The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-06
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Our Psntsoost--and the Worlds.
.ThSre can be no dispute respecting
the Cmlreh's Pentecost, that 1t began
on the fittieth day after our Lords
resurrectSon--ten days after He ascend
ed up on high, there to appear ia the
presence TOT God--as the Church's Ad-
ypcate. But just what that Pente-
Coastal blessing meant to the Church Is
perhaps not clearly seen by alH-all
who have. experienced a share In its
bh hastings 1t. marks the Divine ac-
cen tance aof :ths Church-{the nivine
grave which acknowledged the merit
Of the Savior as applied on her behalf,
and acknowledged the Divine accept
spnceeo the! Church as q faithful band
cOnsecrateds to walk in Jesus footsteps
-. There has been no need Of a repeti.
titton OF this Pentecostal blessing. 1T
came at~the' beginning Of the Church's
texlper1ence, and represents Gods &C.
cebtance Of tho entire foreordained
coWt9any, for all of whom Jesus ap-
peaHad rs Advocate. Those blessed
With that outposMing OF the Holy Spirit
had already accepted Jesus as their
Redee mer. and had already conse-
Grated their livestto be His footstep fol.
lowers All Of thes same class who have
lived since-all who will eventually
constitute the elect Church, were ap.
peared for by Jesus at the same time
Hence we are not ito expect fresh Pen
tecosts the~Calurch, but merely to
expect to enter Into and enjoy our
share Of the one omtpouring Of the Holy
Spirit, which, like the oil poured upon
. Aaron's head, and which ran: down to
the skirts OF his garment, VIII anoint
US, the Church, down to the "feet," to
the very last member Of the Church..
Many Of us had not noticed until re-
Gently that two Renteoostal blessings
are mentioned by the Prophet. Our
overlooking this was doubtless because
1t was not. due time for, it to be clearly
understood. Now, as the time nears
for the fuhilment Of the second Pente.
costal blessing, the 1orce and meaning
\ OF the Scripture shi mes out. Another
reason for its being overlooked. is that
by Divine arrangement the world s
Pentecost was mentioned first, and that
Of the Church last BUT even this is
appropriate, because the Divine inten-
ton was primarily the worlds saliva
ton, and that Of the Church comes In
cidentally. God so loved the 4oorld
that He gave His Only Begotten Son,
that whatsoever believed in Him should
| not perish, but have everlasting life"
But before making known the riches
Of His grace to the world, God has
hoon Y,Jao cod 70 tEo oJoo+;a.
| Of the Church. to be joint-heirs with
Jesus in the glorious work of blessing
| earth's teeming millions.
Notice How tho Text Roads:
'Tt shall come to pass, saith the
| Lord. at the end Of those days, that !
will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh
and IN those days I will pour
out My Spirit upon My servants and
upon My notwithstanding ii, g.
80; Acts ii, II.
st. = Peter, in quoting the prophecy
properly applied only the portion which
was due In his day, namely, that por-
| ton applicable to the servants and
handmaidens Of the Lord-the Church
class. He left without comment, the
|
lates to the world and which cannot
have fulfilment until the elect Church
shall have been completed and glori.
| fed. The two features of the prophecy
are distinctly marked, the one blessing
to be upon Gods servants and hand.
maidens only, the other to be upon all
| flesh. The one was to be "in those
days." the other, latter those days"
How strange that this was previously
overlooked, you say? We reply, 1t is
not more strange than that the Jews
| and the Apostles themselves overlook
ed many statements Of prophecy which
! indicated the ending Of Jewish favor
| and the beginning Of q glorious oppor.
tunity Of joint-heirship with Christ to
the Gentiles. That part of the proph-
| ecy was discerned only when the due
| time came, and SO this feature Of JoePs
prophecy pertaining to the blessing of
the world and the outpouring Of Gods
| Spirit upon them passed .unnoticed un,
| til now, as the time nears for its fulfil.
| ment.
There can be no question that the
Holy Spirit Of God has not yet come
upon all flesh, nor can it be questioned
that 1T has come during this Age upon
Gods servants and handmaidens. The
promise therefore is amongst the bless
ings that are to be accomplished after
these davs-after the completion Of the
! Church and her glorification.
Jubilee Day--Jubilee Year.
The day Of Pentecost was the grand
| Jubilee Day in which Gods blessing
was attained marking the forgiveness
Of sin and the acceptance by the heay-
emily Father It was the 5Oth day e K
Z plus ~. Every Jewish Sabbath point
ed directly to this Jubilee Day as the
elimination Of the Sabbath day sys-
tenn. 1t was thus the antitype toward
which all Sabbath days pointed. The
word Sabbath" as is well known, sig
mites rest and this elimination Of tho