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with Him. then shall He sit upon the
Throne Of His glory tMatthew
25s31l He said;
When six thousand years ago man
transgressed the Divine command anG
came under the sentence, Dying thou
shalt die" he was cast ont OF Eden
that in the unprepared earth he might
pay the death penalty. Even then. in
the declaration that the Seed of the
woman would eventually bruise the
serpents head, God implied an ulti-
mate victory for humanity over Satan,
sin and death
Later, Gods Covenant with Abra
ham told that victory would come
through his posterity. but did not ex
plain how. Centuries later, Abra
hams favored posterlty, Israel. came
into Covenant relationship with God
through Moses Their hope was TO
keep Gods Law so thoroughly MS to
merit everlasting life. and be cotupe
tent to deliver humanity from sin and
death However. centuries of effort
proved that none could keep the Di-
vine Law SATISFACTORILY.
The next Divine lesson was one OF
faith Israel could not keep the Law
satisfactorily = could not therefore.
have everlasting life. could not teach
others to do what they could not do
The lesson Of faith was that they
should look forward to coming Mes
siah--"a Prince and Savior"
Various were their hopes respecting
Messiah The promises were scanned
to note something concerning Him.
Through the prophets God foretold that
Messiah was to be the antitype Of both
David and solomon. OF Aaron and Mel
chizedeis --very great He was to reign
from sea to sea psalm 1881
Israel looked forward with pride 20
the day when Messiah wonld exalt
them very highly in the earth and MS
sociate them with Himself in blessing
all people. These good hopes have held
them together as no other people have
ever been held They are sun waiting,
though disconnected by the evidences
that others are in some respect more
favored than they
Messiah and the Jubilee at Hand.
At last Israels star Of Hope is ris
ing, At last the prophecies tell that
her morning of joy is about to dawn;
and that the desire Of all nations shall
come" Not merely are Jews claiming
that Messiah's Day is nigh; but Chris
tian Bible students see the same. Mo
hammedans also see Free Masons
claim the same. All men are In expee.
tation of something wonderful.
The multiplied blessings IN the In
ventions OF the last half-century be
speak the New Dispensation. II the
preparations are so grand. what will
be the Inauguration and Reign itself.
inauguration Scene Of Our Text.
Leading in the grand procession pie
ture is the Son of Man, following
whom are all the holy messenger; but
with Him upon His Throne will be His
Bride class--a sanity few. Thus II is
written: When Christ shall mp.
pear. then shall ye also appear with
Him in giory."-Col. 3:4; Rev. 1921.
Grand as have been the inaugural
ceremonies Of the past week. they
were as nothing. contrasted with the
glorious crowning Day for which earth
has waited six thousand years. Hap
by as were the faces which greeted the
President. the picture wns tame. com
pared with the JOY Of mankind when
they realize what God has wrought.
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The Jews did not fan Al Gods
promises to them are still theirs He
never offered them spiritual favors. or
suggested taking them 10 Heaven The
strongest promise. even 10 Abraham.
was that Ell the land which could be
seen would be given to him and bis
seed fsraeI's blessings were 70 come
through Messiah.
God foretolA through the prophets
that Messiah would suffer The Jews
merely fulfilled part Of the Divine
Program, Had Messiah gone 10 anoth-
sr nation. doubtless there would have
been similar results At the First Adj
vent OF Jesus God did more for the
Jews than lie had promised He gave
them opportunity ot becoming mem
beers of Spiritual Israel.
Then Divine favor turned to the Gen
tiles. and gave them Il similsr opporin
nifty This work has required nearly
nineteen centuries. and we believe IL
about completed The Messiah elass
is about made up Jesus the Head
long ago entered into His glory soon
the last members Of His Redy VIII
pass beyond the veil Forthwith the
work Of blessing the nations viii begiB.
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