The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-05-05

death will receive a place in that Body
Of Christ, which is the Church in glory
These walk by faith and not by sight
They develop the spirit Of loyalty and
obedience-loyalty to God, to righteous
ness and the brethren, and obedience
to God and the Golden Rule. OF this
Christ company Jesus was the Head
the Apostles were the first members
of the Body, and the faithful in Christ
Jesus throughout the Gospel Age are
members In particular.
The Natural Seed of Abraham.
The Pastor next discussed the de
scendants of Abraham through Isaac
the Jews. Briefly reviewing the his
tory of that remarkable people, the
speaker showed how God had blessed
them In the past Their trying expert
ences in Egypt. their journey through
the wilderness ell route to Canaan, anC
the signs and wonders which accom-
panied them, taught the people valu
able lessons and strengthened theil
faith For centuries they dwelt In the
Promised Land under Gods specia
care, sometimes chastised and some
times blessed. But they never got the
blessing sought under the terms of the
Law Covenant-everlastin life. Theil
experiences, he pointed out, helped tC
develop in Israel a special class posses
sing the faith of Abraham, Isaac, ia
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not SO prominent
As yet. the speaker claimed, this
class have received nothing but Gods
promise that they shall have "a better
resurrection" This they will get, be
asserted, after the entire Church OF
Christ shall have been completed; fol
God has ordained that In all things
Christ shall have the pre-eminence
After the Spiritual Seed of Abraham
shall have been glorified, then some
thing will begin to be done for the nat
ural seed.
The Pastor then showed that this
class of Ancient Worthless will have
much advantage over the rest of the
world. The Bible teaches that they
will come up to human perfection In
the resurrection, instead Of coming NJ
imperfect human beings, like the re
mainder of mankind This constitutes
their better resurrection" The rest
of the world will require centuries In
which to attain human perfection.
This Ancient Worthy class, the speak
er stated, will be associated with the
coming Kingdom of God, as our Lord
declared, saying, "Ye shall see Abra-
ham, Isaac, Jacob and all the Prophets
In the Kingdom Of God" luke 1929
Jesus will be on the Throne and the
Church will be with Him; but they will
be invisible to men. The world will see
these Ancient Worthless, who will be
perfect men-grand examples of the
image of God in the flesh. They will
constitute the earthly phase of the
Kingdom, in that they will represent
the invisible Heavenly Kingdom.
How the Blessing Will Come.
The Pastor then gave an outline of
arrangements in the Kingdom Of Mes
siah. The Spiritual Seed of Abraham
will be in the glory Of the Kingdom
spirit beings, invisible to men. The nat
ural seed Of Abraham will be princes
in all the EARTH" as Psalm As sets
forth. When the Kingdom is set up,
Gods blessings will first go to all ''Is-
raelites indeed" The first representa-
tives will be the Ancient Worthless.
with whom the speaker thinks all the
promised earthly blessings will rest as
representatives of Messiah on earth.
Only by coming into relationship with
this company will any get the full
blessing of the Millennial Kingdom.
The Pastor illustrated In the case of
the United States. There are certain
privileges and blessings to be secured
by getting citizenship here; and as a
result people flock here from every
where and become citizens, in order
that they may enjoy these blessings
and privileges. This. he declared, is ex
actly the picture given in the Scrip
lures. In the future all the world will
press for citizenship in the nation of
Israel. The terms of citizenship there
will be full er-abandonment of
sin, conservation to God, faith and
trust in Him, and loyalty and obedi
ence to the great Messianic Kingdom
The Pastor thinks that the Jews will
be the first people to come into the
Kingdom, for the reason that the offer
to mankind will be more in line with
what that people have been expecting
for many centuries The Promise was
made to their ancestor Abraham about
four thousand years ago that in his
Seed all the families of the earth
should be blessed. The Jew still has it
in mind. the Pastor believes, that
somehow Messiah and His Kingdom
are coming, and that the blessing of
Abraham is yet to come.
The Jew does not know what to
make of all that has been going on for
the past eighteen hundred years, the
speaker declared He has been greatly
puzzled to know why Lazarus should
have been taken into Abraham's bos-
ON as Abraham's child, and why he
himself should seemingly be rejected,
outcast and in trouble; but soon his
eyes will be opened. At the proper
moment God will pour upon Israel the
spirit of prayer and supplication. and
they shall look upon Him whom they
pierced, as the Prophet Zechariah fore
told. (Zechariah 12:1OD Then they
will begin to see something of Gods
great Mystery-that it was necessary
that mankind be redeemed before they
could be restored. They will begin to
get the key to the Divine Plan. which
rests upon the Cross of Christ
The next class to come into line with
the Kingdom, the Pastor thinks. will
be class Of Christian people that
have been considera bly, misled and
confused AS soon as these begin to
get their eyes open a little, they will
perceive that others have understood
the Scriptures better than they have,
and then they will begin to study. The
Bible intimates that this will be their
course-that the foolish virgins will
get the oil and will finally come into
harmony with God Gradually the
Message will spread until all nations
will realize that the Kingdom Of God
has been established. and that by be-
coming Israelites they will get the
blessings. To support this somewhat
remarkable statement, the Pastor quot
ed several prophecies, among which
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The speaker believes that by the end
Of the Millennial Age all evil-doers will
have been destroyed and all the re