River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01


that the people should repent and be-
lieve the Good Tidings; and even six
months in advance Of their preaching,
John the Baptist and his disciples had
declared the same message.
After those four years Of faithful
preaching throughout the length and
the breadth of Palestine. the nation
was apparently as unprepared for
Jesus as at the first. Hence our Lords
words. Therefore I say unto you,
Your House is left unto you desolate!
Ye shall see Me no more until that day
when We shall say, Blessed is He that
cometh in the name of the Lord!
That day is almost here! But the
Jewish nation was there cast off from
fellowship with God; as the Lord de-
clared. They knew not the time Of
their visitation. Luke 1914.
For more than eighteen centuries Is
rael has been outcaSt from national IA
vor Thank God the day is ar hand
when. at the Second Coming of Mes
siah, His Kingdom shall be turned over
to them! Then, as He declares. they
will be glad to say, Blessed is He that
cometh in the name of the LOrdr' The
long centuries of persecution and sep
aratiOn from Divine favor will have
brought that people to a humber con-
dition Of heart, where they will be glad
to receive of Divine grace upon Divine
terms. To this great event st. Paul
refers us in Romans II :21-34.
Although God foreknew all that had
happened, the offer Of the Kingdom to
Israel was just as bOna-fde, just as
genuine, as though He had not known
God always does His part. Whatever
failure there is in any matter Of con
tract belongs TO humanity.
If thus we have before our minds the
origin of Palm Sunday and what it sig
nified as the climax of the test of Nat
ural Israel in respect to Messiah. we
are prepared to go further and to note
that in Gods providence there is sim
liar test for us Christians.
"Enemies For Your Sakes."
st. John emphasized particularly the
fact that the rejection Of the Jewish
nation because Of their rejection of
Messiah did not apply to all the indi-
viduals Of that nation. AS the Proph-
ct had foretOld ROmans IL :27-33), there
was Il small, faithful section, or rem
nant." This remnant accepted Christ
and were accepted by Him. On the
day of Pentecost this class became the
nucleus or foundation of Spiritual Is
rael. Thus we read. He came unto
His own [nationl, and His own re-
ceived Him not las nation1, but to
as many as received Him, to them gave
He liberty privileged to become sons
of God. even to them that believed on
His name: which were begotten not of
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor
of the will Of man, but OF God
PentecOst.-John 1:11-13.
Thus so far as the spiritual part of
Gods great Promise to Abraham is
concerned. it has passed from the Jew
iSh nation: but there still remains for
them a glorious earthly portion, to
which they will be introduced at our
Lords Second Coming. Then their
sins will be cancelled; and as a people
the Hebrews will return to Divine ia
vor and will inherit the earthly fea
lures of the Promise made to their
fathers. Then through them Gods
blessing will be extended to all ma
tionS and peoples, under Israers New
Covenant Jeremiah 31:31-34. which
will become operative at the hands of
their great Mediator-The Christ, The
Messiah in glory. But by that time
the election of the saints of this Cos
pei Age will be complete; and The
Messiah in glory will include Jesus the
Head and the Church His BOdy-joint
heirs with Him in His Kingdom
joint-heirS with Him in the spiritual
features of the great Abrahamic Prom
ise-GalatianS 3:S. 16. %.
All this is clearly stated by the Apos-
tie i'm Romans | :25-32 But somehow
our eyes of understanding as Chris
tianS have been holden SO that. untiI
Of late. we have not seen these lengths
and breadths. these heights and
depths. of Divine Love and Wisdom.
The fact that now we see these things
is corrOborative evidence that they
are nigh at hand Just so it was at
our Lords First Advent. Many things
pertaining TO that day were complete
~ hidden until the time Of their full
filment came: and then only the Wise
Virgins" were SO blessed. so assisted.
that they trimmed their Lamps eff
fectively psalm 119:105), and were en-
abled to see these beauties in the Di
vino plan nf tbo 4
The Time of Our Visitation.
Apparently very few of the people
of God have. until recently. noted the
fact that Spiritual Israel has had d his
tory parallel to that OF Natural Israel
Few have seen that throughout the
Scriptures these are dealt with as type
and antitype Few have noticed that
from the death of Jacob to the death
Of Jesus finds its exact parallel Of
l.S45h years between the death of
Jesus and our day Few have noticed