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Pastor RuSSelPS Sermon

truly the Scriptures say that "eye hath
not seen. nor ear heard the things thai
God hath in reservation for them that
love Him. u Corinthians 90.
Inauguration Scene of Our Text.
Leading in the grand procession pic
ture is The Son of Man. following
whom will be all the holy messengers;
but with Him upon His glorious
Throne will be His Bride class-a
sanity few. Thus it is written. when
Christ shall appear, then
shall We also appear with Him in glo-
ry' (Colossians 3:4l; again. ITO him
that overcOmeth will | grant TO sit
with Me in My Throne. "-Revelation
3:2l.
Through the Prophets of old the pic
ture was given us Of the triumphal en-
trance of Messiah. saying. Lift up
your heads. . We gates: and be We
lifted up. We everlasting doors. and the
King of glory shall come in
Jehovah of Hosts. He is the King of
glory" psalm 24:7. 10) 1t is JehO-
! vah's Kingdom that is to he establish
ed when Messiah comes: for Messiah
is the gOdlike One. Jehovah's Repre-
sentative. who for thousand years
! will rule the world for the adjustment
of sin and death. and the uplifting of
Israel and all the nations.
Messiah is spoken of rs the Seed Of
David. who should inherit his throne.
luke 1:31-33D He who was accord
ing to the flesh David's Son is accord
ing to the Spirit David's Lord. and He.
it is that shall sit upon the Throne.
But as the throne upon which David
sat was the Throne of Jehovah. so the
Throne Of Messiah will be Jehovah's
Throne also.
"Oh, that will be crowning
Such as earth has never known,
When Christ His Kingdom shall receive,
Before the great white Thrones"
Grand as have been the inaugural
services of the past week, they were as
nothing in contrast with the glorious
browning Day for which the earth has
been waiting six thousand years, Hap
py. earnest and hopeful as were the
faces that greeted the President. the
picture was tame as compared with the
light and joy and confidence that will
fill the world when mankind come to
realize that during the past six thou
sand years God has been making prep
aratiop for this great Day that is even
now dawning
Then gratitude will go up TO the
Lord from faithful hearts. Then truly
on the grandest possible scale all that
trust in Messiah will shout, "Hosanna
to the Son Of David, Blessed is He
that cometh in the name of the Lord!
HOsanna in the highestp' Then Mes
siah will take His Kingdom as Gods
Representative. His Holy One to rule
the earth. and to dispense the blessings
which God promised in the Abrahamic
Covenant and reiterated ''by the mouth
of all His Holy Prophets since the
world began"
Wherein Did the Jews Fail?
The Jews did not fail All the prom
Uses of God made to them are still
theirs. He never offered them spiritual
favors. He never suggested that He
would take them to Heaven. The
strongest promise made, even to Abra-
ham, was that all the land which could
be seen would be given to him and to
his seed. All the blessings of Israel
were to come through Messiah, whose
Kingdom is about to he inaugurated.
What God did for the Jews at the
First Advent of Jesus was something
more than He ever promised to do for
them. He foretold through the Proph-
cts that Messiah would suffer; yea, that
las Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness. even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up" The Jews merely
fulfilled a part of the Divine Program.
Had Messiah gone to another nation,
doubtless there would have been SINH.
lar results. No other nation. indeed,
was so well prepared as the Jews by
Divine instruction through the Law
and the Prophets
What God did for that natien more
than He promised to do was that He
gave them an opportunity of becoming
more than the natural seed Of Abra-
ham. He gave them the opportunity OF
becoming spirit beings-members OF
Spiritual Israel. So many as received
Jesus, and became consecrated to be
His disciples. were received of the
Father, begotten of the Holy Spirit, re-
ceived into the family of God as Spir
itual lsraelites, as the Spiritual Seed of
Abraham. But these were few.
Then Divine favor turned to the Gen.
tiles, and gave TO them similar oppor-
tuDity of coming into membership with
the Spiritual Seed of Abraham This
work has required nearly nineteen cen
turtles and is now about completed, In
other words. we understand that the
Messiah class is about complete-,Iesus
the Head, faithful Jews next. the faith
full from the Genties next.
Jesus the Head long ago entered into |
His glory. Some of His members have |
already entered in. and soon the last |
members will pass beyond the veil. |
Then the preparatory work of making |
up the Messianic class will be COM
pleted.
Immediately on the Inauguration Of /
The Messiah, His work Of ruling and |
blessing will begin, At that point. ac-
cOrding to the Scriptures. Natural Isyt
rael will return TO Gods favor. and be |
granted the chief blessing under the
new administration. And through the