The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-06

spirit plane. where He was before al
was made 1lesh. Indeed. His peafaFrea
tion was 10 q still higher naE1Fe-the
Divine, far above men, angels, prtnci.
palitieg, powers, etc.
The blood represents the life, as the
Bible tells. The blood OF the passover
lamb thus typtcaily represents the life
which Jesus gave. The sprinkling OF
the blood upon the door.posts and lin.
tells represents the part which must
be experienced by all who belong to
the Household Of Faith. All such must
trust, not In works Of their W for
justification before God, but in the
work, the sacrifice, Of Christ, who died
for US, "the Just for the unjust" Not
only must we exercise faith in the
sense Of entering into the Household
Of Faith, but additionally we must be
OF those who partake Of the Lamb,
who appropriate the merit Of Christ's
sacrifice by faith. All such are count
ed as being partakers Of Christ's holi,
ness. and are sharers with Him In the
sufHerings Of this present time, and
prospectively His joint-hairs In His
Kingdom to come.
Thus. said the Pastor, has Harael's
Passover found its antityps through
out this Gospel Age. From the time
that Jesus died, as the Lamb OF God
TO take away the sin Of the world, to
the present time, there has been a
feast spread for those who are able TO
appreciate 1t. There has been q COW
ering with the merit Of His sacrifice
for those who had faith to accept It.
All such are counted members Of
the Church of the First borrs." whose
Games are written in Heaven" CHe-
brews 1921 This Church is not yet
completed. Thank Godi we may still
sprinkle the blood Of the Lamb upon
the d~Oor-postS Of our hearts, ma
still have imputed to Us His precious
merit, and still have the privilege of
becoming members Of the Church Of
the First-boSns.
But the Morning Ia neal at hand.
The First-borns will soon be recognized
Of God. They will be Changed In a
moment, In the twinkiing of an eye"
By resurrection power they will be
made like unto their glorious Redeem
er. They will begin their great work
as the Royal Priesthood. Under the
leadership of the great Prophet. Priest
and King-Jesus-these under-priests,
under-kings, under-prophets, will labor
with Him In His great Messianic King
dom work. These with the Redeemer
will constitute the Spiritual Seed of
Abraham, through whom Gods bless.
Ing Is to come to Natural Israel, and
ultimately to every nation, people, kim
dred ard tongue.
The great work Of d~eliverance VIII
require a Thousand ~years-the period of
Messiah's Reign. This d~eliverance is
pictured by the passing through the
Red Sea. Gods mighty hand will be
exercised on behalf Of all who are
truly His, during the thousand years.
They will escape from the power Of
Satan and his hosts Of sin, who viii bs
restrained for a time. In the destruc-
don of Pharaoh's hosts in the Red Sea,
we find a pictorial prophecy Of the de-
~struction Of Satan and all who are his
all who love sin and hate righteous
ness, all who war against God and His
righteous arrangements.
TIVE Abrahamie Seeds.
First the natural, afterward the spir-
itual, is Gods order, the Apostle tells
us. Il Corinthians 15:46.) In one sense
OF the word, the entire posterity OF
Jacob were the heirs Of Gods Promise
to Abraham. The first privilege was
guaranteed to them under the Law
Covenant But as God foreSaw, the
Jews were unable to keep that Law
Covenant because, like the remainder
OF humanity, they are all imperfect, all
sinners, and because Gods Law is per
fect-the measure of a perfect mans
obedience and ability. But they were
profted by their endeavors to keep the
Law, and glorious characters were de-
veloped amongst them-Moses, David,
the Prophets, and many Of lesser prom
inence, who, as st. Paul declares, a
Tested their faith and obedience sven
unto death.-Hebrews 1880.
These Ancient Worthless endured not
in vain. They have the promise OF q
better resurrection than the remainder
OF their nation and the world. Theirs
is to be a resurrection to human per-
lection. They are to constitute the
nucleus OF the earthly phase Of Mes
slabs Kingdom. To His standard, thus
set up in the world, will assemble
gradually, not only the natural seed Of
Abraham, but all of humanity desiring
Gods favor and everlasting life. .
Pastor Russell then stated that, be-
fore these blessings could come to
Abraham and mankind in general,
there must be a Spiritual Seed of Abra-
ham. He showed that Jesus was
Abraham's seed according to the flesh,
but that al such He never could have
accomplished His great Messianic
work. It was necessary, ne said, for
the Man Christ Jesus TO lay down His
specifically before He could
be received to the glories Of tina Di-
vine nature by resurrection power. So
also it must be with all who will be-
come ~joint-heirs with Jesus on the
Heavenly plane.-2 Peter La.
The testing Of the loyalty Of Jesus
and all those OF every nation who
would be Of the Spiritual Seed Of Abra-
ham has progressed low for eighteen
centuries, and the Pastor believes 1t
will 800 be completed. The gathering
OF the Elect will complete this Age