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upon the whole world, so the entire re-
lease from the curse will come to every
member of the race, through Jesus
The broad basis for this work has al
ready been laid in the death of Jesus
Christ died for our sins. according to
the Scriptures" q Corinthians 1879
Jesus Christ. by the grace Of God,
tasted death for every man. ''He is
the Precipitation for our sins and not
for ours only. but also for the sins Of
the whole world John %.
As all the race were involved in the
death sentence. the one redemptive
work was necessary for the releasing
OF all. in Gods arrangement He has
divided the redeemed into two great
classes. both of which will attain ever
lasting life. But one class will receive
it on the spiritual or Heavenly, plane,
while the other will get it on the earth
ly plane. This does not signify uni
versalism. for while these two classes
are to be saved. the Bible distinctly
tells of some who will receive the grace
OF God in vain and die the Second
Death. Revelation 21:S.
From this viewpoint. note the force
Of the Apostles words: THE wages of
sin is death. but the gift Of God is eter-
nal life. through Jesus Christ our
Lord" tRomans 6:23l The death sen
tence passed upon all through one
man. Adam. The gift of God is to
come to all humanity through the Sec
Ond Adam the Lord
The Riches of Gods Grace.
Our Great Creator is rich in grace,
the Apostle tells us. He not only pur-
posed to recover mankind from the dis
advantages of the fall. but additionally
took advantage of the circumstances
connected with the permission of sin
to give an especial opportunity to any
of the sinners to manifest. If they
would. special loyalty to Himself, God
might have placed different penalty
against sim He might have excluded
our first parents from Eden for a year
| and then have returned them, or He
| might have simply banished the race
| from Eden. aud have allowed all to
live without sentence of death against
us. Had He done SO. Jesus would not
| have needed to die for mans redemp
| ton. Because the sentence of death
had been imposed. however. 1t must be
! Cancelled before the race could be re
| stored to perfection and to Gods ia
! vor.
It is evident. then that God wished
to have the death penalty upon our
! race. so ms to make necessary the death
| of His Son This. in turn. meant that
/ the Father invited the Son to become
| mans Redeemer. and that the Son ac-
] copied the offer. and came into this
world for that very purpose. This i'm
piled that the Father would reward
Him with a high exaltation. in pecog-
milton of His loyalty and obedience un-
to death. even Of the cross. Thus Je-
/ sus suffered for our sins, and entered
into His glory.
But God had further Plan. Hence
He sent Jesus to die for the world
nearly two thousand years before He
was ready to deal with the world. And
that long period of nearly two thou
/ sand years has since been devoted TO
| the calling out of the Church. to be the
Bride of Christ. and Joint-heir in His
Kingdom This Church is described
/ as Little Flock. sanity few. who
/ through much tribulation are walking
in the footsteps of the Redeemer. and
ultimately will be accounted therefore
as worthy to share with Him In His
] glories-on the spirit plane.
/ This election of the Church in no
sense or degree hinders the great work
of God for the world, On the con-
trary. God in His Wisdom has made
the election of the Church to be help
full and connective link in His great
Plan for blessing and restoring man
kind to human perfection and earthly
Eden.-Acts 3:19-21.
/ The Bible Triumphant.