Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-11

rs DUb NHeu JESUS HIoSe IIOlu lDe ueNG.
the blessing of the world was MOI vet.
due. God, who had foreordaned that
Jesus should be the antitypieal Seed Of
Abraham, had fOreordained also that
Jesus should have Church TO be His
/ Ioint-heir in the Kingdom Of glory and
the work of blessing mankind. God
rureordained that all who would he OF
this Body Of Christ must show the
same spirit that He had-a spirit Of
ruithrulness, loyalty, self-sacri6ce God
predestlnated that this Church class
must he confOrmed TO the image of His
! Son-must possess similar character
All through this Gospel Age God has
been developing the Church as the
Body OF the great antityplcal Mediator
Of the New Covenant These are de-
veloped under Il special Covenant. diff
ferent entirely from the New Coye.
nant, made with the world.
Jesus did not become the great Medl.
ator under the Law Covenant; for the
Law Covenant offered I1e; whereas
the Covenant under which Jesus quail.
fed called for dcoh, The Church Of
Christ is developed under the same
Covenant under which the Master
qualified. which reads: Gather My
saints together unto Me; those that
( have made Il covenant with Me by
sacrifice Psalm 50:5.
The-New Covenant is to be sealed.
or made operative, through the blood
Of Christ. The elicacious sacrifice was
/ that of Jesus Himself The Church
has n share in the sacrifice of Christ as
/ a privilege: for In Gods order, only by
suffering with Him can she reign with
Him; only by becoming dead with
Him to the earthly life, earthly inter.
ests can she become alive with Him
on the Heavenly, Spiritual plane.
The chiefest Resurrection.
l'rom what we have seen, we are
prepared for st. paus declaration thai
Jesus faithful rootstep followers only
can share with Him in His Rcsurrcc.
tion. philippians 3;l0l Only those
who are to reign with Him will re-
ceive, in the resurrection, the Divine
nature. TO which He was changed in
His resurrection. The Masters words
to these are blessed aud holy are all
.they that have part in the Choicest
Resurrection; upon such the Second
Death hath no power; they shall be
priests Of God and OF Christ, and shall
reign with Him thousand years"
Next to the Royal Priesthood Of HE
First Resurrection will be the antltyp.
IcaI Ievltes. Thcir resurrection will
be TO spirit conditions, because they cN-
Ipercnccd the begettlng Of the Spirit.
Failing 10 get the highest pri2e-joint-
helrshlp with the Savor-they will con
stiute the Great Company, whose
number no man knows" to serve God
in His Temple, As the Levltes Of old
were the servants Of the typical priest
hood, so these antityplcaI Levltcs will
be the servants Of the Royal Priesthood
in the great work of blessing and in
lstructlpg .mOnklnd.
Better Resurrection" of Ancient
Worthless.
We come now TO the resurrection OF
the world in general, and find that of
those who will be resurreCted TO hu-
man perfection there is already select
ed preferred class, Theirs will he
the chief resurrection on the earthly
plane. These are the holy ones Of the
period preceding the coming Of Jesus
and the offer Of the High Calling OF
Joint-helrshp with Him. Some Of this
glorlned class st. Paul mentions in He
brews IL: Enoch, Noah, Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, all the Prophets and those
less notable. The last of these was
John the Baptist, as Jesus testified,
saying, Among them that are born Of
women there has not risen greater
than John the Baptist; notwithstuud-
ing he that is least in the Kingdom OF
Heaven is greater than he"
These Ancient WORTHLESS, had they
lived during this Gospel Age, would
doubtless have been members Of the
Royal Priesthood As It is, however,
being approved Of Cod they were
promised "a better resurrection" than
Others Of humanity. st. Paul says Of
them; "These all died IN faith, not
having received the promises, =
God having provided some better thin.
for us, that they without MS should not
be made perfect" BY this the Apostle
signifies that the Church must be per.
fected on the Heavenly plane prior to
Gods ful0lment Of His promises TO the
Ancient Worthless on the earthly plane.
Hebrews 11;l3, 10.
The better resurrection Of the An.
cient Worthless will be to human perfec.
ton, TO be used by Messiah as earthly
representatives Of His Spiritual King.
dom. OF this Jesus said tQ some; "Ye
shall see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and
all the Prophets In the Kingdom"
They win be seen because they wi be
human beings. Christ aud the Church
will be unseen, because they viii be
2pirH beings As Jesus said, "Yet a lit
tic while, and the world seeth Me no
more" Even the Church sees not her
Lord until she is changed.
The Worlds Resurrection.
AS death constituted the Divine curse
upon Adam, which the whole world
Inherited by natural laws, and ns sic, I
ness, sorrow and pain are elements d