The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-15

their attempt to keep the Law brought
them great uplift Of heart. SO that
/ when Jesus came to them considera.
BILE number were ready 10 receive Him.
did receive Him. and He received them
They became sons of God. through the
begetting of the Holy Spirit. at rente-
cost and afterward. These were the
spiritual Seed of Abraham. begotten of
the Holy Spirit. Jesus Himself bein@
| the Head, or First:athe others were
counted In as members Of His Body
Israel had been hoping for share In
Messiah's Kingdom. and st. Paul ex
plains. Israel hath not obtained that
which he seeketh for. but the election
hath obtained it. and the rest were
blinded" The blinded lsraelites are
still cast aside. but not forever The
Divine blessing shall come to natural
Israel just as soon as spiritual Israe
shall be completed. tSee rom Il. 2a,344
The Kingdom Suffsreths Violence.
What did the election" obtain !?
or what did the faithful "lsraelites
indeed" become heirs BY accepting
Jesus and by the Pentecostal blessing !?
We answer that they became identified
with Messiah's Kingdom and heirs or
inheritors of the glorious promise made
to Abraham. that in his Kingdom all
the families Of the earth should be
blessed. But now note that there were
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worthy to complete the Kingdom class.
The Kingdom therefore could not be
tnaugurated then. God had foreseen
this and through the Prophet had
promised that some would be gathered
from the Gentiles to complete this
Kingdom class. The entire work OF
this Gospel Age has been the calling of
this elect" class for the Kingdom. Ii
we have rightly viewed the matter. the
foreordained number will soon have
been found. the election will be at an
end. the accepted will be glorifled us
the Kingdom. and Messiah's reign Of
righteousness will begin.
But notice now the course Of all be-
longing to the Kingdom class. through
out this age. They are not reigning
with Christ. but suffering with Christ.
And Jesus explained this: they are In
deed Of the Royal Family. because be-
gotten of the Holy Spirit; they are In
deed the Kingdom class because they
are affiliated with the great King: but
they have not yet entered into their
glory. They will do so only By the
power of the First Resurrection. Thus
1t Is written. I'VE must all be chang.
ed" because "fesh and blood cannot
inherit the Kingdom Of God"
Our Lord Himself was the Pattern.
the Forerunner of nil these. After His
conservation and His begetting OF the
Holy Spirit. He was tested even unto
death. even the death OF the cross, be-
fore He experienced His glorious res
direction change and ascended up and
sat down at the right hand OF the
Majesty on High. Similarly all OF His
followers. after conservation. must be
tested, their loyalty must be proven.
before they can share with Him In
His Resurrection"
Partly for the testing of these. their
development takes place In time
when Satan is the Prince of this world
and when his power is permitted to
be exercised against them as 1t was
exercised against their Lord. The mes
sage to these In, "The Kingdom suffer
eth violence aud the violent take 1t by
force" AS our Lord suffered violence
from the Prince OF this world. so will
His followers. for "the disciple is mo-
above His Lord" His promise to His
followers is. BE thou faithful unto
death. and | will give thee crown Of
fe."-Revelation II. 10.
"Ths World knoweth Us Not.r
So then we perceive that Gods King
dom class. the followers Of Jesus. have
been suffering violence. just az did
their Leader. for righteousness sake.
That the prosecutors had not known
and done their evil work Intentional
~, St Peter intimates when he says
to the Jews. II wot that tn ignorance
ye did 1t, as did also your rulers. for
II they had known they would not
have crucifed the Prince Of Life"
Hence, In due time Fheir blindness
shall be turned away and they will
look upon Him whom they pierced and
mourn (Zechariah xii. lO). and God
will pour upon them the spirit OF pray.
er and supplication. and forgive them
and make the experience profitable to
as many as shall prove willing.
Meantime, for eighteen centuries, the
Scriptures declare, 1.-THE world knoweth
US not even as 1t knew Him not"