The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-09-16

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This name Is Christ the Amounted Of
God Christ Jesus IS Amounted 20 b,
Head over the Church which Is I1is
4 Body, Amounted 10 he the great nigh
Priest after the order Of Melcllscdcc.
Amounted to be King u kings and Lord
OF lords when He shall come inso lis
I Kingdom.
ITO the Jew First
The Bible tells US that God, who
made this glorious arrangement for9u
Lord Jesus, provided also that a Ger,
tain class should be gathered out ~
the world 20 be members Of Ills BODY,
otherwise called the Royal FRIES,
hood, "tho Bride. the Lambs Wife,
and His Joint.h heir The work OF call
ing out this class has been going on
for nearly nineteen hundred years, II
was necessary that our Lord should
begin this work OF selecting the Church
with the Jews Acts 3.25, 26; 1916
Romans 1916; ii,72i
In very few years the Lord appar.
emily found 25.ooo Jews who were
thoroughly consecratod 10 Iiim-"Is.
raelites indeed In whom was no guile"
These were ready 10 receive Him. To
such He said, Unto you IL Is given 10
know the mysteries Of the Kingdom Of
God: but TO them that are without. all
these things are spoken IN parallels and
dark sayings" As II was In the Mas
ters day, that none Of the unprepared
ones, either Jews or Gentilcs, could
walk in Jesus footsteps, and as the
things revealed 60 the worthy ones
were revealed 10 their eyes of under
standing. SO to us today the Masters
words equally apply The Lords con
secrated ones shall see, shall under
stand 1t is not Gods viii that others
shall know now. Their time to know
win be that mentioned In our text BY
and BY the Message SHAH 50 forth TO al
We recall the various steps III the
selection of the Church First God Sc
lected the worthy ones from the Jews
in Palestine, then from those scattered
abroad The Apostle says that every
where the Jews were sought first,
and only after they had had their op-
portunity was the Gospel Call sent to
the Gentilcs God wished very cos.
mopoltan class to reign with Christ
for the blessing Of all mankind Jesus
is the Head Of all these. All must be
truehenrted. all must come through
the same low gate Of Conservation, all
must walk the same Narrow Way
walk In the footsteps of their Forerun-
ner Whether Jews or Gentiles at the
start all are now New Creatures In
Christ. Old hopes, aims and desires
have passed away, and all things have
become new.-2 Corinthians 5:17.
Truths Revealed In Due Season.
We have briefly traced the history
of the world During all this time the
glory Of the Lord had not been re-
yealed II is true that our Lord Jesus
knew about the glory Of the Father.
The Apostles also saw the glory of the
Lord clearly before their minds. Not
many even IN the early Church, could
see Ii clearly. OEph 1:1S-23) The Apos-
tics, though fully In Gods favor, were
not privileged, however, to know certain
things that we may now know. Ger
tain truths are dispensational and can
not be understood until the due time
has arrived TO Illustrate The Proph-
ct Daniel sought TO understand certain
things that had been declared to him,
But the angel replied. eco thy way,
Daniel; for the words are sealed till the
Time Of the End. Daniel 12:S-10
The Scriptures Indicate that we en-
erred the period Of the Time of the End
n the year 1909 Since then, the knowl-
'dge Of the times and seasons has been
The times and seasons
nave gradually been becoming better
understood as the due time came for
he wise in Heavenly things to under
itand, To this class it will be given
o know everything that the Very Elect
re 10 know, until the time when Christ
hall receive the last Of these unto
Himself. We should rest ourselves IN
he Divine arrangement Of things and
0t seek to ferret out IN advance that
Which the Lord has not yet made clear
God Is able to make clear I'm due time
whatever He has decreed shall come
0 pass II we are IN the right attitude
{ heart, we shall have enough to keep
be eyes Of our understanding open 50
lat we can appreciate the things which
re freely given US Of God. His true
hidren are witnesses 70 the fact that
Ie has been opening the eyes Of our
understanding more and more during
lese last days. Certain great bless
KS have come TO Gods people, partic-
larry during the past forty years
ches Of grace and knowledge.