Graham guardian., 1915-11-05

children of Israel" "
The Pastor introduced his theme
with a brief explanation of our Lords
two changes Of nature, as set forth In
the Scriptures. Before coming into the
world. our Lord was known as the
Logos-Jehovah's oply direct creation.
He became man, and as such gave
Himself in conservation to DO the Fa-
theirs will. even at the cost of His own
life. that He might redeem the fallen
human race. For this work the Father
highly rewarded Him, raising Him
from the dead Divine Being. g.-Reve-
lation 3:l4: Col. l:15; Philippians 2:S-1l.
Our Lords perfect obedience was the
basis on which Jehovah raised Him to
His present high position. God might
have let Him begin at once His great
work of blessing mankind. But Je-
hovah had purposed that certain ones
chosen from the human family wOuld
gladly become followers of Jesus in or
der to share His glory. God had ar
ranged that this class should be united
to Christ as His Body. His Bride. This
company Is to be composed of IA, 900.
How These Became the Twelve Tribes.
AS usual. the Pastor cited many cor
roborative Scriptures. He then ex-
planned how the Church. the Body of
Christ, come to be Of the twelve tribes
OF Israel He declared that God had
laid out the entire program of the Cos
pei Age upon the Jewish basis. Pro
vision was made for choosing the
Church from Natural Israel-l2,0O0
from each tribe. God foreknew, how
ever, that only q small remnant from
all the tribes would receive our Lord
as Messiah. Approximately only 25,-
600 were gathered to Him during the
Jewish Harvest.
After the close of the seventy sym
bolic weeks of favor to Israel, God
turned to the Gentiles, to fill up the re
quired number of the Elect OF those
received from the Gentiles, some will
be put into one tribe and some iptO an
other, as God wills. (Remans 11:17-25J
But His decision will be satisfactory.
The Revelator mentions another COM
pany, much larger than the Very Elect
This Great Company have not lived in
harmony with their conservation vows
They have soiled their garments and
must wash them white in the blood
of the Lamb" They must cleanse.
themselves during a great Time of
Trouble such as was not since there
was nation" Some of them have
been weak through fear of loss of
worldly favor; others have been hin
dered by the cares of this life. They
have neglected to avail themselves of
the privilege of daily cleansing at the
Throne of Heavenly Grace. Therefore
they have lost their crowns. Should
any of this class plunge into wilful sin,
such will die the Second Death.
The speaker called attention to the
Scripture which reads, Judgment must
begin at the House of God" q Peter
4:10-the professed Church OF Christ
and eXhorted his hearers to diligence
in keeping themselves unspotted from
the world He showed that all who
are slothful in this matter must an
swer for their unfaithfulness: that I'M
less this condition is promptly recti-
fed, these will lose their crowns and
receive sore chastisement in the COM
ing trOuble-the great tribulatiCn."
This does not mean eternal torment,
however; for the Scriptures represent
the Great Company as eventually get
ting palms of victory, and as serving
God in His Temple. The faithful class,
on the contrary, will receive the crown |
oS glory-immOrtality.
"He cometh Now to Reign"
The remainder Of the discourse re
lated to the MesSianlc Kingdom, which |
the Pastor declares will soon he In !
The present great war, he !
asserted, is the beginning Of the work
Of disintegration of earthly kingdoms,
according to Scripture. Therefore mcm-
bers Of the Church of Christ should
avoid all partisanship, should rid them
selves of all false expectations, that
thus they may be better able to see
Gods view of the whole matter.
This war has been brewing for the
past forty years. Each nation has de-
termined to have, if possible, what
It considers its rights on the sea.
Each has determined that rival nations
shall not have the supremacy Jeal-
Dusy and selfishness have been ramp
mt 1t would be very improper for
rue Christians to have any prejudice
n one way or another; for we are to
owe all mankind, irrespective of ma
ionality We do not wish to see any
# them injured, and are sorry that