The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28

cons~ rated His life to God-even I'M
to death. He finished this giving of
Himself on Calvary when He cried.
1T is finished John xix. 30.) The
perfect spotless. uncontaminated life
Of the Man Christ Jesus. thus laid
down a voluntary sacrifice. constitutes
a Ransom-price for Adam and his race.
The word Ransom in our text has
very strict meaning. namely. a cores
ponding price. Adam in his perfection
was In Gods image-"very good" The
Man Jesus, who gave Himself cor
responding price, was in Gods image
very good" He corresponded ex-
actly to the perfect man Adam. and
His sacrifice of Himself in death cor
responded exactly to the penalty
against Adam. which the entire race
has shared This great transaction.
accomplished nearly nineteen centu
ries ago. Is not yet generally proclaim
ed. but will be testified to all in due
time, our text declares. AS yet only
the few. guided by the Word and en-
lightened by the Holy Spirit. can ap-
preciate this matter, because its details
have not yet been fully worked out.
when all it's mighty work is seen.
Praise shall all tongues employ"
St Paul declares that the calling and
election of the Church to become the
Bride Of Christ and His Joint-heir in
His Messianic Kingdom is Mystery"
appreciated by few. The Mystery is
that In the Great Jehovah's Plan this
Elect Church. now in process of selec
ton. is to constitute with Jesus her
Redeemer the great Mediator who.
during the Millennium. will mediate
the New Covenant between God and
mankind In general The foundation
for all that Mediatorial work the all
essential basis of it-was effected by
our Lord Jesus alone when He. as the
Man Christ Jesus. gave Himself a
Rdnsom price for all But the great
work of reconciliation belongs to the
future and is to be shared in by the
Bride class
Well did John the Baptist point to
God! which taketh away the sin of the
world" John /, %. 3G) In Jesus re-
sided the Ransom-pric and not in His
Church: in Jesus work, and not in our
work: in Jesus sacrifice. and not in
our sacrifice. was the potency for the
cleansing away Of Adams sin and the
setting aside OF his death penalty.
Whatever share the Church was grant
ed in the great work of the worlds
reconciliation was by grace and not by
our merit. not by our sacrifice.
Mediation Not Yet Begun.
The Redeemer has not vet begun His
work Of Mediation between God and
men. He merely provided the basis Of
that reconciliation in His death at Cal
vary. The merit of His sacrifice is in
Jehovah's hands, but is not vet appro-
priated for the sins Of the world. The
worlds sins are not yet forgiven.
Hence God still treats the world as sin
ners, aliens. foreigners. enemies
through evil works.
Everything is In readiness for the
forgiveness of the sins of the world:
but the Redeemer waits until He shall
have accomplished another feature Of
the Divine Program. namely. the selec-
ton Of the Church to be His Bride: or
under another figure. to be members of
the Body Of Messiah. under Jesus the
Head-members Of the Body Of the
Mediator. under the Redeemer's Head
ship. "For Moses verify said unto the
fathers. A Prophet shall the Lord your
God raise up unto you from amongst
your brethren like unto me [Mosesl:
Him shall We hear in all things what
soever He shall say unto you. And
the person that will not obey that
Prophet THAT Teacherl. shall be de
stroyed from amongst the people.''--
Acts lii. %, %
members, has been in process of devel-
opment. or raising up, for now nearly
nineteen centuries. God raised up
Jesus the very first, and is since rails
ing up US also by Jesus. And through
the First Resurrection shortly the en-
tllC pOul Tile McSSldu VI SlOEN, Will
be changed made partakers of the di-
vine characterization Xxx, 6: ii Pc
ter !, T.
The antitypica Moses will inaugu-
rate the New Covenant with Israel and
the world. even as the typical Moses
tnaugurated the old Law Covenant
with typical Israel at Mt Sinai AS
the old Covenant had sacrifices of bulls
and goats and was inaugurated first
by sprinkling of the tables of the
Law. representing a satisfaction of
Divine Justice. and secondly the
sprinkling Of an the people. represent
ing their reconciliation through the
same sacrifice. SO the antitypical Moses.
the Mediator of the New or antitypical
Covenant. must first produce better
sacrifices" the antitypical. and then
with the merit of these make satisfac-
ton 10 Divine Justice and reconcile
the =" Hle--all who are willing of the
who.c world. When Moses slew the
animal. whose blood made effective
the typical Covenant which he medi.
ated. that sacrificing was merely a
preparatory work. The Law Covenant
was not mediated in any sense of the
word until the animals were all slain