The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-01-06

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1929 Pastor Russell said in part:
The Scriptures declare that at the
- ne of Jesus every knee shall bow and
every tongue confess. to the glory of
God. Our careless reading of this pas
sage has led some to assume that the
bowling knee and the confessing tongue
will be a mere forinality while hearts
are still In rebellion. But a careful
reading notes the fact that these acts
viii be to the glory of God. Further,
we find our text quoted in the New
Testament with the assurance that ev-
cry knee and every tongue will include
those in Heaven as well as those ON
earth. philippians 2:10. 11) In other
words. the glory Of Jesus and the great
sentative, He will yet accomplish, will
lring Him fame, glory and homage
amongst angels and men.
The question arises, When wifi this
be. and how will it be brought abouti
Nearly nineteen centuries have passed
since Jesus came into the world to
be mans Redeemer, and as yet COM
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tongues confess, on earth, to the glory
Of God. although we do know that
Jesus has already been highly exalted
In the Heavens. The Fathers pro-
phetic statement has already been
fulfilled, Let all the angels Of God
do Him homage."-Hebrews1 :6.
sufferings First and Glory Afterward.
Human theorizing has led US in the
past into grievous misunderstanding
Of the Divine Word and Plan. 1t seems
necessary for the people of God to first
realize to some extent the confusion
and error into which we unwittingly
drifted and to feel heartily ashamed
of our unreasonable conclusions-hu-
man creeds. Many are now reaching
the place where In anguish of heart the
cry goes up for the Bread of Life and
the Water of Life-the Truth--the cor
rect understanding of Gods Word.
Some have already reached this con-
1i+ion. and others are gradually COM
to it. But alas, still others, caught
the snare of the Adversary, have
i'd their faith dashed to pieces upon
he rocks of Higher Criticism and
Evolution.
The central teaching Of the Bible is
hat the death of Jesus was necessary
Is mans redemption-price This is
clearly set forth by Jesus and the
Apostles. as 1t was previously shown
In the types Of the Law, that without
the shedding of blood there is no re-
mission of SINS" The worldly-wise
SCOT at the thought that the shedding
Of blood is necessary to mans for
giveness and the rolling away of the
curse.
But perhaps some of our objections
have been illogical. for many have not
stopped to think that the phrase.
shedding of blood" is merely an
other way of saying sacrtfcial death.
Then, too. our minds were prejudiced
by the unreasonable theories of the
past, which claimed that the death of
the Creator was necessary for the can
collation. of the sins of His creatures
But the Bible presents no such illog-
zeal statement 1t assures us that the
penalty upon our race was neither
eternal torture nor purgatorial suffer
ing. but dying. thou shalt die; that
this sentence of death was placed
upon Father Adam. and by process of
heredity came down through six thou
sand years to us-his legacy Of evil.
sorrow. weakness. alienation from
God. death
Is not the Bible logical in its decla
ration that the Supreme Judge could
not set aside the death sentence of
His own Court and yet be just? If
Adam as a sinner was unworthy of
eternal life and died under that sen
tence. be is no more worthy now.
'''-aover his children. inheriting his
SD -aeSses. are no more wor
thy OF life than was he. There can
be no forgiveness of Original Sin and
no one can be granted a second oppor
tunity for life everlasting except by
redemption-a payment of the original
penalty.
As from the first God designed one
Redeemer for the race. so He provided
that only Father Adam should be on
trial, and that only he should be sen
fenced. Thus God prepared the way
for redemption-that "as by a man
came death. by man also should
come the resurrection of the dead; for
rs all In Adam die. even so all In
{ lrtst shall be made alive-every man
in his own order"-the Church being
OF the first order, or resurrection
Corinthians 15:21-23.
Not the Father, but the Son, Died.
When we get rid of the foolish, IN
scriptural idea that Jesus was His
own father, we can understand the
facts.
The Heavenly Father did not die for
mans sin, nor did He compel His Son
to die for us. On the contrary, the
Scriptures assure us that He presented
the matter to the Son, and that the lat
ter voluntarily carried out the work.
Nor was this contract without reward
For the Joy set before Him our Lord
endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is now glorified at the right hand
OF the Heavenly Father Hebrews
12:23 The Logos was created a spirit
being-not a man. a human being
and could not be mans Redeemer ex-
cept by leaving His glorious spirit
plane and becoming a man-'the Man
Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a Ran
som for ALL Timothy 2:5, 6.
In the past we have been too care
less In our study OF the Bible. Now we
see that the word Ransom. dntilutron
the Greek. signifies corresponding
! I'D this is what was necessary
mans redemption, and what Jesus
)vided. As bulls and goats could not
a corresponding price because of in
tiority to man. so an angel. or even
= glorious Logos Himself. could not
ave ransomed man. could not be a
prresponding price. because not on the
same plane of being. Thus the Scrip
lures explain that it was necessary for
the Logos to become perfect man in
order to effect the ransom of Father
Adam, giving a corresponding price
for his human life. How simple it all
Is when we accept the plain statements
of Gods World
Knowing that the Scriptures tell that
God has provided redemption for the
whole world In Christ, Christian people
have been trying to make themselves
believe that the entire world has been
blessed through Christ ever since He
died. -ths Just for the unjust" Some