The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-03-07

blessing for our race will come through
the Seed Of Abraham-The Christ.
The giving of His Son to be mans
Redeemer and neliverer from sin and
death was Gods blessing to man
making man rich. Messiah. having
died for the redemption OF the world,
is about to bestow upon men the Di-
vine blessing promised to Abraha M.
'ln thee and in thy Seed shall all the
families Of the earth be blessed"
That blessing TO the non-eleCt world
will be a glorious opportunity for ris-
ing up out Of sin and death conditions
to full human perfection in the image
and likeness Of God-as Adam pos
SeSScd this before his fall. 1t will
mean the bringing Of the earth to the
conditions pictured in Eden. The earth.
God declares. He formed not in vain,
but to be inhabited. At present man
is in condition Of cnmity and sep
aration from His Creator and his earth
~ home is disordered. Gods foot
v
the scene of 4 terrible reign Of Sin and
Death.
Why the Delay In the Removal Of Sin
and Death?
The only hope is in McSsiah's King
dom, which God has promised shall
he established for the overthrow Of
Satan, the aboliShinG Of ignorance and
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kind and the uplift of all the willing
and obedicnt and for the destruction
of the wilTully wicked in the Second
Death. But before the Kingdom
could be established 4 redemptive work
was necessary for the satisfaction of
Justice on behalf Of Adam. the sin
ner, and his race involved with him.
BY the grace of God Jesus has appear
ed and, as a corresponding price has
died, the Just for the unjust, that He
might bring us back into harmony with
God and bring in the glorious and long
promised thousand years Of restitution
Acts iii. 1921.
Eighteen centuries ago Jesus accom-
pliShed His redcmptive work and was
rewarded, in His resurrection. with
glory, honor and immortality. Ever
since then He IS at the right hand OF
Jehovah God. merely awaiting the Di-
vinely ordained time when He shall
take unto Himself His great power
and reign. or that time we read
prODhetically, ASK OF Me. and | will
give Thee the hcathcn for Thine in
hertance, and the uttermost parts Of
the earth for Thy poSScsSiOn." psalm
ii, S.
But why SO long Il delay between
the time when He appeared to put
away sin by the sacrifice Of Himself
and the time when He shall appear in
His glory to establish the reign Of
righteousness and lift up the world of
mankind for whom He died? The
bible alone answers this question, and
oh. how much we are interested in its
answer, 1t tells us that in this IN
term between the death of the Savior
and the inauguration of His Kingdom
4 special and great work is to be &C
complshcd according to the Divine
arrangement-the calling and the
choosing Of Il faithful few from
tutc Royal Priesthood. to serve and
reign in association with the Savior
These heirs of God and jOint-heirS
with Jesus Christ our Lord are va
riouSly described in the Scriptures
Under one figure they are spoken Of
as being members Of the Body Of
which He is the Head. Thus is shown
the oneness Of Christ and His faithful
followers. In another picture Jesus
is spoken Of as the heavenly Bride
groom, and the Church is described as
His espouScd. At the second coming
OF Jesus His eSpOused virgin Church
is to he made alive from the dead aud
thus to be married to the Bridegroom
and become His Bride and joint-hci
to the glory, honor and immortality
which are His by virtue Of the hcav-
enly Fathers arrangement and Of the
SaYiors Observation-Disclosures unto
death. even the death Of the Cross.
How Rich We Shall Be Made!
Thus seen, God, the Fountain Of ev-
cry good and every perfect gift. pro-
poses, first, to make rich the Church.
the Elect Of this Gospel Age Theirs
Will be heavenly riches. a spirit nature
glory, honor, with our Redcemcr-"far
above angels. principaltics and pow
erS and every name that is named -
Ihc blessing OF the Lord will make
these rich indeed. and after they shall
nave entered into the riches Of this re
ward, in tho First Resurrection. they
VIII be absolutely perfect God viii
Ahd 10 sorrow to that completed bless
ing. All the imperfcctions Of the pres
cnt will be past and we shall be like
our 1;rdeemcr and share His glory and
see Him as He is
And rs for the world. we have al.