The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-09-09

tor pointed
out, shows that God had ordained a
higher priesthood than the Aaronic Or
der of the Mosaic arrangement; and
that upon our Lord Jesus was con-
ferred the great honor of being the
Head of the New Order. the Church
being under priests. While on earth
Christ could not be a priest; for Aa-
ron's family constituted a Diyinely
ordained priesthood. in which none 9th
ers could presume to take part without
Gods invitation. To this day the Jews
respect the Aaronic priesthood; and
since they cannot know who belongs
to Aaron's family, they have no priest
and no such service as priest could
render.
The thought OF another priesthood
astonished the Jews Of st Paul's day.
They could not understand how any
priesthood could be higher than the
Aaronic Order Nevertheless. through
the Prophet David. God had long be-
fore declared our Lords Priesthood:
Thou art a priest forever after the
Order of Melchizedek." Psalm 110:4.)
Elsewhere we read that Melehisedec
was "the priest of the Most High Cod
"a priest upon his throne" Genesis
14:1T-21; Hebrews 7:14.) God has con
ferred a very great honor upon our
Lord. has appointed Him to be the
worlds Redeemer. High Priest and
King. through whom will come all
blessings designed for humanity.
"Worthy to Loose the Seals"
The speaker then demonstrated that
before our Lord could be thus highly
exalted. He must be thoroughly tested
and proved worthy to be the great An
titype of Melchisedec. Amongst other
Scriptures examined was our Lords
own statement, as recorded in Revela-
ton 5. where the Divine Plan for hu-
man deliverance from sin and death Is
pictured. God is shown as seated upon
His Throne. holding in His hand
Scroll. written within and without. and
sealed with seven seals. This repre-
sents the Plan which God had purpos-
ed before the foundation of the world.
and which was known only to Himself
Throughout Heaven and earth the
proclamation was made: "Who is wort
thy to loose the seals and to look there
in?' Nobody came forward.
Finally an angel said to St John.
1.-The Lion of the tribe of Judah hath
prevailed The Lion was the Strong
One of Judah of which tribe God had
prophetically declared that Messiah
should come-of Dayid's lineage. The
Strong One could do the work; but all
mankind were imperfect. incompetent. |
Jesus was sent into the world perfect |
in the image of God. Heretofore no
one had proved worthy; for the condi- |
lions which God had attached were
very stringent. He was looking for |
One competent to be Prime Minis
ter. as 1t were. to represent Him fully
and to be associated with Him forever. |
For so high a position He had purpos- |
ed that this One should be made par
taker of the Divine nature-immortali- |
ty. Our Lord must demonstrate His |
loyalty to the fullest degree before he |
could be counted worthy of this high /
-exaltation-1 Tim. Gle; John 500 81,
According to the Law our Lord could |
do nothing in His Priestly Office until |
He was of age When His thirtieth |
anniversary came. He presented Him
self in conservation to the Father At |
Jordan He began to carry out the Divine
Plan presented in the Scroll. and men
toned by the Prophets of Israel. There
the father opened the eyes of His I'M
-derstanding. There He became the i
slain Lamb For three and half years
God proved the One who was to be-
come the antitypical Mechisedec. the
Priest upon His Throne. partaker of
the Divine nature. Surely He was
faithful. even unto the death of the
Cross. Now He is highly exalted. at
the Fathers right hand.-Phil 2:S-11.
Further Contents of the Scroll.
The Pastor showed that the Scroll
out from the world Church of
under priests. to share in the suffer
dngs of Christ and the glory to follow.
All the work of the Gospel Age has
been with a view to perfecting this
members of the great anti
typical Priest and King. Whoever
himself to God. is begotten
of the Holy Spirit and walks faithfully
the narrow way of self-sacrifice will
become joint-heir with Christ. fully
accepted member of the great Mel
chisedec Order of Priesthood. As soon
as the last members are completed. the
744,OO0 will stand with the Lamb upon
Mount Zion. ready for the Kingdom
work.-Revelation 14:1-5.