The Penn's Grove record., 1911-03-24
THE GREAT
HEREAFTER
BY PASTOR RUSSELL
Of Brooklyn Tabernacle

the mountains, and snail De exalted above
the hills; and all nations shall flow into
it.-Isaiah liz.
Our text has not yet been fulfilled,
but we believe the beginning of it's full
f1llment to be near. 1t pictures Mes
siah's kingdom, for which Christian
people have long been waiting and
praying, "Thy kingdom come; they
will be done on earth as it is in
heaven"-the same kingdom for which
the Jews so long waited and are still
waiting. Our text relates not to the
spiritual part of the kingdom, which
the Gospel church is called to share,
but to the earthly part of the kingdom.
which belongs to the natural seed of
Abraham. A great mistake has been
made by many of us in the past, in
that we have not d~iscerned and ac-
know1edged the two ~1sraels, spiritual
and natural, and the separate rewards
and blessings apportioned to these by
the Divine promises of the Scriptures.
Both are to be used of God in fulfilling
the promise made to Abraham-in
blessing all the families of the earth.
After the completion Of Messiah,
Head and Members, on the plane of
glory, the New Covenant will be in.
a~ugurated with Israel, as the Scrip.
lures distinctly teach Jeremiah xxi
31-34). Our text, therefore, waits for
It's accomplishment until the last mem
Der of the elect Church of Christ shall
have passed beyond the vale.
In the symbolic language Of the
Scriptures a mountain is always sym
bolical of a kingdom. Hence the noun,
tain of the Lords house means the
kingdom of God and that royal house
r family recognized by him. For in
stance, we read that David sat upor
the throne of the kingdom of the LORD
and that God made a covenant with
him. "even the sure mercies of David
VIZ, that none but his seed, his pos
terity, would eve be recognized as the
Divinely appointed representatives Of
God in kingly authority and power. Ii
other words, Messiah was to be the
offspring of David, the great a~ntitypica
David (Beloved), who must "reigr
from sea to sea and from the river t.
the ends Of the earth"
The Messiah-King on the spirit plane
the Son of God land like God invisible
to men, as are also the angels), is the
antitypical David and the a~ntitypica
Solomon, the wise, the great, the rich
In the days of his flesh our Lord wa!
the Son of David according to the flesh
though begotten of a divine life no
tainted by any human imperfection
He was, therefore, holy, harmless, IN
defled and separate from sinners. Hi
faithfulness to the will of the Fathe
made him subject to all of the expe
riences Of suffering and death, as ex
pressed in his own words. The GU
which my Father has pSured for me
shall I refuse to drink it? His obedi
ence into death, eve the death o
the cross, demonstrating his loyait.
to the last degree and he received tn
high reward appropriated. Him hat
God also highly exalted and given
name that is above every name, tina
at the name Of Jesus every kne
should bow, both of things In heaVe'
and of things in earth"
We have before our minds the ant
typical house of David, Messiahs klne
" household, the royal priesthood d
| yinely prepared. AS a kingdom 1t WI
be at the top, above all the kingdom
of earth. Not only will this be tru
of the spiritual kingdom (inVlsiDi
I mar as the angels are indiyisibieI
hut IT will include also an earthl
kingdom composed of ''Israelites II
deed" At their head as princes IN a
the earth will stand the resurrecte
Ancient Worthless, perfected as me
and samples of all mankind, by ooed
ence to the laws of the kingdom. ma
attain to, with eternal life. ines
Ancient Worthless are enumerated l
the Observation-Disclosures, lsaac, Jacoi
| the prophets, etc., and described 0
| St. Paul in Hebrews 11:3S-4o. 10 the
belong the earthly promises {
the Old Testament. They neVe
heard of the heavenly or splritus
nromises. Their loyalty will hnd II
reward In the fact that they Will com
forth from the tomb no longer bien
ished and imperfect, but fully, con
pletely restored to the perfection ori'
inally enjoyed by father Adam. AZ
ditionally these will have h speclt
o1,idance and instruction of Messla
Head and members) in all the a
fairs of mankind. Thus as the Ma
ter said, speaking of that time, Y
| shall see Abraham, Isaac, JACOB an
the prophets in the kingdom eLuk
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Gods kingdom will be represented
the earth by Isaac, especially by thes
sanity men of Israel, r~esurrected pc
feet. who will be the special a
pointees and representatives OF tn
glorifed Messiah's rule.
Humanity for 5000 years has bee
learning sthe exceeding s%infulness {
SIM" its downward tendency IN ever
sense of the word.
AS a consequence, the world is 10
Ing confidence in itself. All, whethe
politicians or judges or governor
great or small, or n party or a.
other, of one nationality or another
all are accused Of being tarred wit
the same stick OF selfishness. Th
Bible clearly indicates that this oil
trust is not without reason, and tha
Tho oroot time IF trouble to come D
every nation Daniel 12:1) will be Ia
direct result of this loss of confidence