Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-06-01

resurrectlon--ten days after He ascend
ed up on high. there to appear in the
presence Of God-as the Church's Ad-
vocate. But just what that Pente-
costal blessing meant to the Church Is
perhaps not clearly seen by all-all
who have experienced share In Its
blessings. 1t marks the Divine ac-
eeptance Of the Church-the Divine
grace which acknowledged the merit
Of the Savior as applied on her behalf,
and acknowledged the Divine accept
ance of the Church as a faithful band
consecrated to walk in Jesus footsteps.
There has been no need Of a repeti-
tiHon of this Pentecostal blessing. 1t
came at the beginning Of the Church's
experience, and represents Gods ac-
ceptance Of the entire foreordained
company. for all Of whom Jesus ap-
peared rs Advocate. Those blessed
with that outpouring Of the Holy Spirit
had already accepted Jesus as their
Redeemer, and had already conse-
Grated their lives to be His footstep fol
lowers. All of the same class who have
lived since-all who will eventually
constitute the elect Church, were APP
peared for by Jesus at the same time.
Hence we are not to expect fresh Pen
tecosts upon the Church. but merely to
expect to enter into and enjoy our
share Of the one outpouring Of the holy
Spirit, which, like the oil poured upon
Aapons head and which ran down to
the skirts of his garment. will anoint
us, the Church. down to the feet" to
the very last member of the Church.
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 it to be clearly
understood. Now, as the time nears
for the fulflment Of the second Pente.
costal blessing, the force and meaning
of the Scripture shines out Another
reason for its being overlooked is that
by Divine arrangement the worlds
PentecOst was mentioned first, and that
Of the Church last. But even this is
appropriate. because the Divine inten'
ton was primarily the worlds saliva
tion, and that of the Church comes in
cidentally. God so loved the iOorld
that He gave His Only Begotten Son,
that whosoever believed In Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life"
But before making known the riches
Of His grace to the world, God has
been pleased to foreordain the election
Of the Church. to be joint-heirs with
Jesus in the glorious work Of blessing
earth's teeming millions
Notice How the Text Reads;
'1t shall come to pass, saith the
Lord. at tho end Of those days, that |
will pour out My Spirit upon all tesh.
and IN those days will pour
out My Spirit upon My servants and
upon My handmaidens,"--Joel II. %,
90; Acts II, H.
st. Peter in quoting the prophecy,
properly applied only the portion which
was due in his day, namely, that por-
tion applicable to the servants and
handmaidens OF the Lord-the Church
class. lie left without comment the
major portion OF the promise, which re-
lates to the world. and which cannot
have fulhlment until the elect Church
shall have been completed and glori
ied The two features Of the prophecy
are distinctly marked the one blessing
to be upon Gods servants and hand
maidens only, the other to be upon all
flesh. The one was to be IN those
days." the other, "Gtier those days"
How strange that this was previously
overlooked. you say? We reply. 1t is
not more strange than that the Jews
and the Apostles themselves overlook
ed many statements Of prophecy which
indicated the ending Of Jewish favor
and the beginning Of a glorious Oppor-
tunity Of jolnt-helrshlp with Christ to
the Gentiles That part Of the proph-
ecy was dIscerned only when the due
time came, and 80 this feature Of Joel's
prophecy pertaining to the blessing Of
the world and the outpourlng Of Gods
Spirit upon them passed unnotlced un-
III now, as the time nears for its fulfil
ment
There can be no question that the
Holy Spirit Of God has not yet come
upon all tlesh. nor can II be questioned
that II has come during this Age upon
Gods servants and handmaidens, The
promise therefore is amongst the bless.
lngs that are to be accomplished after
these ddBs-after the completion Of the
Church and her glorhcation
Jubilee Day-Jubilse Year.
The day of Pentecost was the grand
Jubilee Day In which Gods blessing
was attained marking the forgiveness
Of sin and the acceptance by the heav.
enly Father II wus the 60th day u <
I plus u, Every Jewish Sabbath point.
ed directly to this Jubilee Day as the
elimination OF the Sabbath day sys-
tenn. II was thus the antitype toward
which all Sabbath days pointed. The
word sabbath" as is well known, sig.
uiaes rest, aud this elimination Of the
Sabbath days In o hftieth dny signiHed
the ultimate or completeness Of rest
Thus was symbollcally taught in the
Law the fact that full rest from sin
aud the Law was to be attained,
On Pentecost Day the living believ.
ers OF that time entered into rest In a
lense aud degree never before enjoyed