The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-24

leAsI02 RgssELL He said in part: |
AS Bible students
re End it more and more necessary to
study the Scriptures discriminatory
Gods people have unwilling
y narrowed down the grace of God
ind minimized the efficacy Of Christ's
sacrifice by asserting that
Ill the blessings are for the Church
and none for the world-that they are
for the present Age. and that with Its
all hope will expire, and
that the world. the non-elect, will suf-
fer to all eternity. without ever having
tasted of the grace Of God in Christ
many without even coming to knowl-
edge of that provision for sinners.
Two salvations-Two Penteeosts.
A more careful study OF the Bible is
revealing to Gods people all over the
world the fact that He has for man
kind two distinct salvations. one for
the Church. the other for the world.
and each of these salvations Is intro.
duced by Pentecostal blessing. That
the Church Is merely "first-fruits
unto God of Els creatures" is distinct
" stated by st. James q. 49,. and this
implies most positively that there will
be after-fruits.
Note the Apostles statement respect
ing the efficiency Of Christ's sacrifice.
both for the Church and for the world
he says. HE is IL Precipitation for our
sins (the Church, and not for ours only,
but also for the sins Of the whole
world" q .Iohnsii. y.
This does not signify that all will
gain everlasting life on the same plane
of glory. The change of nature from
human to divine is a part Of the SUI
perior blessing provided by the Lord
for those who. now walk by faith in
the footsteps OF the Redeemer. The
blessings to the world will not include
a change Of nature. hut restoration
of the. willing and obcdient to human
perfection. such as Adam enjoyed be.
fore he sinned
Many Of us had not noticed until re-
Gently that two pentecosta blessings
are mentioned by the Prophet. Our
overlooking this was doubtless because
1t was not due time for ttis feature
to be clearly understood. Now. as the
time nenrs for the fulfilment of the
second Pentecostal blessing. the force
and meaning of the Scripture shines
out. Before making known the riches
of His grace to the world God has been
pleased to foreordain the election of
the Church. to he joint-heirs with Jesus
In the glorious work of blessing earth,
teeming millions
Notice the text: ct shall come to
pass, saith the Lord. at the end of those
days, that will pour out My Spirit
upon all flesh. and In those days
will pour out My Spirit upon My
servants and upon My handmaidens'
(Joel ii. IS: Acts II. 17.) st. Peter, in
quoting the prophecy. properly applied
only the portion which was due In his
day. namely. that portion applicable
to the servants and handmaidens Of
the Lord The two features Of the
prophecy are distinctly marked-one
blessing to be upon Gods servants and
handmaidens only, the other to be upon
all flesh. The one was to be "in those
days." the other. "after those days"
Jubilee pay.-JubiIee Year.
The Day of Pentecost was the grand
Jubilee Day, IN which Gods blessing
was attained, marking the forgiveness
Of sin and the acceptance by the Heav
emily Father. twas the Goth day Il
plus ~. Every Jewish Sabbath pointed
to this Jubilee Day as the elimination
Of the Sabbath day system. The wore
Sabbath" signifies rest and this cul
mination of the Sabbath days in fif
tieth signified the completeness Of thu
rest.
But 1t will be remembered that in TIT
Law given to Israel there was not onl.
a seven-day series of Sabbaths. bu
also a seven-year' series of Sabbaths
Each seventh year was Sabbath year
lending up to Jubilee q x7 plus y
the fiftieth. As the day Sabbath
isiched n glorious elimination for tn,
Church. so the year Sabbath will reacl
q glorious climax for the world. TIL
fiftieth year was the Jubilee In tina
year all debts we're cancelled. and al
, who had been sold into slavery TO
debt went free
i This pictured the coming blessings
the Day Of Messiah. when He shal
reign and when through the merit o
/ Els sacrifice all sin will be rorgive
| and all slavery to sin and death will b
abolished. This is not a new thought
Centuries ago Bible students discernr
that tile Jubilee of Isracl's time was
feature of the LAW foresh;.dowing
blessing worldwide 1t was Will, thi
knowledge that our beautiful hymn wa
written: ..Blow Ye The Trumpet. BLOW
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