The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-20

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gAsl02 agsSELg) self" John xiv,
The Heavenly Father "dweleth not
in temples made with hands" In the
largest SENSE the whole Creation is
His House. every apartment of which
shall ultimately be pcopcd with holy.
happy beings "All the wicked will He
destroy. Psalm cxlv. 20.
Mans fallen condition is the result
of heredity. God made Adam in His
own image, perfect. upright holy. Dis
obedience ana sin have wrought men,
tai. moral and physical iniirmities. ami
There Is none righteous. no. not one"
All are prone to Sin "as the Sparks TO
fly upward"
God provided Adam mansion--the
Paradise. But sin mot unfore-
seem brought Adam and his race un-
der n death sentence. God chose to
permit sin and death to reign during
/ Six Great Days of Il thousand years
each thus to give valuable lessons to
both angels and men He does not in
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vantage TO any. He has provided
great Redemption. which shows His
sympathy for His creatures and the I'M
changeablencsS Of His Law.
The Divine Program for dealing with
/ this rebclliOus province is to be car
ried out by the Kingdom of Messiah.
| during the Seventh Great Thousand
J
ence shall he restrained. The sun of
Righteousness shall arise with healing
| in His beams" and the curse of death
[ will be set aside Man will he assist
/ ed toward righteousness and life ever
/ lasting 10y the intrrpOsition of the
/ Kingdom for which we pray. THY
Kingdom come: Tiny will be done on
earth. even as it is done in Heaven"
Humanity's Observation-Disclosures Earth.
At the close of Messiah's reign the
mansion" appropriated TO Adam(and
his race will be fully released from
the curse. ard Gods footstool will be
glorious Paradise. isaiah H. 49,
I All refusing the blessings of Messiah's
Kingdom will he destroyed by the See
ond Death.-Acts Iii. %: Rev. Xxx, II. 10
While there were places arranged in
the Divine flan for the angels. and for
humanity. no habitation was perfected
for the Church. This is because the
Church is n New Creation.
Writing of these. st. John says:
''The world knoweth MS not. even as ii
knew Him not" st. Paul refers to
this New Creation as the ministers of
God" All of these demonstrate their
faith and obedience by walking the
marrow way" of self-sacrifice. "by
fahh and not by sight" TO all of them
it is declared, Through much tribula
ton shall We enter the Kingdom But
this class have the assurance that ''all
things work together for good to
them: that they "shall not be tempted
above that they are able to bear"
This New Creation is made a spec
tacle to angels and men; God is Civ
ing the angels great object lesson in
connection with the development of
this cklss. He is able to transform
some of the mean things of this world
into polished Jewels" ~ royal diadem
in the hands of thy God"-Malachi
lii. II; Isaiah xii. 3.
Heavenly Mansion For Church.
ST. Peter tells about the mansion"
designed for the Church. saying. God
hath given unto us lconsecrated fol
lowers of Jesusl exceeding great and
precious promises. that by these We
might become partakers of the Divine
nature"-Il Peter |. 4.
Thus we see what 1t means to be
members of the New Creation. Eye
hath not seen: ear hath not heard; nei-
Their have entered the human heart the
things which God hath In reservation
for them that love Him"-the choicest
mansion. the highest place. As our
ed far above angels" so will His
Church. who will share His Resurrec-
ton. and be made like Him." "see
Him as He is" and share His glory.
The Masters death was for human
ity In general. but its merit remained
to be appropriated at the inauguration
Of His Kingdom. The whole world
still :lieth In the Wicked one" until
Christ makes satisfaction for their sins
with the merit of His sacrifice.
Meantime. our Lord deals merely
with His Church. as we read HE APP
peared In che presence Of God for as"
Hebrews TX. 24,-as the Church's Ad-
vocate. To make satisfaction for our
sins" The preparation IN us and for
as will be completed when the number
Is full-l44.O0O Ii Is for us to comply
with the conditions OF our covenant Of
sacrifice and to ''wak In His steps"
thus to make our calling and election
sure" as members Of the New Creation.