The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-13

Of Abraham through whom eventually
Divine Power will be exercised and d.
vine Grace be shed abroad among men.
According to the Scriptures, the Mes
stab, the Deliverer. is composite-com-
posed of numerous members. Each
one Of these members must be tested
and proven in respect to his loyalty to
God and to the principles Of righteous
ness before he can attain to his glo
rious reward Of the divine nature God
has foreordained how many shall con
stitute this Messiah company and what
shall be their Observation-Disclosures.
according to which they may make
their calling and their election sure"
They must be so loyal to God and to
the principles of His righteousness
that they will gladly sacrifice every
earthly interest, yea, life itself. 1t will
be readily seen that there are not very
many of such deep devotion as this In.
the whole world. However. God. who
knows the end from the beginning, de-
clares that His purposes shall not fail.
which means that He will succeed in
the appointed time in finding the pre-
destinated number of the proper faith.
obedience, character.
Restrictions at First Only.
The primary restrictions were that
this glorious opportunity to become
members of the Messiah. 1.-The Seed Of
Abraham" for the blessing Of the
world, must be first offered to the nat
ural seed of Abraham. Only after the
worthy of these had been gathered
could this great privilege be extended
to others. But mark you well-the Sc
lection of this special class does not
involve the "pon-eIect" in eternal tor
ment, nor in any disaster. On the con-
trary. the gathering Of the elect"
should be regarded as an assurance on
Gods part Of the fulnlment of His
larger promise. that through these
sanity ones. the Messianic Body. great
blessings are to be showered upon
Abraham's natural seed; yea. and upon
all the families of the earth.
The blessing of the world will be
tell US, the Bible theory. that man
was created in Gods image, Is wrong
and he is really the offspring OF an
ape, then Restitution would be the
worst thing that could possibly come
to mankind-to restore him to simian
conditions. But the Bible is quite right
in giving the Divine declaration to
man that he was created perfect and
upright and in the image and likeness
Of God and that our defilement came
through the sin of disobedience and
that our degradation came through he.
redity and that we needed to be re-
deemed with the life of another-that
''aS by a man came death. by man
also should come the resurrection OF
the dead" The simple story Of the
Bible Is of human degradation and
death, of redemption and of a coming
time Of uplifting from sin and death
conditions to perfection and life. This
offer will be as worldwide as was the
condemnation which came upon our
race through Adam. For six thousand
years our race has been living under
reign of sin and death, but the Sew.
enth Thousand will be the great Sab
bath typifled by Israel's Jubilee Year
every man returned to his former es
tate.
The glorious possibilities of thai
thousand years are variously present.
ed to us In the Bible. 1t is to be the
New Day, to be ushered in by the Sun
OF righteousness with healing In His
beams. Ignorance and sin, sorrow and
death, shall fee away-darkness and
superstition shall vanish. Satan shall
be bound for thousand years and de-
ceive man no more. Messiah viii
reign with Divine Power. A Priest
upon His Throne, He will extend mer-
cy to those whom He rules. He will
instruct them, succor them, uplift
them, and, as the hand Of God. will
wipe away all tears.
Meantime the earth itself will be
made to blossom as the rose" and to
'.yield her increase and "the wilder
ness and the solitary place shall be
glad" 'The knowledge Of the glory
OF God shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the sea-" The result will
be that "eVery knee will bow and ev'
cry tongue confess to the glory OF
God, for all who shall reject this won
derful demonstration of Divine Power
and love Will be esteemed unworthy OF
any further favors and will be de-
stroyed from among the people, In the
Second Death. St Peter tells us that
all the holy Prophets told this blessed
story of coming restitution. See bis
plain statement of the matter in Acts
iii. 1928.
A Redemptivs Sacrifices Necessary.
We must not forget that in the Di-
vine arrangement sacrifice for sins
was necessary. Because of his DISC
bedience, Adam was condemned to
death, but not to eternal torment as
our creeds mistakenly declare. his
race in him, when he sinned, shared
his penalty; hence we are a dying race
mentally, morally and physically
wrecked. God could not justly set
aside His own sentiments and declare
us worthy Of His favor and its gift Of
eternal life. But since all came into
this condemned condition through one
mans disobedience, 1t was possible
that all should be released from the
death sentence through the sacrifice OF
one Redeemer "As all in Adam die,
even so all in Christ shall be made
alive, every man in his own order. -
Corinthians Nv, %, %.
Here we have an important ques-
ton: Has a Redeemer been provided
80 that God can justly permit Messiah
to awaken the sleeping members OF
our race and to uplift all out Of sin
and death, back to human perfection
and an earthly Eden, worldwide? The
answer Is, Yes. Jesus left His heay-
emily glory ard was made flesh, that
He by the grace of God should taste
death mot eternal torment) for every
man" (Hebrews Ii. 81 His reward Of
the Father WAS glorious exaltation
to the right hand Of Divine Majesty,
'.far above angels, principaiities and
powers" Thus He was qualified to
rule and to bless those whom His
death redeemed.
why, then, does the Messianic work
delay? why did Jesus not immediate
" begin the work of restitution? The
Bible answers the question most clear
~. 1t assures us that before that work
can begin there must be selected from
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