The Washington herald., 1918-01-17


first verse. The hour Is come,
e 1t is very evident to me that Jesus
Christ knew that God. the Father
would understand what he meant
when he said The hour Is come"
Z He did not say, u have met with
some difficulties and discouragements
down here in my mediatorial work;
something we had not thought about
planned or expected would ever oc-
cur
But he did say. The hour for which
] came into the world, the hour for
which bade goodbye to the heavenly
hosts, the hour for which / made my
way down into this vale of tears, the
hour which was to surpass all other
hours in Importance in the historys
OF the world, the hour which was 20
mean more to mankind than all the
hours combined, the hour when must
go on the cross and bathe the world
Tin blood and tears and open up a new
redemption by and through the aecep-
tance OF which mankind might escape
the eternal damnation which IL de-
serves because Adam and Eve ate
the forbidden fruit and sin and the
death penalty passed upon the human
race. that hour Is come
It was the hour of the great strus-
gle. The powers of darkuess had
been looking forward for thousands
of years. ever since the devil hid HIM
, self in a serpent and tempted Adam
and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit1
and God gave the promise, when thes
sinned, that the seed of the woman
should bruise the serpentS head'
meaning that Jesus Christ in the full
ness of time would be born in full
,fiIlr1ent of that promise and the devil
knew the time would come when Jes-
. US Christ would be born in the mang
or and when he would suffer and die
on the cross and bruise the serpents
head.
1t was a matter of prophecy that
the Father would forsake him, anu
3 the disciples would flee away, and
the sheperds should be smitten and
the sheep scattered.
e. What an hour that was for the King
x of Kings and the Lord Of Lords, with
the nails through his hands and feet,
hanging on the cross! The Father nad
forsuken him for he cried, MY God'
why hast Thou forsaken me?"
1t was going TO decide whether or
not the door Of hope. opened through
The promises of God would remain
forever open through the triumph of
Jesus Christ. And Jesus Christ did
triumph.
Hopes Door Is Open.
That is the reason we've got this
Tabernacle. the reason l am preach
ing to you. because the door OF
hope. ODeued through Jesus Christ.
has been ajar from that day TO
this AID il viii be until He bursts
upon the world to Judge it in sin
and righteousness, and 1t was go
ing to decide whether or not the
door Of hope, opened through the
promises Of God. was to remain
forever closed through the failure
OF Jesus Christ
Suppose He had failed~to have
risen from the dead the third day
a. He said He would. What do
YOU suppose would have been an
nounced from the pulpits and syna-
EoEues Of Jerusalem? / think they
would have draDed their pUlpits in
mourning. 1 think they would have
nailed a black cross over the door
and they would have said:
Three days have come and gone
and Jesus Christ is still held by the
last enemy-Death"
When Adam and Eve ate the for
bidden fruit the death penalty was
pronounced and Jesus Christ came
into this world. born of woman, con-
ceived by the Holy Ghost, and horn
of the Virgin Mary. suffered under
POntius plate, crucified, dead and
buried. lived a single life. and He
triunphed over the devil in that
the devil could not lead Him to sin.
But another one Of the penalties of
sin was death. He conquered sin
but he had to conquer death, so
He had to burst the bands of death
and He said:
Il will rise on the third day and
] will conquer the last enemy of
the human race-Death."
If Adam and Eve hadn't sinned.
we would never have died. Man
has perverted Gods plan and a man
is a fool that will deny God and
while the angels harps were still
and the angels voices hushed, Jesus
{ Christ arose from the dead and he
folded the napkin from off his face
and he walked out of the sepuIcher
on that Easter morning with the
I keys OF life and death in His hands,
: the conqueror of earth and of hell
and:
" AAOAAA Lllc BAdNc ne dEOscp
With a mighty triumph DER His foes,
He arose a victor from the dark
Z And he lives forever. with His saints
TO reign:
I He arose, He arose,
! HaIleluiah, Christ arose.
He broke the bars OF death that none
e'er broke before.
! And rose in conquering majesty TO
stoop to death no more.
A Living, Ruling Christ.
: And 1 am not worshipping a dead
: Jew sleeping in the tomb of Joseph
: OF Arimathea. but / am worshipping
the right hand of God the Father.
the fullness Of time.
"The hour is come" And the cross
: vas the connecting link between the
I'D and the new dispensations. On
his side. the cross with a priest,
I turtle dove. a hejfer or a bull on an
lltar as an atonement for sin. Even
: 1nder the Mosaic law, IL a man or a
: Eoman sinned. they had to bring to
hle priest a pigeon or a turtle dove
er bullock or a ram and when they
Ihed it's blood, the blood made atone
nent for their sin.
Abel brought a lamb from the focks
; VI his field and Cain, in the spirit Of
: sebellion. went out and brought the
truits of the field and God rejected 1t
Aecause Cain did not come IN Gods
appointed way.
And you can offer your morality,
and you can offer your culture and
sfou can offer your social standing
% God Almighty and He viii spurn