The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-15


Gods due iliae Tor hflntlng fni1
blessing was stu futures lhe blessing
intended corld not rome ipgll Messiah
ahould Gomez blit neaulime God give
ia fie naturai seed 81 Abtahapl,
.ttSough Moses Tie Law egenalli
which clfeted item eternal NE and on
inheritance III tho kingdom { tlies
could keep tie Law. OF course, they
the Law because y was
tie measure OF q perfect mans ability
az,d alas. like the remainder q tlie
world. the Israelites were Imperfect
sinners, Nevertheless the Offer ana
der attempt 10 keep the LAW htcugiit
them great upllft ot heart, so that thu /.
When 5esns came to them q sens.'dse.r's:
bIa number were ready to receive Him,
lid receive Him. and he received them.
They BECAME SONS Of God. through the
,fegetti9g Of the Holy Spirit, at Pentel;,, 4,
cost and afterwarIl. These were the
spiritual Seed OF Abraham begctten Of
the Holy Spirit. Jesus Himself being
the Head or. First; the others were
cennted' In as members Of Bis Bpdy. 4,
Israel had been hoping tor 4 Sd resiil
Messialrs Kingdom; md st, Paul sSs
,plsins, Israel hath not obtained that
which:le seekeths for. but the election
hath eobtainel 1t. and the rest were
blinded" The blinded lsraelltes are
stiil cast aside, but not forever. The
Divine blessing shall come to natural
Israel just as soon MS spiritual Israel
shall be completed. (see Rom. II, 25-34)
The Kingdom .sufforsth Violence.
What did the ELECTION obtain?
az what did THE faithful "Israelites
indeed" become heirs by accepting
Jesus and by the Fentecostal blessing?
We answer that they became Identified
with Messlah's Kingdom and heirs Or
interiors Of the glorious promise made
tofAbraham., that in ;his Kingdom all
tie families Of the earth should be
blessed. But now note that there were
hot assuficlent number Of Jews found
worthy to eompIetethe Kingdom class
The Kingdom therefore could not9be
inaugurated then {, God had foreseen
ths aud lthropgbgthe Prophet had
promised that some would be gathered.
from the GeAtiles to complete this.
Kingdom class. The entire work of
this Gospel Age has been the calling Of
this elect class for the Kingdom, Il
we haverIgbtly viewed the matter. tue
foteordained number viii soon have
been found. the election will be at an
end, the accepted will he elorlied as
the Kingdom. and Messiah's reign OF
Righteousness will begin.
But, notice now tile course. Of all be
longing to the EinS dom class. through;
ont this They are not retgntng
With Christ. but suffering with Christ.
And Jesus explained this; they are In
deed OF the Royal Family. because be.
3setten OF the Holy Spirits they arednv
dsetl the. Kingdom class. because they
are affiliated with the great King;tbut
they have not yet entered into their
glory. They win dcssosoptSg b. the
power Of the First Resurrection. Thus
ii ;is written, I'VE must all be chang
cdr because "hesh and blood cannot
inherit the Kingdom OF God. s1s 2, .s;i
eur Lord Himself was the Pattern,
The Eorerpnnet Of aH !these7 A tersHis
consecration and His ,begetting Of tue
Holy Spirit He was tested even unto
death. even, theldeath OF the cross. be-
fore He experienced Hls glorious res,
direction chang dnd:ascended3u and
sat down, at the Fightlhand!~of the
Majesty on High. Similarly allot His
followers, MISREPRESENTATION ,nsasbebe
tested. their loyalty must be proven
befores they calIs;share with Hin In
ellis Resurrection ,'Sin 50 1890
BiRartlylkor the testing Of these, their
development takes place in a time
wihenisatnnis the Prince ofthis world,
ana wien his, COVER Is permitted to
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