Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-05-01

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Promise. '-Gaatians 800.
The Pastor first demonstrated from
Scripture that mankind are under the
curse of death, and that they can come
under Gods blessing only by the bring
ing in of a new condition. Gods pur-
pose to lift the curse is shown in His
Promise to Abraham, I'm thy Seed
shall all the families of the earth be
blessed" This Seed will roll away the
curse and roll in the blessing of life.
Next the Pastor pointed out the
Scriptural evidence that the Logos left
Heaven and became Il human being,
Of the Abrahamic stock. in order to be-
come the promised Seed. Jesus, ac-
cording to the flesh, could not be the
Messiah, the promised Seed; for, al
though a perfect Man, He could not
have been the Deliyerer whom God
had promised.
How Jesus Became the Messiah.
Then the Pastor showed that Jesus
/ became the Messiah when baptized Of
John in Jordan. There He presented
Himself a living sacrifice, to do IN
reservedly the Fathers will. This
meant, primarily, our Lords death as
the antitypical Sin-offering. Mankind
are under the death sentence pro-
nounced upon Adam; therefore their
Redeemer must taste death for man
kind before He could ask for their re-
| lease from that penalty.
! Our Lords ascension was another
step in the Divine Plan of salvation.
! AS St Paul declares, it was necessary
for Jesus to appear in the presence of
God with the merit of His sacrifice,
in order that the Father might give
the Church the benefit of the cleansing
which our Lord had accomplished.
Many have not noticed, he claimed,
that the Scriptures limit the work of
the Gospel Age to the Church.
The Pastor also showed that after
Jesus had become the Spiritual Seed
Of Abraham through His amounting of
the Holy Spirit at Jordan, He began to
a limited extent the work of blessing.
He was then the Perfected One, so far
as He Himself was concerned. The
speaker demonstrated, however, that
the Scriptures clearly indicate that
God had purposed that Jesus have
company of associates, to be sharers
in the great work of human uplift.
These constitute the Gospel Church,
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immortality in the First Resurrection.
They also will become, as members of
Abraham's Spiritual Seed, joint-heirs
in the Messianic Kingdom.
The Development of the Church.
Primarily, the Seed of Abraham, the
Pastor declared, was to be the Spirit
ual Seed-Christ and the Church on
the Divine plane. But Abraham's nat
ural seed-the Jews-will also have 4
part in the blessing This is set forth
in Genesis 22:16-1S, where God told
Abraham that his seed would be like
the stars and the sand on the seashore.
The speaker then explained how
some from both Jews and Gentiles
have constituted this Spiritual Seed.
The early Church was mainly Of jew
ish origin. These had found that they
could not get everlasting life by keep
ing the Law. Therefore, as st. Paul
declared, they must become dead to it,
accept Christ as their Sin-offering and
consecrate themselves, in order to be-
come mem ers of the Amounted Body.
The Gentiles were never under the
Law Covenant, the Pastor demonstrate
ed, and therefore they came into Christ
merely by presenting themselves living
sacrifices as did the Jews. All who do
so by faith-Jew or Gentile-are be-
gotten of the Holy Spirit to Heavenly
hopes and ambitions. Those who con
tinue faithful unto death will receive
a place in the glOrified Church. OF
this Christ company Jesus was the
Head, and the faithful in Christ Jesus
have been the members since
The Natural Seed of Abraham.
The Pastor then showed that the
experiences of the Jews throughout
the Jewish Age had developed a spe-
cial class, enumerated By st Paul in |
Hebrews H. These Ancient Worthless |
will receive their promised better res
direction in that they will awaken
perfect men; whereas the rest of man
kind will require centuries to attain
human perfection. This Ancient |
Worthy class will be associated with |
the Messianic Kingdom as its earthly
phase. The Heavenly phase will be
invisible to humanity. The world will
see the Ancient Worthies-the image
and likeness of God in the flesh.