The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-14

blessing for our race will come through
the seed of Abraham--The Christ
The giving Of His Son to be mans
Redeemer and Deliverer from SIN and
death was Coos bisssing to man
making man rich. Messiah. having
died for the redemption Of the world,
Is about to bestow upon men the Dr.
vine blessing promised to Abraham,
Elm thee and in thy Seed shall all the
families Of the earth be blessed"
That blessing to the non-elect world
will be a glorious opportunity for ris'
ing up out Of sin and death conditions
to full human perfection in the image
and likeness Of God-As Adam pos
sessed this before his fall It will
mean the bringing Of the earth to the
conditions pictured In Eden. The earth.
God declares, He formed not IN vain,
but TO be inhabtAed- At present man
is in a condition Of enm1ty and sep
aration from His Creator and his earth
" home is disordered. Coos foot
stool, for SIX Thousand years, has bsen
the scene of a terrible reign Of Sin and
Death.
Why the Delay In the Removal Of Sin
and Death?
The only hope il in Messiah's King
dom, which God has promised shall
be established for the overthrow of
Satan. the abolishing Of ignorance and
superstition, the enlightenment OF man.
kind and the uplift OF all the willing
and obedient and for the destruction
of the wilfuliy wicked in the Second
Death. But before the Kingdom
could be established a redemptive work
was necessary for the satisfaction of
Justice ON behalf Of Adam, the sim
ner and bis race involved with him.
BY the grace of God Jesus has appear
ed and. as corresponding price. has
died, the Just for the unjust, that He
might bring us back into harmony with
God and bring in the glorious and long
promised thousand years Of restitution.
Acts iii. 1921.
Eighteen centuries ago Jesus accom-
pfished His redemptive work and was
rewarded, in His resurrection, with
glory, honor and Immortality. Ever
since then He is at the right hand of
Jehovah God, merely awaiting the Di-
vinely ordained time when He shall
take unto Himself His great power
and reign. OF that time we read
prophetically. ASK OF Me, and I will
give Thee the heather for Thine in
heritance. and the uttermost parts Of
the earth for Thy possession" psalm
IL, 81
But why so long a delay between
the time when He appeared to put
away sin by the sacrifice Of Himself
and the time when He shall appear in
His glory to establish the reign of
righteousness and lift up the world of
mankind for whom He died? The
Bible alone answers this question, and
oh, how much we are interested in It's
answer! 1t tells US that In this in
term between tho death Of the Savior
and the Inauguration Of His Kingdom
special and great work is to be ac-
complished according to the Divine
arrangement-the calling and the
choosing of faithful few from
amongst the redeemed race to consti-
tute Royal Priesthood. to serve and
reign in association with the Savior.
These heirs Of God and joint-heirs
with Jesus Christ our Lord are va
riously described in the Scriptures
Under one figure they are spoken Of
as being members of the Body Of
which He is the Head. Thus is shown
the oneness Of Christ and His faithful
followers. In another picture Jesus
is spoken of as the heavenly Bride
groom, and the Church is described as
His espoused. At the second coming
of Jesus His espoused virgin Church
is to be made alive from the dead and
thus to be married to the Bridegroom
and become His Bride and Jolnt-heir
to the glory, honor and immortality
which are His by virtue Of the heav-
emily Fathers arrangement and Of the
Savior's worthiness-faithfu unto
death. even the death of the Cross.
How Rich We Shall Be Made!
Thus seen, God. the Fountain Of ev-
cry good and every perfect gift, pro-
poses, first, to make rich the Church.
the Elect OF this Gospel Age Theirs
will be heavenly riches, a spirit nature,
glory, honor. with our Redeemer--"far
above angels. principalities and pow
ers and every name that is named"
The blessing Of the Lord will make
these rich indeed. and after they shall
have entered into the riches of this re-
ward, in the FIRST Resurrection. they
win be absolutely perfect God will
add no sorrow to that completed bless
ing. All the imperfecttons Of the pres
ent win be past and we shall be- like
our Redsener ana share His glory and
see Him as He is
And as for the world, we have al
ready seen that God is waiting to be
gracious to all who will accept His IA
Vors. He is waiting for the compile
ton of the Church Of the Eirst-born,
who constitute "a kind Of first -fruits
unto God of His creatures Games l.,
49,. He is waiting for the Kingdom
Glass 10 be fully selected. fully devel-
oped, fully shaped and polished In the
RedeemeriE likeness before bestowing
the blessing upon mankind through
natural Israel. The blessing of the
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