The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-30

ed what righteousness Is, and has
showed the necessity for obedience to
God 1t has also proved that there can
be no happiness aside from perfect
harmony with the Creator Both men
and angels have learned that whoever
sins will suffer.
israeps Experience Under the Law
Covenant.
The Pastor next traced the history
of Israel. and showed the purpose Of
the Covenant made at Sinai with
Moses as mediator Two thousand
years after mans fall. God made a
Covenant with Abraham that some day
He would bless the world through
Abraham's posterity. Still the angels
had room to doubt; for Abraham was
old and as yet had no child Years
passed by, and finally Isaac was born
Still the world was not blessed In
due time God declared that the bless
ing would come through Jacob. When
he died. God indicated that Jacobs
posterity would be heirs of the Prom
Use But Instead of blessing the world.
they became a nation of slaves. AT
length God raised up Moses. who led
the nation through the wilderness tn
Mount Sinai, where they entered into
covenant relationship with God. The
terms of their Covenant were that If
they would obey the Law. they would
become great and all the world would
come under their sway.
But it was only little while before
they found that they were sinners. foI
they could not keep His command
| ments Then God arranged for them
an annual Day Of Atonement. on
which sacrifices were offered to cover
their sins for one year. So they
tried year by year to live without sin
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worthy to be the people of God. Yet
| they died. generation after generation
At last they realized that the fault
was with themselves; they had entered
into a contract which they could moi
| keep. They had agreed to keep the Law
Of God, and were not able to do So
That was the very lesson which God
desired them TO learn. the Pastor de
clared. and not only Israel. but all
humanity. The Apostle explains that
| in dealing with Israel God was deal
ing typically, SO that His people of the
| Gospel Age would get the lesson by
seeing wherein Israel failed. and by
| realizing that had we been In their
place we would have failed for the
same reason.
By and by. through the Prophets,
God promised to give Israel another
Covenant. at some future day This
New Covenant will be more favora-
BILE to them. The difference between
the Old Law Covenant and the New
Law Covenant will not be in regard
to Gods LAW. for His Law is perfect
The Scriptures declare that the differ
ence will be in regard to the Mediator
Although Moses was faithful in all his
House, yet he was a member of the
fallen race of Adam. and therefore i'm
i'erfect lie could not give the people
ife; for he had no real life-rights to
give any more than had any one else.
As typical mediator he offered typ
ical sacrifices, which could not really
take away sin. But the Mediator of
the New Covenant will be empowered
to lift the curse of death and to re-
store. not only Israel. but all mankind,
to the image and likeness of God, from
which they fell.
The Purpose of Jesus Death.
The Pastor next discussed the work
of the Gospel Age. About two thou
sand years after the Covenant made
with Abraham, the Logos was made
flesh. in order to become the Seed of
Abraham and bless all the families of
the earth. Throughout the Gospel Age
most important work has been car
ried out The New Law Covenant
cannot be inangurated until there is a
Mediator of that Covenant This Me-
diator, the speaker showed, Is to be
Christ the Head, and the Church His
Body.
In the typical ceremony, Moses could
not institute the Law Covenant until
first he had sacrificed bulls and goats
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Moses must first offer the better sac.
riiices." Jesus first OF all sacrificed
Himself; now He must sacrifice the
Church. This work requires all of the
Gospel Age. At Jordan when He of
fered Himself in conservation, He kill
ed the antityplcal bullock; and later
He was lied like a lamb to the slaugh
ter" At Pentecost our Lord began to
deal with the antitypical- goat class
the Church. When the offering of the
members of the Church which is
Christ's Body Is ended. then the Body
plete. As st Peter declares. "For
Moses truly said unto the fathers, A
Prophet shall the Lord your God raise
up unto you of your brethren, like unto
me; Him shall ye hear in all things
whatsoever He shall say unto you"
The time for the New Covenant. the
Pastor believes. Is near at hand. When
the antity pjcal Moses brings in this
Covenant, He will remove the curse
of death According to the Scriptures
it will take Him exactly one thousand
years to accomplish this work. to over
come sin. to dissolve the hard hearts
Of humanity. and to give instead the
warm, tender. gentle, sympathetic heart
that was lost in Eden six thousand
years ago.
Alive In Christ.
The Church. the Pastor declared.
rporo doa6 I'm, fracr,ocSae on1 sg,o lfIro
the rest of the world. But God has
quickened them-made them alive
through the inputation of the merit of
Christ. in advance of the world Gods
purpose in so doing is that He wishes
now to select special class from
amongst mankind But not every
body has been invited to be of this
class Millions in heathen lands have
never heard of Jesus Christ; and all
over the civilized world there are PEG
pie who have heard with their ears.
but not with their minds. They do
that God has provided Savior and
that He is now inviting some to come
into covenant relationship with Him
self Prejudice. superstition. false
teaching and false theories prevent
many from receiving the Truth
The Pastor holds that all OF the
creeds of ChristendOm contain false
doctrines The Bible. he maintains
says that the Devil put these erroneous
doctrines into the creeds Should any
one ask why 1t is that the Devil could
have part in the making of our creeds
the Pastor replies that the Adversary
misled our forefathers through his
wiles; for he is deceitful Whenever
they thought to do something very
zealously for God. Satan would lead
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