Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-17

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! l(PASTOR- RJSSEIDl By way Of intro
- duction to his
theme. the Pastor declared that per-
| haps there had never been time when
| the protested followers of Jesus believ-
ed less i'll the resurrection of the dead
than ut present. This shows a great
falling away from 1.-THE faith once de-
livered to the saints; for the resurrec-
ton is the great hope which the Bible
sets before mankind.
The speaker cited Scriptures to prove
that death is the penalty of sin-the
curse upon the race because Of Adams
disobedience in Eden. Gods declara-
ton that at some future time the Seed
of the woman should bruise the SER
penis head was the only ray of hope
given for 500 years after sin had en-
tered the world. Then God made an
other statement and of His purpose to
bless mankind. To Abraham particu-
larly He made known His purpose to
bless the whole world.
The Pastor reminded his hearers that
God not only made n Covenant with
with an Oath, to prove the certainty
of the whole matter The Covenant
was, "In thy Seed shall all the fami-
lies of the earth be blessed" Abraham
saw into the future with the eye Of
faith, the speaker asserted. He saw
The Christ of glory and the Reign of
Righteousness, and under it the recov-
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ton, sin and death He discerned that
there would be a resurrection of the
dead-not merely an awakening to the
condition in which they fell asleep, but
a raising up to the full perfection of
Gods image and likeness, from which
they fell through Adams disobedience
The Law Covenant and Shadow.
The Pastor then discussed Abraham's
posterity-the Israelites. God permit
ted them to become bondsmen in
Egypt. Then He brought them up to
Mount Sinai. where He entered into
a Covenant with them through Moses
as mediator. and promised that if they
would keep His Law perfectly He
would use them to bless all mankind.
The speaker then explained that God
had a double purpose in entering into
this Covenant with Israel:
~ 1t demonstrated that mankind |
were sinners and could not keep Gods /
perfect Law, which is the measure of /
perfect mans ability; hence no man
is entitled to eternal life; for God will |
give that life only to the perfect
~ Another object, an important one,
was that the Law Covenant was typ
ical and pointed forward to glorious
antiques, which would bring in the
real blessings.
The Antiques Far Superior.
The Pastor showed that the Law
Covenant itself typified a future New
Law Covenant. to be in operation for
all mankind during the Messianic King
dom. It's Mediator will be The Christ
Jesus the Head and the Church the
Body. AS the typical Law Covenant
was inaugurated by the sacrifice of
bulls and goats, so the antitypical Law
Covenant will be inaugurated upon the
basis of "better sacrifices" than these.
AS the typical Covenant had its Day
Of Atonement. so the antitypical Cove
nant will have a much greater Atone
ment Day.
Continuing his explanation. the Pas
tor demonstrated from Scripture that
he offering of the better sacrifices"
-akes place during the early part Of
he antitypical Atonement Day. which
began eighteen hundred years ago and
5 not yet completed The great Sin
Offering was that of Jesus. finished at
Calvary. His secondary offerings, as
,ur great High Priest. have continued
.ver since. During this period He has
,een offering up the Church-members
# His Body, justified through His
precious sacrifice.
The Pastor believes that very soon
he antitypical sacrifices will all be
inished and all the members Of the
Body of Christ glorified with their
lead. their Lord Jesus. This IS the !
'irst, the Choicest Resurrection. Je-
u.s. change to the Heavenly condition |
t His Resurrection was the beginning
f this Chief Resurrection. The glo- j
Ious change of the last member OF :
be Church will be the contamination. !
In this Resurrection. the Pastor de |,
Jared. only the blessed and holy will
ave part Only those accepted by the 7
ord as members Of the Royal Priest =
God, and found faithful unto death In :
their bodies sacrifices. will =
e identified with their Master in the n
reat transaction constituting the basis y
their exaltation with Him.