The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
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grew to manhood 8 estate God put
: Abraham to u test OF faithfulncS,
, TO him and directed Abraham I,
; take his son Isaac into u mounta'r
and offer him up as u sacrifice. II
b Ericved Abraharns heart much t.
do this. but having faith in God hC
obeyed. Journcying to the noun
tain, he built an altar, bound Isaac
: to 1t, and the knife in his hand was
! about TO strike death to his scr
! when the Lord called unto him Out
, or heaven. saying; Lay not thine
hand upon the lad. neither do thou
, anything unto him: for now | know
; mat thou fearcst God, seeing thou
hast not withheld thy son. thine
only son. from me" (Genosiy 22:
l2) Thereupon God renewed hts
promise to Agraham and bound II
with his oath, saying; by myself
have ! sworn, saith the Lord, for
because thou hast done this thing
und hast not withheld thy son, thine
only son: that In blessing Will
blcss thee, and in multiplying I Will
multiply thy seed as the stars Of
the heaven, and as the sand whic n
IL upon the scashorc. and thy seed
shall pOSScS the gate OF his enc
inios; and in thy accd shall all the
nations OF the earth be blessed; be-
cause thou has obcyed my voice I"
--Genesis 22: 1913.
This promise TO Abraham has
not yet been fulfilled. 1t must he
fulfilled, because God Is not slack
IN any of his promises He changes
not. (Malachi $3.50 Clearly. the
blessing here intended Is life. liberty
and happincsa--a restoration to the
very things Adam had forfeited by
reason OF his disobedieuce. All the
prophets who thereafter wrote fore
told the coming of such times OF re-
storation and blessing.
The Judgment Of condemnation
/ againat Adam could never be re-
vorsed because that would be
| equivalent to God denying himself; /;
/ thcrcfore/the judgment must he en-
! forced. But 1t would be entirely
consistent with the divine arrange
ment for provision to be made for
satisfaction of the Judgment, thus
maintaining the dignity and majesty
Of the divine law. Hence God made
/ promise through the prophet Hosea.
/ saying: Il will ransom them from
| the power Of the grave: | will re-
deem them from death: q death,
/ viii be thy plaques: O grave, I
will be thy destruction" ."--Ilose
1914.
nv ~ 'Ni~l'li lpi lll' |tNi0lh'NIbIl
OF justice and rclaesc Of mankind
from condemnation IN ust come
through the voluntary sacrifice of
another perfect human. The word
ransom means exact corresponding
price. 4 perfect man had sinned
and forfeited life, liberty and hap
pincss This penalty was demand
ed by the divine law. Hence God
could make provision and did make
provision that If another perfect
man could be found who would vol
UNFAIRLY permit his life. liberty and
happiness to be taken from him, all
these rights could be substituted for
those which Adam had forfeited
and thereby lay the foundation or
basis upon which Jehovah could re-
atore Adam and his offspring to lib
erty, happiness and life. OF course
1t follows that none of Adams Off
spring could meet these divine re-
quirements, for the reason that all
are imperfect. Hence the Psalmist
wrote: None OF them can by any
means redeem his brother, nor give
10 God n ransom for him" psalm
49:O what, then. could be done
for the redemption OF the human
race?
The Ransomcr.
Word or Logos was the beginning
of Jehovah's creation, and that he
tthe Logos) afterward became the
active agent In the creation of
everything made: and that ''the
Word (Logos) was made flesh, and
dwclt among W.. and we beheld
his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten OF the Father. fun of
grace and truth" (John 1:l4) st.
Matthew gives the account OF the I
birth Uf Jesus: that he was beGot-
ten not by man but by the power Of
Jehovah; therefore he had none of
the inherited condemnation or con-
taminatiOn OF Adam. The Logos was
transferred from the spirit to the /
human plane. He became the child .
Jesus He was born holy. harm /
less, undcfilcd, separate from sin
ncrs' Cilcbrews 1920; he was with
out sin. Il Peter 1:1D He was born .
under the law covenant, which COW
enant fixed the legal majority for
priestly purposes at 80 years. There
fore when Jesus attained the years
Of maturity he was perfect physical
~ mentally, morally--perfect un-
der tho law. the exact counterpart
of the perfect man Adam in Eden
prior to his disobedience TO the dl-
vine law. Why had Jehovah per-
mitted his beloved Son to be trans
ferred from the spirit to the human
plane? Why had he come to earth
at all? Let Jesus himself answer:
The Son OF man came not to he
ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life ransom for
many" Matthew 2O;2S) And again
he said: II am come that they
might have life. and that they might
have 1t more abundantly." (John
10:lO). Again, speaking in dark say
ing or symbolic phrase. he likens
himself unto bread, which men eat
and live, saying; II am the living
bread which came down from
heaven: II any man cat OF this
bread he shall live for ever; and
the bread that will give is my
flesh humanity, which l will give
for the life OF the world."--John
6:51.
The Ransom Price.
To ransom means to purchase,
and the ransom price means the ex-
act corresponding price. A perfect
man had sinncd and lost all. a per
feet man now, by voluntarily going
Into death, would provide the cor
responding price for the redemp-
tion OF mankind. Jesus was not a
sinner. He never committed a sin.