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.
,has
I
..
"
"
iI
..
1
III
(lcltl,
'
,
.
10
the
intent
that
now
mi:.:bt
lll.'
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l<IIown
hy
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churd,
the
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of
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"",
Ilot
!Illule
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sons
of
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as
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is
now
re,'ealed",-I,phesians
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10,
11
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while
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to
1'1'01'1.'
ull
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infallible
\\'ord
to
"hidl
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b
cOllstantJr
Illude
to
fa,'ilitate
such
testing.
TO
US
THE
SCRIPTURES
CLEARLY
TEACH
That
the
church
is
"the
temple
of
til{'
living
Go~l",
peculiarly
"his
worlullunship";
that
it~
(·on~tnH.'tion
has
been
in
progre:-.~
throua:hout
the
~osvel
ag-c-c\'el'
sitH'e
Christ
became
the
worl<l'~
Hedeelller
and
the
Chief
('01'11('1'
~toIlC
of
his
temple,
through
whil'h,
when
tlni:-;hed,
God's
hles:-;illg
~hflJI
('ome
"to
aJI
pf'oplp",
and
the~"
find
a('('(}:-:~
to
him.-
1
('ol'iuthian:-:
a:
In,
17;
Ephesians
:'::
:!().~:!:
Genc:-:is
2S:
14;
Galatians
3:
::W.
That
meantime
the
chisl.'lln~,
sltuping,
1I1ld
poll,hing
of
consecmted
belie,-cl-s
in
Cltrbt',
atonenH'nt
for
sin,
progresses;
and
whcn
the
last
of
thf'se
"lInng
:-.tolles",
"elect
und
vre('lous,"
shaH
have
been
Illculp
read""
th£'
gTeut
::\la"\ter
\Yorl\IlUlll
will
hring
ull
tOg'ether
in
the
tirst
resurrl'l'tion;
all,1
till'
tl.'lIIpll'
,hall
he
filled
with
his
g!orJ',
and
be
the
Illl·etin:.:
plal'p
betwel.'n
God
and
lIIen
throughout
the
.\Iillenniulll.,-Ue,'e!ation
];;:
5-li,
'That
the
basis
of
hope,
for
thp
dlut'ch
and
the
worid,
ill'S
in
the
fact
that
"Jesus
('lIri,t.
bJ-
the
:.:ral·e
of
_God.
tasted
death
for
c"c"y
man,"
"a
ransom
f,"'
all,"
and
\I
III
be
"tltp
t\'lW
Il:.:ht
which
Iighteth
c"e"y
/IIan
fllat
cO/lleth
into
the
ll'orld",
"in
due
time",
Hebrews
2:
9;
John
1:
9;
]
Timotllr
:l:
5,
Ii.
That
the
hope
of
the
ehurel.
is
that
she
lIIay
be
liI,e
hpr
Lord,
"see
him
as
he
is,"
Ill'
"partal,ers
of
tlw
dh'ine
nature','
and
shat'e
his
glory
lIS
his
joint-heir,--l
John
3::l;
John
17::l4;
HOlllans
8:
17;
2
Peter
1:
4,
That
the
present
mieslon
of
the
chnr('h
is
the
perfpctin:.:
of
the
saints
for
the
future
\I
ork
of
service'
to
de,'e!op
in
hersl'lf
e,-ery
~ral'P;
to
he
Ood's
witness
to
tht:'
wOI'ld
;
and
to
IIl"pplll'e
to
be
kings
anti
prip~ts
ill
the
next
uge.--I~phpsians
-Ie:
t:!;
~lattltew
24:
1-1;
Itevelation
1:
G;
:l0:
G.
That
thl'
hope
for
the
world
lies
in
the
blpssln:.:s
of
knowlpd:.:('
and
opportunity
to
1)('
brou:.:ht
to
all
hlv
(,hrist's
~ltIlennial
kingdom,
the
rpstltutlOn
of
all
that
was
lost
in
Adum,
to
all
the
willinl;
and
obl.'dient,
at
the
hantts
of
tJwi\'
("deeme\'
and
his
glorihed
church,
when
all
the
wllfllll~'
wicked
will
be
deHtroyed_-.\ds
3:
19-23;
Isaiah
35.
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