The Cairo bulletin., 1913-03-10

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- the holy angels
with Him. then shall He sit upon tile
Throne 81 Ills glory" tMatthew
25:3l.) He said
When six thousand years ago man
transgressed the Divine command ana
came under the sentence dying thon
shalt die" he was cast out OF Eden
that In the unprepared earth he might
pay the death penalty. Even then IN
the declaration that the Seed OF tie
woman wonld eventually brllise IN,
serpent's head. God implied an nm
mate victor, for humanity over SAITH
sin and death,
Later. Gnds Covenant with Ahrt
tlam told that victory wonid cIir
through his iostcrity. but did not ~
plain now. Centuries later Alna
hanl's favored posterity. israel. cain'
into Covenant relationship with tri
through Moses Their hope was IL
keep Gods Law so thoroughly as u
merit everlasting life. and be coup
tent to deliver hIimaEity from sin ni.g
death However. centuries OF etiuf1
proved that none could keep the IA
vine Law satisfactorily
The next Divine lesson was one ot
faith Israel could not keep the Law
satisfactorily could not Therefore
have pverlastin. life. could not teach
others 10 d. what they could not do
The lesson Of faith was that they
should look forward to coming Mes
siah-"a i'rinte and II SAVIOR
Various were their hopes respecting
Messiah, The promises were scanned
to note something concerning Him
Through thr prophets God foretold that
Messiah WIS to he the antitype of both
David and Solomon. OF Aaron and Met
chizedek--very great He was to reign
from Sen to sea psalm 1881
Israel looked forward with pride to
the day when Messiah would exalt
them very highly In the earth. and AS
sociatc them with Himself 10 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 Isfael's star OF Hope Is ris
ing! At last the prophecies tell thnt
her morning Of joy is about TO dawn;
and that the desire Of an nations shall
come" Not merely are Jews claiming
that Messiah's Day is nigh; but Chris
tian Bible students see the saine. 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 halfcenfnry be-
speak the New Dlspensation. IL the
preparations are so grand. what will
be the Inauguration and Reign itself.
I 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--;i sanity few Thus 1t Is
written: when Christ shall APP
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
were as nothing. contrasted with the
glorious browning Day for which earth
has waited six thousand years. Hap.
py rs were the faces which greeted the
President. the picture was tame. CON-
pared with the JOY of mankind when
they realize what God has wrought!
Wherein Did the Jews Fail?
The Jews did not faii All Gods
promises to them are still theirs. He
never offered them spiritual fayors, or
suggested taking them TO Heaven. The
strongest promise. even 70 Abraham.
was that all the land which could be
seen would be given to him and his
seed IsraeI's blessings were TO come
through Messiah.
God foretold through the prophets
that Messiah would suffer. The Jews
merely fulfilled part Of the Divine
Program. Had Messiah gone to anoth.
err 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 Israeli
Then Divine favor turned to the Gen.
tiles. and gave them a similar opportu.
nifty. This work has required nearly
nineteen centuries. and we believe is
about completed. The Messiah class
is about made up. Jesus the Head
long ago entered into His glory. Soon
the last members of His Body will
pass beyond the veil Forthwith the
work Of blessing the nations Will bo0fn.