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J.\NUARY
15,
1910
THE
WATCH
TOTVER
(24-51)
image
and
llkeness
of
his
Creator.
The
uplifting
or
resurrec
tIOn
work
St.
Peter
refers
to
as
the
"Restltution
of
all
things
whieh
God
hath
spoken
by
the
mouth
of
all
his
holy
prophe~s
since
the
world
lJegan."-Acts
3:
21.
NOT
UNIVERSALISM
EITHEB
Nor
does
this
mt'an
uIllversal
everlasting
life,
for
the
Scripture,s
declare
that
such
as
refuse
to
profit
by
the
glorious
opportunities
of
the
Millennium;
such
as
refuse
to
be
uplitted
to
perfectIOn,
shall
be
destroycd
from
amongst
the
people
in
the
second
death-"They
shall
be
as
though
they
had
not
hcen."
(Obad.
16)
I
remind
you
again
of
our
Lord's
teaching
on
this
subjet't.
lIe
entered
the
synagogue
at
Capernaum
and,
being
asked
to
read
the
lesson,
He
chose
Isaiah,
the
sixty-first
chapter.
and
read
respeding
Himself
and
His
work
-thnt
a
part
of
it
would
be
'·to
open
the
prison
doors
and
st't
at
llherty
the
eaptlves.
\Ve
are
well
aware
that
our
Lord
did
not
open
any
of
the
literal
prisons,
such
as
John
the
Bap
tist
was
eon
fined
in.
He
made
no
dfort
to
succor
him.
The
prison·house
whi('h
Christ
WIll
open
is
the
great
prison-house,
the
tomb,
whi('h
now
holds
approximately
twenty
thousand
millions
of
ollr
race.
At
his
second
advent
our
Lord
will
open
this
great
prison-house
and
allow
all
the
prisoners
to
come
forth,
just
as
truly
as
he
(lirl
in
the
example-in
the
case
of
Lazarus.
Nor
will
he
call
thpll1
from
heaven,
purgatory
and
hpll.
but,
just
as
He
deelarC'd,
"Lazaru~,
come
forth,"
"all
that
are
in
tIlPir
graws
shall
[H'ar
His
voice
and
come
forth."
WHERE
ARE
THE
DEAD?
;\Iy
dC'ar
friends,
you
luul
before
your
minds
the
an'iwers
to
our
lplP~tion
from
the
highest
to
the
lowest
earthly
authon
tiC's.
None
of
thC'm
waR
~atiRfaetorv.
Now
you
have
heard
the
te~timony
of
GOll'S
'Vord-thp
'divine
drclaration
as
to
"\\'here
are
the
d"ad?"
Harkelllng
to
the
voil'c
from
heaven
we
arc
assurcll
that
they
are
r('ally
dpad
and
that
all
their
hopes
as
re'pcl·t~
the
future
are
cC'ntcn'd,
first,
upon
the
re
demptive
work
of
our
Lord
.Jesus,
ae('omplishell
at
Calvary,
and,
sC'eondly,
upon
the
work
of
resurredlOn
which,
at
His
sc('ond
advent,
He
is
to
aC'eolllplish
for
those
whom
He
reo
deemed.
If
pl'r('han('e
you
have
a
shadC'
of
disappointment
as
respeds
a
saintly
hrother
or
sist('r,
father
or
mother
or
child,
who
you
hopPll
was
already
in
hpaven,
then
as
a
consolation
look
at
the
otllPr
side
of
the
question-bphold
how
many
of
your
loved
ones,
kith
and
kin,
friends
and
foes
and
npigbbors.
aC'cording
tD
your
tht'ory
and
all
the
prevalent
thpories,
have
IJPen
SUffering
untellable
wop
siJ]('e
their
death
and
would
he
suffE'ring
similarly
for
long
cC'nturips
to
eome-eonsider
the
relief
of
mind
and
heart
you
gE't
from
the
knowledge
of
the
truth;
that
thl'Y
are
not
alive
anywhpre,
hut
simply
dead,
or
more
poetieally
they
arl'
"AsIl'Pp
in
Jesus,"
in
the
sense
that
He
is
their
Rpde('mer,
in
whom
all
their
hopes
of
a
future
awakening
residE'.
PRESENT
YOUR
BODIES
SACRIFICES
Just
a
closing
word!
Our
subject
would
lack
a
proper
finish
if
we
did
not
explain
Seripturally
why
God
has
delayed
the
world's
blessing,
the
resurrection,
nE'arly
two
thousand
years
since
the
death
of
Jesus.
The
reason
is
such
a
glorious
one!
It
must
appeal
to
eYE'ry
true
Christian
hE'art
and
makp
it
glad.
It
is
this:
God
purposed
the
selection
of
the
church
before
the
bless
ing
of
resurrpctlOn
should
go
to
thE'
world.
This
chureh
is
called
sometimes
"the
hody
of
Christ,
whieh
is
the
chur('h,."
of
which
J('sus
is
the
Head.
Again
it
is
styled
"the
bndp
the
Lamb'"
wife."
EVl'r
since
Pent('cost
the
Hcavenly
Father
has
been
drawing
believers
to
Jesus'
sidp.
After
having
been
jURtified
through
faith
in
the
precious
blood.
they
have
hC'~n
invited
to
become
.Jesus'
di'H'ipll's,
his
follO\VPrs,
to
walk
1Il
his
stE'pS,
to
lay
down
thC'ir
livE''\
in
the
l"athpr's
serviee,
as
Jesus
did,
and
to
develop
in
th('ir
ll('art~
the
fruits
and
graces
of
the
holy
Spirit
to
sudl
a
dpgrpe
that
they
might
be
called
"Copies
of
God's
dear
Son."
The
promise
to
these
is
not
the
resurn'etion
of
restitution
promised
the
world
during
the
Mill('nnium.
On
the
eontrary,
th('se
have
a
"heavenly
calling."
AftE'r
thpir
consecration
they
are
bE'gottpn
of
thp
holy
Spirit
and
then
instruetl'd
in
the
school
of
Christ
and
s{lumitted
to
trials
and
disl'iplinp
in
various
ways,
for
the
purpose
of
chiseling
and
poliRhing
their
characters
as
new
preatures.
ThE'se
are
a
"little
flo('k,"
gath
erpd
one
hpre
and
one
there;
"saints"
from
all
denominations
and
from
outside
of
all
dpnominationR,
for
"the
Lord
knowpth
thpm
that
are
hi'\."
\Vhen
the
predestined
number
of
the
"elpC't"
shall
have
hpl'n
Relectpd
nnd
polishpd
the
prC'sl'nt
age
will
end.
Our
Lord
will
come
in
Re('onll
advpnt
glory
and
powpr.
His
e[Pct
hrillp
will
constitute
the
first
re'mrrection
clasR,
from
parthlv
to
IH'avC'nly
nature,
"('hangC'l!
in
a
mo
mC'nt,"
for
"flpsh
'an,l
blood
cannot
inherit
the
kingdom
of
God."-l
Cor.
15:50.
'I'hpn
will
come
the
holy,
invi~ible
l\Iilll'TlIlial
kingdom
and
the
binding
of
Satan
and
the
dl'~truetion
of
his
unholy,
in
visihle
kingdom,
and
the
sptting
loo~e
of
agPIH'ies
for
thc
en,
lightening
and
uplifting
of
the
wholl'
raee.
To
those
who
are
already
the
Lurd's
eOllseeratC'11
saints,
1
Ray,
Lift
up
your
head"
a
TIll
l'l'alize
more
fully
than
ever
he
fore
the
glorious
fulness
of
the
hea
\"l·nly
('alling,
of
which
you
have
becn
made
partakprfl.
To
otllPrs
who
have
the
hear·
ing
ear
and
appreciate
thi,.;
high
calling
we
say,
pl'rmit
the
love
of
God,
and
of
Chri,.;t
to
l'on,train
you
and
hel'ome
diS,
C'ipll's
inllel'l!
of
Jesus,
laying'
asidp
every
weight
anll
every
be
~ettin~
sin,
and
entering
the
raee
and
pn's'lIIg
With
vigor
to
its
end
and
crown
of
glory!
THE
SCRIPTURES
CONCERNING
HELL?
If
they
speak
not
aocording
to
this
Word,
it
is
beoouse
there
IS
no
Light
in
them."-Isa.
8:
20.
fRpprint
from
.March
15,
1900,
bsnp,
whil'h
please
;;pC'.1
WHAT
SAY
"To
the
Law
and
to
the
Testi
mo,ny
j
VOL.
XXXI
BHOOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
FEBRUARY
1,
lDI0
No.3
THE
GREAT
PRIEST
WILL
MEDIATE
A
prip,.;t
in
til('
only
true
~en~e
i,.;
a
nll'cliator
!JC'twpcn
God
and
fallpn
cf('atures,
to
reRtore
and
establi,h
harmony
on
a
leg-a
I
hasis.
I
inquire
thl'n,
Is
not
Jesus
the
Priest'
to
the
('hurch
and
would
not
this
imply
that
he
is
the
church's
:MC'diator.
to
restorl'
and
establi,.;h
harmony
on
a
legal
ha~is?"
'Ye
answpr.
]\0.
After
we
have
become
members
of
the
('hureh
we
arc
new
prpaturps,
to
whom
old
things
have
passed
away
and
all
things
have
heC'ame
new
anll
again~t
whom
thC're
is
no
cOIlllemna
tion.
The
new
creaturefl
are
not
to
be
rpstored.
It
is
not
true
that
we
were
npw
creaturps
at
firBt
and
fell
from
that
('ondition
and
are
to
be
rl',.;tored
to
it.
\Ye
fell
as
human
C'l'eaturps.
and
as
such
we
are
npver
to
be
"reRtored
to
harmony
with
God
on
a
legal
basis."
Sueh
restitution
God
has
provided
for
the
world
during
the
l\Iillennium,
but
not
for
the
chureh.
As
nl'W
C'rcature'\
we
art'
nwmberR
of
the
Priest
who
is
to
thus
rcstorp
the
world-our
Lord
is
the
Head
and
we
are
his
"ml'IlllJPrs."
Thp
picture
of
the
future
is
that
of
]'lelchi~e
deC"s-a
priest
upon
hi'\
throne.
'''!Ipn
we
read.
"Considcr
Jpsu",
the
High
Priest
of
our
profp8slon,"
the
meaning
is,
tIl('
C'hipf
Prit'st
of
OUr
kind
or
ordpr
of
pripsb.
\\'e
are
to
ponsicler
him
as
our
example,
that,
as
mcmherR,
we
may
present
our
sa('rificE'
as
he,
our
FO!"l'runnpl",
presentc,I
his.
As
a
priest
in
reeeivin"
us
as
meml1Prs
of
his
own
body,
the
l'hurcll,
his
attitude
to"ward
us
woul,1
npC'essal'ily
be
aR
ditl'l'!"l'nt
as
ifl
thp
rl'1ation,hip
into
whi('h
we
are
receivel!.
.JC'sus
!"l'l'C'ivC'11
thp
apo,t1C's
on
aI"
count
of
their
faith
anll
con~pl'rat
ion
hdore
I\('
diell
for
tlll'ir
sins
anll
hdore
he
"appC'arp(l
in
the
IJl'C'spn('c
of
Go(l
for
us"
to
make
atonpment
for
thl'ir
sin,
anll
ours
anll
to
speure
for
thpm
and
for
us
thp
evil!pnl'e
of
f(','onl·iliation
to
1.hp
Fathpr
the
holy
flpirit
hE'getting.
IIp
ha,.;
apppan'l!
for
all
of
the
same
class-not
as
l\Iediator,
hut
a~
an
A(I\'ocatl'
applying
his
bloo(l
on
our
l)('ha1f
b('c'ausp
of
our
faith
:lIIll
ohedil'II1·e.
HE
IS
ADVOCATE
FOR
ALL
WHO
OBEY
HIM
"I
notice
that
YUU
make
It
elpar
distinetion
lwtween
thlJ
('hurch
and
the
wo'rlrl
ill
the
matter
of
"in,atonpment-prov,
ing
(I
b('lieve
R('ripturally),
that
our
Lord
has
thus
far
made
atonPTlI(,llt
to
justice
only
on
Ilt'half
of
('on,pl'rated
helievers,
and
that
atonPIllent
will
not
he
ma,le
for
tll('
flins
of
the
world
until
thE'
pII(1
of
this
Cosppl
agp,
wlH'n
the
great
Priest
will
prp~ent
the
mC'rit
of
hi.,
ran,.;om
saprifiC'c
on
hphalf
of
the
world,
a8
it
is
now
approprintpd
to
the
chureh:
only
that
now
it
is
granted
to
the
l·hun·h
a~
a
ba,is
for
sacrifi('p
unto
dpath
of
the
f1psh
and
all
its
earthly
rights,
wherC'as
the
a
ppropria
tion
of
the
future
to
the
world
will
he
unto
life
and
actual
restitution.
"I
noti('p
also
your
presentation
that
the
drawing
of
the
world
will
be
during
the
Millpnnial
age,
and
hy
the
grE'at
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THE Tanuary 15, 1910 image and hkeness of his Creator. The uplifting or resurrection work St, Peter refers to as the ‘Restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.”—Acts 3:21. NOT UNIVERSALISM EITHER Nor does this mean universal everlasting life, for the Scriptures declare that such as refuse to profit by the glorious opportunities of the Millennium; such as refuse to be upliited to perfection, shall be destroyed from amongst the people in the second death—*They shall be as though they had not been.” (Obad. 16) I remind you again of our Lord’s teaching on this subject. We entered the synagogue at Capernaum and, being asked to read the lesson, He chose Isaiah, the sixty-first chapter, and read respecting Himself and His work —that a part of it would be “to open the prison doors and set at lberty the captives. We are well aware that our Lord did not open any of the literal prisons, such as John the Baptist was confined in, He made no effort to succor him, The prison-house which Christ will open is the great prison-house, the tomb, which now holds approximately twenty thousand millions of our race. At his second advent our Lord will open this great prison-house and allow all the prisoners to come forth, just as truly as he did in the example—in the case of Lazarus. Nor will he call them from heaven, purgatory and hell, but, just as He declared, “Lazarus, come forth,” ‘‘all that are in their graves shall hear His voice and come forth.” WHERE ARE THE DEAD? My dear friends, you had before your minds the answers to our question from the highest to the lowest earthly authorties. None of them was satisfactory. Now you have heard the testimony of God’s Word—the divine declaration as to “Where are the dead?” Harkening to the voice from heaven we are assured that they are really dead and that all their hopes as respects the future are centered, first, upon the redemptive work of our Lord Jesus, accomplished at Calvary, and, secondly, upon the work of resurrection which, at His second advent, He is to accomplish for those whom He redeemed. If perchance you have a shade of disappointment as respects a saintly brother or sister, father or mother or child, who you hoped was already in heaven, then as a consolation look at the other side of the question—behold how many of your loved ones, kith and kin, friends and foes and neighbors, according to your theory and all the prevalent theories, have been suffering untellable woe since their death and would be suffering similarly for long centuries to come—consider the relief of mind and heart you get from the knowledge of the truth; that they are not alive anywhere, but simply dead, or more poetically they are ‘Asleep in Jesus,” in the sense that He is their Redeemer, in whom all] their hopes of a future awakening reside. WATCH TOWER (24-51) PRESENT YOUR BODIES SACRIFICES Just a closing word! Our subject would lack a proper finish if we did not explain Scripturally why God has delayed the world’s blessing, the resurrection, nearly two thousand years since the death of Jesus. The reason is such a glorious one! It must appeal to every true Christian heart and make it glad. It is this: God purposed the selection of the church before the blessing of resurrection should go to the world, This church 18 called sometimes “the body of Christ, which is the church,” of which Jesus is the Head. Again it is styled ‘the bride— the Lamb’s wife.” Ever since Pentecost the Heavenly Father has been drawing believers to Jesus’ side. After having been justified through faith in the precious blood, they have been invited to become Jesus’ disciples, his followers, to walk in his steps, to lay down their lives in the Father's service, as Jesus did, and to develop in their hearts the fruits and graces of the holy Spirit to such a degree that they might be called “Copies of God’s dear Son.” ; The promise to these is not the resurrection of restitution promised the world during the Millennium. On the contrary, these have a “heavenly calling.” After their consecration they are begotten of the holy Spirit and then instructed in the school of Christ and submitted to trials and discipline in various ways, for the purpose of chiseling and polishing their characters as new creatures. These are a “little flock,” gathered one here and one there; “saints” from all denominations and from outside of all denominations, for “the Lord knoweth them that are his.’ When the predestined number of the “elect” shall have been selected and polished the present age will end. Our Lord will come in second advent glory and power. His elect bride will constitute the first resurrection class, from earthly to heavenly nature, ‘changed in a moment,” for “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.”—1 Cor, 15:50. Then will come the holy, invisible Millennial kingdom and the binding of Satan and the destruction of his unholy, invisible kingdom, and the setting loose of agencies for the enlightening and uplifting of the whole race. To those who are already the Lord's consecrated saints, | say, Lift up your heads and realize more fully than ever he fore the glorious fulness of the heavenly calling, of which you have been made partakers. ‘To others who have the hear. ing ear and appreciate this high calling we say, permit the love of God, and of Christ to constrain you and become disciples indeed of Jesus, laying aside every weight and every besetting sin, and entering the race and pressing with vigor to its end and crown of glory! WHAT SAY THE SCRIPTURES CONCERNING HELL? “To the Law and to the Testimony; If they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no Light in them.”—Isa. 8:20. [Reprint from March 15, 1900, issue, which please see. ] Vou. XXXI BROOKLYN, N. Y., FEBRUARY 1, 1910 THE GREAT PRIEST WILL MEDIAT A priest in the only true sense is a mediator between God and fallen creatures, to restore and establish harmony on a legal] basis. I inquire then, Is not Jesus the Priest to the church and wold not this imply that he is the church’s Mediator, to restore and establish harmony on a legal basis?” We answer, No. After we have become members of the church we are new creatures, to whom old things have passed away and all things have became new and against whom there is no condemnation. The new creatures are not to be restored. It is not true that we were new creatures at first and fell from that condition and are to be restored to it. We fell as human creatures, and as such we are never to be “restored to harmony with God on a legal basis.” Such restitution God has provided for the world during the Millennium, but not for the church. As new creatures we are members of the Priest who is to thus restore the world—our Lord is the Head and we are his “‘members.” The picture of the future is that of Melchisedec’s—a priest upon his throne. When we read, “Consider Jesus, the High Priest of our profession,” the meaning is, the Chief Priest of our kind or order of priests. We are to consider him ag our example, that, as members, we may present our sacrifice as he, our Forerunner, presented his. As a priest in receiving us as members of his own hody, the church, his attitude toward us would necessarily be as different as is the relationship into which we are received. Jesus received the apostles on account of their faith and consecration before he died for their sins and before he “appeared in the presence of God for us” to make atonement for their sins and ours and to secure for them and for us the evidence of reconciliation tothe Father— the holy Spirit begetting. He has appeared for all of the same class—not as Mediator, but as an Advocate applying his blood on our behalf because of our faith and obedience, HE IS ADVOCATE FOR ALL WHO OBEY HIM “T notice that you make a clear distinction between the church and the world in the matter of sin-atonement—proving ({ believe Scripturally), that our Lord has thus far made atonement to justice only on behalf of consecrated believers, and that atonement will not be made for the sins of the world until the end of this Gospel age, when the great Priest will present the merit of his ransom sacrifice on behalf of the world, as it is now appropriated to the church: only that now it is granted to the church as a basis for sacrifice unto death of the flesh and all its earthly rights, whereas the appropriation of the future to the world will be unto life and actual restitution. “I notice also your presentation that the drawing of the world will be during the Millennial age, and by the great [4553]
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