The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-04-16

the unjust, Acts
Xxx g 24:1J.
llPASTCR RUSSElDl BY way Of intro
--------------- d uct i on to his
theme, the Pastor declared that per
haps there had never been time when
| the protested followers of Jesus believ-
ed less in the resurrection Of the dead
than at present. This shows a great
falling away from the faith once de-
livered to the saints; for the resurrec-
! ton is the great hope which the Bible
sets before mankind.
! The speaker cited Scriptures to prove
that death is the penalty Of sin-the
| curse upon the race bccause of Adams
disobedicnce in Eden. Gods declara-
ton that at some future time the Seed
of the woman should bruise the ser
pcnt's head was the only ray of hope
| given for 1850 years after sin had ell
| tered the world. Then God made an
| other statement and of His purpose to
bless mankind. TO Abraham particu.
| IarIy He made known His purpose to
| bless the whole world
/ ''N '''It'i A'IllAllNtEiA Has uttttIS IIltJ
| God not only made a Covenant with
| Abraham, Int confirmed His Promise
| with an Oath, to prove the certainty
Of the whole matter. The Covenant
was. In thy Seed shall all the fami-
| lies Of the earth be blessed" Abraham
saw into the future with the eve Of
| faith. the speaker asserted He saw
The Christ of glory and the Reign of
Righteousness, and under it the recov-
cry Of the human family from degrade
| ton, sin and death. He diScerned that
there would be resurrection Of the
dead-not merely an awakening to the
condition in which they fell asleep but
a raising up to the full perfection Of
Gods image and likeness, from which
they fell through Adams disobedience.
The Law Covenant and Shadow.
The Pastor then discussed Abraham's
postcrity ISraelItes God permit
ted them to become bondsmen in
Egypt. Then He brought them up to
Mount Sinai. where He entered into
Covenant with them through Moses
as mediator, and promised that if they
would keep His Law perfectly He
would use them to bless all mankind.
The speaker then explained that God
had a double purpose in entering into
this Covenant with Israel:
% 1t demonstrated that mankind
were sinners and could not keep Gods
perfect Law, which is the measure of
a perfect mans ability; hence no man
is entitled to eternal life; for God will
give that life only to the perfect.
t2) Another object. an important one,
was that the Law Covenant was typ
ical and pointed forward to glorious
antiques, which would bring in the
real blessings.
The Antiques Far Superior.
The Pastor showed that the Law
Covenant itself typified a future New
Law Covenant, to be in operation for
all mankind during the Messianic King
dom. Its Mediator will be The Christ
Jesus the Head and the Church the
Body. AS the typical Law Covenant
was inaugurated by the sacrifice of
bulls and goats, so the antitypical Law
Covenant will be inaugurated upon the
basis of better sacrifices" than these.
AS the typical Covenant had its Day
Of Atonement, so the antitypical Cove
nant will have much greater Atone
ment Day.
Continuing his explanation the Pas
tor demonstrated from Scripture that
the offering Of the better sacrifices"
takes place during the early part OF
the antitypical Atonement Day, which
began eighteen hundred years ago and
IS not yet completed. The great Sin
Offering was that of Jesus finished at
Calvary. His secondary offerings, as
our great High Priest. have continued
ever since. During this period He has
been offering up the Church-members
of His Body, justified through His
precious sacrifice.
The Pastor believes that very soon
he antitypical sacrifices will all be
finished and all the members of the
Body Of Christ gloriied with their
Head, their Lord Jesus. This is the
First, the Chiefcst Resurrection. Je-
sus' change to the Heavenly condition
at His Resurrection was the beginning
Of this Chief Resurrection The glo-
rious change of the last member of
the Church will be the consummatiOn
In this Resurrection, the Pastor de-
clared, only the blessed and holy will
have part. Only those accepted by the
Lord as members of the Royal Priest
hood and found faithful unto death in
presenting their bodies sacrifices, will
be identified with their Master in the
great transaction constituting the basis
Of their exaItation with Him.