The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-01

on all nesn. (Joei
2:28) He said in
part:
-. ". The Prophet Joel
llRASlQR RQ2Stlllj mentions two dis
tinct outpourings
OF the Holy Spirit One Of these, upon
the servants and the handmaidens,
found its fulfllment at Pentecost; and
during the more than eighteen centu-
ries since then, Gods spiritual bless
ing has been with all the footstep fol-
lowers Of Jesus-all Of Gods servants
and handmaidens. II we see this fea-
ture Of the prophecy fulfilled, it be-
comes guarantee to believers that
the remainder of the same prophecy
win have fulflment In Gods due time.
The remainder Of the prophecy de
clares that afterward-after those days
during which the Holy Spirit has been
outpoured upon the Church. upon the
Servants and handmaidens' = will
come Gods time for pouring out His
Spirit upon all the world Of mankind.
Altar These Days-M sssiaI,'s Kingdom.
St Peters explanation Of the Pente-
costal blessing, This is that which
was spoken by the Prophet Joel,
should not be taken to mean that what
was witnessed In the upper room on
the Day of Pentecost, nearly nineteen
centuries ago, completely fulfilled the
Prophet Joers predictions. (Acts
2:14-40) No Bible student would dis
pute that the fulflment Of the prophecy
began at Pentecost, with the early
Church. and has been in process of
fulflment during all the centuries
since. It is as true today as 1t was
then. that the blessing Of the Holy
Spirit Is granted to all of Gods SER
wants and handmaidens; and the re-
mainder Of the prophecy viii be full
filed with equal accuracy In due time.
After these days Of the Gospel Age
after these days Of the outpouring of
the Spirit upon Gods servants and
handmaidens- will come the glorious
epoch Of Messiah's Kingdom, in and
Through which God will pour out upon
the world of mankind great blessing
OF enlightenment and uplift from the
sin and death conditions which now
prevail. It will be to the accomplish
ment Of this end that Satan shall be
bound for a thousand years; and the
darkness which now covers the earth,
and the gross darkness which now
blinds the heather. will be chased away
by the glorious "Sun of. Righteousness
with healing In His Beams."-Mal. AZ.
Thus will be inaugurated the glorious
Day Of Messiah, thousand years long.
Thus the knowledge Of the glory of the
Lord will fill the whole earth. Thus
every tongue shall be brought to con-
TESS and every knee to bow to Messiah
as the great Representative of Jehovah
and His righteousness Isaiah 119;
Philippians Poll
Abraham's Spiritual Seed First.
Abraham Of old typifed Jehovah and
Isaac typiied Messiah, born not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit-by a
special Divine Interpolation
to the promise of God. OF this anti
typical Isaac class Jesus is the Head,
the Forerunner Of the Church, as well
as the worlds Redeemer The Body
of Messiah is composed Of sanity
few, according to the Scriptures, gath
cred primarily from the Jews, but be-
ing completed by additions from every
people, nation. kindred and tongue.
These all, st. Paul tells us, will be
Of Gods dear Son. our
Redeemer and Head. This the Apostle
declares Is Divine predestination.-
Romans 8:29, 80; Gal. 4:2S; 3:S, 10, 20.
This Church class, or Messiah class,
Is variously referred to In the pro-
phecies, as well as In the New Tesla
ment, as the brethren of Jesus and as
sons of God. OF them the Prophet
David writes, Il have said, Ye are
gods; and all of you are children Of
the Most High; but We shall all die
like men, and fall like One Of the
princes" psalm S2:6, ~ These all die
Ike men in the estimation Of the
world; for, as ST. John declares, the
world knoweth them not, even as it
knew not their Master. q John BID
As the world did not recognize that the
life Of Jesus was laid down sacrifcially,
neither Is 1t aware that the followers
pf Jesus, little handful, down through
the Gospel Age, have likewise through
His merit presented their bodies liv-
ing sacrifice. holy and acceptable to
God. Romans 12:1
Abraham's Natural Seed Next.
This Spiritual Seed Of Abraham, all
Iaintly, viii constitute the Church of
the First-borns, the ant1type Of the
Priests and the Levites of the Jewish
llspensation. With the completion Of
his Church, gathered out of all ma
lions, seets and denominations, Divine
favor will again return to the natural
seed OF Abraham. As the Jew was
granted the first opportunity or privi- |
lege Of becoming the Spiritual Seed of |
Abraham, he will likewise have the |
first opportunity to participate In the !
blessing which will then come to the |
whole world of mankind. ITO the Jew
first is the Divine order In respect to
both Of these blessings.
To this agree the words Of the
Apostle Paul After telling Of the
Divine election Of the Church, the |
sanity few OF both Jews and Gentiles, |
the Apostle adds. II would not,
brethren. that ye should be ignorant |
concerning this mystery, lest ye should |
be wise In your own concefts, that |
blindness in part [only, not perpetual |
Is happened to Israel, until the fulness
Of the Gentiles be come in." When the /
full, elect Spiritual Seed shall have |
been gathered, shall have been COM
pleted from amongst the Gentiles, then
all Natural Israel shall be saved from |
their blindness and their outcast CON
dition.-Romans 11:25-29
st. Paul points out that as Israers
was directly foretold
the Prophet psalm 1922, SO |
also through the Prophets God has
foretold their blessing later on-that |
they shall be the first to be blessed
under the glorious Spiritual Messiah |
Of many members. Thus it is writ |
ten, There shall come out Of Zion
the Deliyerer, and shall turn away I'M
godliness from Jacob" Here Zion is
pictured as a mother whose offspring
Is The. Messiah. Looking again at the
type, we see that Abraham represented
Jehovah, and that his wife Sarah rep
the great Covenant through
which Messiah was to be developed.
I'm thy Seed shall all the families of
the earth be blessed; ''If We be