The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-01-27

our Maker, In justly sentencing His
disobedient children to death, init
mated that ultimately the Seed Of
the woman would bruise the Serpent's
head. This hidden promise was the
first tntimation of the Divine mercy
which our gracious Creator had pur-
posed in Himself from before the
kind and gracious, our Creator re-
strained His mercy for the good Of
His creatures-that they might learn
to appreciate the exceeding sinfulness
Of sin. For the good of the angels
also. that they might fully know Of
and His Power God insisted upon
dealing with His creatures from the
standpoint of exact Justice. Man had
sinned, and thereby had forfeited all
claim upon the eternal life which God
had given him conditionally.
Eternal torment. as we have already
seen, did not in any sense or degree
enter into the Divine purpose. His
sentence upon man. plainly stated,
was. Dying, thou shalt die not Liv
ing, thou shalt live in torment Gene
sis 2::!7) God purposed to exemplify
in His dealings with our race a prin-
ciple of Divine government to be made
operative everywhere ultimately =
amongst all His creatures ON the spirit
plane as well as upon the earthly.
Long centuries after. God spoke to
Abraham, but first tested his faith and
loyalty. To him the Almighty men
toned the same great Deliverer who
would bruise the Serpent's head. God
gave Abraham the assurance that this
One would in some way be identified
with his posterity, so that He might
properly be called the Seed of Abra-
ham. God said "In thy Seed shall all
the families of the earth be blessed
The Divine Program was not chang
ed. but more explicit statements We're
given respecting it. Thereafter all
who were taught of Gtd would know
to look for the Messianic blessing
through Abrahams Seed. This Cove
nant was afterward confirmed with an
Oath to Abraham. and later to Isaac
and then to Jacob. This Covenant
became the basis of Gods adoption of
the entire nation of lsrael-all of ia
cob's children. They were the heirs
Of the Abra hamic Promise-the Oath
bound Covenant All the hopes that
have thus far preserved Israel as
people are built upon the foundation
of this Covenant. secured to them by
the Word and the Oath of our IN
changeable God.
II 1t should seem strange to us that
the Almighty Jehovah should condo
scend to make oaths to His creatures
respecting the gracious gifts of His
hand. | remind YOU that God knew
what Abraham did not know; namely.
that the Promise attested by that Oath
would linger for more than thirty-nine
hundred years without accomplish
ment God foreknew that without His
Oath to this Promise Israel would
naturally feel either that He had for
gotten 1t. or that something had oc-
Cured to alter or amend the Divine
Program. Hence the Oath and the
fact that this Covenant is called the
Covenant of the Oath.
Promises to Jacob All Earthly.
From Genesis to Malachi there Is
nothing III the Holy Scriptures that
implies change of nature from hui
man TO spiritual for mankind in gen
;,,ti bo
kind will ever he like the angels. The
prophetic promises on the contrary.
tell of restitution to the former estate
TO hnlmn perfection and TO an Eden
home restored would wide Thu ln-
bilee system %! the Law of Moses
taught this SEINE ...Sson On the IF
tieth wear ever slave WAS set Mt lib
erty and every property reverted TO its
original owslerS In this God pi -tured
mans return 10 harmony with Him
self-man's liberation from the bond
age of Sin and peath his restoration
to the image nf his Creator. from
which he fell through sin. and the re
turn to him o! the dominion of earth
III ItS SHbriDuS iR'!fiIlOn.
remind ynu of the wonderful word
J irtures drawn by the Prophet Isaiah.
He tells that the wilderness shall bios
som as the rose; that streams shall
break forth in the desert; that the
blessing of the Lord shall be upon the
earth. and it shall yield its increase.
He tells that then the inhabitant shall
no more say, | am sick. when all the
blind eyes shall be opened and all the
deaf ears shall be unstcp1ed
The Prophet jeremiah tells us that
then it Will no longer be necessary to
say to ones neighbor or to ones broth
er. Know thou the Lord; for all shall
know Him. from the least to the
greatest. The Prophet Habakkuk de-
clares that in that glorious time the
knowledge of the glory of God shall
fill the whole earth
These blessed conditions cannot come
to the world. according to the Scrip
lures, until first Gods blessing shall
be upon His ancient people Israel. as
attested by the Oath-bound Covenant,
that through them the blessing shall
extend to all the nations of the earth
when the Law shall 90 forth from
Mount Zion and the Word of the Lord
from Jerusalem
l am sure that speak directly to the
hearts of humanity when / say that
this glorious Dicture of human ReSti
tuition is far more captivating to the
great majority than are any suggeS-
tons of a Heavenly kind Had we the
time, 1t would afford pleasure to dis
cuss the indications that the fulfilment
Of these prophecies is just at hand
A Heavenly Kind of Glory.
Some have imagined that Messiah's
Kingdom will be an earthly one, and |
that Messiah Himself will be a great !
mar But this is a mistake Israers |
long promised King will be. not man, |
but spirit being. Jehovah's honored |
Agent, whose glory will be far higher
than that of angels. who will be His !
ministers. His servants.
DO we not all remember that 1t Is |
written In the Book of Daniel T:13, Ia |
that Messiah will come in the clouds |
of Heaven? To Him the Ancient of |
Days Will give the dominion and gov
eminent. and all peoples and nations |
shall serve Him. Surely we are not to |
expect Messiah to come aud conquer