Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-27

prophosy also TINT the Dead Sea vii
De connected wlll rhe ocean, and tia
region become once more prosperous.
Still More Wonderful Things.
Pastor Russell, dealing with the con
text, pointed out that 1t tells the Who'll,
story. lie applied worse 3 to the pres
ent time, declarlnS+hat he was seeking
10 carry out It's command, "StrengtteI
ye the weak hands and confirm The
feeble knees Say to them that are Oi
fearful heart, BE strong fear not
behold your God will come with venge
ance, even God with n recompense; lie
Will como and save yoa' Verses 3. 4
The Church Is here addressed no;
the world True, Messiah's coming IL
90 bless the world, but before the bless
Ing can come 10 the world, the Elect
Church must FIRST be gathered BY the
change Of the First Resurrection. the
Elect will cease to be OF the human
nature and viii become spirit beings.
"hke unto the angels" but hiOher-"par
takers Of the Divine Nature"
THIS Elect class, the Pastor declared.
Is Scrlpturally called The Bride, the
Lambs Wife" In all Of Gods dealings
with humanity this class is TO have the
prominence, as Spiritual Israel They
are not all children OF Abraham by ma.
ture, he said but are his children by
faith; for Abraham typcally was the
Father OF the Faithful Abraham rep
resented Jehovah, as Isaac typided the
Son, Jesus, and Rebecca lsaac's bride
typlned the Church The first Of this
company was gathered from the natur
al seed Of Abraham, but the company
ASA whole has been completed out0f ev
cry nation people, kindred and tongue
None, however, but sanity. holy ones
can be members OF this Elect class
After its completion, the Divine bless
ing will extend through It to natural
Israel, and through them to all nations
again Tie blessing then TO he be
slowed. however, will not be Of the
same character They will all be earth.
~ blessings the life and health in
Paradise will all be earthly. Only the
Church Of the First born, hegotten of
the Holy Spirit know; md only such
can 20 on 70 make their calling and
election sure and attain the birth of
the Spirit IN the resurrection All 9th
ers remaining Of the human nature Will
get the blessings which God has pro
vided FOR humanity These, the Pastor
said, will surpass anything Of which
the human mind has ever yet conceived
Opening the Blinded Eyes.
The miracles which Jesus did at His
First Advent were merely little Illus
trations Of the much greater work
which He will accomplish at His Sec
ond Advent He explained this to the
Apostles. saying, Greater works than
these shall We do (See John 1922 II
Is q grepter work now 10 open the eyes
Of human understanding to appreciate
the Divine Character and Plan than to
open the natural eyes as Jesus did So
in the future Jesus and His Church,
during the thousand years of Messiah'S
Kingdom, will open blinded eyes Of
understanding unstOp ears that have
long been deaf to the Truth, loose to
sing praises to God tongues that have
never yet experienced that blessing
Moreover, as our context declares. the
lame will be strong and lenp for Joy
We are not disputing that all the
lameness, deafness, ailments Of the
present time. will quite disappear dur
ing Messiah's reign OF thousand
years. We are merely laying emphasis
on the fact that the greater blessings
will come also. the lamenesses, FOR in
stance, OF human weakness and frail |
ty incident to the fall and its heredi !
tary influence. All this lameness will |
be done away gradually.
What a new aspect earth will wear
when Paradise shall bloom, when
righteousness shall prevail, when sick |
ness and sin. sorrow and pain and dy
ing shall gradually fade away before |
the touches Of the glorious sunlight Of |
that New Dispensntion!
"a Highway Shall Be There"
The context declares that then a |
Highway Of Holiness shall he estab-
lished The Hebrew word signifies a
public thoroughfnre 1t will be dis |
tlnctly different from the broad road of |
the present, which is dOUnpdrd one |
The Highway will he an Rppard walk |
1t will be distinctly different also from |
the ndrroW ray and rugged path Of the
Church OF the present time Instead
OF being rough thOrny way, beset by |
trials and difficulties, liable to attacks
OF the world, the flesh and the Adver-
snry, II WI he the reverse Of this.
No lion and ravenOus beast will be
there The beastly propeusties and
appetites will no longer have power 10
entrap, ensnare and devour the poor
human Family. All stumbling stones
Of error will be cleared out of the way,
now the Christians pathway
is full Of them Indeed. all OF our six
creeds are more or less stones
Of stumbling. more or less indicate the