The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-10

I Favor VIII again return 10 the natural
seed of Abraham As the jew was
granted the nrst opportunity or prlyi
lrge of becoming the Spiritual Seed OF
Abraham. he viii likewise have the
tirSt opportunity to participate In the
blessing which will then come 10 the
whole world OF mankind, TO the jew
FIRST" Is the Divine order ia respect to
both Of these blessings,
TO this agree the words Of the
| Apostle Paul. After telling of the
/ Divine election OF the Church. the
sanity few OF both Jews and Gentiles,
the APOSTLE adds, II would not,
/ brethren, that ye should he ignorant
concerning this mystery, lest We should
| be wise IN your own conceits, that
blindness in part ionly, not perpetuall
Is happened to Israel. until the fulness
OF the Gentiles be come in" When the
| full elect Spiritual Seed shall have
been gathered, shall have been com
pleted from amongst the Gentlles. then
all Natural Israel shall be saved from
their blindness and their outcast con.
ditIon. Romans 1859.
St Paul points ont that as lsrac's
stumbling was directly foretold
through the Prophet psalm GOD, SO
also through the Prophets God has
foretold their blessing later on-that
they shall be the first to be blessed
hn .vIa CntpttnnI NInggfa Ia
of many members. Thus II is writ
ten, There shall come out of Zion
the Deliverer. and shall turn away UNI
godllness from Jacob" Here Zion Is
pictured as a mother whose offspring
is The Messiah. Looking again ut the
type, we see that Abraham represented
Jehovah, and that his wife Sarah rep
resented the great Covenant through
which Messiah was to he developed.
'ln thy Seed shall all the families of
the earth be blessed; "lf ye be
Christs, then are We Abraham's Seed,
and heirs according to the Promise. -
Romans 11:9-11; Genesis 22;l7, IS; Ga
latians 3:S, l6, 20.
1t has required more than eighteen
centuries to give birth To this great
Deliverer Jesus was the Head; and
the Church. developed during this Cos
pei Age, will be the Body. Jesus was
1.-THE First born from the dead; and
the Church, His members, will be His
brethren, sharers in His rule on the
Heavenly plane for is He not declar
ed to be "the First-born among many
brethren? (Romans 500 The First
or Chief Resurrection will bring all
these sons of God to the plane Of
glory, honor and Immortality = born
from the dead. Then the great Deliv
erer will be fully born, and ready to
begin His great work of blessing all
the nations-lsrael being the first Of
these.
"My Spirit Upon All Flesh"
st. Peter declares that 1t was the
glorified Jesus who received the Holy |
Spirit of the Father and poured II
out upon the Church at Pentecost
(Acts 2.33.) That blessing came to
the Church because OF their coming
into harmony with the Fathers ar
through the Son. The re-
ceiving of the Spirit there marked the
recipients as sons of God.
The later Pentecostal blessing upon
the world will have points Of similar
ity as well as points of difference. The
blessing will come through the great
Messiah as a result OF the satisfaction
which He will make for the sins of the
whole world by applying to the race
the merits Of His sacrifice. Thus He
will seal the New Law Covenant with
Israel, and then with the world
through Israel Jeremiah 3l:31-3I)
The great Messiah of glory will be the
of that New Covenant: and
he foundation Of that New Covenant
will be the "better sacrifices" offered
1y this Mediator, as the antitypical
High Priest.-Hebrews 9:19-23.
The Pentecostal blessing then to
'ome upon the world will not be upon
he terms of their sacrificing their
,arthly rights to attain Heavenly
blessing and spiritual sonship. On the
contrary. its requirements will be a
to obedience Of the Di-
inc Law; and its reward will be {
arthly Restitution TO the perfection
f human nature and to the enjoyment
f all the blessings originally given to J
Adam, but forfeited by his disobedi-
nee. They shall build houses and {
nhabit them. They shall plant vine
ards and eat the fruit thereof" and [
long enjoy the work of their hands" \
Isaiah 65:2i, Do This Is the Divine ]
romise, applicable to mankind. but s
OF to the Spiritual Seed Of Abraham. s
be Church, the Kingdom class, who {
lust all be changed; for flesh and q
lood cannot inherit the Kingdom Of [
cd. n Corinthians 1850. y
AS Jacob was a son Of Abraham, not
irectly, but through Isaac. so also :
nose blessed under Messiah's Reign u
Ill be children Of God, not directly. 3
ut through Messiah. Thus it is writ n
m Of Messiah. HE shall be called {
Counselor, the Mighty One, A
lie Prince Of Peace, the Everlasting i
ather - the Father, or Life giyer, 81
, the restored world Of mankind. g