The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-05-05

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message was delivered.
What has been regarded by many as
q cruel fanaticism was pointed out by
the famous New Yorker as Divinely ar
ranged and as teaching a most beaud-
full and significant lesson respecting
the sacrifice Of the anti-typical Isaac.
namely, Christ and 1.-The Church, which
"a His Body"
Pastor Russell's text was, ''If We be
Christ's, then are We Abraham's Seed
and heirs according to the Promise"
Galatians 1920.
The Pastor began by demonstrating
from Scripture that God calls our pres
ent condition cursed one, that man
kind are under the curse Of death, and
that the only way by which the world
can come under Gods blessing Is by
the bringing In of a new condition
And so when God said to Abraham,
"In thy Seed shall all the families of
the earth be blessed" He meant that
this Seed would roll away the curse of
death and roll In the blessing of life in
the full sense upon humanity.
Then the Pastor pointed out that the
Logos left the Heavenly courts and
became a human being-taking a low
er nature than He had beforehand was
born of the stock of Abraham, in order
to become the promised Seed which
was to roll away the curse of death
He next showed why Jesus, accord
ing to the flesh, could not be Messiah
the promised Seed. Even in His per
lection the Man Jesus could have done
nothing more for the world than to
guide many into happier conditions He
could not have been the great Deliver
er who was to bless all the families OF
earth-the dead as well as the living
How Jesus Became the Messiah.
The Pastor explained how Jesus be
came the Messiah when He was bap
uzed of John at Jordan. He showed
that the water baptism was only the
symbol of the real baptism which took
place there; and to support his claim
he quoted the prophetic statement re-
specting Jesus, 10, come to do Thy
viii, o My Collaborating written
in the Book. Hebrews 10:5-9) This
statement means that our Lord, by
becoming our Sacrifice, fulfilled the
types and shadows of the Law Cove
nant-various things that were not
commandments at all, but that were
foreshadewed by the Jewish sacrifices.
For instance, the type showed that
before there could be an atonement for
sin, the bullock Of the sin-offerine
to be the antitypical Sin-offering, to
present His perfect human nature all
that He had-to give Himself in Gods
service as a sacrifice The speaker
threw new light on the Apostles
somewhat ambiguous statement, HE
taketh away the first, that He may es-
tablish the second" declaring that the
correct thought is, He removes the type,
that He may establish the anti-type.
Our Lord came to set aside the type
This He did when He presented Him
self living Sacrifice at Jordan to do
unreservedly the Fathers will. This
meant, primarily, our Lords death, for
mankind were under the death SEN
tence pronounced upon their Father,
Adam. Therefore, 1t was necessary
that their Redeemer should taste death
for mankind before He could have
wherewith to satisfy the claims of
Justice on Adams behalf and ask for
the release of Adam and his race
Next the Pastor explained that when
our Lord cried ON the cross. 1T is fin
ishedr' He merely meant that His own
personal work of the sacrifice of Him
self was ended. Then came His resur-
rection and His manifestation to His
disciples, that they might know that
He had risen from the dead. He APP
peared and showed Himself under diff
ferent conditions to prove two things:
a. That He was no longer dead; (2)
That He was changed from what He
had been before. The speaker dwelt
ut length upon our Lords several mani
festations after His resurrection. He
pointed out that during the forty days
before our Lords ascension He showed
Himself only few minutes at time,
or perhaps an hour in all, and He ap-
peared and disappeared in way that
no one but spirit being could do As
St. Peter declared. HE was put to
Heath in flesh, but quickened In spirit
made alive spirit being.
Why Jesus Assembled on High.
Our Lords ascension, the Pastor af-
firmed, was another step In the Divine
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1t was necessary, as st. Paul declared
that Jesus should appear In the pres
ence of God and make presentation Of
His blood, the merit of His sacrifice,
the value of His sacrificial death, that
the Church might be justified through
His merit, and that the Father might
give the Church the benefit of the
cleansing which our Lord had accom-
plished for that class. Many have not
noticed that the Scriptures limit our
Lords work during the Gospel Age to
the Church class which Is being select
ed, or elected, from amongst mankind
BY faith this class are reconciled to
God through the blood of Christ. These
have an Advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the Righteous, and may
draw near to God with good courage,
having their hearts sprinkled from any
consciousness of evil.
The Pastor then showed that after
Jesus had assembled on High He was
the Spiritual Seed of Abraham, who is
to bless all the families Of the earth.
Primarily, He became the Seed of
Abraham at Jordan, when He received
the amounting and to certain extent
began the work of blessing But when
He had risen from the dead and had
assembled to the Father He was the
Perfected One, the complete Seed, so
far as He Himself was concerned.
The speaker went on to demonstrate
from Scripture, however that from the
beginning God had purposed. not only
that Jesus should be the great Savior
and Blesser of the world, but that He
should have a company of associates,
who are 10 be sharers with Him in the
great work Of human uplift These are
the Gospel Church. and are to be given
glory, honor and immortality In the
First Resurrection. Thus they also will
become members Of Abraham's Spirit
ual Seed and share with Christ In His
Millennial Kingdom. The speaker re-
peatedly quoted from Galatians 8.
which he claimed makes the matter
very clear.