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Az Őrtorony
The Seed of Abraham and Its Work
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THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
BROOKI.YN, 
N. 
Y. 
had 
one 
trial 
and 
one 
condemnation 
through 
him; 
and 
then, 
under 
the 
Law 
Covenant 
arrangement 
and 
its 
mediator, 
Moses, 
another 
trial 
for 
eternal 
life 
was 
granted 
to 
that 
nation; 
but 
it 
was 
lost 
because 
none 
of 
them 
did 
keep 
or 
could 
fulfil 
the 
re­ 
quirements 
of 
that 
Law 
Covenant. 
The 
day 
was·saved 
for 
that 
nation 
as 
respects 
that 
Law 
Oovenant, 
by 
which 
they 
were 
bound, 
by 
the 
fact 
that 
Christ 
became 
a 
Jew 
and 
by 
obedience 
to 
the 
Law 
Covenant 
gained 
all 
of 
the 
rights 
which 
it 
held 
out. 
The 
rights 
gained 
were 
earthly 
rights-human 
perfection, 
an 
Eden 
home, 
fellowship 
with 
God 
and 
the 
dominion 
of 
earth; 
as 
recited 
by 
the 
Prophet, 
"Dominion 
over 
the 
beasts 
of 
the 
field, 
the 
fishes 
of 
the 
sea, 
and 
the 
fowls 
of 
the 
air." 
Had 
Christ 
kept 
these 
rights, 
which 
were 
properly 
his 
through 
obedience 
to 
the 
Law, 
he 
could 
indeed 
have 
brought 
a 
great 
blessing 
to 
the 
Jews, 
instructing 
them 
along 
the 
lines 
of 
health 
and 
moralll; 
and 
through 
Israel 
theRe 
blessings 
and 
instructions 
might 
have 
been 
imparted 
to 
all 
other 
nations. 
But 
as 
the 
race 
was 
under 
divine 
sentence 
of 
death, 
it 
would 
not 
have 
been 
possible 
for 
Jesus 
to 
give 
mankind 
perfection 
of 
mind 
or 
body. 
The 
bless­ 
ings 
of 
the 
seed 
of 
Abraham 
in 
that 
event 
would 
have 
been 
very 
limited 
indeed, 
and 
then 
only 
to 
such 
as 
would 
exercise 
faith 
and 
obedience 
similar 
to 
the 
faith 
and 
obedience 
which 
Abraham 
exercised. 
MESSIAH 
THE 
REDEEMER 
Instead 
of 
keeping 
the 
earthly 
rights 
which 
his 
special 
birth 
and 
obedience 
to 
the 
law 
made 
possible 
to 
him, 
Jesus, 
in 
har­ 
mony 
with 
the 
Father's 
program, 
sacrificed 
these 
earthly 
rights 
at 
once--as 
soon 
as 
he 
reached 
manhood's 
estate, 
30 
years. 
He 
gave 
up 
all 
earthly 
rights 
and 
interests 
and 
privileges. 
His 
consecration 
was 
complete; 
he 
symbolized 
it 
by 
a 
water 
immer­ 
sion 
at 
Jordan. 
The 
Father 
accepted 
it, 
and 
forthwith 
gave 
him 
the 
begetting 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit 
to 
a 
new 
nature. 
For 
the 
three 
and 
one 
half 
years 
of 
his 
earthly 
ministry 
our 
Lord 
per­ 
sistently 
sacrificed 
his 
earthly 
life 
and 
every 
earthly 
interest, 
finishing 
the 
sacrifice 
at 
Calvary 
when 
he 
cried, 
''It 
is 
finished." 
On 
the 
third 
dar 
thereafter 
the 
Father 
raised 
him 
from 
the 
dead 
to 
a 
newness 
0 
life--again 
on 
the 
spirit 
plane 
of 
being. 
This 
was 
the 
reward 
for 
his 
obedience 
to 
the 
Father's 
will 
in 
the 
sac­ 
rificing 
of 
his 
earthly 
rights 
and 
privileges 
as 
the 
perfect 
man. 
So, 
then, 
as 
the 
glorified 
one 
in 
his 
resurrectIOn, 
Messiah 
was 
a 
spirit 
being, 
"partaker 
of 
the 
divine 
nature," 
and 
had 
at 
his 
command 
all 
those 
earthly 
rights 
and 
privileges 
which 
he 
had 
sacrificed, 
which 
he 
laid 
down 
in 
death 
in 
obedience 
to 
the 
Father's 
will. 
He 
had 
these 
now 
as 
a 
possession, 
as 
an 
asset 
which 
he 
might 
dispense, 
which 
he 
might 
give 
to 
others. 
I.-et 
us 
not 
lose 
the 
thread 
of 
the 
thought: 
The 
Law 
Cove­ 
nant 
promised 
earthly 
life 
and 
earthly 
blessings 
and 
earthly 
dominion-those 
which 
Adam 
had 
lost. 
Whoever 
would 
keep 
the 
Law 
should 
have 
these. 
Christ 
Jesus, 
as 
the 
keeper 
of 
the 
law, 
had 
the 
right 
to 
these 
and 
laid 
them 
down. 
And 
now, 
being 
exalted. 
it 
is 
these 
earthly 
blessings 
and 
earthly 
rights 
which 
he 
has 
to 
dispense--to 
the 
Jew, 
or 
to 
all 
mankind, 
or 
to 
such 
an 
elect 
or 
select 
number 
of 
mankind 
as 
he 
may 
please, 
and 
as 
will 
be 
in 
accord 
with 
the 
Father's 
program 
outlined 
in 
the 
scroll 
sealed 
with 
seven 
seals. 
When 
the 
Israelites 
found 
that 
Moses 
could 
not 
give 
them 
eternal 
life, 
and 
that 
even 
under 
David 
and 
Solomon 
they 
did 
not 
reach 
the 
pinnacle 
of 
power 
and 
influence 
in 
the 
world 
to 
bless 
mankind, 
they 
might 
well 
have 
been 
discouraged. 
Hence 
God, 
through 
the 
prophets, 
sent 
them 
further 
enlightenment 
to 
the 
effect 
that 
they 
could 
never 
accomplish 
the 
Divine 
purpose 
of 
blessing 
the 
world 
except 
as 
he 
would 
send 
them 
a 
Messiah, 
an 
Anointed 
One, 
a 
King 
and 
Priest 
after 
the 
order 
of 
Melchi· 
zedek. 
When 
Messiah 
should 
come 
as 
the 
great 
Priest, 
and 
the 
great 
King, 
he 
would 
be 
able 
to 
do 
for 
them 
under 
a 
New 
[Law] 
Covenant 
what 
Moses 
and 
Aaron 
had 
not 
been 
able 
to 
do 
for 
them 
under 
the 
old 
Law 
Covenant. 
It 
was 
in 
connection 
with 
this 
promise 
of 
Messiah 
that 
God 
told 
his 
covenanted 
people 
that 
he 
would 
replace 
the 
Law 
Cove­ 
nant 
under 
Moses 
by 
a 
new 
and 
better 
Law 
Covenant 
under 
Messiah. 
the 
anti 
type 
of 
Moses. 
He 
said: 
"It 
shall 
come 
to 
pass, 
saith 
the 
Lord, 
after 
those 
days, 
that 
I 
will 
make 
a 
New 
Covenant 
with 
the 
house 
of 
Israel 
and 
with 
the 
house 
of 
Judah; 
not 
according 
to 
the 
[Law] 
Covenant 
which 
I 
made 
with 
them 
when 
I 
took 
them 
by 
the 
hand 
to 
lead 
them 
out 
of 
Egypt, 
but 
I 
will 
make 
a 
New 
Covenant 
with 
them, 
and 
their 
sins 
and 
their 
iniquities 
will 
I 
remember 
no 
more, 
and 
I 
will 
take 
the 
stony 
heart 
out 
of 
their 
flesh, 
and 
I 
will 
give 
them 
a 
heart 
of 
flesh, 
and 
I 
will 
write 
my 
law 
in 
their 
inward 
parts."-Jer. 
31 
:31. 
Israel 
was 
looking 
for 
this 
glorious 
Messiah 
greater 
than 
Moses, 
who 
would 
introduce 
to 
them 
and 
put 
them 
under 
a 
bet­ 
ter, 
a 
New 
(Law) 
Covenant, 
and 
under 
more 
favorable 
condi­ 
tions 
by 
which 
they 
would 
more 
fully 
accomplish 
the 
divine 
purposes 
in 
their 
own 
hearts, 
and 
be 
prepared, 
qualified, 
to 
in­ 
troduce 
those 
blessings 
to 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
earth, 
as 
they 
had 
been 
expecting 
to 
do 
from 
the 
beginning. 
THE 
HIDDEN 
MYSTERY 
We 
can 
see 
a 
reason 
why 
the 
Lord 
kept 
secret 
from 
the 
Jews 
in 
general 
his 
identity; 
for, 
as 
the 
Apostle 
Peter 
says, 
"had 
they 
k!10~n 
.th~y 
would 
not 
have 
crucified 
the 
Lord 
of 
glory." 
They 
did 
It 
III 
Ignorance 
(Acts 
3: 
17 
) 
We 
can 
see 
it 
was 
necessary 
that 
Christ 
should 
die; 
that 
he 
should 
lay 
down 
his 
earthly 
rights 
and 
earthly 
life 
and 
receive 
of 
the 
Father 
the 
higher 
life, 
and 
a 
spiritual 
realm, 
in 
order 
that 
he 
might 
have 
the 
earthly 
blessings 
to 
give, 
to 
dispense 
to 
Israel 
and 
to 
the 
world. 
We 
can 
see 
that 
otherwise 
no 
blessings 
of 
a 
permanent 
and 
eternal 
char­ 
acter 
would 
have 
been 
possible; 
hence, 
as 
our 
Lord 
explained 
to 
the 
disciples 
after 
his 
resurrection, 
"It 
was 
necessary 
that 
Christ 
should 
suffer 
and 
(then) 
enter 
into 
his 
glory." 
Now 
the 
question 
arises, 
What 
disposition 
will 
the 
risen 
and 
glorified 
Jesus 
make 
of 
these 
earthly 
rights 
which 
in 
his 
death 
he 
had 
secured 
by 
his 
sacrifice 
of 
them? 
The 
most 
reasonable, 
the 
most 
natural 
thought 
to 
us 
would 
be: 
Surely 
having 
con­ 
secrated 
the 
earthly 
rights 
he 
will 
confer 
these 
upon 
Natural 
Israel: 
He 
will 
at 
once 
become 
King 
and 
Priest 
to 
that 
nation, 
and 
in 
harmony 
with 
their 
hopes 
cherished 
for 
more 
than 
six­ 
teen 
centuries 
he 
will 
exalt 
Israel 
as 
a 
nation. 
He 
will 
open 
their 
eyes. 
As 
the 
prophets 
have 
declared, 
"They 
shall 
see 
out 
of 
obscurity"; 
and 
"They 
also 
that 
pierced 
him 
shall 
mourn," 
and 
he 
will 
"pour 
upon 
them 
the 
spirit 
of 
prayer 
and 
supplica­ 
tion."-Zech. 
12: 
10. 
But 
Jesus 
did 
nothing 
of 
the 
kind. 
Instead 
of 
so 
doing, 
he 
cast 
off 
the 
nation 
of 
Israel, 
saying, 
"Your 
house 
is 
left 
unto 
you 
desolate." 
He 
did 
not 
establish 
for 
them 
the 
New 
Cove­ 
nant; 
he 
did 
not 
bless 
them 
at 
all. 
They 
have 
been 
the 
most 
outcast 
nation 
of 
the 
world 
for 
the 
nearly 
nineteen 
centuries 
since 
they 
crucified 
him. 
No 
wonder 
the 
Apostle 
asks, 
Has 
God 
cast 
away 
his 
people 
whom 
he 
foreknew?-the 
people 
to 
whom 
he 
made 
the 
promises 
and 
covenants 
?-the 
people 
whom 
he 
en­ 
couraged 
in 
every 
way 
to 
believe 
that 
they 
were 
his 
special 
peo­ 
ple 
and 
would 
be 
specially 
used 
by 
him 
in 
carrying 
the 
blessmgs 
of 
the 
divine 
law 
and 
instruction 
to 
aU 
nations? 
Has 
God 
set 
aside 
all 
his 
promises? 
We 
shall 
see 
presently 
that- 
God 
has 
not 
in 
any 
degree 
aban­ 
doned 
his 
original 
program 
as 
respects 
the 
nation 
of 
Israel­ 
"the 
seed 
of 
Abraham" 
according 
to 
the 
flesh 
and 
according 
to 
the 
Law 
Covenant. 
Here 
comes 
in 
"a 
mystery," 
as 
St. 
Paul 
explains. 
This 
mystery 
he 
declares 
was 
bidden 
from 
previous 
ages 
and 
dispensations, 
and 
is 
now 
made 
manifest 
only 
to 
the 
saints, 
to 
the 
holy 
ones 
taught 
of 
God. 
It 
is 
still 
a 
mystery 
to 
Israel 
after 
the 
flesh. 
It 
is 
still 
a 
mystery 
to 
the 
world 
of 
man­ 
kind 
in 
general; 
for 
the 
world 
knoweth 
us 
not, 
even 
as 
it 
knew 
not 
the 
Master. 
The 
world 
does 
not 
perceive 
that 
God 
is 
select­ 
ing 
a"little 
flock" 
to 
be 
with 
Christ, 
members 
of 
his 
mystic:ll 
body-members 
of 
the 
spiritual 
seed 
of 
Abraham. 
THE 
MYSTERY 
SHALL 
BE 
FINISHED 
In 
his 
last 
symbolic 
message 
to 
the 
church, 
the 
Lion 
of 
Judah, 
who 
received 
the 
scroll 
of 
the 
divine 
purpose, 
informs 
the 
saints, 
to 
whom 
it 
is 
"given 
to 
know 
the 
mystery 
of 
the 
kingdom 
of 
heaven," 
that 
the 
mystery 
shall 
be 
finished; 
but 
not 
until 
the 
days 
of 
the 
voice 
or 
sounding 
of 
the 
seventh 
trumpet 
-in 
the 
end 
or 
close 
of 
this 
Gospel 
Age 
and 
the 
dawn 
of 
the 
Millennial 
age. 
Whoever 
is 
interested 
may 
profitably 
search 
the 
Word 
respecting 
this 
mystery 
class, 
its 
calling, 
its 
selection, 
its 
testing, 
its 
completion, 
its 
glorification; 
but 
only 
tholle 
who 
are 
begotten 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit 
will 
be 
able 
to 
understand 
in 
the 
sense 
of 
fully 
appreciating 
these 
"deep 
things 
of 
God" 
which 
"G<>d 
has 
revealed 
unto 
us 
(the 
mystery 
class) 
by 
his 
Spirit, 
for 
the 
Spirit 
searcheth 
all 
things, 
yea 
the 
deep 
things 
of 
God."­ 
1 
Cor. 
2:10. 
This 
mystery 
class 
is 
composed 
of 
such 
as 
have 
the 
faith 
of 
Abraham 
and 
the 
obedience 
of 
Abraham-beginning 
with 
our 
Lord 
and 
continuing 
from 
Pentecost 
down 
to 
the 
close 
of 
this 
Gospel 
age. 
It 
is 
upon 
these 
that 
Christ's 
blessing 
of 
forgive­ 
ness, 
reconciliation, 
and 
earthly 
favors 
lost 
by 
Adam 
and 
re­ 
deemed 
by 
himself 
were 
conferred. 
Call 
to 
mind 
that 
he 
has 
something 
to 
~ve 
away 
- 
earthly 
rights 
and 
privileges 
which 
were 
his 
by 
vutue 
of 
his 
keeping 
the 
Law 
Covenant. 
Those 
were 
not 
spiritual 
rights 
and 
privi­ 
leges 
which 
he 
secured 
through 
keeping 
the 
Law, 
but 
earthly 
ones 
only. 
He 
got 
his 
spiritual 
and 
higher 
privileges 
and 
hon­ 
ors 
as 
& 
reward 
for 
the 
sacrifice 
of 
himself. 
What 
he 
had 
to 
give 
to 
us 
therefore 
is 
not 
spiritual 
life 
and 
honors 
and 
do­ 
minion, 
but 
the 
earthly. 
These 
come 
to 
us 
in 
the 
nature 
of 
a 
bequest. 
The 
earthly 
life 
and 
the 
earthly 
rights 
which 
Jesus 
sacrificed 
are 
willed 
or 
bequeathed 
to 
all 
those 
of 
the 
faith 
and 
obedience 
of 
Abraham. 
But 
here 
comes 
another 
feature 
of 
this 
mystery. 
It 
is 
not 
enough 
that 
we 
have 
the 
faith 
of 
Abraham 
&nd 
his 
loyalty 
to 
righteousness; 
an 
additional 
matter 
is 
nec­ 
essary. 
All 
who 
would 
become 
sharers 
of 
this 
gift 
of 
Christ 
must 
now, 
in 
addition 
to 
faith 
and 
obedience 
to 
righteousness, 
take 
up 
their 
crosB 
and 
follow 
Christ 
as 
the 
Captain 
of 
their 
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(244-245) had one tria}] and one condemnation through him; and then, under the Law Covenant arrangement and its mediator, Moses, another trial for eternal life was granted to that nation; but it was lost because none of them did keep or could fulfil the requirements of that Law Covenant. The day was-saved for that nation as respects that Law Covenant, by which they were bound, by the fact that Christ became a Jew and by obedience to the Law Covenant gained all of the rights which it held out. The rights gained were earthly rights—human perfection, an Eden home, fellowship with God and the dominion of earth; as recited by the Prophet, “Dominion over the beasts of the field, the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air.” Had Christ kept these rights, which were properly his through obedience to the Law, he could indeed have brought a great blessing to the Jews, instructing them along the lines of health and morals; and through Israel these blessings and instructions might have been imparted to all other nations. But as the race was under divine sentence of death, it would not have been possible for Jesus to give mankind perfection of mind or body. The blessings of the seed of Abraham in that event would have been very limited indeed, and then only to such as would exercise faith and obedience similar to the faith and obedience which Abraham exercised. MESSIAH THE REDEEMER Instead of keeping the earthly rights which his special birth and obedience to the law made possible to him, Jesus, in harmony with the Father’s program, sacrificed these earthly rights at once—as soon as he reached manhood’s estate, 30 years. He gave up all earthly rights and interests and privileges. His consecration was complete; he symbolized it by a water immersion at Jordan. The Father accepted it, and forthwith gave him the begetting of the holy Spirit to a new nature. For the three and one half years of his earthly ministry our Lord persistently sacrificed his earthly life and every earthly interest, finishing the sacrifice at Calvary when he cried, “It is finished.” On the third day thereafter the Father raised him from the dead to a newness of life—again on the spirit plane of being. This was the reward for his obedience to the Father’s will in the sacrificing of his earthly rights and privileges as the perfect man. So, then, as the glorified one in his resurrection, Messiah was @ spirit being, “partaker of the divine nature,” and had at his command all those earthly rights and privileges which he had sacrificed, which he laid down in death in obedience to the Father’s will. He had these now as a possession, as an asset which he might dispense, which he might give to others. Let us not lose the thread of the thought: The Law Covenant promised earthly life and earthly blessings and earthly dominion—those which Adam had lost. Whoever would keep the Law should have these. Christ Jesus, as the keeper of the law, had the right to these and laid them down. And now, being exalted. it is these earthly blessings and earthly rights which he has to dispense—to the Jew, or to all mankind, or to such an elect or select number of mankind as he may please, and as will be in accord with the Father’s program outlined in the scroll sealed with seven seals. When the Israelites found that Moses could not give them eternal life, and that even under David and Solomon they did not reach the pinnacle of power and influence in the world to bless mankind, they might well have been discouraged. Hence God, through the prophets, sent them further enlightenment to the effect that they could never accomplish the Divine purpose of blessing the world except as he would send them a Messiah, an Anointed One, a King and Priest after the order of Melchizedek. When Messiah should come as the great Priest, and the great King, he would be able to do for them under a New [Law] Covenant what Moses and Aaron had not been able to do for them under the old Law Covenant. It was in connection with this promise of Messiah that God told his covenanted people that he would replace the Law Covenant under Moses by a new and better Law Covenant under Messiah, the antitype of Moses. He said: “It shall come to pass, saith the Lord, after those days, that I will make a New Covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; not according to the [Law] Covenant which I made with them when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, but I will make a New Covenant with them, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more, and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and I will give them a heart of flesh, and I will write my law in their inward parts.”—Jer. 31:31. Israel was looking for this glorious Messiah greater than Moses, who would introduce to them and put them under a better, a New (Law) Covenant, and under more favorable conditions by which they would more fully accomplish the divine purposes in their own hearts, and be prepared, qualified, to introduce those blessings to all the families of the earth, as they had been expecting to do from the beginning. THE WATCH TOWER Brooxiyn, N. Y. THE HIDDEN MYSTERY _ We can see a reason why the Lord kept secret from the Jews in general his identity; for, as the Apostle Peter says, “had they known they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” They did it in ignorance (Acts 3:17) We can see it was necessary that Christ should die; that he should lay down his earthly rights and earthly life and receive of the Father the higher life, and a spiritual realm, in order that he might have the earthly blessings to give, to dispense to Israel and to the world, We can see that otherwise no blessings of a permanent and eternal character would have been possible; hence, as our Lord explained to the disciples after his resurrection, “It was necessary that Christ should suffer and (then) enter into his glory.” Now the question arises, What disposition will the risen and glorified Jesus make of these earthly rights which in his death he had secured by his sacrifice of them? The most reasonable, the most natural thought to us would be: Surely having consecrated the earthly rights he will confer these upon Natural Israel: He will at once become King and Priest to that nation, and in harmony with their hopes cherished for more than sixteen centuries he will exalt Israel as a nation. He will open their eyes. As the prophets have declared, “They shall see out of obscurity”; and “They also that pierced him shall mourn,” and he will “pour upon them the spirit of prayer and supplication.”—Zech, 12:10. But Jesus did nothing of the kind. Instead of so doing, he cast off the nation of Israel, saying, “Your house is left unto you desolate.” He did not establish for them the New Covenant; he did not bless them at all. They have been the most outcast nation of the world for the nearly nineteen centuries since they crucified him. No wonder the Apostle asks, Has God cast away his people whom he foreknew?—the people to whom he made the promises and covenants?—the people whom he encouraged in every way to believe that they were his special people and would be specially used by him in carrying the blessings of the divine law and instruction to all nations? Hag God set aside all his promises? We shall see presently that God has not in any degree abandoned his original program as respects the nation of Israel— “the seed of Abraham” according to the flesh and according to the Law Covenant. Here comes in “a mystery,” as St. Paul explains. This mystery he declares was bidden from previous ages and dispensations, and is now made manifest only to the saints, to the holy ones taught of God. It is still a mystery to Israel after the flesh. It is still a mystery to the world of mankind in general; for the world knoweth us not, even as it knew not the Master. The world does not perceive that God is selecting alittle flock” to be with Christ, members of his mystical body—members of the spiritual] seed of Abraham. THE MYSTERY SHALL BE FINISHED In his last symbolic message to the church, the Lion of Judah, who received the scroll of the divine purpose, informs the saints, to whom it is “given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven,” that the mystery shall be finished; but not until the days of the voice or sounding of the seventh trumpet —in the end or close of this Gospel ‘Age and the dawn of the Millennial age. Whoever is interested may profitably search the Word respecting this mystery class, its calling, its selection, its testing, its completion, its glorification; but only those who are begotten of the holy Spirit will be able to understand in the sense of fully appreciating these “deep things of God” which “God has revealed unto us (the mystery class) by his Spirit, for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea the deep things of God.”— 1 Cor. 2:10. This mystery class is composed of such as have the faith of Abraham and the obedience of Abraham—beginning with our Lord and continuing from Pentecost down to the close of this Gospel age. It is upon these that Christ’s blessing of forgiveness, reconciliation, and earthly favors lost by Adam and redeemed by himself were conferred. Call to mind that he has something to give away — earthly rights and privileges which were his by virtue of his keeping the Law Covenant. Those were not spiritual rights and privileges which he secured through keeping the Law, but earthly ones only. He gt his spiritual and higher privileges and honors as a reward for the sacrifice of himself. What he had to give to us therefore is not spiritual life and honors and dominion, but the earthly. These come to us in the nature of a bequest. The earthly life and the earthly rights which Jesus sacrificed are willed or bequeathed to all those of the faith and obedience of Abraham. But here comes another feature of this mystery. It is not enough that we have the faith of Abraham and his loyalty to righteousness; an additional matter is necessary. All who would become sharers of this gift of Christ must now, in addition to faith and obedience to righteousness, take up their cross and follow Christ as the Captain of their [4452]

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