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ing their reconciliation through the
same sacrifice, so the ant1typical Moses.
the Mediator Of the New or antitypical
Covenant, must first produce better
sacrifices" the antitypical, and then
with the merit of these make satisfac-
tion to Divine Justice and reconcile
the people-all who are 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 a
preparatory work. The Law Covenant
was not mediated in any sense OF the
word until the animals were all slain
and the blood was sprinkled on the
tables Of the Law.
So in the antitype, Jesus, the Media
tor of the New Covenant, must first.
after the pattern of Moses, complete
all His sacrificing before He begins
the work Of Mediation. First of all
as we have seen. He offered up Him
self without spot unto God. finishing
that work at Calvary. Since then He
has been accepting and offering up
an a part Of His own sacrifice the mem
bers of the Church. as they come unto
the Father through Him. presenting
their bodies 70 be living sacrifices. holy
and acceptable unto God. Romans
KILL This sacrificing of the flesh OF
Christ has been in process for nearly
nineteen centuries Not until these
better sacrifices" Hebrews TX. 81
shall have been finished will the real
work Of Mediation and Atonemenr Tor
the sin Of the world take place.
sable Ministers of New Covenant"
ALI those who now present their bod
les to Jesus, desiring to share with
Him in suffering for righteousness in
this present time, that they may have
share with Him In His coming glory
and Kingdom-all these are in Bible
language liable ministers (servantsl
Of the New Covenant" They are
serving the New Covenant, although 1t
has not yet been sealed with the pre-
cious blood. They are serving In calling
those who have an ear to hear, In
showing them the privilege Of suffer
ing with Christ. that they may also
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Covenant in helping to build one an
other up in the most holy faith and In
assisting one another in the narrow
way of faithfulness and self-sacridce
even unto death.
But specially these, each for himself,
serves the New Covenant arrangement
by fulfilling the terms of his "Cove-
nant of sacrifice" psalm |, g. Jesus
was the first Minister, or Servant, Of
( this Covenant All Of His members
are associated in this ministry. When
the ministry service Of sacrifice shall
have been completed, the grander
ministry of this New Covenant in glory
will begin. The Christ, the Messiah.
the Mediator in glory, as the Antitypi-
cal Melchisedek, will combine the Of
Zee of King with His other Office Of
Priest, or Instructor and Helper.
The first work will be the applica-
ton of the blood Of Atonement, the
Ransom-price for the sins of the whole
world AS soon as thus presented on
mans behalf, Divine Justice will ac-
cept 1t. Forthwith the world will no
longer be enemies Of God. children of
wrath, without God and without hope.
but on the contrary. the RGnsoB-price
for their sins having been accepted.
the sentence Of death against all will
be cancelled, and the whole world will
be turned over to the control Of the
Mediator. he having mediated to-
wards God, and having made satisfac-
ton for human sin through the merit
Of His own sacrifice, will then pro-
coed to reconcile the world.
During the six thousand years of the
reign of sin and death the world has
become so alienated from God that the
majority do not earnestly desire recon
Citation. This. however, is because OF
their weakness and ignorance. For a
thousand years the great Mediator will
instruct them, giving chastenings where
necessary and In proportion to their
spirit of wilfulness. and thus gradual
ly He will upIift them out Of their ig-
norance, blindness and sin defilement-
out Of the tomb and out Of all the
weaknesses Of the dying condition
back into the image Of God. from which
all fell in Father Adam.
The only exceptions to this rule will
be that such as willfully, intelligently
reject the Divine provision for their
recovery will be punished with ever
lasting destruction. They will perish
''like brute beasts as St. Peter de-
clares Oh Peter Il, 12) The grand
finale will be attained when every
creature in heaven and In the earth
and under the earth" shall be heard
acclaiming praise to Him that stitch
upon the Throne. and unto the Lamb
forever.-Revelation Y, ID
Josus the Church's Advocate.
From the foregoing it Will be seen
that the worlds salvation Is to be a
Restitution to human perfection-an
earthly Eden lost through Father
Adams disobedience. 1t will be mo-
ticed also that the Church has no part
with the world in that Restitution, nor
In that Mediation for thousand years.
The Church will be members Of the
Mediator who will confer the Restitu-
ton blessings and privileges on the
non-elect.
But the fact that the Church will
not be numbered with mankind in the
human Mediation. which will take
place during the Millennium, does not
mean that the Church now has no
sins, nor that those sins do not need
to be covered and cancelled. 1t does
mean that the Church Is not to get
back the human life and earthly rights
forfeited by Adam and to be restored
under the Mediators Kingdom. In.
stead. the Church Is promised glory.
honor and immortality-heavenly ma.
ture. AS a reward for participation
In the sufrerings Of Christ she shall be
made sharer In His eternal glories.
What the Church needs and has Is
an Advocate with the Father-Jesus
Christ the Righteous. Thousands Of
humanity who are weary and heavy
laden with sin and DESTROYS of recon
Citation with God and who hear the
Message of this Gospel Age and &C
cept its terms. present their bodies
living sacrifices and purpose to be
foOtstep followers of Jesus. But be-
cause these are by nature sinners
children of wrath, under Divine SEN
tence, imperfect their sacrifices could
not be accepted of the Father as was
trat Of Jegus: hence they need an Ad-
v0cate.
1esus has merit in the hands of JUS
t1ce, the result Of His sacrifice. which
is being kept to be given by and by to
the world OF mankind. justifylng them
to full Restitution. As the Advocate
OF His footstep followers Jesus i'm