The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-07

to manklnd-to restore nm 10 Slm1an
conditions. But the Bible is quite right
in giving the Divine declaration to
man that he was created perfect and
upright and in the image and likeness
of God and that our deflement came
through the sin Of disobedience and
that our degradation came through he
redity and that we needed to be re-
deemed with the life of another--that
"as by a man came death. by man
also should come the resurrection OF
the dead" The simple story Of the
Bible is of human degradation and
death, of redemption and of a coming
time of uplifting from sin and death
conditions to perfection and life. This
offer will be as worldwide as was the
condemnation which came upon our
race through Adam. For six thousand
years our race has been living under
a reign of sin and death. but the Sew
enth Thousand win be the great Sab
bath .typifed by Israel's Jubilee Year,
in which all debtors went free and
every man returned to his former es-
tate.
The glorious possibilities Of that
thousand years are variously present
ed to us in the Bible 1t is to be the
New Day. to be ushered in by the Sun
of Righteousness with healing in His
beams. Ignorance and sin. sorrow and
death. shall flee away-darkness and
superstition shall vanish. Satan shall
be bound for a thousand years and de-
ceive man no more. Messiah will
reign with Divine Power. A Priest
upon His Throne He will extend mer-
cy to those whom He rules. He will
instruct them, succor them. uplift
them, and. as the hand Of God, will
wipe away all tears.
Meantime the earth itself will be
made to blossom as the rose and to
yield her increase" and the wilder
ness and the solitary place shall be
glad" The knowledge of the glory
of God shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the sea" The result will
be that every knee will bow and ev-
cry tongue confess" to the glory Of
God, for all who shall reject this Won
derful demonstration of Divine Power
and love viii be esteemed unworthy of
any further favors and will be de-
stroyed from among the people. in the
Second Death st. Peter tells us that
all the holy Prophets told this blessed
story of coming restitution. See his
plain statement of the matter in Acts
iii. 1923.
A Redemptive Sacrifice Necessary.
We must not forget that in the Di-
vine arrangement a sacrifice for sins
was necessary. Because of his disc
bedience. Adam was condemned to
death. but not to eternal torment as
our creeds mistakenly declare, His
race in him. when he sinned. shared
his penalty; hence we are dying race
mentally. morally and physically
wrecked God could not justly set
aside His own sentiments and declare
us worthy of His favor and its gift of
eternal life But since all came into
this condemned condition through one
mans diSobedience, it was possible
that all should he released from the
Death sentence through the sacrifice of
one Redeemer LAS all in Adam die,
even so all in Christ shall be made
alive. every man in his own order -
] Corinthians XIV, %, %.
Here we have an important queS-
ton. Has 4 Redeemer been provided
so that God can justly permit Messiah
to awaken the sleeping members of
al nf CT
and DEATH back to human perfection
and an earthly Eden, worldwide? The
answer is. Yes Jesus left His heav-
emily glory and was made flesh. that
He by the grace of God should taste
death mot eternal tormenti for every
man" Hebrews ii. 81 His reward of
the Father was a glorious eXatation
to the right hand of Divine Majesty.
"far above angels. principalttics and
powers" Thus He was qualified to
rule and to bless those whom His
death redeemed
Why. then. does the Messianic work
delay? why did Jesus not immediate
" begin the work of restitution? The
Bible answers the question most clear
ly. II assures us that before that work
can begin there must he selected from
amongst men. by & special call and by
special tests. sanity class. little
flock" TO whom ii is the Fathers good
pleasure to give the Kingdom in Joint
heirship with His only Son. the Re
deemer SO. then. what remains is for
all of this class to finish their course
with Joy and then. by the First Resur-
rection. to pass beyond the veil to he
forever with their Lord as spirit be
ings-partakors of the divine nature.
far above angels, principalities and
powers.
Then the spiritual Seed of Abraham
will he complete, and then ii will be-
gin its work of blessing. first the nat
ural seed of Abraham, and. subse-
queutly. all the families Of the earth
If ut FIRST we were inclined to feel i'm
patient Of the long delay, we are check
ed by the thought that If the work Of
God in the selection of the spiritual
Seed Of Abraham. like unto the stars
IF heaven" had been completed soon
e.. are would have missed the glorious
opportunity OF becoming members of
IT, Rather. therefore let us rejoice in
the DELAY. realizing that the world in