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ed, Jesus was the Captain, Leader hno
'Forerunner in this. and His Joint heirs
I all follow Him: None Of them pre-
coded Him. 's>"
"Princss In Al the Earth" :.
But the Messianic. Kingdom, itself
spiritual. will need earthly Represents
tives. and they are provided for in those
Ancient Worthless. Their testing hav.
Ing been completed. they Kill be raised
perfect human beings. ais Adam was i'll
his perfection. and Jesus In His. while
on earth. Their superior powers of
mind and body will soon, grasp all the
wonderful things which Divine Prov.
dence has arranged for since their day
and they will be quite masters Of the
situation. Naturally. perfect men will
be Princes amongst imperfect ones
But these will hold the title from the
Great Messiah. This is prophetieaLy
stated: Instead of Thy fathers Shall
be Thy children. whom Thou (Messiah)
shalt make Princes in all the earth
Psalm xiv. 49, 49,
Assuredly the new order of things
will appeal to the jew first, His les.
sons under the Law will make him spe.
cially amenable to the new condition
Of things. for during that thousand
years all mankind will be judged. not
according to their faith entirely. out
specially according to their works
Faith will be. easy when knowledge
will be so complete and so general
Good works will be gradually more and
more possible as they shall be blessed
and restored to perfection under the
Kingdom arrangements
The Scriptures intimate that the
world at that time will be in defect
ed condition. The great Thine of Trou-
BILE" with which Messiah's Kingdom
Will be inaugurated will cut q deep
swath in earthly hopes and ambitions.
and all nations will be in the condition
to desire the Messianic Government,
and then, 1.-THE desire Of all nations
shall come. flag. ii. Z. .,1
"coms, Let Us Go Up"
The Scriptures prophetically foretell
that as the Divine blessings of Mes
siah's Kingdom go more and more to
Israelites, other nations will take note
Of this and be inclined to- entreat a
share of the, Divine favors. saying.
"Come, let us go up to the mountain
(Kingdom) of the Lords house; He
will teach us of His ways and we will
walk in His paths" The whole world.
every nation, people, kindred. tongue,
needs just the blessings Of healing
and life eternal which the Messianic
Kingdom is. to offer them. And the
terms will not be impossible. but quite
the reverse. Messiah is to be. not only
a Great King to rule. but also a Great
Priest--and the Church with Him is
promised to be a Royal Priesthood. "
= However, God will not accept any
other nation than Israel. Ali of His
blessings are to go to the Seed of
Abraham. And as Abraham's Seed
spiritual In the resurrection becomes
eas the stars of heaven" so his seed
natural will increase to I'LL the whole
earth. and are compared to ''the sand
Of the seashore." Nor will this be an
arbitrary matter. It means the great
est good to- all. Note that the first
members of Spiritual Israel came from
Natural Israel. and that the Gentiles
we're grated in. Similarly the first
fruits OF the world will be Natural
Israel, but all nations will have the
privilege and opportunity OF being en-
grated into and becoming members of
IsraelEmuch after the same manner
that people Of all nationalities COM
ing to American Canada may enjoy
citizenship here under certain Coven
ant conditions. The New Covenant
conditions inaugurated with Israel Ger
xxi. 1884 will thus be open to all
mankind, because all will be permitted
to become members of Israel. Thus.
as the Scriptures prophesy, Abraham
eventually will be "a father of many
nations" Romans iv, II.
Eventually. all the willing and
obedient will be glad to enter into
this New Covenant relationship with
God through Christ and to be counted
members of "the seed Of Abraham"
Eventually, all others will be destroy
ed In the Second Death. so that then
all the earth will be blessed as Abra-
hams seed. Here we have the Gospel
In Its fitness. expanded from the
original promise made to Abraham.
and taking in all the features of d.
vine grace and mercy and eventuating
in the most wonderful blessings pos
sibIe for the human mind to imagine!
And all this centers in the work Of
Jesus, in His death for our sins and in
His resurrection for our deliyerance
and the execution of the Gospel Pro
gram. Thanks be unto God for His
unspeakable gift! Hallelujah. what a
Gospel! Hallelujah, what Savior!
dalleluiah. what a Godt