River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-06-04

The AntitypicaI Passover.
The meaning of all this to the Chris
tan is that God has promised deliver
ance from the power of Satan and the
slavery Of sin to all who are truly His
people. These were under bondage
when God sent forth His Son, Jesus.
to be their a~ntitypicaI Lambeto die,
1.-The Just for the unjust" and thus to
give His flesh for the life Of the world.
AS a result Of that redemptive work,
the Father highly exalted Him to the
spirit plane. where He was before He
was made flesh. Indeed, His resurrec-
ton was to a still higher nature-the
Divine, far above men, angels, princi-
palities, powers, etc.
The blood represents the life, as the
Bible tells. The blood Of the passover
lamb thus typically represents the life
which Jesus gave. The sprinkling of
| the blood upon the door-posts and lin
tells represents the part which must
be experienced by all who belong to
the Household of Faith. All such must
trust, not in works of their own for
justification before God, but in the
work, the sacrifice, Of Christ, who died
for US, "the Just for the unjust" Not
only must we exercise faith in the
sense of entering into the Household
Of Faith, but additionally we must be
Of those who partake of the Lamb,
who appropriate the merit Of Christ's
sacrifice by faith. All such are count
ed as being partakers of Christ's holi-
ness, and are sharers with Him in the
sufferings of this present time, and
prospectively His joint-heirs In His
Kingdom to come.
Thus, said the Pastor, has ~IsraeIs
Passover found it's antique through
out this Gospel Age. From the time
that Jesus died, al the Lamb of God
to take away the sin of the world, to
the present time, there has been q
feast spread for those who are able to
appreciate it. There has been a COW
ering with the merit Of His sacrifice
for those who had faith to accept 1t.
All such are counted members Of
the Church of the First borns," whose
James are written in Heaven" (He-
brews 1929 This Church is not yet
completed. Thank God! we may still
sprinkle the blood of the Lamb upon
the door-posts Of our hearts, may
still have imputed to us His precious
merit, and still have the privilege of
becoming members of the Church of
the First-bOrns.
But the Morning is near at hand.
The First-borns will SOC be recognized
Of God. They will be changed in a
moment, In the twinkling of an eye"
By resurrection power they will be
made like unto their glorious Redeem
er. They will begin their great work
as the Royal Priesthood. Under the
leadership Of the great Prophet, Priest
and King-Jesus-these under-priests,
under-kings, under-prophets, will labor
with Him in His great Messian1c King
dom wory. These with the Redeemer
will constitute the Spiritual Seed OF
Abraham, through whom Gods bless
ing is to come to Natural Israel, and
ultimately to every nation, people, kin
dred and tongue.
The great work Of deliverance will
require a thousand years-the period Of
Messiah's Reign. This deliverance is
pictured by the passing through the
Red Sea. Gods mighty hand will be
exercised on behalf Of all who are
truly His, during the thousand years.
They will escape from the power of
Satan and his hosts Of sin, who will be
restrained for a time. In the destruc-
ton of Pharaoh's hosts in the Red Sea.
we find a pictorial prophecy Of the de-
struction Of Satan and all who are his
all who love sin and hate righteous
ness, all who war against God and His
| righteous arrangements.
Two Abrahamic Seeds.
First the natural, afterward the spir-
itual, is Gods order, the Apostle tells
us. q Corinthians 15:46.) In one sense
of the word, the entire posterity of
Jacob were the heirs of Gods Promise
to Abraham. The first privilege was
guaranteed to them under the Law
Covenant. But as God foresaw, the
Jews were unable to keep that Law
Covenant because, like the remainder
I'll humanity OACJ 4 Al AOupGlIGGLp jill
sinners, and because Gods Law is per
fect-the measure Of a perfect mans
obedience and ability. But they were
profted by their endeavors to keep the
Law, and glorious characters were de-
veloped amongst them-Moses, David,
the Prophets, and many of lesser prom
inence, who, as st. Paul declares, man.
ifested their faith and obedience even
unto death.-Hebrews 11:38-4O.
These Ancient Worthless endured not
in vain. They have the promise of a
better resurrection than the remainder
of their nation and the world. Theirs
Is to be q resurrection to human per-
lection. They are to constitute the
nucleus Of the earthly phase Of Mes
siah's Kingdom. To His standard, thus
set up In the world, will assemble
gradually. not only the natural seed of
Abraham, but all of humanity desiring
Gods favor and everlasting life.