The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-09-16


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plies that Il time
Is coming when everybody will know
about Gods glory all flesh This Will
include not only an who win then be
living. but all who have ever lived.
We rejoice that God has so grand a
Program. We are given an intimation
of this as we look into the past and
observe that the glory Of the Lord has
not yet been revealed to the world.
God gave some little limitations Of
His glory, His character, His design,
to Abraham, telling him that by and
by He purposed to bless the world
through Abraham's Seed. But this
was only a promise, not a revelation
of Gods glory; for only Abraham be-
lieved. Nevertheless he got glimpse
OF that glory as he believed Gods
promises; so also did Isaac and Jacob.
/ They saw family a great purpose or
good on Gods part, and time com
| ing when the curse of sin would some
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edge of God would reach all the hu.
man family. But still the glory of
the Lord was not revealed.
This hope. though vague, continued
with the lsraelites descendants of
| Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. After their
deliverance from Egyptian bondage at
| Mount Sinai God made covenant WITH
| them that, If they would keep His
| LAW they might demonstrate their
qualification to be the Seed of Abraham
to bless the world. But they were un-
able TO keep the Law. None Of the
fallen race Of Adam are able, (Romans
800 The hope Of becoming the Spir
itual Seed of Abraham faded from the
minds Of the Israelites But to strength
en- them the Lord promised He will
make a still greater covenant than the
Law Coyenant-Jer. 81 :31-34
Israel could not keep Gods perfect
Law They failed because they were
sinners. members of Adams race, born
in sin, misshapen III inlquity, IN sin did
their mothers conceive them, as the
Bible explains. Finally God sent His
Son, born under the Law" put under
the Law for the very purpose Of dem
onstrating that what other Israeites |
could not do lie could do. He kept the /
Law, thus manifestlng that lie was
holy, harmless, indebted and separate
from sinners" Sinners were unable to (
keep Gods Law, but Jesus kept it. and
to Him was given the great privilege of I
being the promised Seed Of Abraham
Qualified TO Be BIesser of the World.
His keeping the Law, however, did
not make our Lord Jesus Abraham's
Seed spiritual, but merely demonstrate
ed His qualifications Even though lie
was perfect, as a man He could not
have done the work which God had
for he could not have given
life 70 the race under sentence Of death.
In order to give life 10 the dying world
He must first lay down His own life
as an equivalent price for the life Of
Adam IN whom the whole race fell
and lie must also be a perfect jew, 70
redeem those who were under the Law.
He must take the step Of sacrificing His
human life-rights, that He might DO
the Fathers Will This He did
But even then Jesus was not the
Seed of Abraham that should bless the
world, except as we might regard Him,
az having been begotten to
be this Seed. At the time Of His bap-
iism, He was begOtten Of the Holy
Spirit 10 a New Nature II was here
hat lie consecrated His human life {
rights unto death. During the three
and one-han years Of His ministry He
,arried out His Covenant of Sacrifice. u
This work was not fully accomplished
until at Calvary, when He cried, at
5 finished" aud died When on the
bird day God raised Him from the =
lead. He was fully qualified TO be the .
3lesser Of the world as Abraham's q
Spiritual Seed-no longer man, but a
pirit Being. privileged, with the price n
Il His command, the value Of His own u
luman life-rights, to make application u
II II. In the Fathers due time. as Re- ~
Iemption-price for Adam and his race y
Since His resurrection, our Lord Je-
Us Is the Spiritual Seed Of Abraham. :
speaking Of Jesus death and resurrec-
ion the Apostle Paul says. Where =
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