Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-30


standing opened to the grievous mis-
take which our forefathers made and
handed down to US. The mistake was
In supposing that the Elect would be
all that would be saved Of the human
family, and In not seeing that the
Elect, now being called, are to constl-
tute Gods New Creation, not only far
higher than perfect men, but higher
than angels and cherublm. In other
words, God took advantage Of the
reign Of Sin and Death amongst hui
manlty to select from amongst the re-
deemed human family some jewels Of
character, to constitute what He terms
a royal diadem In the hand of our
Lord
With the completion of this diadem
class, this Royal Priesthood class, this
class that is to be made partakers Of
the Divine nature in the First Resur-
rectlon, the work of God for the hui
man family will be only beginning;
whereas we once supposed that there
1t would have ended. We now see
that not until the Elect shall be glori-
fed will Gods blessing even begin to
come to the non-elect-all Of whom, as
Adams children, were redeemed by
the precious blood Of Christ.
Only the Elect have been dealt with
thus far. The great mass Of mankind,
blinded and deafened, through the be-
wlldering influence of error, have been
led captive by Satan at his will. Only
the comparatively few have escaped
the condemnation which Is upon the
world, by accepting Christ and be-
coming members of the New Creation
through Him.
Messiah's Campaign Beginning,
When we get the right focus on the
subject, we perceive that Messiah's
great campaign against the reign of
Sin and Death is only beginning. The
Bible informs us what His procedure
will be. First the Redeemer will
take unto Himself His great power
and begin His reign. Second, the first
work Of His Reign will be the binding
Of Satan for thousand years. Then
will follow the scattering Of igno-
rance and superstition fostered by the
Prince Of Darkness. The great Prince
Of Glory, as the great Sun Of Right
eousness, will shine forth to chase the
darkness away.
The Redeemer Himself tells us that
the Church will be with Him, parts of
that Sun Of Righteousness, that glori-
GUS Kingdom of God so long promised
and prayed for: "Thy Kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth, MS 1t Is
done in Heaven" "Then shall the
righteous shine forth as the sun in the
Kingdom Of their Father. Matthew
13:43
Satan is an enemy Of God and Of
righteousness, and his destruction is
foretold. But, from the Bible stand
point, man is not, to be so considered,
In an official, or legal way all sinners
are enemies toward God and toward
righteousness, In that they have done
wicked works, But In reality, as the
Bible points out and as our experiences
confirm, mankind are not enemies Of
righteousness and Of God, but simply
blinded, confused captlves and slaves
Of Satan, Sin and Death. 1t is In
recognition Of this that God provided
a redemption for Adam and his race,
In recognition Of this also God has
provided for the thousand years of
Messlahs glorious Reign, During this
period Adam and all mankind will
have an opportunity OF coming to life
everlasting and TO the earthly, human
perfection, lost by disobedlence, and
redeemed by the precious blood of
Jesus.
DO we not see, then, that as this
Gospel Age has been the time for Sc.
lectlng the elect class, so the Mes
slanlc Age, which is to follow this, will
be the period In which the Elect with
Jesus as their Head will bless all the
non.elect?-us God declared to Abra-
ham, saying. "In thee and In thy Seed
shall all the families OF the earth be
blessed Galatians 3:S, 10, 20) Gods
blessing through Messlahs Kingdom
will not mean to the loorld joint-helr.
ship with Christ, or the Divine nature,
or a seat IN the Throne. But II will
mean a full opportunity for thorough
enlightenment and for full assistance
ont Of all the bondage of sin and death
into the glorious liberty Of the sons OF
God-everlastng life.
The Battle and tho 5attlers,
Jesus the Captain Of our salvation,
was the first great Victor In conflict
with Sin, Satan. Death He was
crowned because Of His loyalty to
God and His faithfuness even unto
death His victory was won by dying
n martyr similarly, all Of His fol
lowers Of this Gospel Age must prove
their loyalty unto death, II they would
be His associates in the Messanic
Kingdom,
For nineteen centuries Satan. Sin
and Death have seemed to triumph;
while In reality, from the Divine stand
point Christ and His Church were tri.
umphing Their triumph will be man
ifested In the First Resurrection, when
viii occur the General Assembly "
the Church " the Firstborns. written
In Heaven" Then the battle will take
ON new phase, No longer will the
victors die, but the foes will perish