Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-15
lnauauration Scene Of on Text.

God hath in reservation for them that
love Him. Corinthians 30.
Inauguration Scene of Our Text.
Leading in the grand procession pic
ture is The Son Of Man, following
whom will be all the holy messengers;
but with Him upon His glorious
Throne will be His Bride class-a
sanity few. Thus it is written, when
Christ shall appear, then
shall ye also appear with Him in glo-
ry' (Colossians 3:A; again, ITO him
that overcometh will | grant to sit
with Me in My Throne. ."-lieyelatlOn
3:2l
Through the Prophets of old the pic
ture was given us Of the triumphal en-
trance Of Messiah, saying, Lift up
your heads, o We gates; and be ye
lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the
King of glory shall come in y
Jehovah Of Hosts, He is the King Of
glory" psalm 247, l0J 1t is Jeho-
vah's Kingdom that is to be establish
ed when Messiah comes; for Messiah
is the godlike One, JehOvah's Repre-
sentative, who for a thousand years
will rule the world for the abOlishment
Of sin and death, and the uplifting Of
Israel and all the nations.
Messiah is spoken Of as the Seed Of
David, who should inherit his throne.
duke 1:31-33O He who was accord
ing to the flesh David's Son is accord
ing to the Spirit David's Lord, and He
it is that shall sit upon the Throne
But as the throne upon which David
sat was the Throne Of Jehovah, so the
Throne of Messiah will be Jehovah's
Throne also.
"Oh, that will be crowning
Such as earth has never known,
| When Christ His Kingdom Ghall receive,
Before the great white Throne!
Grand as have been the inaugural
services of the past week, they were as
nothing in contrast with the glorious
crownlng Day for which the earth has
been waiting six thousand years. Hap
py, earnest and hopeful as were the
faces that greeted the President, the
picture was tame as compared with the
light and joy and confidence that will
| fill the world when mankind come to
realize that during the past six thou
sand years God has been making prep
nrHtion for this great Day that is even
now dawning.
Then gratitude will go up to the
Lord from faithful hearts. Then truly
on the grandest possible scale all that
trust in Messiah will shout, "Hosanna
to the Son of David! Blessed is He
that cometh in the name Of the Lord!
TIosanna in the highestw Then Mes,
siah will take His Kingdom as Gods
Representative His Holy One to rule
the earth, and to dispense the blessings
which God promised in the Abrahamic
Covenant and reiterated "by the mouth
of all His Holy Prophets since the
world began"
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The Jews did not fail. All the prom,
ises Of God made to them are still
theirs. He never offered them spiritual
favors. He never suggested that He
would take them to Heaven. The
strongest promise made, even to Abra
ham, was that all the land which could
be seen would be given to him and tC
his seed. All the blessings OF lsraeI
were to come through Messiah whose
Kingdom is about to be inaugurated.
What God did for the Jews at the
First Advent Of Jesus was something
more than He ever promi cd to do fol
them. He foretOld through the Proph
> cts that Messiah would suffer; yea, tha
"as, Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son Of
Man be lifted up" The Jews merely
fulfilled a part Of the Divine Program
Had Messiah gone to another nation
doubtless there would have been slmi
lar results. No other nation, indeed
was 80 well prepared as the Jews by
Divine instruction through the Law
and the Prophets.
What God did for that nation NOR,
than lie promised to do was that HI
gave them an opportunity Of becoming
more than the natural seed Of Abra
ham, lie gave them the opportunity o
becoming spirit beings-members o
Spiritual Israel, SO many as recelvet
Jesus, and became consecrated to b.
His disciples, were received Of tn
Father, begotten Of the Holy Spirit, re
ceiyed into the family Of God ms Spir
ltual Israeltes, as the Spiritual Seed o
| Abraham. But these were few.
Then Divine favor turned to the Gen
tiles, and gave to them a similar oppoT
tunity Of coming into membership wit
the Spiritual Seed Of Abraham. Thi
, work has required nearly nineteen Ger
turtles and Is now about completed. i
other words. we understand that tn
Messiah class is about complete-Jesu
the Head, faithful Jews next. the faith
, fu from the Gentlles next
Jesus the Head long ago entered int
His glory Some Of His members hay
already entered in, and soon the las
members will pass beyond the vel
Then the preparatory work Of maxim
: mp the Messlanlc class will be con
I pleted,
Immediately on the inauguration q
The Messiah, His work OF ruling an
blessing will begin, At that point, az
cordlng to the Scriptures, Natural Il
. rael will return to Gods favor, and b
granted the chief blessing under tn
, new administration, And through tn