The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
work Of Mediation and Atonement for
the sin Of the world take place.

work Of Mediation and Atonement for
the sin Of the world take place.
"AaIs Ministers Of New Covenant"
All 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 nave
share with Him IN His coming glory
and Kingdom-all these are in Bible
language able ministers (servants)
of the New Covenant They are
serving the New Covenant, although it
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
reign with Him. They serve the New
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-sacrifice
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 |, 5.) 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
! fee 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 &C.
! cept it. Forthwith the world will no
: longer be enemies of God children Of
wrath. without God and without hope
! but on the contrary, the Ransom 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 chastenfngs where
necessary and in proportion to their
( spirit Of wilfulness. and thus gradual
[ ly He will unfit, 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. intellisently
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. III Peter H. r., The grand
| finale will he attained when "every
creature in heaven and in the earth
and under the earth shall be heard
acclaining praise to Him that stitch
! upon the Throne. and unto the Lamb
foreyer-Re V. 10
! Jesus tho 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 no
| ticed also that the Church has no part
with the world in that Restitution, nor
In that Mediation for a thousand years
| The Church will be members Of the
Mediator who will confer the Restitu
ton blessings and privileges on the
non-eiect. t-aqv
! 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
~ DC NVNtltu anu NdiSCIlSu. II OoCS
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 mortality-heavenly ma
ture. AS reward for participation
in the sufferings of Christ she shall be
made sharer in His eternal glories.
! What the Church needs and has is
an Advocate with the Father-.Iesus
Christ the Righteous, Thousands of
/ humanity who are weary and heavy.
I laden with sin and DESTROYS Of recon-
I Citation with God and who hear the
Message of this Gospel Age and ac
| 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 he accepted of the Father as was
| that of Jesus; hence they need an AID
! vocate.
| Jesus has merit in the hands Of Jus
| ice. the result of His sacrifice. which
is being kept to be given by and by to
tho world Of mankind it,StifvipU than