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much whereof to be ashamed, and to
overcome and rectify.
Does Not Wish to Be, Misunderstood.
DO not misunderstood nue.. am not
ignoring the Fundamental Christian
doctrine that Christ died for our
sins, according to the Scriptures, and
rose again FOR our Justification" ! am
affirming that doctrine. and carrying
it., TO its legitimate conclusion The
Bible, the inspired Authority Of Chris
tendon, clearly teaches that the sac
rificial death of Jesus. the Just for the
unjust, was not for a mere handful,
but. for tile entire race. That sacrifi.
cial death took place more than fonr
thousand years after Adams sin. but
it is to be made efficaciOus for Adam
and all OF his race-nOt merely for
those who have heard the Message OF
Divine grace, nor merely for those who
have lived since the sacrifice took
place, but, as the Bible declares. "Je-
sus Christ, by the grace Of God, tasted
death for every man" hebrews ii. 81
Another Scripture distinctly shows
that the Divine favor and blessing re-
sulting from Jesus death is not only
to be benefit to the Church. to those
who now believe and walk in the foot
steps Of the Redeemer, but will ulti-
mately benefit all the remainder of
mankind. Thus we read. "He is a
Precipitation {satisfaetion) for cur sins
(the Church's sins}. and not for ours
only, but also for the sins Of the whole
world" Il John ii, p All mankind.
therefore. must ultimately receive a
benefit, a blessing, as result Of Je-
sus' death, and this will include your
ancestors. This is the method God
has adopted FOR the fulflment Of His
glorious promises Of thirty-five hun
dred years ago to ,Abraham-to which
promise our Creator gave His oath.
that we might have strong consolation
and faith In its fulfilment. The prom
ise is that '.All the families of the
earth shall be blessed" and, addition
ally, that the blessing shall come to
them through Abraham's Seed - =
christendom's Great Mistake. .
The great mistake made by Chris
tendon has ,sheen in overlooking the
fact that Gods great work thus. far
has been only the finding Of the PROM
Used Seed OF Abraham, through whom
the blessing viii reach all peoples.
Primarily, this gracious offer was ma de
to Abraham.s natural posterity,. the no.
ton Of Israel. if they could keep per-
fectly the terms Of their. Law Cove
nant. But they were unable SO to do
because. like the remainder Of the race.
they were fallen, imperfect. Then it
was that God revealed to them that
He would send them. a Savior, who
would deliver them from their own
weakness and use them in carrying
the blessing and favor TO the whole
world. - :. . a. -
In due time God sent His Son. Jesus,
to be the Redeemer.s Jesus left, the
glory which He. had With the. Father
and humbled Himself to human na.
ture, yea, even TO death, the 'ignomin-
ious death of the cross. Thus doing
He provided the RansOmPrice for the
sins of the whole world. for the pen
atty upon the race was death pen
atty, the result. of one mans disobedi-
ence. Thus tho death of-a Just Que
for the unjust is sufficient to consti-
tute q satisfaction of the Divine Law.
the redemption Of the race from it's
death sentence. Thus was secured to
all an opportunity for resurrection:
's.As by q man came death by a Man
also comes the resurrection Of the
dead; for as all in Adam die, even so
all in Christ shall be made alive. every
man in his own Order"-nOt all at once.
n Corinthians XIV. 81, %.
: Jesus, the Redeemer. having finished
His sacrifice, was returned to heaven
~ glory at the right hand of Divine
Majesty, far superior to angels. etc.
He now is ready for His great work.
Why the delay, do you ask? The
Scriptures very clearly inform us that
Il special, sanity class. to be gathered
out of all nations.- peoples, kindreds
and tongues. is to be, associated with
the Redeemer in His great work of
blessing the world. 1t is for this fore
ordained company to be called. chosen
and found faithful that the Messianic
Kingdom delays. IFS my opinion that
the delay is nearly over-that very
soon the last member of the glorious
company will have passed beyond the
veil. and that then, forthwith, the suf-
ferings of The Christ. Head and Body.
being ended, Messiah's glorious King
dom will begin. " II
What israel Did Not Obtain.
st. Paul points us to the fact that
the Jewish Age. up to the time of
Jesus. accomplished great moral up
lift III that nation, but that the nation
as a whole was not sanity and hence.
as a whole, could not be the Redeem
ers associates in His Messianic King
dom. When Messiah came to His own
and they received Him not. but cru
cited Him, they as a nation We're re-
jected from Divine favor for a time.
But some of them were. Israelites in
deed-some Of them received Jesus, be-
came His disciples. and were accepted
Of God by the begetting Of the Holy
Spirit, at and after Pentecost. to be
members Of the House of Sons-mem-
bers of spiritual Israel.
Since, then Divine Providence has
been selecting the sanity ones from
every nation under heaven, TO COM