The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-04

is coverable through the merit OF the
one sacrifice of Christ which covering
is to be obtained by the transgressor's
approaching the Throne of the heaven
~ Grace that be may obtain mercy
and find grace to help in time of need
When we came to God desiring to be
accepted as disciples of Jesus and
joint-sacriicers in His cross-bearing,
self-denial and death to the world.
and joint-heirs also with Him in His
Heavenly Kingdom, we found Him
prepared and willing to be our Advo-
cate with the Father. Through the
imputation of the merit of His sacrifice
we were healed and accepted of the
Father and begotten of the holy Spirit.
Now. as children Of God. New Crea-
lures in Christ we still need our Adj
vocate, because we as New Creatures
have not yet received our new bodies
and win not receive them until the
resurrection; and because our earthly
bodies are imperfect through the fall
we are liable from time TO time to be
overtaken in a fault Our need, then.
Is not to attend Low Mass. or High
Mass. but to go directly to the Lord
in the name and merit of our Advo-
cate. Thus the Apostle enjoins us
saying. "lf any man lin the Church,
sin, we have an Advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous.
Il John ii, ~ The thought that sin
in every instance requires Atonement
is quite Scriptural. and the thought
that without the shedding Of blood
there is no remission of sins is Scrip
tural (Hebrews tx, 22.) But the
thought that Christ needs to die more
than once is antagonistic to the Scrip
lures, as we have already seen.
The fact is that good and great peo-
pie have made serious errors in theol
ogy along nearly every line. The err
rors accumulated for nearly fifteen
centuries, and we must not wonder at
our slowness in getting fully rid Of
them. For the past four centuries
practically the people Of God of all
denominations have been coming back
to the light of Gods Word Both
Catholic and Protestant translations
Of the Bible are assisting us. We are
growing In grace as well as in knowl
edge. Whatever we shall say Of the
world, we must believe that Gods
consecrated people in every denomina-
ton are more Christlike. more God
like, than were their forefathers who,
surrounded by the errors of the past,
fanatically and devilishly tortured one
another in the name of religion--in the
name of the Bible which they did not
understand.
1.-THE Abemination Of DesoIation."
Nearly nineteen centuries ago our
Redeemer mentioned the Abomination
OF Desolation spoken of by the Prophet
Daniel. The Master declared that when
this Accumulation should be seen those
noting 1t should understand and fee
with haste. For long centuries it was
supposed that the Great Teacher re
ferred to events which eliminated in
A. D. 70, in the destruction Of Jerusa
lem The Accumulation was supposed
to refer to the carrying of Roman ban
ners within the holy precincts of the
Temple. 1t did seem strange that SO
comparatively insignificant matter
should have been mentioned by the
Lord through Daniel the Prophet. and
should also have been referred to by
Jesus Himself.
OF late there is another interpreta-
ton. 1t refers our Lords prophecy
specially to the end OF this Age and
the great thine of Trouble" soon to
come upon the Church and upon Chris
tendon. In this view the Abomina ton
of Desolation signifies reprehensible
doctrine introduced into the Church.
the true spiritual Temple-into the
holy place." The doctrine was to be
an abomination in the sight of God
and would exercise a desolating influ-
ence upon everything associated with
1t. This influence would continue for
long centuries before its defling char,
acter would be recognized. Then all
30 recognizing it should know that the
Time of Trouble and the New Dispen-
sation are near, and should make all
haste to separate themselves from
everything associated with the "Abomi-
nation"-they should forsake the error
and fee to the mountain heights of
Truth, as Lot and mis- family fed from
Sodom.
! share with many other Bible Stu
dents the view that the Desolating
Abomination mentioned by the Prophet
Daniel ana by Jesus is the doctrine of
the Mass 1t was introduced about
the middle of the Fourth Century. 1t
has had cOrrupting influence since
And now that we see it clearly 1t is
the duty and privilege of all of God s
people to get right with God by re-
nouncing that which is so abomina Bile
in His sight-the setting aside of the
one, perpetual sacrifice of Christ, and
the substituting in part therefor of
the sacrifices of the Mass, performed
many times every day throughout the
world.
In Daniels Prophecy xxi, 31-3S) we
recognize brief syuoptical history
covering the period from the Fourth
Century to the days of Napoleon. The
Sanctuary of Truth and Christian
strength was polluted. The daily Sac
rifice, literally the continual sacrifice.
was taken away. and the Accumulation
of Desolation was introduced-the
Mass. Then follows a description OF