The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-03-14


lGPASTOP RIjSSfIDl His glory. and all
80 the holy angels
with Hin. then shall He sit upon the
Throne Of His glory" (Matthew
531) He said:
When six thousand years ago man
transgressed the Divine command ana
came under the sentence. dying thou
shalt die" he was cast out Of Eden.
that i'm the unprepared earth he might
pay the death penalty. Even then. I'M
the declaration that the Seed Of the
woman would eventually bruise the
serpent's head. God implied an ulti-
mate victory for humanity over Satan,
sin and death.
Later, Gods Covenant with Abra-
ham told that victory would come
through his posterity. but did not ex-
plain how. Centuries later. Abra-
hams favored pOsterity. Israel. came
into Covenant relationship with God
through Moses. Their hope was to
keep Gods Law so thoroughly as to
merit everlasting life. and be compe-
tent to deliver humanity from sin and
death. However. centuries OF effort
proved that none could keep the d.
vine Law satisfactorily.
The next Divine lesson was one Of
faith. Israel could not keep the Law
satisfactorily - could not. therefore.
have everlasting life. could not teach
others to do what they could not do.
The lesson Of faith was that they
should look forward to a coming Mes
siah-"a Prince and a Savior"
Various were their hopes respecting
Messiah. The promises were scanned
to note something concerning Him.
Through the prophets God foretold that
! Messiah was to be the antique of both
| David and Solomon. Of Aaron and Mel
| chizedek-very great. He was to reign
tfrom sea to sea. psalm 72:St
Israel looked forward with pride to
| the day when Messiah would exalt
them very highly in the earth, and as
sociatc them with Himself in blessing
all people. These good hopes have held
them together as no other people have
ever been held. They are still waiting.
though disconnected by the evidences
that others are In some respect more
favored than they.
Messiah and the Jubilee at Hand.
At last Israel's Star of Hope is ris-
ing. At last the prophecies tell that
her morning of JOY is about to dawn;
and that 1.-THE desire Of all nations shall
come" Not merely are Jews claiming
that Messiah's Day is nigh; but Chris
tian Bible students see the same. Mo-
hammedans also see. Free MasOns
claim the same. All men are in expec-
tation Of something wonderful.
The multiplied blessings In the In
ventiOns Of the last half-century be-
speak the New Dispensation. II the
preparations are SO grand. what will
be the Inauguration and Reign itself!
Inauguration Scene Of Our Text.
Leading in the grand procession pic
ture is the Son of Man. following
whom are all the holy messengers: but
with Him upon His Throne will be His
Bride class-a sanity few. Thus 1t is
written: "When Christ shall ap-
pear, then shall We also appear with
Him in glory."-Col 3:4; Rev. 321.
Grand as have been the inaugural
ceremonies of the past week. they
we're as nothing contrasted with the
glorious browning Day for which earth
has waited six thousand years. Hap
py as were the faces which greeted the
President. the picture was tame. com
pared with the joy Of mankind when
they realize what God has wrought!
Wherein Did the Jews Fail? y
The Jews did not fail. All Gods
promises to them are still theirs. He
never offered them spiritual favors. OF
suggested taking them to Heaven. The
strongest promise. even to Abraham
was that all the land which could be
seen would be given to him and his
seed. Israels blessings were to come
through Messiah.
God foretold through the prophets
that Messiah would suffer The Jew:
merely fulfilled part of the Divine
Program. Had Messiah gone TO anoth
er nation. doubtless there would have
been similar results. At the First Ad
vent OF Jesus God did more for the
Jews Than He had promised. He gave
them opportunity Of becoming mem
bers of Spiritual Israel.
Then Divine favor turned to the Gen
tiles, and gave them similar opportu
nifty. This work has required neari!
nineteen centuries. and We believe Il
about completed. The Messiah class
is about made up. Jesus the Heat
long ago entered into His glory. Sool
the last members Of His Body vii
pass beyond the veil. Forthwith thu
work Of blessing the nations will begin.