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

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1T is finished" John xix, 30.) The
perfect spotless. uncontaminated life
of the Man Christ Jesus, thus laid
down a voluntary sacrifice, constitutes
a RdHsonI-price for Adam and bis race.
The word Ransom In our text has a
very strict meaning, namely, a cOrres-
pondin0 price Adam In his perfection
was in Gods image-"yery good" The
Man Jesus, who gave Himself a cor
responding price, was In Gods image
--"very good" He corresponded ex.
actly to the perfect man Adam, and
His sacrifice Of Himself In death cor
responded exactly to tho penalty
against Adam, which the entire race
has shared. This great transaction,
accomplished nearly nineteen centu-
rIes ago, is not yet generally proclaim
ed, but will be testified to all In due
time, our text declares. AS yet only
the few, guided by the Word and en-
lightened by the Holy Spirit, can ap-
preclate this matter, because It's details
have not yet been fully worked out
"when all its mighty work is seen,
Praise shall all tongues employ"
ST. Paul declares that the calling and
election Of the Church to become the
Bride Of Christ and His Jointhelr in
His Messianlc Kingdom is Mystery"
appreciated by few. The Mystery is
that In the Great Jehovah's Plan this
Elect Church, now In process Of selec-
ton, Is to constitute with Jesus her
Redeemer the great Mediator who,
during the Millennium, will medlate
the New Covenant between God and
mankind In general The foundation
for all that Medatorlal work-the all.
essential basis Of it-was effected by
our Lord Jesus alone when He, as the
Man Christ Jesus, gave Himself a
Ransonl-price for all. But the great
work Of reconciliation belongs to the
future and Is to be shared In by the
Bride class.
Well did John the Baptist point to
Jesus and say, Behold, the Lamb Of
God which talSeth away the sin of the
world" John I, 90 36) In Jesus re-
sided the Ransom-prlce, and not in His
Church; In Jesus work, and not in our
work; in Jesus sacrifice, and not in
our sacrifice, was the potency for the
cleansing away Of Adams sin and the
setting aside of his death penalty.
Whatever share the Church was grant
ed In the great work Of the worlds
reconciliation was by grace and not by
our merit, not by our sacrifice,
Mediation Not Yet Begun.
The Redeemer has not yet begun His
work Of Mediation between God and
men. He merely provided the basis Of
that reconciliation IN His death nt Cal
vary. The merit Of His sacrifice Is In
Jehovah's hands, but * not yet nppro-
prlated Tor the sins Of the world The
worlds sins are not yet forgiven
Hence God still treats the world as sin
ners, aliens, foreigners, enemies
through evil works
Everything is In readiness for the
forgiveness Of the sins Of the world;
but the Redeemer waits until He shall
have accomplished another feature Of
the Divine Program. namely, the seec-
ton of the Church to be His Bride; or
under another figure, to be members Of
the Body OF Messiah, under Jesus the
Head-members OF the Body of the
Mediator, under the Redeemer's Head
ship. For Moses verify said unto the
fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your
God raise up unto you from amongst
your brethren like unto me [Mosesl;
Him shall We hear In all things what
soever He shall say unto you, And
the person that will not obey that
Prophet THAT Teacherl, shall be de
stroyed from amongst the people,
Acts III, %, 20.
This antityplcal Moses, Head and
members, has been in process Of deyel-
opment or raising up, for now nearly
nineteen centuries. God raised up
Jesus the very first, and is since rails
Ing up us also by Jesus. And through
the First Resurrection shortly the en-.
tire Body, the Messiah Of glory, will
be changed, made partakers Of the di-
vine nature Revelation Xxx, @; II Pc
ter 1, 4.
The antltyplcal Moses will inaugu.
rate the New Covenant with Israel and
the world, even us the typical Moses
lnaugurated the old Law Covenant
with. typical Israel at Mt, Sinai AS
the old Covenant had sacrifices Of bulls
and goats and was inaugurated FIRST
by sprlnkllng of the tables Of the
Law, representing satisfaction Of
Divine Justice, and secondly the
sprlnklIng OF OA the people, represent
Ing their reconciliation through the
same sacrifice so the antityplcal Moses,
the Mediator OF the New or antityplcal
Covenant, must first produce better
sacrifices" the antltyplcal, and then
with the merit of these make satlsfac-
ton to Divine Justice aud reconcile
the peoplc-all who nre willing Of the
whole world When Moses slew the
animals whose blood made effective
the typical Covenant which he medi
ated, that sacrificing was merely q
preparatory work. The Law Covenant
was not medated in any sense OF the
word until the animals were all slain
and the blood was sprlnkled on the
tables Of the Law
SO In the andtype, Jesus, the Media
tor OF the New Covenant must arst.