River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-07
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will come through your posterity-'In
thee and In thy Seed shall all the fami-
lies of the earth be blessed.
Gods due time for bringing this bless
ing was still future; the blessing could
not come until Messiah should come;
but meantime God gave to the natural
seed of Abraham, through Moses, the
Law Covenant, which offered them
eternal life and an inheritance in the
Kingdom if they could keep the Law
OF course, they could not keep the
Law; for it was the measure of per-
feet mans ability, and alas! like the
remainder of the world the Israel1tes
were mperfect-sinners. Nevertheless
the offer and their attempt to keep the
Law brought them great uplift OF
heart, so that when Jesus came to
them considerable number were
ready to receive Him, did receive Him;
and He received them. They became
sons of God, through the begetting of
the Holy Spirit, at Pentecost and after
ward. These were the Spiritual Seed
of Abra ham, begotten of the Holy
| Israel had been hoping for a share in
Messiah's Kingdom; and ST. Paul ex-
| plains, Israel hath not obtained that
which he seeketh for, but the Election
hath obtained it, and the rest were
blinded" The blinded Israelites are
still cast aside, but not forever. The
Divine blessing shall come to Natural
Israel just as soon as Spiritual Is
rael shall be completed.-Rom. II 1854.
The Kingdom Suffereth Violence.
| What did the Election obtain? OF
what did the faithful "Israelites in
deed become heirs by accepting Jesus
and by the Pentecostal blessing? We
answer that they became identified
with Messiah's Kingdom and heirs, or
| inheritors, of the glorious Promise
made to Abraham, that in this King
dom all the families of the earth should
be blessed. But now note that there
were not a sufficient number of Jews
found worthy to complete the Kingdom
class. The Kingdom therefore could
not be inaugurated then. God had
YOreseen this and through the Prophet
| had promised that some would be gath
cred from the Gentiles to complete
this Kingdom class. The entire work
of the Gospel Age has been the calling
of this 'select'' class for the Kingdom.
If we have rightly viewed the matter,
| the fOreordained number will soon
have been found, the election will be
at an end, the accepted will be glorified
as the Kingdom, and Messiahs Reign
of Righteousness will begin.
| But notice now the course of all be-
longing to the Kingdom class, through
out this Age. They are not reigning
with Christ, but suffering with. Christ
Jesus explained this; they are indeed
| Of the Royal Family, because begot
ten of the Holy Spirit; they are in
deed the Kingdom class, because they
| are affiliated with the great King; but
they have not yet entered into their
glory. They will do so only by the
! power Of the First Resurrection. Thus
| it is written, 1--WE must all be
| changed" because flesh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom of God"
Our Lord Himself was the Pattern
the Forerunner Of all these. After
His conservation and His begetting of
the Holy Spirit, He was tested unto
| DEATH even the death of the cross,
| before He experienced His glorious
resurrection change and assembled
and sat down at the right hand of the
Majesty on High Similarly all Of
| His followers, after conservation, must
be tested. their loyalty must be prov
en-, before they can share with Him
| in Ellis Resurrection"
Partly for the testing of these, their
development takes place in a time
when Satan is the Prince of this
world, and when his power is permit
| ted to be exercised against them as
it was exercised against their Lord.
| The message to these is, "The King
| dom suffereth violence, and the violent
| take it by force" AS our Lord suf
fered violence from the Prince OF this
world, so will His followers; for 1.-THE
| disciple is not above his Lord" His
promise to His followers is, BE thou
faithful unto death, and l will give
thee a crown Of life" -Revelation 2:10
"The World knoweth Us Not"
So then we perceive that Gods
Kingdom class, the followers of Jesus,
have been suffering violence, just as
did their Leader, for righteousness
sake. That the prosecutors had not
known and done their evil work inten-
tionally, ST. Peter intimates when he
saws to the Jews, Il WOt that In igno-
rance We did it, as did also your ulers;
for If they had known, they would not
have crucified the Prince OF Life"
Hence, in due time their blindness shall
be turned away, and they will look
upon Him whom they pierced and
mourn (Zechariah 1910; and God will
pour upon them the spirit of prayer
and duplication, and forgive them and
make the experience profitable to as
many as shall prove willing.
Meantime, for eighteen centuries, the
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