The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-19

~ BY faith He must lay aside Hh
Heavenly glory, In obedience to tha
Fathers will, and become a Man--not
O sinful man, but "holy, harmless, un
defled, separate from si~nners''-a per
feet Man. /.
~ Thus prepared to become the Re
deemer, it was His privilege to make
full conservation of His earthly inter.
est, and the Fathers pleasure to begef
Him Of the Holy Spirit at Jordan to
the spirit nature on the highest plane
of existence. For three years and a
half His sacrifice burned IN the altar.
It was indeed better than the sacrifice
of bulls and goats; for it was q cor %.
responding price for Albanian eye
for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a mans
| life for a mans life" .1r
80 When Jesus had thus SCIENTIFICALLY
parted with His earthly life He expert
| enced a resurrection change from hui
man nature to spiritual, like what He
was originally, only higher and more
| glorious. Thus He was at once both q
sacrifice and the spirit-begotten Priest
who offered that sacrifice. When He
arose from the dead. His personal sac
rifce had ended, and His personal per-
lection as a spirit being was completed.
The question then arises, Why did
He not at once begin His great work
as Prophet, Priest, King and New.
Covenant Mediator for Israel and,
through Israel, for the world? The
Scriptures answer that il was because
there was to be more than n sacrt-
fee in the Divine Plan IN the anti
typical Day of Atonement. Through
out this Gospel Age this risen, glori-
fed High Priest, Mediator, Prophet
and King has been waiting to 1nau-
gurate His glorious Kingdom Of Bless
ing-waiting while a little handful of
saints should be selected from the
world, tested and found worthy, and
then glorifed with Himself-a Little
Flock, both Jews and Gentiles.
When this Bride class shall have
completed her sacrifice in and under
the merit Of the great Priest, then ev-
cry arrangement for Israeps blessing
as Abraham's seed, and Of all ma
tons through Israel, will forthwith
commence. Thus seen, the revela-
ton Of the great Messenger Of the
New Covenant Is very important, not
only to the Jew, but also to the world
Of mankind, who must receive their
blessings under Israel by compliance
with the same New Law Covenant
Moreover, the elect handful Of saints
drawn, called and gathered during the
parenthesis period Of the Gospel Age
> are also deeply interested in Gods
glorious Kingdom; for the Divine
promise is that they shall then be
changed to be like their Master and to
share His glory.
The Earthly Phaso OF the Kingdom.
Studying the Bible from this stand
I point, / am sure that with myself you
will see that the Divine predictions Of
: Messiah's Kingdom indicate that it
will have a glory and a power super
+ human, in the light Of which even
6 solomon's glory, riches and honor will
fade. Indeed, was not Solomon mere
f ly a f~oreshadow of the great King OF
Glory, the Heavenly One?
When we remember that Messiah's
Kingdom is not only to bless those
. living at the time Of It's establishment,
but gradually to awaken the dead and
n give all of Adams race a full oppor-
- tunity to attain life everlasting, then
10 It will be seen that the Kingdom must
be a spiritual one. Then, too, Mes
slabs Kingdom of Light is represent
III ed as superseding Satan's kingdom Of
10 darkness-both spiritual.
In full accord with this thought Is
u the prophecy, Behold, a King shall
=, reign in righteousness, and princes
I. shall execute judgment" CIsaiah 32:1)
= Messiah will be the great King-the
- Church, His Bride, being associated
~ with Him. The Princes who will X
ecute judgment will be the Ancient
Worthless Of Israel-Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob and all the holy. Prophets-car
81 rying out the DEGREES and regulations
h. of the Heavenly Messiah. This is the
1g} meaning Of the Lords promise to Is
he raeI, II win restore thy Judges as al
q" the first, and thy counselors as at the
beginning."-Isaiah 1:26.
In conclusion, / ask o to note thu
I'll critical translation Of my text which
ne I have given. According to the He
brew, the nations are to bless them
OF selves in the Seed of Abraham. II
other words, after the establishment
n Of Messiah's Kingdom, when Israe
~ shall have been reorganized ant
brought into favor with God under tn
at New Covenant Jeremiah 31:31-34), ant
IT, when the Princes of all the earth shall
as be Observation-Disclosures, Isaac, Jacol
and all the Prophets-then the door o
ol opportunity, first opened to the Jew
will stand open to all nations. tina
they may be adopted under the gra
cfous terms of the New Covenan'
"a Then, with Israel as servants of God
v. they may become children Of Abra
ham. This is the significance OF tn
words Of our text, The nations shal
bless themselves in Abraham's Seed
by becoming through faith and conse
Grafton to God members thereof.