The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

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RASIOR RUSSEID) ries Gods holies
people. Jewisl
and Christian. have celebrated tn,
Passover. but that few have perceived
its real import. To understand tn,
Passover. he declared. is to understand
the entire Plan of Jehovah in respect
to humanity.
st. Paul reminds us. the Pastor con
tinued. that Gods first intimations re
speeding His purposes toward humani
ty We're given to Abraham. to whom
the Almighty revealed in part things
TO come. The essence of the Divine
Message was. 81 will bless all the fam.
lilies of the earth through thy Seed
thy posterity. This sure word of Prom.
Use was afterward confirmed with an
Oath; for the time would be long. and
it was necessary that the heirs of sal
walton should exercise faith.
The First Passover In Egypt.
The Pastor then reviewed the insti-
tuition Of the Passover. The children
Of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob were in
bondage in Egypt. God had sent chas-
tisement after chastisement upon the
Egyptians, to compel them to let Israel
20. Gods mercy in lifting one plague
after another merely hardened Pha-
raoh's heart. until the final plague.
BY this tenth plague all Of Egypt's first
born died in one night; while lsraels
first born were passed over. The Pass.
over memOrializes this event
But before the first-born Israelites
could be passed over, Divinely ar
ranged sacrifice was necessary. Each
family sacrificed lamb without blem-
ish, sprinkled its blood upon the door.
posts and lintels. roasted the flesh and
ate 1t with bitter herbs and unleavened
bread-ready for departure from Egypt
for Canaan. As the morning broke,
the journey began. Later, the Israel.
ties crossed the Red Sea, the waters
of which engulfed the Egyptians.
All this, the Pastor explained. typf
fies Gods promise Of deliverance from
the power Of Satan and the slavery OF
sin. to Gods people. These were under
bondage when God sent forth His Son
Jesus, to be their antltyplcai Lamb-to
die, "the Just for the unjust" and thus
10 give His flesh for The life Of the
world. AS result Of that redemptive
work. the Father has highly exalted
Him to the Divine nature.
Then the Pastor pointed out the
meaning Of the Passover. The blood
represents the life. as the Bible tells.
The blood OF the Passover lamb thus
typifies the life which Jesus gave. The
sprinkling Of the blood upon the door
posts and lintels represents the part
experienced by the Household of
Faith. All such must trust in Christ's
sacrifice for justification before God
Additionally, they must partake of the
antitypical Lamb-appropriate by faith
the merit of Christ's sacrifice.
Tho AntitypicaI Passover.
Thus. said the Pastor, has Israel's
Passover found its antitype throughout
this Age. From the time when Jesus
died, as "the Lamb of God that takefh
away the sin of the world" there has
been feast spread for those able to
appreciate it. There has been GOV
ering with the merit of His sacrifice
for those having faith to accept it. All
Church of the First-borns, written In
This Church, he declared.
will soon be completed and changed to
be like their Lord.
The Pastor then explained that this
class will, with the Redeemer, cOnsti.
tute the Spiritual Seed of Abraham.
through whom Gods blessing will
come to all mankind. He also showed
that the Morning Of earth's deliverance
Is dawning. Soon the First-bOrns.
changed In a moment. in the twin.
king Of an eye" will be made like
unto their glorious Redeemer, and as
His associates will begin the great work
)f the Messianic Kingdom.
Pastor Russell then cOncluslvely dem.
,nstrated that according 10 Scripture
here are two Abrahamic seeds-one
the other spiritual, Those glo-
'ious characters developed under Is
'aers Law Covenant-enumerate by
st. Paul In Hebrews 1l-will c0nsti-
ute the nucleus of the earthly phase
II Messiah's Kingdom. To His stand
lrd. thus set up in the world. will
gradually assemble. not only Abra-
lam's natural seed. but all humanity
Who desire everlasting life.
The Spiritual Seed will be Christ and
lis glorified Church. These WIN con.
dilute the spiritual phase Of the King
TO men. The gathering
4 this class will soon be complete:
md then the New Dlspensation win
the curse will be removed.