The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-03-17

the earth for Thy possession" psalm
2:8.) He said:
Our text is from one of the Messi-
anic Psalms. 1t represents our Lord
as making known to His people the
Heavenly Fathers decree rewartling
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
ance 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 q 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
clares, Darkness covers the earth, and
gross darkness the heathen.'
When We remember our Redeemers
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 astonished that He has permitted
the Prince of darkness and the reign
of Sin and Death to exist for more than
eighteen centuries since He suffered.
"the lust for the unjust. that He might
bring US to God" But perplexity in
the matter might well be answered
by our Lords reply to the Sadducees.
"Ye do err. not knowing the Scrip
lures. nor 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 well contented with the Divine
times and seasons. He had no wish
for a 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 its 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. 1t
pleased the Father to make our Lord
not only the worlds Redeemer and
King, but also the High Priest of ala
under-priesthood, the Bridegroom of
the Church, His Bride. the Elder Broth
er 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, they have been having expe-
riences with sin and death. and going
down into the great prison-house for
periods of Inconsistencies 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 % II. V.
Fair Trial Is Promised All.
Not only will this include the Church
of the First-born, who have been APP
proved of God. and who. passing tlial
now, will come forth unto life eternal,
but it will include also the remainder
of mankind. those who have not had
Gods approval. all of whom. because
redeemed, shall come forth unto judy
ment-trial A fair trial will be theirs.
to determine their worthiness or I'M
worthiness of life everlasting by the
manner in which they shall receive. or
by their rejection of. The Christ of
God when. during the Millennium. He
shall be made fully known to them.
1t was also part of the Divine pur-
pose that the whole earth should be
filled with people; and hence the bring
ing forth of progeny is part of the
Divine will for mankind The few
short years of the present life. with
an experience of sin and death cond-
lions, will in due time be supplement-
I'D BIZ the glorious period Of the Mil