The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

] three ana one haff years Tie ana III
faithful Apostles had been declaring
that the Kingdom OF God was at hand
that the people should repent and be
! lieyc the Good Tidngs. aud even Il,
months IN advance of their preaching
John the Baptist and his disciples ha,
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 fol
Jesus as nc the FIRST Hence our Lords
words Therefore say unto you
Your House Is left unto you dcsolate
We shall see Me no more until that day
when We shall say. Blessed Is lie that
cometh in the name OF the Lord
That day Is almost here, But the
Jewish nation was there cast of from
fellowship with God. as the Lord de.
clared, THEY knew not the time of
their visitation Luke 1874.
For more than eighteen centuries Is.
rael has been outcast from national "a
vor Thank God the day is at 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 lie that
cometh In the name OF the Lord" The
long centuries of persecution and sep
aration from Divine favor will have
hTApnht In 70 m ft,.h .atfa
dition Of heart. where they will be glad
TO receive of Divine grace upon Divine
terms To this great event SC. Paul
refers us in Romans 1l27-34.
Although God foreknew all that had
happened. the offer Of the Kingdom TO
Israel was just as bonafide, just as
genuine, as though lie had not known.
God always does His part. Whatever
failure there is in any matter OF con.
tract belongs to humanity.
IL thus we have before our minds the
origin Of Palm Sunday and what 1t 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 indl-
viduals of that nation. As the Proph
ct had foretold Romans II 1888, there |
was 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
rae Thus we read, "He came unto
His own Inationl, and His own re-
ceiyed Him not Las n nationl; but to
as many as received Him, to them gave
He liberty [priyilegel 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"-at
John 1:11-13.
Thus. so far as the spiritual part Of
Gods great Promise to Abraham IS
1t has passed from the Jew
sh nation: but there still remains for
hem glorious earthly portion, TO
which they will be introduced at our
Lords Second Coming Then their
sins will be cancelled; and as people
he Hebrews will return to Divine ia
yor and will inherit the earthly fea-
ures of the Promise made to their
'athers. Then through them Gods
blessing will be extended TO all ma
Ions and peoples, under Israefs New
Covenant Jeremiah 81 81 81. which
viii become operative at the hands Of [
heir great Mediator-Tbe Christ, The
Iessiab in glory But by that time {
he election of the saints Of this Cos
vel Age VIII be complete; and The
1esslah in glory will include Jesus the /
lead and the Church His Body-joint
eirs with Him In His Kingdom |
Dint-heirs with Him in the spiritual 0
eatures Of the great Abrahamic Prom
'e.-GaIatians 3:S. lG, 20. o
All this is clearly stated by the Apos |
e In Romans II 1872. But somehow {
ur eyes of understanding as Chris b
ans have been holden so that, until Il
I late, we have not seen these lengths k
nd breadths, these heights and b
npths. of Divine Love and Wisdom.
he fact that now we see these things k
a corroborative evidence that they r
e nigh at hand. Just so 1t was at II
If Lords First Advent Many things "
,rtaining to that day were complete b
hidden until the time Of their full i
ment came; and then only the Wise II
irgins" were so blessed, so assisted. a
at they trimmed their Lamps eff Il
ctively Psalm 119105l, and were en- "
lied to see these beauties in the Di- q
ne Plan of the Ages. =
The Time of Our Visitation. ~
very few OF the people =,
God have, until recently, noted the r,
ct that Spiritual Israel has had his
ry parallel to that Of Natural Israel
w have seen that throughout the -
riptures these are dealt with as type -
d antitype. Few have noticed that - -
a.