DAILY CAPITAL JOUHXAL, SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1. 1811.
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GOD'S KINGDOM
NO COMMON LEVEL THERE
"As Star Dilfcretfi From Star."
"Greatest and Least In
the Kingdom"
JOHN THE BAPTIST'S
HUMBLE POSITION
Rerlln, Germany,
March 20.-Pastor
Russell dnllvered
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, here today one of
"t f( them to the Jews
II . yr I III f.iiuiqui ill
L I Prophecy ," nnotli-
and tbe third,
which we report,
from the text, "Of
those born of women there is not u
greater Prophet than John the Bap
tist, but tbe least lu the Kingdom of
Ilea vet) Is renter than he" (Luke vll,
28). Large and Interested audiences
attended. He leaves tonight for Co
penhagen and Stockholm. Crowds of
Jews are reported to have heard him
during the lunt three days In Vienna,
Budapest, Lcmberg and Krakow.
There can be no better Illustration
of the sharp line of distinction between
tbe earthly nnd the heaveuly classes
and their calling than Is shown by our
text, snld Pastor Russell. The great
Teacher freely nttested to the loyalty
and courage and salntllness of His
cousin John, as evidenced by the words
of our text. Hut If so great and hon
orable a Prophet, why could not John
be a member of the Bride class? Why
could be not be numbered with the
disciples of Jesus and be an Apostle,
or at least a footstep follower? The
answer Is that be was not called to
the heavenly plane, but to the earthly.
He was honored of God In being made
one of the Prophets of the Jewish Age
the Inst of them. Although n differ
ent honor from that conferred upon tbe
Apostles, John's was u great honor and
we have reason to believe that, under
Divine providence when perfected lu
the resurrection, he will appreciate the
earthly blesxlngs and privileges which
will be his, more than the spiritual and
heavenly privileges bestowed upon the
Apostles and the less prominent mem
berg of the Church.
The Lord "will choose our Inher
itance for us." wo rend (Psalm xlvli, 4).
Happy are those who repose implicit
confidence In Dlvlno goodness and who
seek to obtain whutever may be God's
choice for them. If we have been
called with the heavenly calling, let us
not shrink back nnd declare ourselves
unworthy and decline to accept the fa
vors of God and to choose an Inferior
position. Let us, rather, be glad to
say. Thy will be done In my heart, in
my life. In all my future. "Order Thou
my steps In Tby Word."
A Friand of tht Bridegroom.
Jesus bad a two-fold mission:
(1) He came "that the world through
Him might be saved" that He might
give Himself "a ransom for all, to be
testlHed In due time" (I Timothy il, 6).
(2) Incldcutally Ills mission was to
proclaim the acceptable year of the
Lord the time in which God Is willing
to aecr.pt the tacrificn of such as desire
to wak In the Redeemer's footsteps,
and to constitute these the Rride and
Joint-heir of Messiah.
John the Baptist referred to the lat
ter feature of our Lord's work, saying,
He that bath the Brlib Is the Bride
groom, but the friend of the Bride
groom heareth Ills vo.lce and rcjolceth
Krcatly. This, my Joy, therefore, is
fulfilled (John ill, 29). It was not for
htm to be a member of the Rrlde, but
he rejoiced to bo a friend of the Bride
groom. As our Lord's forerunner he
announced the Bridegroom; he called
upon the nation of Israel to turn from
sin. to purify their hearts, to come
back Into harmony with God and thus
to be prepared to receive the Bride
groom and to become the Rrlde. So
far as the nation was concerned John's
mission was a failure, ns God had fore
known and foretold. But so far ns
the Rrlde clnss was concerned John's
mission was a success, for, as the
Script lire intimate, those who believ
ed John's testimony accepted Jesus
and He accepted them.
Creattit In tha Kingdom.
We must rememlHT that the Church
is the Kingdom of God now in a
fonnnllve or embryotlc state, but in
the end, by "the resurrection." to be
spirit beings and partakers with Je
sus, their Bridegroom, lu His wonder
ful jilory. honor. Immortality and
Kingdom work. This Kingdom class
is not reigning now, but merely form
ing. It Is Joined "on probation," after
the Methodist style. If the probation
ary period of the present life be faith
fully used, the full Induction Into the
Kingdom, Its glories, honors and Im
mortality, will surely follow by par
ticipation In the Ktrst Itcsurrectlon.
Amongst the faithful followers of
the Muster there will be differences,
as St. Paul explains, "as one star
dllTereth from another star In glory"
(I Corinthians xv, 41i. We cannot
know, and it Is not necessary for
ns to guess, who shall occupy tho
chief places In the Kingdom. These
anal! be glwn to those whom the Fa
ther prefers, as tlie Redeemer explain
ed to the woman who asked that her
two sons might sit, one on Ills right
hand nnd the other on Ills left hand
la the Kingdom (Matthew x, 21).
If w were to guess who shall be
TKltltlltl.K riCTl'KF. OF SUFFER
IXfl. Clinton, Ky. Mrs, M. C. McElroy,
in a letter rrom Liimon, writes: for
six years, I was a sufferer from
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closest In position to tat Master we
would suppose that St. Paul would be
first, with St John. St. Peter and St
James near by lu glorious excellence.
And yet we know not how nearly up
to the Apostolic standard some may
be who have lived very humble and
olwcure lives, have fought a good
tight and flulsbed their course with
Joy. Indeed, the twelve Apostles seem
to occupy, liy IHvine derision lu ad
vance, the very highest stations In the
Kingdom, next to that of tbe Redeem
er, Who snld of them, "Ye who have
followed Me. in the trfiriieration
thrill til upon heelre thrones Judging
the twelve tribes of .Israel" (Matthew
xlx. 28). Again, they are pictured to
us as tin "crown of twelve stars" to
the Church (Revelation xll. 1). and yet
again they are pictured to us as the
twelve precious foundation stones of
the Church In her future glory, as the
New Jerusalem (Revelation xxl, 14).
Those called of God to this high sal
vation, as member of the spiritual
Kingdom which shall bless natural Is
rael and through her all the nations,
are required to demonstrate their loy
alty to God by fnithfuln-tt cren unto
death In the narrow way of self-sacrifice.
As there is no other Name than
that of Jesus whereby any may be
saved to eternal life. so. likewise, there
Is no other path whereby any may
reach the Kingdom except the nar
row way, "and few there be that find
it." All who attain to the Kingdom
must be overcomers of the world to
the extent of self-sacrifice. The grada
tions of glory will be because of spe
cial manifestation.' of zeal for the
Lord and His cause of righteousness
and Truth against sin and error.
A Lfr Spiritual Salvation.
Tbif'Serlpture clearly show another
class In process of salvation during
this Gospel Age, quite separate and
distinct from the Hrldo class. These
are referred to In various purts of the
Scriptures. They will all be loyal, to
the extent that they would uot deny
the Lord nor wilfully practise sin.
Their failure to reach the status of the
Bride Is indicated In an Inxufflclency
of zeal In connection with their loyal
ty. This class is described In Revela
tion vll, 11. They are represented as
having fulled to keep their garments
unspotted from tbe world failed to
live circumspectly, carefully enough.
Hence In n great time of trouble in
the end of this Age these are represent
ed as washing their robes and making
them white In the Mood of the Lamb
and then coming up through that trib
ulation to glory and honor, but not
to Immortality, nor to the same degree
of glory nnd honor ns the Church, the
Bride. The distinction In their glory
is Indicated In that Instead of being in
the Throne they are before it; instead
of being tho Bride, they will serve; in
stead of wearing the crown, they will
bear palm branches; Instead of being
the Temple, they will be servants In
the Temple.
This same class Is referred to by the
Apostle In his declaration respecting
the end of this Age. ne intimates that
some will hnvj an abundant entrance
(II Peter I. Hi Into the Kingdom, while
others will be "saved so as by fire"
(I Corinthians ill. 15). The fire of this
Day will test every man's work of
what sort It is. Some will be proved
to be gold, silver, precious stones.
These the "fire" will not consume.
Others will be proved to be an admix
ture of hay nnd stubble, which will be
consumed, though themselves will be
snved from the fire (I Corinthians 111,
12. 13).
The tribe of Levi pictured the entire
"Church of tbe First-born," but It con
tained two classes-the "little flock" of
priests and the "grent company" of Le
vites tho Bride clnss nnd the servant
class, none of whom have any Inher
itance In the earth, nil of whom have
the heavenly Inheritance.
As Isaac typified our Lord, the Re
deemer, and as Rebecca typified the
Bride class, so Rebecca's maiden typi
fied this "great company" class. This
same thought Is brought to our atten
tion in Psalm xlv, where the Bride
class Is pictured as being presented
to Jehovah I::i the end of this Age In
glory, honor und Immortality, Illustrat
ed by raiment of fine needlework and
gold. Following the Bride come "the
virgins, her companions, who follow
her." These also will he greatly hon
ored, greatly blessed, though theirs will
be a less honor. This "great company"
will not constitute the Kingdom, al
though they will be Identified with It
and Its wonderful snlvntlon nnd bless
ing for mankind.
Keeping or Breaking Commandmanti.
The Great Teacher's declaration that
they who break God's commandments
and tench others wo to do shall be
called "least In the Kingdom" has caus
ed considerable perplexity .lu the past.
The question has been, How could any
one be lit at all for the Kingdom who
breaks God's coiiininndnients and
teaches others so to doV The answer
I Is that many of God's people have la
bored i!'!d'.T more or less of blindness
and h:ive done things which they
ou;ht not to have done and left un
done the things which they ought to
have done. As an Illustration. John
Calvin, ncililo mini as he was, burned
his Christian brother, Servetus. Such
violation of the llvlne commands and
such wrong teaching, must, according
to our limiinn Judgment, assign Brother
Calvin to a lesser place hi the King
dom than if be bad more carefully,
more earnestly sought the will nnd
Spirit of G id. However. It Is not for
us to Judge. We are merely seeking
to ascertain the spirit of our Lord's
words.
Begotten of the Holy Spirit and priv
ileged of the Lord to be disciples nnd
to be guided of the Holy Spirit, we
should bi' so faithful in the study of
I the Scriptures as not to be mistaken
In respect to the general application of
their meaning. Wrong practice nnd
fnlse teachings do not always repre
male troubles. I could not eat, nnd
could not stand on my feet, without
suffering great patn. Three of the
best doctors In the state said I was
In a critical condition, and going
down hill. I lost hope. After using
fe-(Cardul a week, rt began to Improve,
sent disloyalty to Ood, but they surely
do always represent slackness or Inat
tention to tbe Divine message; though
we may be sure of tbe Lord's faithful
ness In enlightening all who are of the
proper, teachable spirit.
John tha Baptiat'i Clata.
To what class does John the Baptist
belong, and wbut will be his share in
the Kingdom, according to our text?
Since tbe call of God began with the
call of the Church, and since the
Church began at the First Advent of
Jesus, It follows that no one was called
of God to salvation prior to Jesus' time
none for forty-one hundred und fifty
years after sin entered the world.
.God did. however, recognize the loy
alty of heart of His Prophet Enoch
and communed with him and blessed
him, etc. God also recognized Abra
ham's faith nnd spirit of obedience,
and Isaac's mid Jacob's, and that of
Moses and Aarou and numerous proph
ets and other faithful ones less notable.
Did he not call these? We answer
that he did not call them to salvation,
for no salvation could be positively
offered until the Redeemer hud sacri
ficed; nor were they called to the King
dom, for the same reason. God did
tell them that lu due time He would
bless all the world. He did tell them
that In due time the great Ruler of
the world would come forth from
Abraham's posterity In the Hue of
Isaac and Jacob and the nation of Is
rael. But telling them of a coming
blessing and giving them eternal life
are different matters. St. Paul de
clares that none of them got everlast
ing life, and that "by the deeds of the
Law no flesh can be Justified before
God."
Israel's Law Covenant served to
Instruct the Chosen People. It was
a call to do right, and a promise of
eternal life if they would keep the
Law. "He that doeth these things
shall live." Israel learned the lesson
that a perfect Law could not be kept by
Imperfect beings. Some of them and
some of the Gentiles in due time heard
of Jesus und how God has provided
Justification through His sacrificial
death. '
God Provide Soma Better Thing For
tha Church Than For Ancient
Worthies.
St. Paul tells us the status of those
noble characters, of whom John the
Baptist wus the last They were vol
unteer servants of God, so to speak.
Those of them who were bom under
the Law Covenant, by their fulth lived
above It and will be fully rewarded,
although they lived before any specific
call or offer of eternal life was made.
Their faith nnd obedience were pleas
ing to God; as St. Paul relates, "All
these died in faith, not having receiv
ed the things promised ithcm), God
having provided some better thing for
us (the Gospel Church), that they with
out us should not be made perfect"
(Hebrews si. 13, 40).
"The Church of the First-born" is to
be perfected first, and on the spirit
plane, "pnrtakers of the divine na
ture" (II Peter 1, 4). In due time those
Ancient Worthies will come forth
from the tomb to receive the blessing
which God declares shall be the re
ward of their loyalty. As the Church
will have the "better resurrection" on
the spirit plane, so those Ancient
Worthies will have the "better resur
rection" on the earthly plane. They
will come forth from the tomb actual
ly perfect, while the remainder of
mankind will be obliged to attain per
fection by the slow process of faith,
works, obedience, during the thousand
years of the Kingdom.
Anoiant Worthiea Will Ba Princea In
All the Earth.
Moreover, those Ancient Worthies,
while not members of the Kingdom,
per c, which will be spiritual, will be
members of that Kingdom In its earth
ly phase. They will be the Kingdom's
earthly representatives, princes or
rulers, In all the earth, as the Scrip
tures declare (Psnlni xlv, 10). We re
member tbe words of Jesus to this ef
fect: "Ye shall see Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob and all the Prophets In the
Kingdom," but He snld not a word
about Himself or His disciples being
seen; properly so, because they, as spir
it beings, will be Invisible to men.
The Scriptures still further intimate
that during the thousand years of
Messiah's reign, all the faithful of
mankind, nil the obedient, will be priv
ileged to come Into relationship with
the King. This Is figuratively repre
sented In the statement that the great
ones of earth "will bring their glory
and honor Into the New Jerusalem."
With such glorious hopes before ns,
with such appreciation of our Heaven
ly Father's glorious character and
wonderful Plan, with such n grand
view of our Savior's work, with such
a hope of a share with Him In His
Kingdom, what manner of persons
ought we to be in holy living and
godliness! Nor shoold It be thought
strange. that any of the spirit-begotten
now. or the restored of the future,
who would turn their backs upon the
gracious provisions made for their sal
vation, would be considered unworthy
of further favor or blessing n(t the
hands of God and would die the Sec
ond Death annihilation. As Paul says
"they shall be punished with everlast
ing destruction from the presence of
the Lord nnd the glory of his power"
(II Thossnlonliins I. 0).
Soon the disciples of the. Master will
lie one with Illm beyond the veil,
sharers of His glory nnd Kingdom.
Then will come the time when the
world will believe. The knowledge of
the Lord will fill the earth and all
the blinding nnd stumbling Influences
of the present will be at nn end. The
Savior will then exorcise Ills power
on behalf of the world, overthrowing
evil anil uplifting every good principle
and nil who love righteousness, and
destroying those who would corrupt
the earth.
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