The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-28

every member Of the human family
must eventually have a second chance
for eternal life. because 1t was for
left, the heavenly glory, was made
flesh. dwelt amongst us and died. the
just for the unjust" Whoever enjoys
this second chance must expect no
more. because Christ dieth no more"
But. as we have already seen. nobody
had a second chance for eternal life
prior to the coming of our Redeemer
into the world. He brought life and
Immortality to light" He died, the
Just for the unjust. to make recon-
citation for iniquity-and, this mes
sage Of so great salvation began to be
spoken by our Lord
The comparatively few who have
heard the Gospel since Jesus day
Good tidinys of great JOY which shall
be unto all people. these, the compar-
atively few. who have heard of 'the
only name given under heaven or
amongst men whereby we must be
saved are the only ones who in any
sense of the word have had their Sec
ond chance. Indeed we might, Scrip
turally. limit the matter much further
and say that the Gospel has been hid.
den from the majority of those who
heard it; their mental eyes and ears
being deaf and blind. they did not COM
prehend the message. and therefore
could not reject it.
The high calling and $50 great
salvation which so few have really
heard and seen is referred to by our
great Redeemer saying, Blessed are
your eyes. for they see, and your
ears, for they hear" 1.-The natural
man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God. neither can he know
them; because they are spiritually dis
cerned. -" But God hath reveal
ed them unto US by His spirit q Co.
rinthians H. IA In other words. only
the Spirit-Degotten ones are now on
trial for life everlasting or death ever
lasting And ouly the faithful footstep
followers wiI gain the glory. honor.
Immortality and joint-heirship with
Him In His Kingdom These are the
ELECT" the very elect" These are
such as make their calling and cleo
ton sure by so running as to obtain
this great prize of membership In the
Body of Christ
These elect ones experience a change
of nature. and In the future will not
be human beings, but. partakers of the
divine nature I'll Peter /. A.. They
will be indicted into the perfection
Of the divine nature in the First Res
direction. the chief resurrection. in
which they will be changed In a mo-
ment, In the twinkling of an eye. be-
cause flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom of God q Corinthians
XIV. 50-52l.
Human Salvation Is Restitution.
We all gagged at the thought that
the heathen and everybody except
saints would be consigned to an eter-
nifty of torture. yet we all recognized
that heaven Is not a place of develop
ment but condition OF perfection.
We were perplexed, mystitied. We did
not follow our Bibles with sufficient
care. Many of Us twisted the Scrip
lures. wrested them from their plain
~ obvious import. and always to our
own injury. Some went In the direc-
ton Of Uniyersalism; others halfway,
and still others abandoned the Holy
Book. Now we see where we erred
God has two salvations; one for the
Church and totally different one for
the world. The salvation for the
Church is to heavenly nature, spirit
bodies, and joint-heirship with the
Master in His Kingdom. which flesh
and blood cannot inherit, as we have
already seen. The other salvation, for
mankind, is an earthly one, called In
the Scriptures Restitution" Man was
not an angel originally, not spirit be-
ing, but. as the Scriptures declare,
THE first man was of the earth
earthly"
1t was that earthly man. perfect.
in the image Of his Creator, for
whose, happiness Eden was specially
prepared. BY obedience to God he
might have continued to enjoy his
Eden home everlastingly. BY disobedi-
ence he first lost his fellowship with
God, then his Eden home. and after
nine hundred and thirty years Of toll
Ing with tborns and thistles In sweat
of face. the death penalty upon him
reached completion-he died Adams
race, sharing his weaknesses by laws
Of heredity, have also shared death
with him.
"World Through Him Might Be Saved"
The Scriptures tell US that Gods real
purpose in sending Jesus into the
world was that the world might
through Him be saved"Lnot the
salvation Of the Church; that was
an incidental feature. The Church
is selected that as the Bride OF Queen
during the Messianic Kingdom she
may be associated with her Lord, the
King, as the Seed of Abraham in the
blessing, the saving, of Adam and his
family, or so many Of them as shall be
willing, from sin and death conditions.
We remember the Masters words to
the effect that HE came TO seek and
We have just seen that It was hu-
man life. human perfection and an
earthly home that were lost. 1t is
these. then. that Jesus proposes in due
time to recover for Adam and his
family. The Messianlc reign of Jesus
and his Rody-the Amounted. the
Christ. The Messiah-will be for the
purpose Of blessing Adam and all Of
his race with glorious opportunities Of
an earthly salvation. The uplifting,
restoring Influences OF. Messiah's King
dom will affect not only Adam and his
race. but also the earth itself. Grad
ually Paradise Lost. as little garden
of Eden. win become Paradise ReOained
as the world beautiful. Then the will
derness shall blossom as a rose and
the solitary place shall be glad.
Times of Restitution"
At our Lords First Advent the sac
ceptable time" began-the time when
God. having accepted the sacrifice Of
Christ Jesus. became willing through
Him to accept the sacrifices Of all who
desire to become His disciples-to take
up their cross and follow Him through
evil report and good report even unto
death. The entire Gospel Age anti
types Israel's Day Of Atonement, and
the sacrifices of our Lord and the
Church. Els Body. are the better sac
riaces." foreshadewed by the bullock
and the goat offered typicallv bv the