River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-04-30

uttermoSt parts of
the earth for Thy possession" psalm
2:8.) He said:
Dur text is from u of the MeSSl-
anic Psalms. 1t represents our Lord
as making known to His people the
Heavenly Fathers decree rewarding
Him for His faithfulness as our Re-
deemer, assuring Him of His exalta-
ton to the Kingdom. and declaring
that with this will come the inherit
auce of all the earth, with power to
subject all things to the Fathers will.
He was to have it for the mere request
ASK of Me-" AS a matter of fact,
this worldwide dominion has not yet
come to Messiah; the heather are not
yet His Inheritance; the uttermost
parts of the earth are not yet His pos
session. Indeed, as the Prophet de-
c%lares, Darkness covers the earth, and
gross darkness the heathen."
When we remember our Redeemer's
love for the race, the love which led
Him to lay down. His life to seek and
to recover that which was lost, we
are at first inclined to amazement that
He has not yet asked the Father for
His inheritance of the heather. We
are astoniShGd that He has permitted
the Prince of darkness and the reign
q: sin and Death to exist for more than
a hteen centuries since He suffered,
u. lie Just for the unjust. that He might
ling us to God" But perplexity in
'le matter might well be answered
y our Lords reply to the Sadducees:
'Ye do err, not knowing the Scrip
lures, o the power of God" AS we
come to understand the Scriptures
more fully, and to appreciate how the
power of God will be exercised in
bringing the heather under the domi-
nation of the Redeemer. the eyes of
our understanding open, and we are
enabled to rejoice accordingly.
Why Did He Not Ask?
Our Lord did not ask for His great
power to reign at an earlier date be-
cause He knew the Fathers Plan, and
was we'll contented with the Divine
times and seasons. He had no wish
for IL change in this. He did not ask
to receive the heather for an inheri-
lance at the beginning Of the Gospel
Age, but has been content to wait, and
to place that request in It's due time.
in harmony with another feature of
the Divine Program which must first
be fulfilled. That other feature is the
selection of the Church, the Bride Of
Christ, the members of His Body. It
pleased the Father to make our Lord
not only the worlds Redeemer and
King, but also the High Priest of ali
under-priesthood, the Bridegroom of
the Church, His Bride, the Elder Broth
err of these saints of glory whom the
Father is pleased to develop during
this Gospel Age as New Creatures in
Christ Jesus, to be sharerS of His Suf-
ferings and of His glory to follow.
Meantime the heather have been
suffering no injustice. Born in sin.
shapen in %iniquity, condemned to
death, the ave been having expe-
riences with SIN and death. and going
down into the great prison-house for
periods of unconsciousness-Hnti the
Redeemer. at His Second Advent,
shall call them and all mankind from
this great prison-house, the tomb.
This He foretold. saying. "All that are
in the graves shall hear the voice of
the Son of God, and shall come forth"
John 5:2S. % r. V.
Fair Trial Is Promised All.
Not only will this include the Church
of the First-born, who have been ap-
nroved of God. and who. passing trial