The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-29

ginning to GET the eyes d our under
standing opened 70 Tie eiieyous mis-
take Which our foFefliteEs made sud
Gaided donnto us 1he ntsta Sc was
in sdppc SIG That The Feet ssoald be
an that would be saved % tie human.
family. and i'm not SEEING tiiat the
Elect now being cllIedS Ore TO eonst
.tdte Gods New Great don. not only far.
than perfect men but higher
than angels and chernbTm. In Other,
wordss God took advantage Of the
reign ofsin aud Death nlnungst hus
-inanity to select from atnoHgst the re-
deemed human family some jewels Of
character, to constitute what He terms
ia royals diddem I'm the band Of our
Lord. ie, ~! *
with The. completlonsof this dladen;
class. this Royal Priesthood class. this,
class thatiis'to Ebe. mRde iartakers Of
the Divine nature insths First tsesprs
rectlon, the work46fs God forgthe thu
man family will be only beginning:
whereas weEGnee supposed thatrtbere
1t would have ended. We now see
that not until the Elect shall l.elglori;,
+fed will Gods blessing even begin to
come to thesnon.elect-all otwhom, as,
Adams children. were redeemed, by
the precious blood Of Christ.
oulyathe Elect have been dealt with
thus far,t The great mass Of; mankind.i
blinded and deafened, through the be-
willering influence Of error. have been
led captiye'by Satan at bis will. only
the comparatively few. have escaped
the condemnation which Is upon tile
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 Els procedure
VIII 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
% isatan fora thousand Years. Then
will follow the scattering Of ignoi
rance and superstition fostcred by the
Prince Of Darkness. The great Prince
of Glory, as the great Sun of Right.
eousness. will shine forth 10 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, rs it is
done in Heaven" Then shall the
righteous shine forth MS 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 rs our experiences
confirm, mankind are not enemies OF
righteousness and Of God. but simply
blinded. confused captIves aud slaves
Of Satan. Sin and Death. 1t is in
recognition Of this that God provided
Il redemption for Adam and his race.
In recognition Of this also God has
provided for the thousand years OF
Messiah's glorious Reign. During this
period Adam and all mankind will
have an opportunity Of coming to life
Everlasting and to the earthly, human
perfection. IOstSb 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
Letting the elect class. SO the Mes
sianic Age. which is to follow this. will
be the period In which the Elect with
Jesus MS their Head will bless all the
uon-elect?-as God declared to Abra'
ham. saying. I'm thee and In thy Seed
shall all the families OF the earth be
blessed" Galatians 3:S. 10, 9Ol Gods
blessing through Messiah's Kingdom
r.iIl yot t,,non IN fha ,rnrId iniDt.hair.