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Throne Of His glory" MATTHEW
25:3l.l He said:
When six thousand years ago man
trapsgresseds the Divine command and
came Under the, sentence. gDying thou
shalt. de- he was cast. out 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 BRUSH the
serpent's head. God implied an, uih-
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 or
plain how. Centuries later. Abra'
hams favored posterity. Israel. came
into Covenant relationship with God
through Moses. Their hope was to
keep. Gods Law. so thoroughly as to
, merlt. everlasting life, and be compe-
tent to deliver humanity from sin and
death. However, centuries Of effort
proved that none could keep the d.
/ vine Law satisfactorily.
The next Divine lesson was one Of
f6lth, Israel could not keep the Law
saastactoFtIy--c 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 "a coming Mes.
siah-"a Prince and Savior" IL
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 antique Of both
David and Solomon, Of Aaron and Mel
ehIzedek-very great He was to reign
from sea to sea. psalm 72:S)
Israel looked forward With pride to
the day when Messiah would exalt
them very highly in the earth. and as.
soclate them with Himself In blessing
all people. These good hopes have held
them together as no other people have
ever been held. They are still waiting,
though disconnected by the evidences
that others are in some respect more
favored than they.
Messiah and the Jubilee at Hand.
At last Israel's star Of Hope is ris.
ing! At last the prophecies tell that
her morning of joy Is about to dawn;
and that 1.-THE desire ofaA 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 expec'
tatfon Of something wonderful.
The multiplied blessings in the In.
ventions Of the last half-century be.
speak the New DIspensatlon. II the
preparations are so grand. what will
be the Inauguration and Reign itself!
Inauguration Scene Of Our, Text.
Leading in the grand procession pic.
ture Is the Son Of Man, following
whom are all the holy messengers; but
with Him upon His Throne will be His
Bride class-a sanity few. Thus It is
written: when Christ I" =" shall ap.
pear, then shall ye also appear with
Him 10 glory."-CoL 81; Rev. 1921.
Grand as have been the. inaugural
ceremonies Of the past week. they
we're as nothing, contrasted with, the
glorious browning Day for which earth
has waited six thousand years. Hap
py as we're the faces which greeted the
President, the picture was tame. com.
pared With the Joy Of mankind when
they realize whit God has wrought!
Wherein Did tbs Jews FaiI7
The Jews did not fail All Gods
promises to. them are still theirs. He
never offered them spiritual favors. or
suggested taking, them to Heaven. The
strongest promise. even to Abraham,
was that all the land which could be
seen would be given to him and bis
seed. ,ESraePs blessings were to come
through Messiah.
b God foretold through the prophets
that Messiah would suffer. The Jews
merely tulhIled apart Of the Divine
Program. 4 Had Messiah gone to anoth'
er nation, doubtless there would have
been similar results. At the First Ad.
vent Of Jesus God did more for the
Jews than He bad promised. BE gave
them opportunity Of becoming mem.
bers Of Spiritual Israel.
Then Divine favor turned to the Gen.
tiles. and gave them a similar opportu.
nifty. This, work has required nearly
nineteen centuries, and we believe is
about completed. The Messiah class
is about made up. Jesus. the Head
long ago entered into Hls glory. Soon
the last members Of his Body viii
pass beyond the ven. Forthwith the
work fblesslng the nations win begin.
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