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and he Is really. the Offspring OF an
| ape. then Restitution would be the
worst thing that could possibly come
to mankind-to restore him to siInian
conditions. But the Bible is quite right
In giving the Divine declaration to
man that he was created perfect and
upright and In the image and likeness
! Of God and that our def1lement came
through the sin Of disobedience and
that. our .de2radatiph came through he,
redity and that we needed to DO re.
deemed With the, life of ahother-~that
..as by Il man came death. By man
| also should come the resurrection %
the dead2' The simple, story OF the
Bible is.sof human degradation and
| death, Of redenptioa and of "a coming
time of"up'ifting from sin and death
conditions to perfection and life This
offer will be as. w6rld-wide as was the
| condemnation which came upon our
| race through Adam. For six thousand
years our race has been living, under
p, q, reign OF sin aud DEATH, but the Sew.
efth. Thousand willsbe the great Sab.
bath typified by Israel's Jubilee Year,
in which all: debtors went free. and
every man returned. TO his former es.
tate. :. -, 5
The glorious possibilities OF that
thousand years are variotlsly present
ed: to us in the Bible. 1t is to be the
New Day. TO be .nshered in by the Sun
Of Righteousness with healing in His
beams. Ignorance and, SIM sorrow and
death, she'll flee away-darkness and
superstition shall vanish. Satan shall
be bound for thousand years and de
cefve man no more. Messiah will
reign with Divine Power. A Priest
upon His Throne. He will extend mer-
cy to those whom He rules. He win
instruct them, succor them. : uplift
them. and, as the hand Of God. will
wipe away all tears.
Meantime the earth itself will be
made to blossom as the rose and to
"yield her increase" and 1.-THE wilder
ness and the solitary place shall be
glad" '"'The Knowledge Of the glory
Of God shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the sea-" The result will
be that every knee win bow and ev.
cry tongue confess" to the glory OF
God, for all who shall reject this won.
derful demonstration of Divine Power
and love will be esteemed unworthy OF
any further favors and will be de
stroyed from among the people. in the
Second Death. st. Peter tells us that
all the holy Prophets told this blessed
story Of coming restitution See his
plain statement of the matter in Acts
Iii, 1923. -. =,
A Rsdemptive Sacrifice Necessary. I
We must not forget that in the d.
vine arrangement a sacrifice for sins
was necessary Because Of his DISC
hedience, Adam was condemned to
death; but not to eternal torment, as
our creeds mistakenly declare. His
race in him. when he sinned. shared
his penalty; hence we are a:dying race
mentally, morally and physically
wrecked. God could not Justly set
aside His own sentiments and declare
us worthy Of His favor and it's gift OF
eternal life. But since all came into
this condemned condition through one
mans dfsobedience. it was possible
that all should be released from the
death sentence through the saeriticeso of
one Redeemer. AS all i'll Adam dis.
even go all in Christ shall be made
alive. every man in his: own order.
/ Corinthians XIV, %. o.: - +. 4.
Here we have an important ques-
ton: Has Redeemer been provided
so that God can justly permit, Messiah
to awaken tile, sleeping members OF
our race and to uplift, all out Of sin
and death, back to human perfection
and an earthly Eden, world wide: The
answer is, Yes. Jesus left His heav-
emily glory and was made flesh. that
He by the grace of God should taste
death (not eternal tormenD for every
man" (Hebrews ii, 81 His reward of
the Father was glorious exaltation
to the right hand Of Divine Majesty.
-.s.far above angels. principalities and
powers Thus He was qualified to
rule and to bless those whom HIS
death redeemed. f..
why, then, does the Messianic work
delay? why did Jesus not immediate
" begin the work Of restitution? The
Bible answers the question most clear
". 1t assures us that before that work
can begin there must be selected from
amongst men, by special call and Dy
special tests, sanity class, little
flock" to whom it is the Fathers good
pleasure to give the Kingdom in joint
heirship with His only Son. the Re
deemer. SO, then. what remains is for
all of this class to finish their course
with Joy and then, by the, First Resur-
rection. to pass beyond the veil to be
forever with their Lord as spirit. be-
ings-partakers OF the divine nature.
far above angels, prineipaiities and
powers. 49, a..s :,
Then the spiritual Seed Of Abraham
will be complete. and then it will be
gin its work of blessing. first the nat
ural seed Of Abraham, and. subse-
quently. all the families Of the earth.
II at first we were inclined to feel i'm
patient of the long delay. we are check.
ed by the thought that If the work OF
God ip. the, selection Of the spiritual
Seed Of Abraham. ''iike unto the. stars
Of heaven" had been completed soon-
er. zoe would have missed the, glorious
opportunity of becoming members OF