The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-08-28

glory has not been
revealed to humanity. True. God gave
Abraham sonse little intimation Of His
Purpose: but this was not revelation
OF His glory; for only Abraham be-
lieved. While faith gave Abraham.
Isaac and Jacob glimpse of Gods
character. they but family saw that
sometime and somehow the curse of
sin and death would be rolled away
and the true knowledge of God would
reach all mankind.
This hope. though vague. continued
with Jacobs descendants, the Isra-
elites. At Mount Sinai God made
Covenant with them that. If they would
keep His Law. they might become the
promised SeeI of Abraham. to bless the
world. Genesis 1913, But neither
they nor any others Of the fallen race
Of Adam could keep the Law. (RO-
mans 3:20.) As the hope of becoming
this special Seed Of Abraham faded
from the Jewish mind. God encour-
aged them by declaring His Purpose
to make with them some day still
greater Covenant-Jeremiah 31:31-34.
Jesuc the Promised Seed of Abraham.
Next the Pastor showed how Jesus
and His Church constitute the Spirit
ual Seed of Abraham. Galatians 3:S.
~. 29.) God sent His Son. born I'M
der the Law" for the very purpose Of
demonstrating that a perfect man
could keep the Divine Law. and re-
deem the fallen Adamic race Jesus
kept the Law. This did not constitute
Him that Seed. however. but merely
demonstrated His qualifications. Even
though perfect. He could not have CIV
en- life TO the dying race Of mankind.
To do this. He must first lay down His
own life as an equivalent price for
Adam. In whom the race fell On the
third day God raised our Lord from
the dead. fully qualified to bless man.
kind as Abraham's Spiritual Seed. He
was no longer man. but a spirit Be-
Ing. privileged to make application Of
His own human life-rights as a re-
demption price for Adam and all his
posterity.--1 Corinthians 1929
The Bible declares that God also pro-
vided that Church class should be
gathered out of the world to be asso-
ciated with our Lord in His future
work. For about nineteen centuries
all who have the hearing ear have been
called to membership In Abraham's
Spiritual Seed. of which Jesus Is the
Head God first selected the worthy
ones from amongst the Jews. and then
from amongst the Gentiles. (Acts
13:48.) But whether Jews or Gentiles,
oil must walk In the footsteps of Je-
ssis-New Creatures in CHRISTI Corin-
thlans BIZ
During all this time the glory of God
has not been revealed. While our
Lord knew about the Fathers glory.
and the Apostles had 1t clearly before
their minds. yet not many. even of the
early Church. could see It fully. Ger
tain truths are dispensational. and can
not be understood until the due time.
See Daniel 12:S-13. In 1903 we enter
ed the period called the Time Of the
End. Since then. those wise in Heav-
eilly things have gradually understood
the Scriptures. Bible students every
where are witnesses to the fact that
God has been opening His Word to
their eyes Of understanding. Great
blessings have come to Gods people
during the last forty years.
Gods Glory Soon to BE Revealed.
The remainder Of the discourse was
devoted to the Divine Purpose for the
future. During the Millennial Age ali
flesh shall see the glory of God. Then
Jehovah shall have everlasting praise.
His long silence. His not defending
Himself against His traducers. will Ill
tfmately rebound to His greater honor.
isaiah 35:5; 42:S-13) When the world
really perceive that God is Love. they
viii experience strong revulsion Of
feeling. The wrong thoughts enter
tanned In the past will cause them to
appreciate all the more the riches Of
the Divine character.
Mankind do not know what Gods
feelings are. They think that He has
been most unjust--that He has tor
mented them In the present life, and
win torture them hereafter. Only
those can see differently whose eyes
Of understanding have been opened to
zee the depths Of Divine Love and
Mercy. By and by. when all mankind
zee and appreciate. "who shall not
come and worship" before Him! To
know our God is to love Him. The
Scriptures declare that whoever will
MT come TO reverence Him under the
'fnll light of the Millennial Day shall
be cut of. as unfit for further Divine
favors. From this Second Death
there will be no esurrection.-Acts 8:
1913; Peter 2:12.