The Washington herald., 1914-12-28


merely prepare the way for the glorious
blessings OF the great Seventh Day, in
| winch man Will rest from his own en-
deaVOTs and come fully under the con-
troll Of the great King Messiah. whose
Rule Of Righteousness for human upIIft
mas been propheticalIy pictured for CEN
turies.
The Picture I'm Retrospect.
After ZOO years Of the reign Of SIN
| and Death, God fOretOId in an obscure
manner the blessing which He purposed
| 10 Oring subsequently, to the race To
| Abraham He said. In thy Seed shall all
| the HAmilies OF the earth be blessed
Ihat Message, followed in Israel by the
| giving OF the Law Covenant, has been
the light OF the world. For eighteen
| centuries 1t was the only light Of hope, OF
| prospect Then. in partial fuIflment OF
that Promise came Jesus. the first prac-
race. No longer would God content Him
! se!1 merely with promises He would
now begin the work Of human rescue.
But II any hoped that worldwide bles3-
| ings would Immediately spring up as The,
result OF Jesus work. he was mistaken.
Ol the contrary Jesus Himself was COM
Datted by the Prince Of Darkness and his
| deluded subjects. For nearly ZOO years
The same principle has obtained-Jesus'
followers have been obliged to take uD
| their cross and suffer for righteousness
| Tor godliness, in the midst Of a crooked
and perveTse people. amongst whom thev
have shone as lights and whom 20 some
sNleht they nave assisted in enlighten-
| ing. CiviIIzing. etc
Thus the Six Davs Of the Wsel, en- f,-
as EGht. truth, knowledge Uf God, is
| concerned. have all been dark. The UcEtI
which God provided in His people have
been as candles. They have indeed re-
! proved the darkness. but they have bee,
Po"erIess TO scatter it. Nor did God -
design His declaration through the
frorhet l.. Darkness covers the earth
| gross darkness the people" but The
sun OF Righteousness shall arise with
healing in His beams ''-Laiah sO.s:
Malachi ~
Tfis promised Sun Of Righteousness
which il to scatter earth's darkness cor
sists. We are distinctly told, Of Jesus and
those who have walked in His footsteps
Throughout the Gospel Age. These ap-
proved by the Father will be gIorifegI
bey ond the Veil by A resurrection 10
, glory, honor and immortality. Then
speedily will these shine forth as the
sun in the Kingdom OF their Father"
1 great Seventh Day.-MsSsiaT's Day -
I From the Divine Standard only SIx
Days Of the Week have vet passed. The
glorious seventh Day In which 4 =
great Mediator between God and man
will assume His Kingdom powers. is irSr
! at hand Instead Of thinking that God
is forgetting to fulfil the NIessia mic
| promises. We should. with the eyes Of
! faith. realize that He is working all
! things according to the counsel of His
own will God has exercised great pa
! ti"nC" with humanity in not blotting out
! the ,a"". and this fact assures us that
In" tn"hanreahle One would prefer that
none Of His creatures should perish IN
death. but rather thar all might turn
unto Him and lve-Ezekiel Sill
The great opportunity for the masses
OF humanity to turn to the Lord and
| attain life everlasting will he after the
darkness shall have passed. when tho
sun Of Righteousness shall be shining
forth: after the Highway Of Holiness
shall have taken the YIaco of the Broad
| RoHd to Destruction: after Messiah. the
great NiHE. sail have dethroned Satan.
tn" Prince of Darkness from the con
! troll Of N" world: after the Prince Of
! Peace shall have established lasting
peace upon a proper basis.
Waiting for the Mother.
our race was generated by Father
Adam. as well As condemned to death
through his dlSObedicnce. What the race
needs IS another father. or life-Eivcr:
and this is exactly what the word
Savior siSniti"s-Life-Giver. At the cost
Of His own life the Redpemer became the
purchaser of Adam and his race, with \
view to their resurrection from sin and
J death. II is not one IF tn Redcemer-S
titles The Everlasting Fathcr"-the
Father who gives everlasting life
isaiah go T'nIue> tiOnably lie has not
yet fulfilled this glorious Office Of Life
Giver to Adams race. He will fulfill IL.
hOwever-''in His Day"
Jesus promised them. In the rrgenera-
tion We shall sit upon twelve thrones"
, CMatthew Is:2SD That regeneration pc
riOd corresponds -NaCtly to ST. Peters
/ Times of Restitution or years Of restor-
alton tActs 3: 1920: and both OF these
statements agree to the general teach
ings Of Scripture respecting a resurr,c-
. tiUn of the Last pay''-Nessiah's DAY
the thousand years Of regeneration. res
titutiOn. which will affOrd Adam and his
rae" fullest opportunity for attaining per
lection Of human nature in an EdenIc
worldwide Paradise.
But why the delay do YOU ask? Al
We answer. ,iOd did not permit Adam to
begin the establishment of his race until
! first He gave him Eve as his bride. his
heIpmate. The world needed not merely a
life-giyer. but n mother. a care-taker
similarly. in IN" Divine arrangement
( God has provided that the Restitution
I Time. the worlds uplifting period. the re-
generation Epoch for mankind. shall not
begin until first the True Church, the
/ Bridr Of Christ. shall have been conf
] pleted and united to the Heavenly Bride
groom beyond the VCiI-made partaker
/ with Him OF glory. hope and immortality
The Divine nature.
Thus the great Divine Plan OF the AGES
timed by Infinite Wisdom, has DELAYED
! long enough to permit all OF Gods spirit
/ beGotten children to make their calling
! and election sure to a share with our Re
! deemer in His glorious work. How glad
we are that the Heavenly Father and the
/ kinEly Redet mer are beCkoning us to
| share the things which eye hath not
| seen nor ear heard, neither have entered
! into the heart OF man." but which are
| reserved for all who love God sincerely
/ more than they love houses or lands,
! parents or children, or self!
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