Publication date
5/1/10
Volume
31
Number
9
The WatchTower
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(148-149) 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y. 
in 
any 
senSe 
of 
the 
word 
it 
would 
still 
leave 
him 
in 
the 
light 
of 
truth. 
vVe 
must 
understand 
that 
if 
anyone 
rejects 
the 
Lord, 
the 
light 
of 
truth 
will 
gradually 
pass 
from 
him, 
and 
he 
will 
see 
no 
more 
than 
many 
do, 
no 
more 
than 
a 
nominal 
church­ 
goer 
or 
any 
worldly 
person. 
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pa~~ing 
into 
outer-darkness 
1~ 
a 
.;Ign 
that 
thp 
1,01'(1'.; 
favor 
h,IS 
IJl'CIl 
lo,t. 
Tu 
what 
extent 
it 
has 
been 
lost 
we 
might 
not 
wish 
to 
determine, 
but 
if, 
in 
conjunction 
with 
this, 
there 
is 
manifested 
the 
character 
of 
the 
adversary, 
the 
spirit 
of 
i'atan-anger, 
mnliee, 
hatred, 
envy, 
strife--then 
we 
should 
conclude 
that 
the 
Spirit 
of 
the 
Lord 
had 
left 
and 
that 
the 
loser 
was 
dead-"twice 
dead, 
plucked 
up 
by 
the 
roots."--..,Jude 
12. 
It 
would 
not 
be 
worth 
while 
to 
pray 
lon~r 
for 
such 
a 
one, 
especially 
after 
w€ 
had 
done 
ali 
in 
our 
power. 
God 
is 
willing 
to 
do 
all 
that 
can 
be 
done, 
but 
hc 
has 
certain 
fixed 
laws 
and 
principles, 
and 
if 
anyone 
has 
once 
enjoyed 
these 
and 
then 
scorned 
them, 
the 
Lord 
would 
not 
ehange 
his 
principles 
for 
any 
prayers, 
even 
though 
offered 
carefully 
with 
tears. 
THE 
FAITH 
SEED 
AND 
THE 
LAW 
SEED 
"1'hrl"r[oI"C 
It 
is 
oj 
i"ith, 
that 
it 
might 
be 
by 
grace>' 
to 
the 
end 
that 
the 
promise 
might 
be 
sllre 
to 
aU 
the 
seedj 
not 
to 
that 
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whlr'li 
IS 
o[ 
IiiI' 
I,a,u', 
bllt 
to 
that 
also 
which 
is 
of 
the 
faith 
of 
,{braham, 
who 
is 
the 
father 
of 
us 
all."-Rom. 
4:Hi. 
l'aul 
kh 
els('\IIJ('Jp 
shuwn 
that 
there 
is 
but 
the 
one 
Seed 
of 
now 
comes 
to 
us 
as 
the 
spiritual 
seed, 
in 
which 
we 
have 
partici- 
.\hraharn 
( 
'hri,t) 
in 
the 
ehief 
or 
spccial 
sense, 
in 
the 
highest 
pation 
to 
the 
extent 
of 
our 
faithfulnf'Ss 
to 
the 
Lord. 
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And 
hr' 
!plb 
us 
thnt 
it 
is 
our 
privilege 
and 
"calling" 
This 
is 
the 
seed, 
then, 
that 
we 
find 
represent.ed 
by 
the 
"stars 
to 
]J(' 
lllPlllhcrs 
of 
thc 
hOlly 
of 
Christ. 
"If 
ye 
be 
Christ's, 
then 
of 
heaven." 
The 
other 
seed 
of 
Abraham 
is 
hkpned 
unto 
the 
arc 
.n' 
.\ 
braham', 
;l('pd, 
an,1 
heirs 
accordinrr 
to 
the 
promise." 
"sands 
of 
the 
sea." 
This 
Scripture 
tells 
us 
this 
seed, 
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who 
arc 
not 
Ahrahanl's 
SCPl] 
according 
to 
the 
flegh, 
are 
thus 
the 
p,nthlv 
seerl 
of 
Abraham. 
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a 
seed 
that 
will 
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de- 
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as 
Abraham's 
spel] 
because 
of 
our 
faith 
and 
because 
vploped 
u~der 
the 
Law. 
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know 
from 
the 
same 
Apostlp's 
lIP 
])('('Oll1f' 
lllpJlJi'f'r;l 
of 
the 
spiritual 
seed. 
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are 
not 
to 
sup- 
writings 
that 
this 
Law 
could 
not 
1)(' 
the 
Law 
that 
God 
.insti- 
posp 
that 
thi.; 
is 
trifling 
with 
language 
and 
that 
the 
Lord 
tuted 
with 
the 
.Jews 
at 
the 
hanlls 
of 
Mosps. 
That 
Law 
did 
not 
Iloul,[ 
say 
"AhrahaJII's 
seprJ" 
and 
then 
ac('el't 
as 
Abraham's 
bring 
any 
of 
them 
everlasting 
life. 
It 
did 
not 
bring 
forth 
any 
spcd 
thos 
p 
who 
are 
not 
his 
sf'ed, 
who 
are 
not 
of 
his 
posterity 
of 
tIll' 
sepd 
of 
Abraham 
to 
perfection. 
a 
tall. 
That 
\\ 
oull] 
be 
to 
make 
his 
language 
delusive 
and 
en- 
How, 
then, 
shall 
we 
understand 
the 
Apostle 
in 
connection 
snaring 
and 
deceptin'. 
It 
must 
be, 
therefore, 
that 
our 
Lord 
with 
this 
statement, 
that 
some 
of 
the 
seed 
are 
to 
be 
of 
the 
.Jcsus 
is 
the 
"seed 
of 
.\ 
bra 
ham," 
not 
only 
according 
to 
the 
Law, 
when 
the 
Law 
could 
make 
nothing 
p{'rfect? 
\Ye 
answer 
f1c..,h, 
but 
that 
he 
is 
also 
the 
sef'll 
of 
Abraham 
according 
to 
the 
that 
he 
was 
here 
pointing 
baek 
to 
that 
Law 
Covenant 
which 
flpirit, 
on 
a 
higher 
plane 
than 
his 
fleshly 
relationship 
to 
Abra- 
was 
instituted 
through 
1\1oses, 
and 
in 
thp 
other 
f'xpression 
.he 
/Jam; 
and 
it 
is 
on 
tltis 
highpr 
plane 
that 
we 
arp 
members 
of 
is 
pointing 
forward 
to 
the 
La 
w 
r.o~-enant 
of 
thc 
future, 
~vhlc.h 
our 
Lord's 
bo(h-. 
\Yt' 
arf' 
melllbers 
of 
him 
as 
new 
creatures; 
will 
be 
instituted 
at 
the 
end 
of 
thiS 
Uospf'l 
age, 
and 
wluch 
1S 
we 
are 
nwmhei·s 
of 
thp 
Christ 
Npiritual, 
and 
not 
of 
the 
Man 
called 
the 
New 
[Law] 
Covpnant. 
It 
",ill 
bp 
the 
same 
as 
the 
Christ 
.Jesus. 
onp 
just 
referred 
to, 
but 
it 
will 
havp 
a 
brtter 
mediator, 
one 
It 
is 
important, 
therdorf', 
for 
us 
to 
Sf'e 
how 
.Jesus 
bceamp 
",ho' 
will 
be 
able 
to 
give 
pternal 
liff' 
and 
all 
the 
blessings 
God 
the 
spiritual 
seed 
of 
Ahraham, 
alJ(l 
to 
see 
that 
he 
was 
not 
the 
intpnded 
for 
them 
and 
promised. 
\YP 
spe, 
thpn, 
according 
to 
I'piritual 
sf'ed 
of 
A 
hra 
ham 
alJ(] 
coul(1 
not 
have 
fulfilled 
those 
other 
Scriptures, 
that 
all 
the 
nations 
will 
have 
the 
privilege 
conditions 
as 
thf' 
]\fan 
Christ 
.Jf'sus. 
For 
instance: 
God 
prom- 
of 
pominO" 
in 
undpr 
this 
New 
[Lawl 
Covenant 
arrangement, 
of 
ispd 
that 
"in 
the 
sped 
of 
Ahraham 
all 
thf' 
families 
of 
the 
earth 
whif'h 
Christ 
is 
the 
l\{pdia,tor 
and 
of 
whieh 
we 
are 
becoming 
should 
be 
blessp,I"; 
but 
the 
;\fan 
.Tesus 
could 
not 
bless 
the 
members, 
so 
that 
by 
the 
pnd 
of 
thp 
~lillennial 
age, 
hi~ 
Seed 
world 
aftn 
tIll' 
mannf'r 
that 
nod 
had 
implied-eould 
not 
givp 
"ill 
include 
all 
the 
saved 
on 
the 
human 
planp. 
All 
Will 
get 
them 
eternal 
life. 
Hp 
could 
not 
give 
it 
to 
th"m 
because 
he 
did 
"tf'rnal 
life 
who 
shall 
comply 
with 
thp 
ponditions-"the 
llU~- 
not 
have 
any 
more 
eternal 
liff' 
than 
hp 
neerled 
for 
himself. 
Tbf' 
bel' 
of 
whom 
will 
be 
as 
the 
sands 
of 
the 
spashorp 
for 
mulh- 
only 
way 
in 
whieh 
hc 
would 
he 
able 
to 
give 
eternal 
life 
woulrl 
tude." 
be 
according 
to 
the 
(Ii\"ine 
plan. 
viz., 
that 
he 
lay 
down 
his 
Hence 
this 
statement, 
"that 
whieh 
is 
of 
the 
law, 
and 
that 
earthlv 
life 
in 
accorr]ance 
with 
the 
divine 
arrangements 
and 
which 
is 
of 
grace," 
refers 
to 
tho~e 
who 
are 
now 
the. 
spiritual 
will: 
'that 
GOll 
would 
then 
give 
him, 
as 
a 
reward 
for 
thi~ 
obe- 
seed 
of 
Abraham 
through 
grace, 
and 
to 
those 
who 
will 
become 
dipnef'. 
the 
hirrher 
nature. 
the 
diyine 
nature, 
with 
its 
glory 
and 
the 
sepd 
of 
Abraham 
under 
the 
New 
Covenant 
arrangement 
honor 
on 
thc"higher 
plane. 
and 
that 
this 
would 
leave 
him 
10 
durin" 
the 
Millennial 
age 
by 
obedipnce 
to 
the 
law 
under 
the 
pos,e~sion 
of 
the 
parthly 
right_ 
\I-hich 
he 
had 
as 
a 
man 
and 
bette;"' 
Mediator 
than 
1\Ioses, 
under 
the 
great 
antitypical 
.Moses, 
II 
hid1 
hp 
llill 
not 
forff'it 
bydi"ohprlipnce, 
It 
would 
leave 
him 
l'hri,t 
the 
Head 
and 
the 
ehurph 
hi, 
hody, 
\\hom 
GOll 
IS 
now 
these 
as 
an 
a'~f't 
or 
fund 
of 
blp--ing-. 
to 
giye 
to 
mankind. 
raising 
up 
during 
this 
Gospel 
age 
.. 
He 
rai'ied 
up 
th~ 
Hearl 
THE 
SPIRITUAL 
SEED 
eighteen 
centuries 
ago. 
The 
body 
Will 
soon 
be 
fully 
raised 
up 
No. 
then, 
the 
onlv 
way 
in 
which 
our 
Lord 
could 
be 
the 
Seed 
and 
joined 
to 
the 
Head 
in 
glory. 
of 
A 
braham 
to 
bles~ 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
carth 
"would 
be 
as 
a 
THE 
EARTHLY 
SEED 
np\\, 
creature, 
the 
nell" 
ereature 
Christ 
Jesus. 
The 
neW 
creature 
\"hile 
the 
ancient 
worthies 
will 
be 
a 
separate 
and 
distinct 
on 
the 
spiritual 
planf' 
has 
a 
gift 
to 
bpgtow 
and 
mankind 
on 
the 
class 
from 
the 
remainder 
of 
mankind, 
and 
while 
they 
are 
to 
parthly 
plane 
i.; 
nf'eding 
this 
very 
blessing 
which 
he 
has 
to 
give. 
have 
a 
special 
reward 
for 
their 
faith, 
in 
that 
they 
will. 
"have 
And 
it 
is 
this 
spiritual 
Christ 
of 
whom 
we 
are 
invited 
to 
be- 
a 
better 
resurrection," 
will 
come 
forth 
from 
the 
tomb 
lJl 
full 
comp 
meJ1lber~-this 
O"rpat 
Mediator. 
And 
in 
order 
for 
us 
or 
human 
perfection; 
nevertheless, 
they 
will 
be 
under 
the 
Law, 
for 
any 
Jew 
to 
bccon~e 
members 
of 
this 
spiritual 
Ch;ist, 
this 
because 
there 
seem 
to 
be 
only 
two 
ways 
by 
which 
any 
could 
spiritual 
seed 
of 
Abraham, 
olle 
thing 
is 
necessary; 
VIZ., 
not 
a 
be 
brought 
into 
harmony 
with 
God.. 
First, 
there 
,:,ill 
be 
those 
c('J'tain 
earthlv 
rpbtionship 
to 
Christ 
or 
a 
certain 
earthly 
reo 
who 
sacrifice 
the 
earthly 
interests 
lTI 
the 
present 
hme 
and 
are 
lationship 
to 
'Abraham, 
hut 
a 
begetting 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit 
to 
begotten 
to 
the 
~pirit 
nature 
and 
are 
thus 
counted 
in 
~s 
mem- 
this 
same 
spirUual 
nature 
that 
Christ 
possesses. 
\Vhoever, 
bel'S 
of 
the 
spintual 
seed; 
and 
secondly, 
those 
who 
Will 
come 
therf'fore, 
through 
the 
merit 
of 
Chri'it, 
is 
enabled 
to 
offer 
his 
in 
under 
the 
New 
[Law] 
Covenant, 
of 
which 
the 
spiritual 
body 
a 
living 
saerifice, 
acceptable 
to 
God, 
and 
does 
th.is, 
will 
seed 
will 
be 
the 
Mediator. 
As 
Abraham 
and 
the 
other 
ancient 
O"et 
the 
promised 
reward 
to 
the 
same 
nature 
that 
Ohnst 
pos- 
worthies 
cannot 
be 
included 
in 
the 
Spiritual 
Seed, 
the 
only 
~esses-will 
become 
a 
member 
of 
his 
spiritual 
body. 
Hence 
this 
place 
to 
put 
them, 
logically, 
is 
with 
t~e 
natural 
s~ed; 
and 
I"piritual 
Seed 
may 
be 
comprised 
of 
people 
of 
the 
natural 
seed 
that 
they 
were 
not 
begotten 
to 
the 
spintual 
nature 
IS 
clearly 
of 
Abraham 
and 
of 
those 
not 
of 
his 
natural 
seed, 
as 
in 
our 
case. 
evidenced 
by 
our 
Lord's 
words 
when 
he 
said 
of 
John 
the 
Bap- 
vVe 
who 
are 
Gentiles 
are 
now 
becoming 
members 
of 
the 
spir- 
tist, 
"There 
hath 
not 
arisen 
a 
greater 
Prophet 
than 
John 
the 
i,tual 
seed 
of 
Abraham. 
but 
we 
could 
not 
become 
members 
of 
Baptist 
but 
the 
least 
in 
the 
kingdom 
of 
heaven 
is 
greater 
than 
the 
natural 
seed; 
we 
were 
never 
such. 
he." 
He 
thus 
clearly 
marked 
the 
dividing 
line 
between 
those 
As 
the 
Apostle 
intimate~ 
in 
this 
text, 
it 
is 
the 
divine 
pur- 
in 
the 
kingdom 
clus 
and 
those 
who 
cannot 
be 
in 
that 
class, 
pose 
to 
have 
two 
seeds 
of 
Abraham; 
onf' 
of 
them 
the 
spiritual 
however 
great 
they 
may 
be. 
\Ve 
must 
under~tand, 
theref~re, 
seed, 
to 
which 
we 
have 
just 
referred, 
and 
the 
other 
the 
natural 
that 
the 
ancient 
worthies, 
in 
their 
perfection, 
will 
be 
subJect 
Sf'Pll 
of 
Ahrahilm. 
The 
onf' 
of 
thf'se. 
he 
says, 
i'i 
developed 
ac- 
d 
d 
to 
the 
rules 
and 
regulations 
of 
the 
Millennial 
kingdom 
an 
cOJ(ling 
to 
tIl(' 
spirit. 
i1pcorrling' 
to 
grace, 
fayor. 
\Ve 
o.not 
. 
1 
th 
('orne 
into 
thi~ 
rplatiollship 
throngh 
the 
Lilw. 
hnt 
lI"e 
come 
mto 
from 
the 
vpry 
start 
will 
have 
the 
full 
perfef'tIon 
of 
a 
1 
at 
it 
through 
partieipation 
with 
Christ. 
It 
i~ 
the 
favor 
of 
heing 
the 
remainder 
of 
mankind 
will 
be 
able 
to 
attain 
during 
the 
pNlllittecl 
to 
prf'spnt 
our 
hnrlil's 
living 
,arrifices, 
acceptable 
to 
Millennium. 
That 
special 
privilege 
will 
be 
a 
reward 
for 
the 
our 
Rl'declllf'r, 
of 
haYing' 
this 
sacrifice 
accpptf'cl 
by 
God 
and 
of 
f!lith 
they 
manifested, 
and 
will 
gain 
for 
them 
participation 
in 
IHl\-ing 
a 
sharp 
in 
tIl(' 
rl'lI"ard. 
This 
is 
the 
favor 
or 
grace 
which 
the 
kingdom 
work, 
to 
bi' 
agents 
of 
the 
spiritual 
class 
and 
to 
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(148-149) in any sense of the word it would still leave him in the light of truth. We must understand that if anyone rejects the Lord, the light of truth will gradually pass from him, and he will see no more than many do, no more than a nominal churchgoer or any worldly person. Such passing into outer-darkness woaosign that the Lord's favor has been lost. To what extent it has been lost we might not wish to determine, but if, in conjunction with this, there is manifested the character of the adversary, the spirit of Satan—anger, malice, hatred, envy, THE WATCH TOWER Brooxiyn, N. Y. strife—then we should conclude that the Spirit of the Lord had left and that the loser was dead—‘“twice dead, plucked up by the roots.”—Jude 12, It would not be worth while to pray longer for such a one, especially after we had done all in our power. God is willing to do all that can be done, but he has certain fixed laws and principles, and if anyone has once enjoyed these and then scorned them, the Lord would not change his principles for any prayers, even though offered carefully with tears. THE FAITH SEED AND THE LAW SEED “Therefore tt is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the sced; not to that only which is of the Law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.”—Rom. 4:16. Paul has elsewhere shown that there is but the one Seed of Abraham (Christ) in the chief or special sense, in the highest sense, And he tells us that it is our privilege and “calling” to be members of the body of Christ. “If ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.” We who are not Abraham’s seed according to the flesh, are thus counted as Abraham's seed because of our faith and because we become members of the spiritual seed. We are not to suppose that this is trifling with language and that the Lord woukl say “Abraham’s seed” and then accept as Abraham's seed those who are not his seed, who are not of his posterity at all. That would be to make his language delusive and ensnaring and deceptive. It must be, therefore, that our Lord Jesus is the “seed of Abraham,” not only according to the flesh, but that he is alxo the seed of Abraham according to the Spirit, on a higher plane than his fleshly relationship to Abrabam; and it is on this higher plane that we are members of our Lord’s body. We are members of him as new creatures; we are members of the Christ Spiritual, and not of the Man Christ Jesus. It is important, therefore, for us to see how Jesus became the spiritual seed of Abraham, and to see that he was not the spiritual seed of Abraham and could not have fulfilled those conditions as the Man Christ Jesus. Vor instance: God promised that “in the seed of Abraham all the families of the earth should be blessed’; but the Man Jesus could not bless the world after the manner that God had implied—eould not give them eternal life. He could not give it to them because he did not have any more eternal life than he needed for himself. The only way in which he would be able to give eternal life would be according to the divine plan, viz., that he lay down his earthly life in accordance with the divine arrangements and will: that God would then give him, as a reward for this obedience, the higher nature. the divine nature, with its glory and honor on the higher plane, and that this would leave him in possession of the earthly rights which he had as a man and which he did not forfeit by disohedience. It would leave him these as an asset or fund of blessing, to give to mankind, THE SPIRITUAL SEED So, then, the only way in which our Lord could be the Seed of Abraham to bless all the families of the earth would be as a new creature, the new creature Christ Jesus. The new creature on the spiritual plane has a gift to bestow and mankind on the earthly plane is needing this very blessing which he has to give. And it is this spiritual Christ of whom we are invited to become members—this great Mediator. And in order for us or for any Jew to become members of this spiritual Christ, this spiritual seed of Abraham, one thing is necessary; viz., not a certain carthly relationship to Christ or a certain earthly relationship to Abraham, but a begetting of the holy Spirit to this same spiritual nature that Christ possesses. Whoever, therefore, through the merit of Christ, is enabled to offer his body a living sacrifice, acceptable to God, and does this, will get the promised reward to the same nature that Christ possesses—will become a member of his spiritual body. Hence this Spiritual Seed may be comprised of people of the natura] seed of Abraham and of those not of his natural seed, as in our case. We who are Geritiles are now becoming members of the spiritual seed of Abraham, but we could not become members of the natural seed; we were never such. As the Apostle intimates in this text, it is the divine purpose to have two seeds of Abraham; one of them the spiritual seed, to which we have just referred, and the other the natural seed of Abraham. The one of these, he says, is developed according to the spirit, according to grace, favor. We do not come into this relationship through the Law. but we come into it through participation with Christ. It is the favor of being permitted to present our bodies living sacrifices, acceptable to our Redeemer, of having this sacrifice accepted by God and of having a share in the reward. This is the favor or grace which now comes to us as the spiritual seed, in which we have participation to the extent of our faithfulness to the Lord. This is the seed, then, that we find represented by the “stars of heaven.” The other seed of Abraham is likened unto the “sands of the sea.” This Scripture tells us this seed, the earthly seed of Abraham, is a seed that will be developed under the Law. We know from the same Apostle's writings that this Law could not be the Law that God instituted with the Jews at the hands of Moses. That Law did not bring any of them everlasting life. It did not bring forth any of the seed of Abraham to perfection. How, then, shal] we understand the Apostle in connection with this statement, that some of the seed are to be of the Law, when the Law could make nothing perfect? We answer that he was here pointing back to that Law Covenant which was instituted through Moses, and in the other expression he is pointing forward to the Law Covenant of the future, which will be instituted at the end of this Gospel age, and which is called the New [Law] Covenant. It will be the same as the one just referred to, but it will have a better mediator, one who will be able to give eternal life and all the blessings God intended for them and promised. We see, then, according to other Scriptures, that all the nations will have the privilege of coming in under this New [Law] Covenant arrangement, of which Christ is the Mediator and of which we are becoming members, so that by the end of the Millennial age, his Seed will include all the saved on the human plane. All will get eternal life who shall comply with the conditions—"the number of whom will be as the sands of the seashore for multitude.” Hence this statement, “that which is of the law, and that which is of grace,” refers to those who are now the spiritual seed of Abraham through grace, and to those who will become the seed of Abraham under the New Covenant arrangement during the Millennial age by obedience to the law under the better Mediator than Moses, under the great antitypical Moses, Christ the Head and the church his body, whom God is now raising up during this Gospel age. He raised up the Head eighteen centuries ago. The body will soon be fully raised up and joined to the Head in glory. THE EARTHLY SEED While the ancient worthies will be a separate and distinct class from the remainder of mankind, and while they are to have a special reward for their faith, in that they wil] “have a better resurrection,” will come forth from the tomb in full human perfection; nevertheless, they will be under the Law, because there seem to be only two ways by which any could be brought into harmony with God. First, there will be those who sacrifice the earthly interests in the present time and are begotten to the spirit nature and are thus counted in as members of the spiritual seed; and secondly, those who will come in under the New [Law] Covenant, of which the spiritual seed will be the Mediator. As Abraham and the other ancient worthies cannot be included in the Spiritual Seed, the only place to put them, logically, is with the natural seed; and that they were not begotten to the spiritual nature is clearly evidenced by our Lord’s words when he said of John the Baptist, “There hath not arisen a greater Prophet than John the Baptist, but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” He thus clearly marked the dividing line between those in the kingdom class and those who cannot be in that class, however great they may be. We must understand, therefore, that the ancient worthies, in their perfection, will be subject to the rules and regulations of the Millennial kingdom and from the very start will have the full perfection of all that the remainder of mankind will be able to attain during the Millennium. That special privilege will be a reward for the faith they manifested, and will gain for them participation in the kingdom work, to be agents of the spiritual class and to [4606]

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