The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-07-18


|eaAung OF Spff1fuaj Israel out of =
berA aasey ot tho world the bondage sc
bin 4 nd death. The Apostle thus Shove
that 1.-THE giving OF tho Law CovenanE
70 Iz1ael ut Mt Sinai typically repre-
bented the. giving to them of the New
Lawk Covenant In Mt. Zion In the ,euSd]
pf thts&Age. @...' ''a,--. : 4
The claw Covenant was gtwBud
through a, mediator, Moves, and the3
New LawA Covenant, is to be- giwenl
through a tpediator, the .,Antityp1call
Mosesr JesuS,the Head and the church,
His Body. It has required all this
GospelAAge to gather out,of the world, /
and To- try. test. polish and fit @thei
members Of the Body Of Christ. twho,
under Ills Headship, will 'beithe anti
typical Moses, who will be Hhe ANTI
typical Mediator between God,and men.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, 81 ;3Acts iii, ~, %. q
Az Moses went up INTO them ount TO
commune with God before the Law,
Covenant was completed, sotthe entire]
Church must go up, into the Mountain,
into the Kingdom, with, our giorious)
Head a1ld Redeemer, by the change OF
the Firs& Resurrection. AS ythe timal
for MoseH going up into the mountatn'
drew nearA there were greattmanifes-
tationB Of Hhe dignity OF tbs Divine
GOVERNMENT And just 80 I'm 1.-THE clos,
ing Of this Age {The Apostle Ainfornns
US thatSthe worldAwill have terrifying,
experiences on alstill greater SCALE
He says that thentthe mountain trem-
bled and smokedNand that the Divine
voice was Heard. The people were so
terrified that theyNentreated that they,
might not hear further, butsthat Moses,
would act astmed1ator, and he did so.
So it will be here: There will be
such manifesto tons of DivinetJust1ce
and opposition toJsin and all ufniquitys
that 1t will cause" the "time of trou-
BILE" mentioned by the Prophet and by
Jesus, "a time Of trouble suchsas never
was since there was a nadon.eno, nor
ever shall be" after.--Daniel$sxii, 81;
Matthew XIV, 81. -
The result of this great timeRof trou-
BILE upon the world will be a~realiza-
ton that they need a Mediator-a ME
diatorial Kingdom. And this is Just
what God has provided for them
through the arrangement of the New
Covenant
The Shaking AIreadys Commenced. =
Contrasting the experiences at the
inauguration Of the typical Law,Cove-
nant with those to be expected at the
Inauguration Of the antityp1caa, 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 the
Apostle, implies everything except the
Church and the glorious Kingdom
which we shall then receive: 'FWhere.
fore we, receiving a Kingdom which
cannot be moved, let US have grace
whereby we may serve God acceptably
with reverence and cody fear" >
Can we not see the shaking already
beginning? Let us Gemember that this
time It will not be the shaking OF &he
| literal earth, as In the type, but the
shaking Of the symbolicaI earth-the
shaking Of society to it's very center.
Do you nottalready hear the rumblings
the rumblings Of discomfort, anger,
malice, hatred, strife2 These forbode
the great earthquake which was
symbolical Of the great Revolution,
wherein the present order Of things
| shall collapse and give place "to the
New Order Of ImmanBaps 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 premonitlons Of this shak-
| ing? Yea, verify. In all denomina-
lions 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 q realization of the shaking
which the Lord Is about to permit ITO
come upon the ecclesiastical SYSTEMS
Of this present time. !
"Wait 70 Upon tho Lord"
My dear brethren, In these sco1ning
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 atbe awhile
Of the Lord tn'thts matter, that are
! called to peace, and that the declara~
ton Of the Master is, BLESSED, are the,
peacemakers, for they shall .bezca1led;
the children of God"
Let US seek rather to 4subdne.and
calm the passions of men in the}com-i
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