Evening journal., 1912-06-15

not accepted or the Father ana not
begotten Of the Holy Spiprit until PEN
tecost God would not recognize any
as sons until Jesus had finished His
sacrifice, and. as the great Advocate
appears in the presence Of God for
US as our Advocate with the Father.
Jesus Christ the Righteous. John did
not belong to this class. just is Abra-
ham. Isaac and the Prophets did not
belong 10 IT, In Gods providence
their reward will he different from
that Of the church-theirs will be an
earthly reward They will he resur-
rected TO human perfection. They
will have to do with the human phase
of the Kingdom, which. amongst men
mankind will he through those noble
will represent Messiah and the church,
who will he spirit beings but invisible
to men. and whose dealings with
mankind will he through those noble
characters. the Ancient Worthless.
"SOme Better Thing For Us"
We are not to infer that those glor-
ious characters mentioned in the
Scriptures who lived before Christ's
time were ignoble or less faithful than
the Gospel Church, but merely that
God has promised them the earthly
perfection, while He has promised the
Bride of Christ the heavenly perfec-
ton. They will not, like the remain
der of mankind come forth to imper-
fection, 20 attain perfection gradually
during the thousand years of Mes
siah's reign; the record is that they
will come forth as perfect human be-
ings. That will be the reward of
their faithfulness. st. Paul explains
the entire matter in Hebrews 1lth
chapter. He tells of the faith and
heroism of those Ancient Worthless
and that they had this testimony
that they pleased Cod There will
be no necessity for testing them in
/ the future. Their acceptance with
God is already proven and declared
Nevertheless, in Gods order the
earthly Kingdom and restitution bless.
ings for the world cannot begin until
/ the Kingdom class, Christ and the
Church. shall first be completed. Thu:
/ the Apostle declares, "All these diet
I'm faith. not having received tbs
/ (earthly) things promised to them
God having provided some better thing
for us (the church,, that they. withou
us. should not be made perfect. Th'
glorifcation of the Church, her res
direction to perfection. must first b.
accomplished before the blessings
through them can proceed to the ma
tural seed OF Abraham, and ther
through Israel TO all nations.-He
brews Xi, $50.
Not the Bride But the Friend.
John the Baptist seemed to eithe
comprehend the situation, or else h
spoke the truth by prophecy when HI
declared. He that hath the Bride is th'
Bridegroom, but the friend of the
Bridegroom hearing His voice, re
ioiceth greatly. This my joy there
fore is fulfilled" He perceived tina
lin Gods providence he had a yer,
honorable and blessed station an,
work to accomplish. but he was Meth
er to be the bridegroom nor a mem
Der Of the Bride class
This does not imply that John wa
disappointed at the time. nor that h.
and the other Ancient Worthless vii
be disappointed when they come fort
in the resurrection. to find Bird
class selected TO a higher place thal
theirs. On the contrary. their Gu
of blessing being full, and never hav
ing been begotten Of the Holy Spiri
to spirit nature. they will not b
able to comprehend or appreciate an
blessings higher than their own. Jus
for instance, rs a fish I'm the watel
seeing a bird flying in the air, woul
not be jealous of the bird and Il