The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-08
With Me III NV Throne."-ReveIatiOD

with Me III nv Throne. "-Revelation
S:21.
Through the Prophets of old the pie
ture was given us OF the triumphal en-
trance OF Messiah. saying, Lift up
your heads, O ye gates: and be ys
lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the
King of glory shall come in /"
Jehovah of Hosts, He is the King Of
glory" psalm DAT, 1O) It is Jeho-
vah's Kingdom that is to be establish
ed when Messiah comes; for Messiah
Is the godlike One, Jehovah's Repre-
sentative, who for a 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 as the Seed Of
David, who should inherit his throne.
Duke 1:31-33.) He who was accord
ing to the flesh David's Son is accord
ing to the Spirit David's Lord, and He
1t 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 a crowning
Such as earth has never known.
When Christ His Kingdom shall receive.
Before the great white Throne!"
Grand as have been the inaugural
services Of the past week, they were as
nothing in contrast with the glorious
Gro wning Day for which the earth has
been waiting six thousand years. Hap
DIV, 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
aration 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 highest!" 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 offered them spiritual
favors. He never suggested that He
would take them to Heaven. The
strongest promise made, ever 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 be 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
"aS 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 natiSn 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 al received
Jesus, and became c~onsecrated to be
His disciples, were received of the
Father, begotten of the Holy Spirit, re-
ceived into the family of God as Spin
ttual Israelites, as the Spiritual Seed of
Abraham. But these were few.
Then Divine favor turned to the Gen.
tiles, and gave to them a similar oppor.
tunity 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 compiete-Jesus
the Head, faithful Jews next, the faith.
full from the Gentles 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, &C
cording to the Scriptures. Natural Is,
rael will return to Gods favor, and be
granted the chief blessing under the
new administration. And through the
Kingdom Of Israel. as the earthly rep.
resentative Of Messiah's invisible, Spir
itual Kingdom, the. blessing Of Jeho.
yah will reach to all the families OF the
earth.-Genesis 1913; 22:17. 1S.
What Israel Did Not See.
The Jewish people failed to mote
those portions of prophecy which fore.
told Messiah's suferings. AS a sheer
before her shearers is dumb. so He
would neither open His mouth nor use
any OF Els superior powers to hinder
the accomplishment Of Gods will in re
spect to His death. isaiah 1917 The
chastisement for human sin was borne
by Him, in order that. as mans Re
deemer, He might have the right II