Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-10-21

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angelic nature, prlncipalities and pow
ers and every name that is named
Epheslans 1, 81.
The risen Son Of God remained forty
days with His disciples, and when He
ascendcd up on high He appeared in
the presence of God, and according to
the type made application Of the merit
Of His sacrifice for the Household Of
Faith-the andtypical Levltes. The
acceptance Of His Atonement Sacrl-
fee, and incidentally the acceptance Of
His waiting followers, was manifest
ed by the descent of the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost.
Adding Members to His Body.
As Aaron In the type, by Divine d.
rectlon, accepted his sons to be men,
bers with him In the priesthood, under
his headshlp, so in the antltype; Christ
Jesus during this Gospel Age has been
accepting members to the Royal
Priesthood, of which lie is the Head.
And these are taken from the Levites,
for which class the Atonement was
made by Aaron in the type and by
Jesus in the anttype.
Aaron in the type, after sprinkling
the blood Of the bullock and making
Atonement for the House of Levi,
came forth and slew the goat. So
Christ, having finished making Atone
ment for the sins Of the antltypical
Levites, came forth at Pentecost to
bless them and to accept them as joint
sacrlfcers and as joint-helrs. The goat,
which Aaron slew as the second por-
tlon Of his sin-offering, represented all
the faithful footstep followers Of Jesus
in the nearly nineteen centuries that
have elapsed since Pentecost. Respect
ing these Jesus prayed, saying, 81 pray
not for the world but for those whom
Thou hast given Me; neither
pray for these alone but for all those
who shall believe on Me through their
word that they all may be one, as Thou,
Father, and are one"-"I in them and
Thou in Me."-John xvii, 8, 20-23.
incidentally, Jesus as the High Priest
In glory began at Pentecost the sacri-
ficng of the goat class, His faithful
followers. The work has continued
ever since. The sulferings of Jesus
have thus been prolonged for centuries,
As st. Peter declares, THE prophets
spake of the sufferings Of Christ and
of the glory that should follow" q Pc.
ter |, 10, 11O The sulferlngs have not
yet been completed, and hence the
glory has not yet come. When the full
number foreordained Of God shall have
faithfully finished their course in death
the sacrifices Of the anttypical Day Of
Atonement viii be at an end. The
great High Priest with His Body will
pass beyond the second veil into the
heavenly glorles, the First Resurrec-
tlon completing the transfer. The bless
ing Of the people will then be in order.
~ Am Jesus Whom Thou Perseoutist."
That Jesus thus recognizes His fol-
lowers as His members is clearly at
tested by the Apostle In their flesh
they are counted as members of Jesus;
as New Creatures, spirit-begotten, they
are counted as members Of The Christ,
Thus Jesus said to Saul OF Tarsus,
speaking Of His followers, saul, Saul,
why persecutest thou Me?" 81 am Jesus
whom thou persecutest." (Acts tx, 4,
81 The same thing is true of any truly
consecrated follower Of Jesus.
While such are in the world and
suffer, the sufferings Of Jesus are not
completed And the glory Of Christ
can be fully attained only in proper
tiou rs the sufrerings of Jesus are
completed In the type, all this was
pictured in the things which happened
to the Lords goat, which typlhed the
faithful, sacrificing members, the
flesh Of Jesus As the goat passed
through all the experiences Of the bul-
lock, so the footstep followers Of Jesus
are to have similar trials, difficulties,
oppositlons, prosecutions, to those
which came to the Master.
With the completion of the Priest
Of Glory Ot the end Of the sufferings of
the flesh will come the effusion Of the
blood on behalf of Israel and all of
Adams race Of every nation. In the
type Aaron took the blood of the goat,
his secondary sacrifice, and sprinkled
1t on the Mercy Seat on behalf Of all
the people Of Israel, representing all
who will become the people of God OF
every nation, Forthwith Divine ac-
ceptance Of these sacrifices spoke the
forgiveness Of the sins Of ALL
So In the anitype. When our Lord
che second time sprinkles the blood in
the Most Holy, the sins of all the peo-
ple-the whole world-will be cancelled.
At the same instant the Redeemer will
take them over rs purchased posses.
sion and, under the Divine arrange
ment, He will establish over them His
Kingly power. He will reign for their
blessing and uplifting. AS the great
Prince Of Glory He will bind the
Prince Of Darkness, Satan, and destroy
all his works Of evil and lift poor hu-
mNnity back into harmony with God
all the willing and obedent
Oh, how this should thrill our hearts
and cause us to appreciate the Wisdom
as well us the Justice OF God and His
great Love manifested in the Plan
which has required Ages for develop
ment, but which was in the Divine
Purpose from before the foundation OF