have
put different penalty upon Father
Adam. The present arrangement was
made SO rs TO display IL Divine Jus
tice. 90 Divine Love. 81 Divine Power,
a. Divine Wisdom. Mans fall and
degradation under the death sentence
a.