The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-13


st. Paul calls our attention 10 CRaegs
two seeds, and assures US that the
Promise OF God made to Abraham ap-
pertains TO both the Heavenly, Spirit
ual Seed, and the earthly, hunaan~na.
ture class. His words aee: Therefore
it Is OF faith, that 1t might be by
grace; TO the end that the Promise
might be sure to all the seed; not 70
that only which Us OF the Law, but 20
that also which As Of the faith @9 Abga-
ham."-Romans A:15.
God allowed Abrahana.s ~posterfey,
through Jacob. to go down to Egypt,
and there to become q nation Of bond
men. Later, He brought them to
Mount Sinai, where He made a Law
Covenant with them. Moses serving as
its Mediator. In that Covenant God
promised that II the Tsraelftns would
keep His Law perfectly He would use
them as His holy natien for tho bless
ing Of all nations. But God knew that
Israel could not keep that Covenant
into which they entered.
God had a double purpose in entering
into that Covenant with Israel. ~ It
served to show them that they were
sinners. who could not keep the Law
and who could not be blessed them
selves by anything that they could do;
and that hence they could not expect
to be used OF God in the blessing OF
other peoples. Additionally, 1t taught
q similar lesson to all others who
would subsequently know about the
arrangement. That one great Aesson
was that Gods Law To perfect, and
obedience to it requires perfection, and
that no ma IL perfect; hence no man
Is able to keep the Law Of God; hence
no man is entitled to eternal life: for
God purposes to give eternal fifs only
to the perfect
e. Another object was that the Esaw
Covenant and everything appertaining
thereto were typical, and pointed for
ward to glorious antiques. which
would bring In the real blessings.
THE Anti4ypse Far Superior.
The Law Covenant typffed the New
Law Covenant Of the future, which
will be in operation for all the families
of the earth during the thousand pears
Of Christ's reign. The Mediator OF that
New Covenant will be the antique Of
Notes.-The Christ-Jesus the Head,
and the Church His Body, entfroned
in power and great glory az the anti
typical Melchizedek-a Priest upon Ills
Throne. AS the typical Covenant was
inaugurated by the sacrifice OF bulls
and goats, so the antitypical Covenant,
the New Law Covenant will be inaug-
urated upon the basis Of "better sac
rifIces' than those. AS the typical
Covenant had its Day of Atonemerrt
for the sins Of the people, 30 the An
titypical Covenant will have G much
greater Atonennent Day.
The Offering Of the better sacrifices"
takes place during the early part Of the
antitypical Atonement Day, which be-
gan eighteen hundred years ago and is
not yet completed. The great Sin-Of-
fering was that Of Jesus, finished at
Calvary; but His secondary offerings,
as our great High Priest, have contin-
ued ever since; and during this period
He has been offering up the members
of His Body, justified through His
precious sacrifice. These. the Apostle
declares, are holy and acceptable sac
rifces, because offered by their great
Redeemer and Advocate.
Soon, we believe, the .antltypical
sacrifices will all be slain. Soon all
the members viii DO glorsfed with
their Head, their Lord Jesus, beyond
the veil. This Is the First Resurrec-
ton. The change Of Jesus to the
Heavenly condition at His resurrection
was the beginning OF this Chief Resur-
rection; and the glorious change OF the
last member Of the Body Of Christ, the
Church, Will be the consumrnatson OF
the Chief Resurrection. Only the bless.
ed and holy will have part in II.
The High Priest WIFI Appear.
The typical high priest on the Day
Of Atonement, after having offered the
sacrifices, put on his glorious garments,
and then appeared 30 bless the people.
The antitype VIII be when our great
High Priest, Jesus, shall have finished
offering the last member Of HiB Body,
and when that last member shah have
passed beyond the veil. Then the en-
tire Mebchizedek Priest will put on His
official robes as King OF glory, and be
manifested to the weird as the great
antityptcal Mediator, whose sacrifice
satisfies Divine Justice In behalf Of all.
Then, for a thousand years, this anti-
typical Priest, Mediator, King. will be
engaged in blessing neutrality-suspicious.
Adam and all his race from sin and
death; and thus He will fulfil. an Gods
Representative, the promise. God
shall wipe away all tears.-Rev. 21A.
Redemption Necessary First.
We now see from Gods standpoint
that the Law Covenant was added be-
cause Of transgression--to show the
natural tendency OF sin, the inapossi-
biMty OF any other way Of righting the
matter than that which God foreor-
dained; namely, through Jesus and Ellis
glorious Messianic Kingdom.
We see also tha& whoever would be
the Seed sf Abraham with power and
authority from God to bless mankind
must, aest OF ali, accomplish a redernp-
tion-1aust pay the penalty against
mankind. In Gods Providence, only
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