The Daily Missoulian., 1913-05-11

God might have placed q different
penalty against sin. He might have
excluded our first parents from Eden
for year and then have returned
them, or He might have simply ban
ished the race from Eden. and have al
lowed all to live without sentence of
death against US. Had He done SO,
Jesus would not have needed to die for
mans redemption. Because the SEN
tence OF death has been imposed, how
ever, It must be, Cancelled before the
race could be restored to perfection
and to Gods favor
It is evident then, that God wished
to have the death penalty upon our
race. so az 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-
cepted the offer. and came into this
world for that very purpose. This i'm
piled that the Father would reward
Him with high exaltation, in recog-
milton of His loyalty and obedience
unto death, even Of the cross. Thus
Jesus suffered for our sins and en-
tered 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
tai
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 of 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.
We are all witnesses to the confu-
sion which has prevailed amongst us
as the people of God. Our difficulties
have been connected with this prob
lem of eternal torture, and a redemp-
tion and recovery therefrom. How
glad we are, as children Of God and
students of His word, for the light
that is now shining upon us! This
does not mean that we have made the
light, and may therefore boast Of it.
It means that as in the daWning Of
the natural day the darkness flees
gradually, SO now in the dawning of
the new dispensation, Messiah's day,
a thousand years long, the light of
divine truth is shining more and
more clearly. 1t Is scattering our dark
ness and our fears, and enabling us,
as people of God, more and more to
love the great fountain of blessing,
from whom cometh every good and
every perfect gift.
Now we see that the faults which
have been found with the Bible belong
not to it. 1t is consistent. 1t contains
the divine plan, or program, SO COM
prehensive and so beautiful as to be
heart-assuring that 1t Is of God and
not of man. No human mind could
possibly devise the glorious features
of Gods plan, providing a place on
the Heavenly plane. for the elect
church, and place on the earthly
plane for Adam and all his race-as
many of them as will accept the offer,
when clearly and distinctly presented
to them, when the blind eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped.-Isaiah 355, g.
We see, then. my dear brethren. that
the death fo Christ is, by Gods ar
rangement the most important fact
in the whole worlds history The one
next in Importance is His resurrection
from the dead and ascension to glory.
His work for man will be at His sec
ond coming: He will establish His
Heavenly kingdom, and rule, bless and
uplift the world to all that was lost in
Adam and redeemed at Calvary-the
bride of Christ sharing with her Lord
in all that great and wonderful work,
being qualified thereto by her share
with Him in the first resurrection
Revelation 2O:4.