The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-12

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give 1nce the hcathen for Thine in
heritance. and the uttermost parts OF
the earth for Thy possession" Psalm
II, 81
But why so long n delay between
the time when He appeared to put
away sin by the sacrifice Of Himself
and the time when lie shall appear in
His glory to establish the reign OF
righteousness and lift up the world of
mankind for whom lie died? The
Bible alone answers this question. and
oh. how much we are interested in IT'S
answer! It tells us that In this In
term between the death of the Savior
and the Inauguration Of His Kingdom
special and great work Is to he ac-
complished according TO the Divine
arrangement-the calling and the
choosing of faithful few from
amongst the redeemed race to consti-
tute Royal Priesthood to serve and
reign in association with the Savior
These heirs of God and ioint.heirs
with Jesus Christ orr 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 tile Head Thus Is shown
the oneness Of Christ am His faithful
followers. In another picture Jesus
is spoken of MS the heavenly Bride
groom. and the Church is describt ! as
His espoused At the second coming
of Jesus His espouscd virgin Church
Is to he made alive from the dead and
thus TO be married to the bridegroom
and become His Bride and ioint-heir
TO the glory. honor and immortality
which are His by virtue of the heav-
cnly Fathers arrangement and nf the
Savior's worthlness- ss-falthfulness unto
death. even the death Of the Cross.
How Rich We Shall De Madel
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 he heavenly riches, spirit nnture.
glory. honor. with our Rcdeemer--"fnr
above angels. principalities and pow
ers and every name that is named"
The blessing of the Lord will make
these rich indeed. and after they shall
have entered into the riches of this re-.
ward. in the First Resurrection. they
will he absolutely perfect. God will
add no sorrow to that completed bless.
ing. All the imperfections of the pres
ent will be past ard we shall be like
our Redeemer and share His glory and
see Him as He Is.
And us for the world. We have nj.
ready seen that God Is waiting to I've
gracious to all who will accept His IA
vors. He is waiting for the compile.
tion Of the Church of the FirSt-born,
who constitute n kind Of frst-fruits
unto God Of Ills creatures Games /.
49,. He is waftinis for the Kingdom
Glass TO be .hdA1 selected fully deyel-
oped, fully shaped and polished in the
Redeemer's dizziness before, bcstowing
the blessing ,hon ,mankIhd through
natural Israel. The blessing Of The
world will require II thousand years for
its outpouring upon every nation, lIeo'
sp.e, kindred qnd4 tongue ,r1nev shall
obtain' mercy throneh Your mercy"
Rom,xh alL TAO bleSSingwill come to
natural Israel Hh1. GaHduilIy. through
natural Israel. TO other nations
Gradually the blessing of the Lord
viii be making. rich all, who will come
under the terms ofilie.New Covenant.
and Of Messiah's glorious reign By
the close Of that thousand years the
world will he pcrfect-no more sijgIing.
no more crying and no moro dying.
Tho blessing of the Lord will have
made rich, ana Then what? He will
add no SorToW llhp lessons OF Sin and
Death will have been learned before
mankind will thus he enriched 10y the
Savior through restitution processes
and upllft from sin and death.