Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-10-14
Pastor Russelrs Sermon

I ings promised In His Word ana appro-
prlate to this tme-the New Dlspen-
satlon--let US trust Him for every
other feature of His promised bless
Ing lie who has begun the good work
is able to complete II. II He has prom.
ised, and slcorH to this promise, that
all the families Of the earth shall be
blessed in Abraham's Seed, surely we
may rely upon It. II we see at present
only the Spiritual Seed Of Abraham In
full harmony with God through Christ,
and they not glorlned, let US wait pa
tlently for the Lord, knowing that He
will fulfil His promises In due time.
The Church, the Elect, are indeed
the Spiritual Seed Of Abraham. This
class, as the Bride Of Christ, must be
completed and must be united to their
Redeemer by the First Resurrection
change before they will be qualified to
share with Him the great work Of
blessing Abraham's Natural Seed.-Ga.
latlans Ill, 20.
The completion and glorl6catlon of
the Church will mark the time for the
establishment Of the Kingdom. Then
will begin the pouring out Of the Di-
vine blessing and the removal Of the
Curse. Satan will be bound for a
thousand years. The knowledge Of
God will gradually I'll the whole earth.
The Natural Seed Of Abraham will be
the first to receive the Restitution
blessings-to return to the likeness Of
God in the flesh and to have returned
to them Paradise conditions and Di-
vine favor. The ancient sanity ones
Of the Jewish race, we are assured,
shall be made princes In all the earth
for the correction Of their brethren,
Natural Israel, and for the instruction
and assistance, also, Of the people Of
every nation kindred and tongue-the
living and the dead.
Paradise Restored.
Rapidly the knowledge Of the glory
OF God will I'll the whole earth. Cor
rectlons In Righteousness will be meted
out to all not doing their very best to
come into harmony with the Divine
Law. Blessed rewards Of increasing
perfection of mind and body will
come to the willing and
obedlent in that day. The wilful evil
doers shall be cut Off in the Second
Death. Then as n result, before the
thousand years Of Messah's Kingdom
shall expire, every knee will bow to the
glory Of God.
Meantime also the blessings Of Para
disc will be coming to the earth as a
whole. "God will make the place of
His feet glorious" isaiah TX, 10; Xvi,
~ Jesus will see Of the travail Of His
soul and be satisfied. isaiah Iii, 10,
l1.) All those who have suffered for
sake during the present
time Of the reign Of sin and death will
be more than compensated therefor in
the blessings and joys Of the New
Dlspensation. The knowledge Of the
glory Of God shall I'll the whole earth
The glorious Divine Character will be
made manifest, not only to angels, but |
10 men. The inlnitude Of Gods Love,
Justice, Wisdom and Power may then |
DO seen by all; whereas today under
he reign Of sin and death, with minds
by the error instilled by the
Prince Of Darkness, the opposite con-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the earth and
gross darkness the heather.
What glorious consummatlon is
before us! What lengths and breadths
If human possibility in perfection we
zee with the eye Of faith! Man was
made in the Image Of his Creator, and
he earth was provided to be his ever
astlng home. The Curse that has rest
I'd upon the earth and its king has
brought both to angels and to men val
liable lessons, which perhaps could not
nave been learned under any other
process of instruction.
The result will be glorious, as de
'crlbed by the Master Himself. There
shall be no more slghlng, no more
Curse there, nor sorrow, nor pain, nor
my more dying; for all the things Of
'in and death will have passed away.
lie who sits upon the Throne "wlll
make all things new" Revelation
xxi, 4, 81
The Prophet Isaiah declares that Je.
lovah will do these things and that
very knee shall bow to Him and
very tongue confess. isaiah xiv, 23.)
It, Paul applies this Scripture and de-
'lares that 1t will be fulfilled through
'esus, and incidentally It will be full.
He'd by the Church through Jesus.
Nj things are Of the Father and by :
he Son. The thought, then, is that
he world in acknowledging Christ
nd the Church, and bowling to them,
VIII be bowling to Jehovah, for the
'ogos, Jesus, the Redeemer, forever
vii be the Representative of the Ia.
her and His Power; hence all men I
hould honor the Son even as they ,
onor the Father also-not honor Him I
s the Father, but as the Son, the Ia. I
hers direct Representative-Helr of
II thlngs.-John v, %; Hebrews t. .
The Elect Church Already Bows tho
Knee.
The Elect Church Of the present time
leady bows to Jesus MS the Repre-.
entative Of the Heavenly Father, and q
lready enjoys great blessing through /
his special relationship into which she S
as entered and which is to be com. a,