The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01

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j As,Bible students
we find It more and more necessary to
study the Scriptures dlscrimipatingly.
Hitherto Gods people have unwilling:
~ narrowed down tie; grace of. God
and mlnimlzed the efficacy OF Cbrist's
redemptlve sacrifice by asserting, that
oil the blessings are for the Church
and none for the world-that they are
for the present Age, and thattwith its
contamination oil hope wilEexplre, and
that the world. the non-elect. will suf-
fer to all,eternlty, without ever having
tasted Of the grace Of, God In Christ
mary without even'eoming to,a knowl.
edge of that provision for sinners. a
1Two slyationsaT1Yo Pepteeos.s. q,
A more careful study OF the Bible Is
revealing to God people all over the
world the fact that BE has for man:
kind two distinct salyations. one for
the Church. the other for. the world.
and each Of these sulyations Is intro
duced by o Pentecostal blessing. That
the Chufch is merely "frst.frults
unto, God of His creatures" Is distinct
~ stated by ST. James q. 1s). and this
implies most positively that there will
be after-frults.
Note the Apostles statement respect
Ing the, efficacy Of Christ's sacrifice.
both for, the Church and for the world
he says, 'He is q propitfa ton for otr
sins the Church.. and not for ours only.
but. also for the; sins Of the whole
world, Il John u, q.
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 part Of ,,tbe SUI
perlor 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. but restorat ion
OF the willing and obedlent to human
perfe etion. such AS Ada d, enjoyed be.
fore he sinned. ri &
Many Of us had not noticed, until re
Gently that two Pentecostal blessings
are mentioned by the Prophet. Our
overlooking this was doubtless because
It was not due time for this feature
to be clearly understood, Nowgas, the
time nears for The fulhfment 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 be Jolnt.heirs with Jesus
in the glorious work of blessing earth's
teeming milliors.
Notice the text: at shall come to
PASS. smith the Lord. al the end OF those
days. that | will pour out My Spirit
upon all flesh, - and In, those days
I Will pour out My Spirit upon My
servants and upon My handmaidens"
Joel Il. 2s:,Acts u. 1T,l st. Peter. In
quoting the prophecy. properly applied
only the portion which was due In his
day, namely. that portion applicable
10 the servants add handmaidens OF
the Lord The two features OF the
prophecy are distinctly marked-one
blessing to be- upon, Gods servants and
hahdmaidens only, tbe other to be upon
all flesh. The one was to be "in those
days. the other. "afier those days"
Jubilee pay-Jubileo Year.
The Day Of Pentecost was the grand
Jubilee Day, 10 which Gods blessing
was attained, marking the forgiveness
OF sin and the acceptance by the Heav.
emily Father. 1t was the 50th day e II
plus u. Every Jewish Sabbath pointed
to this Jubilee Day ms the culmlna ton
of the Sabbath day system. The word
Sabbath" signifies rest and this cul.
mination Of the Sabbath days In a Of.
tieth signifed tho completeness Of the
rest.
But 1t Will be remembered that In the
Law given to Isrnel there was not only
n seyen.day series OF sabbaths, but
also seyen-year series OF sabbaths.
Each seventh year was a Sabbath year,
leading up to a Jubilee e xT plus II.
the fiftleth. AS the day Sabbath
reached a glorious elimination for the
Church, 50 the year Sabbath will reach
a glorious climax for the world. The
uftieth year was the Jubilee. In that
yeaf all debts were cancelled, and all
who had been sold into slavery for
debt went free. fS
This pictured the coming blessings
the Day OF Messiah, when he shah
reign. and when through the, merit OF
His sacrifice all sin will be forgiven
and all slavery to sin and death viii be
abolished. This Is not new thought
Centuries ago Bible students dIscerned
that the Jubilee Of Israeps time was a
feature Of the, Law foreshadowing a
blessing worldwide. 1t was with this
knowledge that our beautiful hymn was
written: BLOW Ye the Trumpet, Blow
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