The Washington times., 1915-03-29

na,io, mas passed from the Jewish
natloh; but there still remains for them
glorious earthly portion. 10 whirn
they Will be introduced al our Lords
second Coming. Then their sins will
bre,vs ,,eii, and as a people the He
ore"s VIII return to the Divine favor
| ana VIII inherit the earthly features nj
the Promise made to their fathers IT,
,,ns9ugh them Gods blessing will be ex
tenoed to all nations and peoples. under
israeIs New Covenant fJercn,iab
81 a,3D. which will become Operative at
@ Iiu nahas or their great Mediator-Thc
Inrlst; The Messiah in glory. But bv
that time the election of the saints or
I'M .nls Gospel Age will be complete. and
Inc Messiah In glory will include Jesus
me Head and the Church His BODY
9olnt-heirs with Him in the spiritual
features Of the great Abrahamjc ProraI
ise.Galatians 3:S.169.
:, Al A. ob bhis Is clearly stated in Romans
II I:25-32 But somehow our eyes of I'm
IeTstahdlng as Christians have been
notuen. not rs so that. until of late. we have
: fhese heights and depths, of Divine
Love and Wisdom. The fact that now
we see these things is corroborative
so'den.e eo that they are at hand Just
Many things pertaining to that dav
we're we're completely hidden until the time OF
iu!filment came; and then only tho
wise virgins were enabled to see
Psalm 1896. ''io riah'-
The Time of Our Visitation.
Apparently very few of Gods people
nave noted the fact that Spiritual Israe,
mas had history parallel to that of
Natural Israel, and that throughout the
scriptures these are dealt with as tvpe
ana antitype. Few have noticed that
the period from the death of Jacob to
me death OF Jesus finds its exact par
allel of 1,45l5 years between tho desth
OF Jesus and our day, and that in both
cases there have been a nominal and a
real israel. AS the nominal Jewish svs-
ien ie was tried and all but the "isracI-
isrsei s inneeu be triod dfaiied' SO will Spiritual
the spirit begotten and faithful
AS at the close of the Jewish Age
mere was special period of testing and
lying lasting forty years, so there is a
Christendom during the closing fortT
years OF this Gospel Age before the in
ausuration of the glorious MilIenniaI
pressing. AS the trials came upon the
faith and obedience, so even more smh.
tle VIII be the trials and testings CON
nscteo with the Harvest of lhe Gospel
age. @ See MALACHI go, o..
trasted;; Through the Prophet the Lord
toretold that Messiah would be for a
stone OF stumbling and a Rock of Of
IenGe N 10 both the Houses of Israel
Gasiah GasG1ai s,M Israel W. and Spiritual Israel.
Slsaian S:l4). We have seen how the
hrst House stumbled on Palm Sunday
commemorated today. They stumbled
. because they knew not the time of their
VISITATION. They did not know that the
time had come for the election of the
ikingdom class; hence they failed to be
IN proper heart condition TO receive the
oiesslhss:Il Thessalonians 5:4.
Many tnings indicate to us that we
TO that Palm Sunday! Many things i'm,
Ply that Christendom is now UNDERGOING
It's great test; that we are now in thai
t@ime @ when Gods true people are being
divided into two classes, as pictured for
us In the parable of the Ten Virgins,
AS only the Wise Virgins were prepared
I" enter into the marriage so only the
Iully consecrated will be accepted as 1T
Tor the Kingdom and granted a share in
the glorious resurrection change which
VIII precede the elimination of the Time
OF trouble in which the Foolish Virgins.
not of the world, will partict-
pate with the world.
True, that great Time of Trouble Will
usher in the glorious Millennial Dispen-
satlon, in which the Church in glory
with the great Redeemcr will pour out
upon all mankind the wonderful restitu-
tioh blessings promised by the mouth OF
81 the holy Prophets. acts S:I9-3J
true, the Foolish Virgins NAV subse,
quently get the oil and NAV attain q
siorlous future: but they viii lose the
cholcc place or Divine favor and bless
ing. They cannot be OF the Bride class
but will receive their blessings as The
virgins her companions that follow her"
Psalm 45:l4
See That Ye Refuse Not Him."
AS the Jewish nation was not ready
to receive Jesus as their King on that
hrst Palm Sunday, neither is Christen-
dom ready to receive Him at His Sec
ond Advent AS only the 'Isrs 4litnS
indeed knew the shepherds voice. so
here VIII 1t be an individual matter.
history Is upon us. Revelation 3:I7J
The nominnlism of our day is cuIIy
portrayed in our Lords words T., tho
MessensC' Of the Church at L7od!cca.
boasts that she is rich
and increased in goods. and has need
of nothing she knows not that she
Is poor. miserable, blind, and naked.
Our Lord now stands at the door and
knGcks. Ours, is Palm Sunday in the
highest possible sense, How arc we re-
cciring the great blessings which be
token His Parousa? DO We hear His
knock? Are We searching His Word
things, that we may do it? To ali such
Will come very shortly, we believe, the
greater Pentecostal blessing-the resur-
rection change from the glory Of char
hSttI merely 10 tue glory OF person as
well, when we shall see our Redeemcr
as He Is and shall share His glory
John 81. 2.
Greater light, greater privilege.
greater blessing, are ours than were
those enjoyed by the Jews at our
Lords First Advent. These privileges
and blessings are our tests. Let us be
faithful. The Lord is now looking for
Saints, for overComers, valiant, faith
tul, persevering. thoroughly devoted
to Him and His Cause of Righteous
ness, thoroughly opposed to sin, and
especially active in overcoming it's
in their own hearts, IN
their own minds, in their own bodies.
Such the Master pictures as His joint
heirs, priestly kings, sitting with
Himself in His Throne of glory and
worldwide dominion.
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