Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-04-30

E:*S the basis OF the
llASl0R RUSSElyJ Pastors discourse
Hearts filled and
eyes became moist as the instructive
message was delivered.
What has been regarded by many as
cruel fanaticism was pointed out by
the famous New Yorker as Divinely ar
ranged and as teaching most beauti-
full and significant lesson respecting
the sacrifice of the anti-typical Isaac
namely, Christ and 1.-The Church, which
is 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 m of new condition.
And so when God said to Abraham,
1'Ih 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 human being-taking 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 we'll as the living
How Jesus Became the Messiah.
The Pastor explained how Jesus be-
came the Messiah when He was hap
tized 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
will, o My God'-eyerything written
in the Book. Qaebrews lO:5-9D This
statement means that our Lord, by
becoming our Sacrifice, fulfilled the
types and shadows of the Law Cove
nant-various things that We're not
commandments at all, but that were
forcshadnwed by the Jewish sacrifices
For instance, the type showed that
before there could he an atonement fol-
sin, the bullock Of the sin-offering
must first be offered. Our Lord came
to be the antitypical Sin-offering, to
present His perfect human nature-al
that He had-to give Himself in Gods
service as 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 tie DE
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 dc
unreseryedly the Fathers will This
meant, primarily, our Lords death, for
mankind We're unuer the dc>tl. SEA.
tence pronounced upon their Father
Adam. Therefore, it was necessary
that their Redeemer should taste death
for mankind before He could have
wberewith to satisfy the claims Of
Justice on Adams behalf and ask fol
the release of Adam and his race.
Next the Pastor explained that when
our Lord cried on the cross, 1T is fin.
ished!' He merely meant that His OWE
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 ap
peared and showed Himself under diff
ferent conditions to prove two things
a. That He was no longer dead; q
That He was changed from what He
had been before. The speaker dwell
at 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 a spirit being could do. AS
St. Peter declared, "He was put to