The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-21
whom they esteemed as publicans and

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sinners and Gentiles, by accepting
Christ and becoming His discipies, be.
came heirs Of the highest promise
made to Abraham-became Abraham's
spiritual Seed-members Of the Mes
slab, of which Jesus is the Head and
the Church His Body.
Alas, poor Jews! Our hearts may
we'll 60 out to them in sympathy in
their chagrin. and disappointment
when they shall learn the truth on
the subject, when they shall learn
that they have lost not only the heav-
emily glory but also the honorab BILE place
OF being Messiah's earthly representa-
tves. Most assuredly there will be
weeping and gnashlng of teeth, and.
contrltion Of heart and penitence, we
trust, toward God, which will bring
them into the right condition to be
amongst the first Of humanity to be
blessed under the New Order : Of
things. Very soon, we believe, the
blindness is to be turned from Israel
just as soon as the elect spiritual Seed
OF Abraham shall be completed, st.
Paul tells US Romans xi, 25-39.)
Then favor will return to the nat
ural seed Of Abraham: '"rhey shall OBJ
tain mercy through Jour- mercy" Their
eyes OF understanding will open; men
tally "they will look upon Him whom
they have pierced" They will mourn
for Him, and the Divine promise is
that God will then pour upon them
the spirit Of prayer and supplication.
Other Similar Texts.
All Bible students will recall several
other passages Of very similar Ian
guage to that Of our text. But when
we get the right focus upon them we
perceive that they all belong to 'ex-
pertences in the present life, that none
Of them relate to incidents beyond the
tomb. A greater care in the study Of
the Bible might have protected US
from the Thoughts that any of these
references apply to the dead, because
the Scriptures not only tell that they
are sleeping and waiting for the morn
ing, but they also particularly inform
us that "the dead know not anything:"
their sons come to honor and they
know it not, to dishonor and they per-
ceive 1t not Of them;" and that there
Is neither work, nor device, nor knowl-
edge, nor wisdom in the grave [sheol]"
whittier all go.-Ecclesiastes tx, 5, TO-;
Job xiv, 81.
This expression, weeping and gnash-
ing Of teeth" is found also in. the
parable Of the Wise and Foolish Vir-
gins. The context tells US that this
parable applies IL, the end of this Cos
pei Age, at about the time for the
second coming Of Jesus-not as a sim
bearing Sacrificer, but as the King Of
Glory. His consecrated, sanity peo-
pie are Ikened unto ten yirgins-five
wise and five foolish.
The parable does not relate to the
world at all, but merely to the saints
They are all virgins, all pure, all justi-
fed, all sanctifed ones. The differ
ence between them is in Sespect to
their wisdom or unwisdom. The wise
saints Of God in the end Of this Age,
guided by the Divine Word, will walk
very ctrcumspectiy, very faithfully,
searching the Scriptures in respect to
all they believe and striving to con-
form themselves to the Divine will in
all that they do and say.
Because Of their watchfulness, alert.
ness, devoutness and loyalty they are
wise and will be In q special position
Of advantage and knowledge in respect
to the things Of the Harvest time of
this Age. The Master, the Bridegroom,
will lead these; and gradually, one by
one, they shall go through the door of
death into the marriage, experiencing
the glorious change promised, SIN a
moment, in the twinkling Of an eye"
They will complete the Bride Glass, to
which none can be added, because it is
foreordained and predestinated num-
Der. With the end Of our Age the door
to glory and immortality will close,
never to open again, because there is to
be but one Bride and her membership
is limited by Denomination.
Tho Foolish Virgins.
The foolish virgins" will miss their
glorious opportunity by reason Of un-
wisdom. They will be so overcharged
with the cares of this life and the de-
ceitfulness Of riches and the attempt
to have the favor Of the world as we'll
@s the favor Of the Lord that it will
hinder them FROM proper Bible study
and from faithfdlness in walking in
the footsteps Of Jesus. Because Of this
they are styled foolish, unworthy Of
Gods highest favor-the divine nature.
The parable shows them as finally,
In the very close Of the Age. obtaining
the light which they should have had
sooner had they not been overcharged
with earthly cares and ambitions. AS
soon as they obtain the light they real
lie the situation and ask for admission
as members Of the Bride Of Christ, to
which they were called; but the an
swer is that it IS complete, that the
Bridegroom can know only one Wife
and cannot recognize them thus. Then