The Mankato free press., 1912-07-19
MANkAT0 FREE PRESS

Of sharing In the General Assembly of
the Church of the First-borns strength
ems your heart and nerves you to loyal
ty and faithfulness to the Lord. the
Truth and the brethren as the days go
by.
Let us console ourselves with the
thought that whatever is the will Of
God concerning us must necessarily be
for our highest welfare and best inter-
ests Ii, therefore. 1t is not yet time
for us to pass beyond the veil. it is
because our Heavenly Father and Re-
deemer have a work for us to do In
the present lfe-either work of fur
ther polishing upon our own charac-
ters or work of helping the brethren,
for we remember the declara ton that
the Bride is to make herself ready for
that event We are to build one an
other up in the most holy faith, en-
couraging. Strengthening, sympathiZ
ing with and assisting one another in
running the race for the great Prize
Another happifying thought we
should take with us to our homes
Is the Lords promise, II will never
leave thee nor forsake thee" And
again. my grace is sufficient for thee.
for My strength Is made perfect in thy
weakness" And again. I'VE know
that all things work together for good
to those who love the Lord. to the
called according to His purpose."-Ro
mans viii. %.
So then. dear friends we will not re-
turn to our homes like an army corps
In retreat. but rather as a company Of
good soldiers who have been well fed
and refreshed and encouraged and
stimulated: we will return to our
homes full of good courage, full of
joyful anticipation of the coming Great
Convention of the Church of the First
borns: full of renewed determinati ton
that, by the grace Of God. and with
the assistance Of our great Advocate.
we will make our calling and election
sure by so running in His footsteps as
to obtain the great Prize which He has
offered to US
The Context In Agreement.
Let me detain you little longer that
may point out afresh that the con-
text confirms our glorious hope re-
specting this Great Convention of the
future, and shows that it is nigh at
hand. ST. Paul pictures before US the
fact that Gods dealings with Israei.
in bringing them out of Egyptian
bondage and to Mt Sinai. pictured
the work Of this Gospel Age. in the
calling of Spiritual Israel out Of the
bondage Of the world-the bondage of
sin and death The Apostle thus shows
that the giving Of the Law Covenant
to Israel at Mt. Sinai typically repre-
sented the giving to them Of the New
Law Covenant in Mt. Zion in the end
of this Age. .... -....
The Law Covenant was given
through a mediator. Moses. and the
New Law Covenant is to be given
through a mediator. the Antitypical
Moses. Jesus the Head and the Church
His Body. 1t has required all this
Gospel Age to gather out of the world.
and to try. test. polish and fit the
members of the Body Of Christ. who.
under His Headship. will be the Anti
typical Moses. who will be the Anti
typical Mediator between God and men.
Jeremiah XXI, 81; Acts ill. %. %.
AS Moses went up into the Mount to
commune with God before the Law
Covenant was completed. so the entire
Church must go up into the Mountain.
into the Kingdom. with our glorious
Head and Redeemer. by the change of
the First Resurrection. AS the time
for Moses going up into the mountain
drew near. there were great manifes-
tations Of the dignity Of the Divine
Government. And just so in the clos
ing of this Age The Apostle informs
US that the world will have terrifying
experiences on still greater scale.
He says that then the mountain trem-
bled and smoked and that the Divine
voice was heard. The people were so
terrified that they entreated that they
might not hear further. but that Moses
would act as mediator. and he did so.
So it will be here: There will be
such manifestations Of Divine Justice
OppOolIiOh " anu oii ihiduieS
that it will cause the time of trou-
bIe' mentioned by the Prophet and by
Jesus, "a time Of trouble such as never
was since there was a nation: no, nor
ever shall be- after.-Daniel xii. ]:
Matthew xiv, 81.
The result Of this great time of trou-
BILE upon the world will be realiza-
ton that they need a Mediator-a Me-
diatorial Kingdom. And this is just
what God has provided for them
through the arrangement of the New
Covenant
The Shaking Already Commenced.
Contrasting the experiences at the
Inauguration Of the typical Law Cove
nant with those to be expected at the
Inauguration of the antitypical. the
New Law Covenant, st. Paul says,
Goods voice then shook the earth. but
now He hath promised, saying. Yet
once more shake not the earth only,
but also heaven" And the Apostle
explains that the expression. "Once
more" signifies that this second shak-
ing will be so thorough that no further
shaking will ever be necessary, but ev.
erything of injustice and unrighteous,
ness which ought to be shaken loose