The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-15


their attempt to keep the Law brought
them great uplift Of heart. so that
when Jesus came to them considera.
Bile number were ready TO receive Him.
did receive Him. and He received them.
They became sons of God. through the
begetting of the Holy Spirit. at Pente-
cost and afterward. These were the
spiritual Seed Of Abraham. begotten OF
! the Holy Spirit. Jesus Himself beine
| the Head. or First; the others were
counted In as members OF His Body,
Israel had been hoping for share In
Messiah's Kingdom. and st. Paul ex
plains. Israel hath not obtained that
| which he seeketh for. but the election
hath obtained it. and the rest were
blinded" The blinded lsraelites are
/ still cast aside, but not forever The
Divine. blessing shall come to uaturai
/ Israel just as soon MS spiritual lsraei
shall be completed. (See Rom, ri. 25-3+.
| The Kingdom Suffsreth Violence.
! What did the Election" obtain
/ OF what did the faithful "lsraelites
[ indeed become heirs By accepting
Jesus and by the rentecostal blessing?
| We answer that they became identified
with Messiuh's Kingdom and heirs or
inheritors Of the glorious promise made
/ to Abraham. that in his Kingdom all
the families Of the earth should be
blessed But now note that there were
not a sufficient number Of Jews found
worthy to complete the Kingdom class.
The Kingdom therefore could not be
inaugurated then. God had foreseen
this aud through the Prophet had
promised that some would be gathered
from the Gentiles TO complete this
Kingdom class. The entire work Of
this Gospel Age has been the calling of
/ this ELECT" class for the Kingdom. II
foreordained number will soon have
been found. the election will be at an
end. the accepted will be glorified as
the Kingdom. and Messlah's reign Of
/ righteousness will begin.
But notice now the course Of oil be-
longing to the Kingdom class. through
out this age. They are not reigning
with Christ. but suffering with Christ.
And Jesus explained this; they are in
deed Of the Royal Family. because be-
gotten of the Holy Spirit; they are in
deed the Kingdom class, because they
are affiliated with the great King: but
they have not yet entered into their
glory. They will do SO only By the
power Of the First Resurrection. Thus
1t Is written. We must al! be chang
ed" because 'fesh and blood cannot
inherit the Kingdom Of God"
Our Lord Himself was the Pattern.
the Forerunner of all these. After His
conservation and His begetting OF the
Holy Spirit. He was tested even unto
death. even the death of the cross. be-
fore He experienced His glorious res
direction change and assembled up and
sat down at the right hand OF the
Majesty on High. Similarly all of His
followers. after conservation. must be
tested. their loyalty must be proven.
before they can share with Him In
His Resurrection"
Partly for the testing Of these. their
development takes place In time
when Satan is the Prince Of this world
and when his power is permitted to
be exercised against them as 1t was
exercised against their Lord. The mes.
sage to these Is, THE Kingdom suffer
eth violence and the violent take 1t by
force" AS our Lord suffered violence
from the Prince Of this world. SO will
His followers, for "the disciple Is no.
above His Lord" His promise to His
followers Is, BE thou faithful unto
death. and | will give thee crown of
e."-Revelation Il, 10.
"The World knoweth Us Not.r
So then we perceive that Gods King
dom class, the followers Of Jesus. have
been suffering violence. just as did
their Leader. for righteousness sake.
That the prosecutors had not known
and done their evil work Intentional
~, St Peter intimates when he says
to the Jews. II wot that In ignorance
ye did 1t. as did also your rulers. for
II they had known they would not
have crucitied the Prince Of Life"
Hence. In due time Their blindness
shall be turned away and they win
look upon Him whom they pierced and
mourn (Zechariah xii. l0l, and God
will pour upon them the spirit Of pray
err and supplication, and forgive them
and make the experience profitable to
as many as shall prove willing.
Meantime. for eighteen centuries, the
Scriptures declare, THE world knoweth
US not even as 1t knew Him not"