Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-03-30

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GO gan to be spoken
by our Lord and
was confirmed unto us by those who
heard Him."
Pastor Russell observed that accord
ing to our creeds the salvation will not
be so great, but rather so little, so few
only the sanity handful out Of
earth's thousands of millions. He
thought it evident, therefore, that the
creeds were in error and quoted the
prophecy that the Savior would see the
fruitage of the travail of His soul and
be satisfied" isaiah lii, H. The Pas
tor did not believe that Jesus would
be satisfied with His work if it rescued
merely handful from eternal torture.
He quoted various Scriptures which
afford a larger hope, declaring that
God sent not His Son into the world
to damn the world, but ''that the world
through Him might be saved" from the
condemnation already upon it because
of Father Adams disobedience. These
Scriptures cannot be applied to the
Church. but must be held as applicable
to the world. OF the Church Jesus
says. eye are not of the world
Theologians for centuries have miss
ed the key-no of the Bible, which is
that the salvation of the sanity hand
full, the true Church or Bride Of thet
Lamb, is merely preliminary work
only the salvation of ''tirst-fruits"
Games i, 49,. This frst-fruits class or
"Church of the First born" is to have
a different salvation entirely from that
which is provided for the world. The
Church is to constitute Gods King
dom. for which we pray. ''Thy King
dom come" Under it's Messianic sway
| Gods will will be done on earth even
| as in heaven.
The Worlds Salvation Earthly.
AS the Scriptures show distinctly
that the salvation of the Church, or
the Kingdom class, is to heavenly
plane or condition, they equally show
ferent-an earthly salvation. To the
| Church the Apostle wrote, We must all
! be changed in a moment, in the twin
king of an eye, because flesh and
blood cannot inherit the Kingdom Of
God q Corinthians XIV. 5O-52). OF the
worlds salvation we read not of a
change of nature, but Of Restitution
to the perfection Of the nature already
| given to man, but lost through the sin
| of our first parents-redeeme through
| the merit Of the precious sacrifice at
| Calvary The Restitution Salvation
| which is to come to the world through
the changed and glorifed Messianic
| Church is described by St. Peter as
awaiting it's due time-the Second Com
ing of Christi of Restitution Of
all things which God hath spoken by
the mouth Of all the Holy Prophets
since the world began" (Acts iii, 1929.
The fact is that the Old Testament
Scriptures treat entirely Of the Resti-
tuition blessings, incidentally mention
ing also things pertaining to the great
Messiah, through Whom those bless
ings will come. Christians have neg
lected study of the Old Testament
Scriptures and hence have failed to
get their blessing. Prior to the COM
ing of Jesus no one ever dreamed Of
the First Resurrection change to spirit
nature. Everybody had the Restitu-
| ton view of salvation in mind-the
hope of being raised up out Of death
to human perfection. Hence it was
not necessary for the Apostles to en-
phasize this feature. Rather they drew
| the attention of their hearers away
from the earthly prospects. which are
for the world, and gave them the mes
sage of the high calling"
The High Calling Closing.
Now that the high calling" is
drawing to close, having accomplish
ed it's election or salvation Of the saint
~ handful. Divine providence is point
| ing us back to the Old Testament,
that we may appreciate more than
ever the length and breadth and
height and depth of the love Of God
I which passeth understanding. Now
foretell that Israel is to be the first
amongst the nations to receive Mes
siah's blessing, as soon as His King
dom shall have been established. Now
we see how all the families Of the
earth will be blessed, not only through
the Spiritual Seed Of Abraham, typed
by Isaac, and the Church, typed by
Rebecca, but also through Abraham's
natural seed these blessings will pro-
coed to every nation under heaven.
Cali the blinded eyes shall be opened"
Cali the deaf ears shall be unstopped,'
1.-THE knowledge Of the Lord shall fill
the earth, !" "The earth shall yield her
increase" The wastes and deserts
shall blossom as the rose.
Ultimately the Paradise Of Eden
will bloom again, Worldwide IDS
footstoo made glorious. The resNr,
rection Of the dead is the salvation
which God has promised, even as
death itself is the penalty which He
has proclaimed for sin. The resurrec-
ton will not only include the awaken