Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02

ties, whether they were japanese or
nominal Christians, viii nave that
much whereof to be ashamed, and to
overcome and rectify.
Does Not Wish to BE Misunderstood.
Do not misunderstood me. 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 the entire race. That sacrifi-
cial death took place more than four
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
Cdvlne 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 IL, 81
Another Scripture distinctly shows
that the Divine favor and blessing re-
sulting from Jesus death is not only
to be a 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
propit:at.snn satisfaction for our sins
(the Churcl's SINS, and not for ours
ONLY. but also for the sins of the whole
world" q John ii, 2.) All mankind.
therefore. must ultimately receive
benefit, a blessing, as a result OF Je-
sus' death, and this will include your
ancestors. This is the method God
has adopted for the fulfilment 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
Use 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 been in overlooking the
fact that Gods great work thus far
has been only the finding of the prom
Used Seed Of Abraham, through whom
aI oil
Primarily, this gracious offer was made
to Abrahams natural posterity, the ma
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.
| In due time God sent His Son, Jesus
| to be the Redeemer. Jesus left the
glory which He had with the Father
| and humbled Himself to human ma
| ture, yea, even to death, the ignomin-
| ious death Of the cross. Thus doing
| He provided the Ransom-Price 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 the death of Just One
for the unjust is sufficient to consti-
| tute . satisfaction of the Divine Law,
| the redemption of the race from its
| death sentence. Thus was secured TO
| all an opportunity for resurrection:
LAS by a man came death by 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
| Il Corinthians XIV. II, o.
| Jesus, the Redeemer, having finished
| His sacrifice, was returned to heaven
| ly glory at the right hand of Divine
| Majesty, far superior to angels. ETC.
| He now is ready for His great work.
Why the delay, doNyou ask? The
Scriptures very clearly inform us that
| a 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 1t is 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-
| ferirgs of The Christ Head and Body,
being ended, Messiah's glorious King
dom will begin.
| What israel Did Not Obtain.
| ST. Paul points us to the fact that
| the Jewish Age, up to the time of
Jesus, accomplished a great moral up
| lift in that nation, but that the nation
as a whole was not sanity and hence,
| as whole, could not be the Redeem
er's associates in His Messianic King
| dom. When Messiah came to His own
| and they received Him not. but cru
Gifted Him, they as a nation were re-
| 1ected from Divine favor for time.
| But some of them were Israelites in
deed-some of them received Jesus, be-