Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-31

"Ablo Ministers OF New Covenant"
All those who now present their bod
ies to Jesus, desiring TO share with
Him in suffering for righteousness In
this present time, that they may nave
share with Him in His coming glory
and Kingdom-all these are In Bible
language "able ministers (seryants)
of the New Covenant" They are
serving the New Covenant, although 1t
has not yet been sealed with thd pre-
cious blood. They are serving in calling
those who have an ear to hear, In
showing them the privilege Of suffer
Ing with Christ, that they may also
reign with Him. They serve the New
Covenant in helping to build one an
other up In the most holy faith and In
assisting one another in the narrow
way of faithfulness and self-sacrIace
even unto death.
But specially these, each for himself
serves the New Covenant arrangement
by fulfilling the terms Of his Cove
nant Of sacrifice" psalm !, o. Jesus
was the first Minister, or Servant, OF
this Covenant All Of His members
are associated in this ministry. When
the ministry service of sacrifice shall
have been completed the grander
ministry Of this New Covenant In glory
will begin. The Christ, the Messiah.
the Mediator In glory, as the Antitypi-
cal Mechlsedek, will combine the Of
Ace OF King with His other Office Of
Priest, or Instructor and Helper.
The first work will be the applica-
ton Of the blood Of Atonement, the
Ransom-prlce for the sins Of the whole
world. AS soon as thus presented on
mans behalf, Divine Justice will &C.
cept It. Forthwith the world will no
longer be enemies Of God, children Of
wrath, without God aud without hope,
but on the contrary, the RdHSoni-price
for their sins having been accepted,
the sentence Of death against all will
be cancelled, and the whole world will
be turned over to the control of the
Mediator. He having medlated to-
wards God, and having made satlsfac-
ton for human sin through the merit
Of His own sacrifice, will then pro-
coed to reconcile the world.
During the six thousand years Of the
reign Of sin and death the world has
become so alenated from God that the
majority do not earnestly desire recon
clllation. This, however, is because Of
their weakness and ignorance. For
thousand years the great Mediator will
instruct them, giving chastenings where
necessary and In proportion to their
spirit OF wifulness, and thus gradual
ly He will uplift them out Of their ig-
norance, blindness and sin de6lement-
out Of the tomb and out Of all the
weaknesses Of the dying condition
back into the image of God, from which
all fell In Father Adam.
The only exceptions to this rule will
be that such as willfully, lntellgently
reject the Divine provision for their
recovery will be punished with ever
lasting destruction They will perish
nike brute beasts" as st. Peter de.
clares. Oh Peter II, 12) The grand
finale will be attained when every
creature In heaven and in the earth
and under the earth" shall be heard
acclalming praise to Him that stitch
upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb
forever V, 10
Jesus the churoh's Advocate.
From the foregoing 1t will be seen
that the worlds salvation is to be
Restitution to human perfection-an
earthly Eden lost through Father
Adams disobedience. 1t will be no.
ticed also that the Church has no part
with the world in that Restitution, nor
In that Mediation for thousand years
The Church will be members Of the
Mediator who will confer the Resttu
ton blessings and privileges on the
non-elect.
But the fact that the Church will
not be numbered with mankind In the
human Mediation, which will take
place during the Millennium, does not
mean that the Church now has no
sins, nor that those sins do not need
to bo covered and cancelled. II does
mean that the Church Is not to get
back the human life and earthly rights
forfeited by Adam and to be restored
under the Mediators Kingdom In
stead, the Church Is promised glory
honor and lmmortality-heayenly ma
ture. AS n reward for participation
In the sufferlngs of Christ she shall be
made sharer in His eternal glorles,
What the Church needs and has Is
an Advocate with the Father
Christ the Righteous. Thousands Of
humanity who are weary and heavy.
laden with sin and deslrous Of recon.
ciliation with God and who hear the
Message Of this Gospel Age and ac
cept It's terms, present their bodies
living sacrifices and purpose to be
footstep followers Of Jesus. But be
cause these are by nature sinners
children OF wrath, under Divine sen.
tence, imperfect, their sacrifices could
not be accepted of the Father MS was
that OF Jesus; hence they need an Ad
vocate.
Jesus has merit In the hands Of Jus
tice, the result Of His sacrifice, which
is being Kept to be given by and by to
the world Of mankind. justifying them
to full Restitution. AS the Advocate
Of His footstep followers Jesus I'm
putes share Of the merit of His sac.