The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-17

calling Of Spiritual Israe, out Of tho
bondage Of the world-the bondage OF
sin and death. The Apostle thus shows
that the giving OF the Inv Covenant
TO Israel at MT Sinai typIcally repre-
scented the giving TO them Of the New
Law Covenant in Mt. Zion IN the end
Of this Age.
The Law Covenant was given
through a mediator, Moses, and tho
New Law Covenant in to be given
through a mediator, the Antitypical
Moses, Jesus the Head and the Church
His Body. 1t has required ali this
Gospel Age to gather out Of the world.
and to try, test, polish and ct the
members Of the Body Of Christ, who.
under His Headship. will be the Anti
typical Moses. who Will be the Anti
typical Mediator between God and men,
Jeremiah xxi. 81; Acts iii. 20. %.
As Moses went up into the Mount to
commune with God before the Law
Covenant was completed. so the entire
Church must so up into the Mountain.
into the Kingdom. with our glorious
Head and Redeemer, by the change Of
the First Resurrection. AS the time
for Moses going up into the mountain
drew near, there were great manifes-
tations Of the dignity of the Divine
Government And just so in the clos
ing of this Age. The Apostle informs
us that the world will have terrifying
experiences on a still greater scale
He says that then the mountain trem.
bled and smoked and that the Divine
voice was heard. The people were so
terrified that they entreated that they
might not hear further. but that Moses
would act as mediator. and he did so.
So IL will be here: There Will he
such manifestations Of Divine Justice
and opposition to sin and all iniquity
that 1t will cause the time Of trou,
BILE" mentioned by the Prophet and tr
Jesus. "A time Of trouble such as never
was since there was nation; no. nor
ever shall be" after.-Daniel xii. i:
Matthew xiv. 21.
The result of this great time of trou
OlC uDOu tuC WOliu VIII OC a ICd1Ld-
ton that they need Medlator--a Me.
diatorial Kingdom. And this is just
what God has provided for them
through the arrangement Of the New
Covenant
Tho Shaking Already Commenced.
Contrasting the experiences at the
inaugural ton of the typical Law Cove
nant with those to be expected at the
Inauguration Of the antitypical, the
New Law Covenant. st. Paul says.
Goods voice then shook the earth. but
now He hath promised, saying, Yet
once more shake not the earth only.
but also heaven" And the Apostle
explains that the expression. "Once
more" signifies that this second shak
ing will be so thorough that no further
shaking will ever be necessary, but ev
erything Of injustice and unrighteous
ness which ought to be shaken loose
will be shaken: and this. says tht
Apostle. implies everything except thu
Church and the glorious Kingdom.
which we shall then receive: 'Where
fore we. receiving Kingdom which
cannot be moved, let us have grace
whereby we may serve God acceptable,
with reverence and godly fear"
Can we not see the shaking ALREADY
beginning? Let us remember that thi'
time it will not be the shaking of tn
literal earth. as In the type. but TIL
shaking of the symbolical earth-th'
shaking of society to its very center
Do you not already hear the rumbling>
the rumblings of discomfort. anger
malice, hatred. strife? These forbodt
the great earthquake" which was
wherein the present order OF things
shall collapse and give place to the
New Order of Immanual's Kingdom
of righteousness. Justice. equity.
And, says the Apostle. God intends
this time to shake not merely the
earth--the social fabric-but also the
heaven-the ecclesiastical powers OF
the present time. Not the true Church
will be shaken. but the many systems
which more or less misrepresent the
true Church and "the faith once de
livered unto the saints"
Do we see premonitions of this shak
ing? Yea, verify. In all denomina
tions there are forebodings Of coming
trouble. We may even fear that some
of the attempts at Christian union are
not made with the proper motive, but
through a realization of the shaking
which the Lord Is about to permit to
come upon the ecclesiastical systems
Of this present time.
"Wait Ys Upon the Lord"
My dear brethren. in these coming
days of trouble. which may be very
near, the opportunity may come to you
and to me to be either strife-breeders
or peacemakers. Let us see the will
of the Lord in this matter, that we are
called to peace, and that the declara
ton Of the Master is. Blessed are the
peacemakers. for they shall be called
the children Of God"
Let us seek rather to subdue and
calm the passions of men in the com
ing strife. and to do nothing to aug
ment them or to kindle the fires of
passion which we know are about to
consume the present social fabric. Let
us point out to those with whom we
have any influence that the worst form
of government IN the whole world is