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ing engulfed the Egyptians. who had
started in pursuit of them.
The AntitypicaI Passover.


when God sent forth His Son, Jesus,
to be their antitypicaI Lamb-to die,
the Just for the unjust" and thus to
give His flesh for the life of the world.
As 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 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 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 holt
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 Israeps
Passover found its antitype through
out this Gospel Age. From the time
that Jesus died, as the Lamb of God
to take away the sin of the world, to
the present time. there has been a
feast spread for those who are able to
appreciate 1t. There has been Gov
ering with the merit of His sacrifice
for those who had faith to accept it.
All such are counted members of
the Church of the First-borns." whose
names are written in Heaven" He-
brews 1929 This Church is not yet
completed. Thank Cod 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 soon 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-th these under-priests.
under-kings. under-pfophets. will labor
with Him in His great Messianic King
dom work. 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 pictorial prophecy of the de-
struction of Satan and all who are his
ali 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
u.s. Il Corinthians 15:461 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
of humanity, they are all imperfect. all
sinners, and because Gods Law is per-
fect-the measure of perfect mans
obedience and ability. But they were
protited 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 II :3S-40
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in vain. They have the promise of a
better resurrection than the remainder
of their nation and the world. Theirs
is to be a resurrection to human per-
lection. They are to constitute the
nucleus of the earthly phase of Mes
siahs 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
Pastor Russell then stated that. be
fore these blessings could come to
Abraham and mankind in general
there must be Spiritual Seed of Abra-
ham. He showed that Jesus was
Abraham's seed according to the flesh
but that as such He never could have
work. 1t was necessary. he said, for
the Man Christ Jesus to lay down His
humanity specifically before He could
be received to the glories Of the Di-
vine nature by resurrection power So
also it must be with all who will be-
come joint-heirs with Jesus on the
Heavenly plane.-2 Peter A.
The testing of the loyalty of Jesus
and all those of every nation who
would be of the Spiritual Seed of A bra
ham has progressed now for eighteen
centuries. and the Pastor believes it
will soon be completed. The gathering
Of the Elect will complete this Age
and inaugurate the New nispensation.
during which Gods blessings through
Messiah's Kingdom will fill the earth,
superseding the curse which has rest
ed upon mankind for six thousand
years-six great Days. Messiah's New
Dispensation will be the antitypical
Sabbath Day, thousand years long.
in which Messiah will bring in ever
lasting righteousness, destroy all who
love unrighteousness, and grant ever
lasting life TO all the obedient
Christ Our Passover.
John the Baptist, in announcing
Jesus as the great Messiah. said "5e-
hold the Lamb of God. who taketh
away the sin of the world" 1t is well