The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-27
PASTOR RUSSELL
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y Gospel Preached Firat 70 Jews.
That every lsra6liIe Indeed might lie
found the Gospel Message at first was
exclusively Theirs. and the first Gem
tile convert, Cornelius. was not ndmit-
ted to Divine favor In this respect I'M
Ill three aud II half years after the
cross. Yea, still later. when the Apos-
ties preached the Gospel 10 every crea-
ture, TO people OF every country ana
nationality. as well as to the jew to
whom 1t was originally confined they
still gave the Jew the preference up to
the year 4. ID. 20, when the Jewish
poity pcrlshed St Paul declared this
publicly to The Jewsl saving g'Gt, Was
necessary that the Gospel hc preached
first To you, but seeding ye count your
selves unworthy OF the grace OF God.
To- we turn unto the Gentiles. for thus
It is written in the Prophets"
We see. then, that the nucleus OF the
elect Church which should become the
Bride of Christ Mt His second coming
was Jewish, aud that Gods favor to
the Gentiles was His permitting of
them TO come In and lll up the foreor-
dained number of the elect Church.
though only after all worthy Jews had
been called and accepted. And now,
as Jesus foretold. the Gospel or good
news of His coming Kingdom is being
preached In all the world FOR wit
ness to gather from every nation,
people, kindred and tongue the sanity
ones TO be sharers with the Jewish nu-
cleus in the great honor of becoming
Messiah's Bride and joint-heir We are
TO clearly distinguish between the icii-
Messing OF these matters amongst all
nations. for the gathering out of I'M
'elect" few. and the blessing of ull
nations under the Kingdom which
will come later on. A failure to see
this has caused confusion in many
minds.
Heirs Of tho Promise.
We must never lose sight Of the kerr
mel of this Gospel Message. The ultl
mate blessings Of the Messlanlc King
dom. through the Seed Of Abraham,
will be to all the families OF the earth
but, previously, the Divine work Is the
calling of the Seed Of Abraham. which
is to do that work of blessing The
promise was not made to all the faml-
lies Of the earth but 10 Abraham aud
his Seed Hence the heirs Of the prom
Use are not all the families Of the earth,
but the Seed OF Abraham.
To the saints Of Galatin, who had
been Gentiles but had accepted Jesus
and were trusting to become Joint
heirs with Gods dear Son In His Mes
sianic Kingdom rs members OF His
Bride Elect. Saint Paul writes. "lf ye
be Christ's. then are ye Abraham's
Seed. and heirs according to the prom
ise." Galatians iii. 201 How strange
that we should have lost sight of this
great Inheritance. With our Lord. us
Abraham's Seed. we shall inherit the
earth: as It Is written. II will give Thee
the heather for Thine Inheritance, aud
the uttermost parts OF the earth for
Thy possession"
No wonder the Apostles frequently
reminded the brethren Of this great in
herltance which God has In resesva-
tion for the faithful. No wonder one
Of them writes. AN things are yours.
for ye are Chrst's; aud Christ Is
God'sr Adam and his entire race
are to be turned over to Christ Jesus
The Redecmer purchased by Ills pre-
clous blood Then we. ns His Bride
cOnsort. are TO share with Him that
great inherItnnce. nad 20 col0hor with
Him IN bringing order oGt of ireseut
confusion Satan 10 70 be bound; VIl