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THE
WATCH
TOWER
BROOKl,YN,
N.
Y.
trying
experien~e
in
your
life,
The
l>ittsburgh
friends
are
rejoicing
in
the
opportunity
to
suffer
with
)'Qu,
and
the
Lord
is
granting
the
daily
strength.
On
Saturday
and
Sunday
we
had
the
pleasure
of
hearing
Qur
dear
Brother
Thorn
expound
'the
further
unfolding
of
God's
plan.
He
spoke
of
vhe
restoration
of
the
Jews
to
their
land,
called
the
attention
to
the
significance
of
their
Pas,sover
Sup
per
coming
the
day
folklwing
ours,
and
also
to
the
significance
of
t.he
opening
date
of
the
recent
Zionist
Congress
in
Pitts·
burgn,
June
22nd,
the
day
following
a
most
memorable
day
in
the
history
of
our
Society.
Note
how
in
this
wondenul
se
quence
of
events
the
ceremonial
and
governmental
features
of
the
movements
effected
ha.ve
been
kept
separate
and
distinct.
This
Congress
accomplished
more
than
did
the
former
twenty
Zionist
conventions
put
together;
and
we
are
!l€reeably
sur
prised
to
learn
th!Lt
it
occurred
forty
years
to
tfu.e
month
after
the
Congress
of
Berlin,
1878,
the
first
ray
of
hope
to
the
,Tew
since
the
dispersion
in
73
A,
D.
We
are
!Llso
glad
to
note
that
this
important
Congress
honored
the
home
city
of
our
beloved
Pastor,
who
for
the
past
forty
years
has
tJhrough
his
writings
been
calling
the
attention
of
the
world
to
the
significance
of
that
event.
"A
little
while,
now
he
has
come,
The
hour
draws
on
apace,
The
blessed
hour,
the
glorious
morn
When
we
ehall
sce
his
face.
How
light
our
trials
then
will
seem,
How
E1hort
our
pilgrim
way,
This
life
of
earth
a
fitful
dream,
Dispelled
by
dawning
day!"
With
further
as,surance
of
our
daily
prayers,
and
request
ing
your
prayers
for
our
guidance,
we
are
Your
brothcr
and
sister
in
the
Lord,
O.
M.
&,
B.
I.
M.-Pa.
YOh
XXXIX
BHOOKLYN,
1\.
Y.,
SEPTE::\fBEH
15,
191.9
THE
NEW
COVENANT
Ko.
lA
"Behold,
the
days
come,
suith
the
Lord,
that
I
will
make
a
New
Cocenant
wi.th
th,;
house
of
]S/'III'1
and
with
the
hou.~e
of
.Judah."-Jeremiah
31
:31.
The
new
covenant
is
the
Scriptural
name
fe>r
the
new
ar-
In
the
anti
typical
arrangement
the
sacrifices
will
never
be
rangement
between
God
and
man
which
will
be
instituted
at
repeated.
They
lue
offered
once
for
all.
Through
the
"better
the
beginning
of
the
age
to
follow
this,
and
by
which
God
pur·
SlLcrifices"
the
antitypical
Mediator
will
have
the
power
to
poses
to
receive
the
world
of
mankind
again
into
favor
with
start
the
world
with
a.
clean
slwte,
as
it
were.
Then
the
work
himself.
The
covenant
relationship
which
Adam
originally
en·
of
uplift,
e>f
restitution,
will
begin.
As
the
Lord
declares
joyed
with
his
Maker,
a.nd
its
resultant
harmony
with
him,
through
the
prop-het,
HI
will
take
away
the
stony
heart
out
was
based
upon
contingent
obedience
to
the
expressed
will
of
of
your
flesh
and
give
you
a
heart
of
flesh."-Ezek:iel
36
:26;
God.
a.nd
was
forfeited.
by
~Iisob.edience.
.
II:
19.
DEA'l'H
UNDER
THE
NEW
ORDER
This
oov.ena;nt
~elatlOnship
~Ith
God
was
renewed
typIcally
Thus
Adam's
sin
and
condemllaltion,
which
came
to
man-
at
Mount
Sm~I,
WIth
Israel.
!
Exodus
1,9:
1-9;
24:
3-8)
Throug:h
kind
by
heredity,
will
no
more
'be
remembered
by
anybody;
Moses
as
medul.tor,
God
promI~
thl!'t
If
Israel.
would
k~p
hIS
that
is
to
say,
it
will
be
ne>
more
a
torturing
remembrance.
law
they
should
have
eVE'rlastIng
hfe..
The.
InaU~ratlOn
of
While
the
lessons
learned
by
the
world
through
thcir
experi-
that
Law
Covenant
was
effected
by
theIr
!UedIRtor,
SIX
months
ences
with
sin
and
death
will
never
be
fe>rgotten,
nor
their
after
Israel
le~t
Egypt,
through
the
sacrIfice~
of
bUl~
.and
00
benefits
lost,
nevertheless
these
experiences
will
('PRse
to
dis
goats;
the
chIldren
of
Israel
solemnly
agr~eJng
to
t
elr
part
tress
mankind.
The
joys
which
will
then
be
theirs
will
swallow
of
the
covenant.
~"}Iese
Atonement
Day
·sacnfiees
were
repeated
up
the
sorrows
and
tears
of
the
past;
and
the
minds
of
man-
year
by
year
contllluallJ:';
for
the
blood
of
bulls
and
of,
goats
kind
will
be
filled
with
the
wonderful
truths,
the
we>nderful
cOl;Ild
never
ta~e
away
.SiD
..
(Hebr.ew8
10:1-9)
Israel
faIled
to
blessings,
the
glorious
new
projects
and
prospects
continually
gaIn
the
bleSSIng
promIsed.
m
t.heIr
Law
COYi'n.ant.
God
fore-
opening
before
their
widening
vision.
To
all
eternity
the
per-
knew
~h.at
Israel
~vouhl
fall;
b~t
through
,theIr
endeavors
he
fected
earth
will
be
filled
with
a
race
of
happy,
perfect
beings
was.
glvmg
;;n
object
lesson
whIch
would
m
the
future
he
a
in
the
human
likeness
of
their
Lord.
lastmg
bles~m~
to
Israel
and
to
the
we>rld.
.
The
work
of
taking
away
the
stony
heart,
and
the
giving
T~e
medIation
of
the.
old
~w
Covenant
broug~t
~srael
mto
of
a
heart
of
flesh
will
,be
gradual,
however.
Many
will
awake
a
typleal
eovenant
rel~bons!l1p
to
Goo,
The
medIatIOn
of
the
to
shame,
in
proportion
to
their
wilfulness
in
sin
in
the
past.
n~w
Law
C?venant
WIll
~rmg
.not
o.nly
Isr~l,
but
~;r~a:
Burt
the
disciplina.ry
processes
of
the
kingdom
will
gradually
kmd
w~o
WIll
have
come
mto
h~e
wI~h
the
klDgd~
"d
g
.
relieve
all
who
are
amenllible
to
the
influences
of
righteous-
m~nis,
mt.o
actual
covena.nt
relahonshlX'
Then
ea~h
mdlvl
~al
ness
and
to
the
work
of'
refe>rmation
then
instituted.
By
de-
~lll
be
finally
tested
by
,Jehovah,.
as
dam
was
m
th~
b~m'
grees
their
hard-heartedness
will
disappear,
and
they
will
bf-
mng,
to
dlll11.onstrate
whether
he
.18
worthy
?f
everlastmg
life.
oome
more
and
more
tender-hearted
and
affectionate.
No
mem-
None
who
fall
to
stand
t~e
test
WIll
be
permItted
to
enter
upe>n
ber
C>f
the
human
race
will
le>nger
be
-held
accountable
for
the
eternal
ages
of
blessmg
to
follow.
Adam's
sin.
In
Ezekiel
18
:2-4,
we
read
of
present
condi-
T~E
~FFECT
OF
":H:B
"BETTER
SAORIFIOES"
tions:
"The
fathers
have
eaten
a
sour
grape,
and
thp
chil-
C?<>d
WIll
Introduce
thiS
new
L~w
Coven~nt
through
the
drpn's
teeth
are
set
on
edw'."
But
during
the
next
:I!.!P
th,'
~edlRtor
of
the
New
Covenant,
ChTlst
Jesus,.lD
'yho.m
the
~n'
etfE'ets
of
the
sour
grape
of
sin
will
be
~ra.dually
eliminated.
tire
arrangeme1!t
centers,
and
through
wh,om
It
~Ill
be
,carrIed
ender
the
new
order,
whoever
dies
will
die
for
his
own
sin,
nC>t
out.
For
a
Jll!f1?d
of
a
thol1sa!ld
years
thIS
Me~liator
Will
do
So
for
the
sin
of
his
fathers.
wor~
of
medlatl~n
for
ma!,klDd.
And
he
~lll
not
only
be
Since
all
mankind
are
in
a
oondition
of
imperfection,
all
M~dlator,
b~t
wlIl.
be
Priest,
Proplle~.
KIllg-,
,Ju,!.gP.
As
will
in
that
day
Rtill
be
liable
to
ce>mmit
sin.
The
only
ar-
pnes~.
he
WIll
uplIft
and
hless
humamty
anti
rpPPlw.
thl"r
rangement
by
which
they
can
attain
to
everlasting
life
will
be
of!'prmgs.
(See
.Ta~rnacle
Shadows,
pp.
93-100)
As
.kmg
he
by
their
adoption
into
the
family
of
the
Mediator-the
Christ
WIll
rule
m!lDkmd
III
r.lghtcol;Isne8S;
as
prophet
he
WIll
teach
-who
will
quicken
their
weak
mortal
,bodies.
Although
no
them;
as
Judge
he
w~lI
deCl~e
and
pass
sentence.
fa'-orl1'bJe
divine
condemnation
will
hold
over
against
them
from
their
or.
unfavora·ble.
It
wJlI.
reqU1r~
.
the
full
thousand
years.
to
past.
vpt
on
Iv
such
a~
pome
into
proper
rphtionship
with
th"
brmg
the
people
out
of
!helT
conchhon.
of
death
a!ld
d('gra,]a~l<ln,
MediWtor
win
rec"ive
the
divine
blessing.
Under
the
New
to
restore
whosoever
WIll
of
~ll
~ankllld
to
thp
Hn~g-e
:Inri
,'kp-
Covenant
the
special
favors
of
the
Lord
will
be
only
for
the
nes-
of
God
..
lost
by.
Ac!am
'"
Eden.
.
obedient.
"Vhoever
reiects
the
opportunities
t.hen
offered
will,
.'
The
basl~,
of
medlatl?n
o~,
the
~rt
of
the
better
Medlator
at
the
closp
of
the
first
hundred
years,
be
destroyed
from
,~ill
be
the
better
sacnfi;es
of
th~s
Gospel
age.
Let
us
no-
amongst
the
poople.-Isaiah
65
:20.
Leeser.
tIe"
the
Apostle's
declaratIOn
regardmg
thIS
matter,
In
refer-
-
rin!!
to
the
type,
he
says,
"It
was
therefore
necessary
that
the
THE
SEALING
OP
THE
NEW
COVENANT
patterns
of
thin~s
in
the
heavens
should
be
purified
with
these;
God
cannot
ce>nsilJtently
ent.er
into
a
eovenant
with
people
but
the
heavenly
things
t.hemselves
with
better
sacrifices
than
whe>
are
under
his
own
sentence
of
death.
Under
the
typical
these."
(Hebrews
9
:23)
The
words
"hea.vens"
and
"heavenly
arrangement
of
the
Law
Covenant,
the
death
of
bulls
and
of
things"
as
used
in
this
text
do
not
refer
te>
spiritual
things;
goats
was
accepted
as
a
sacrifice
to
Goo;
and
tIle
people
of
for
nothing
RepirituaI
is
SE'cUTpd
by
these
better
sacrifices.
Only
Israel,
thus
typically
cleansed,
were
enmbled
to
enter
iIlJto
a
human
blessings,
human
rights,
are
thus
secured.
The
word
typical
relationship
with
him.
This
did
not
mean
that
the
"hpnvens"
means
"hE'aved
up,
or
higher";
and
in
ordpr
~(]
un-
blood
of
hulls
and
of
goats
wa.'!
sufficient
to
take
away
sin;
derstand
its
specific
meaning'
in
any
text,
the
word
must
be
but
that
it
was
a
typieal
representation
e>f
tbe
real
sacrifices.
defined
in
harmony
with
its
context.
St.
Paul
is
here
oon-
under
the
Grace
Covenant,
the
Covenant
of
Sacrifice.
trasting
the
types
of
the
Jewi8h
age
with
the
antitypes
of
If
the
New
Covenant
were
now
sealed,
then
all
the
blood
the
Gospel
dispensa.tion.
of
the
covenant
must
have
been
previously
prepared,
must
have
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(271-275) trying experiente in your life. The Pittsburgh friends are rejoicing in the opportunity to suffer with you, and the Lord is granting the daily strength. On Saturday and Sunday we had the pleasure of hearing our dear Brother Thorn expound the further unfolding of God’s plan. He spoke of the restoration of the Jews to their land, called the attention to the significance of their Passover Supper coming the day following ours, and also to the significance of the opening date of the recent Zionist Congress in Pittsburgh, June 22nd, the day following a most memorable day in the histery of our Society. Note how in this wonderful sequence of events the ceremonial and governmental features of the movementa effected have been kept separate and distinct. This Congress accomplished more than did the former twenty Zionist conventions put together; and we are agreeably surprised to learn that it occurred forty years to the month after the Congress of Berlin, 1878, the first ray of hope to the Jew THE WATCH TOWER Broogiyn, N. Y. since the dispersion in 73 A. D. We ure also glad to note that this important Congress honored the home city of our beloved Pastor, who for the past forty years has through his writings been calling the attention of the world to the significance of that event. “A little while, now he has come, The hour draws on apace, The blessed hour, the glorious morn When we shall sce his face. How light our trials then will seem, How short our pilgrim way, This life of earth a fitful dream, Dispelled by dawning day!” With further assurance of our daily prayers, and requesting your prayers for our guidance, we are Your brother and sister in the Lord, 0. M. & B. I. M—Pa. Vou. XXXIX BROOKLYN, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 15, 1918 No. 18 THE NEW COVENANT “Behold, the days come, suith the Lord, that I will make a New Covenant with the house of Isracl and with the house of Judah.”—Jeremiah 31:31. The new covenant is the Scriptural name for the new arrangement between God and man which will be instituted at the beginning of the age to follow this, and by which God purposes to receive the world of mankind again into favor with himself. The covenant relationship which Adam originally enjoyed with his Maker, and its resultant harmony with him, was based upon contingent obedience to the expressed will of God, and was forfeited by disobedience. This covenant relationship with God was renewed typically at Mount Sinai, with Israel. (Exodus 19:1-9; 24:3-8) Through Moses as mediator, God promised that if Israel would keep his law they should have everlasting life. The inauguration of that Law Covenant was effected by their mediator, six months after Israel left Egypt, through the sacrifices of bulls and of goats; the children of Israel solemnly agrecing to their part of the covenant. These Atonement Day sacrifices were repeated year by year continually; for the blood of bulls and of goats could never take away sin. (Hebrews 10:1-9) Israel failed to gain the blessing promised in their Law Covenant. God foreknew that Israel would fail; but through their endeavors he was giving an object lesson which would in the future be lasting blessing to Israel and to the world. The mediation of the old Law Covenant brought Israel into a typical covenant relationship to God. The mediation of the new Law Covenant will bring not only Israel, but all mankind who will have come inte line with the kingdom arrangements, into actual covenant relationship. Then each individual will be finally tested by Jehovah, as Adam was in the beginning, to demonstrate whether he is worthy of everlasting life. None who fail to stand the test will be permitted to enter upon the eternal ages of blessing to follow. THE EFFECT OF THE ‘‘BETTER SACRIFIOES’’ God will introduce this new Law Covenant through the Mediator of the New Covenant, Christ Jesus, in whom the entire arrangement centers, and through whom it will be carried out. For a period of a thottsand years this Mediator will do a work of mediation for mankind. And he will not only be Mediator, but will be Priest, Prophet. King, Judge. As priest, he will uplift and bless humanity and receive their offerings. (See Tabernacle Shadows, pp. 93-100) As king he will rule mankind in righteousness; as prophet he will teach them; as judge he will decide and pass sentence. favorable or unfavorable. It will require the full thousand vears to bring the people out of their condition of death and degradation, to restore whosoever will of all mankind to the image and tikeness of God, lost by Adam in Eden. The basis of mediation on the part of the better Mediator will be the “better sacrifices” of this Gospel age. Let us notice the Apostle’s declaration regarding this matter. In referring to the type, he says, “It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.” (Hebrews 9:23} The words “heavens and “heavenly things” as used in this text do not refer to spiritual things; for nothing spiritual is secured by these better sacrifices. Only human blessings, human rights, are thus secured. The word “heavens” means “heaved up, or higher’; and in order to understand its specific meaning in any text, the word must be defined in harmony with its context. St. Paul is here contrasting the types of the Jewish age with the antitypea of the Gospel dispensation, In the antitypical arrangement the sacrifices will never be repeated. They are offered once for all. Through the “better sacrifices” the antitypical Mediator will have the power to start. the world with a clean slate, as it were. Then the work of uplift, of restitution, will begin. As the Lord declares through the prophet, “J will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”—Ezekiel 36:26; 11:19, DEATH UNDER THE NEW ORDER Thus Adam’s sin and condemnation, which came to mankind by heredity, will no more be remembered by anybody; that is to say, it will be no more a torturing remembrance. While the lessons learned by the world through their experiences with sin and death will never be forgotten, nor their benefits lost, nevertheless these experiences will cease to distress mankind, The joys which will then be theirs will swallow up the sorrows and tears of the past; and the minds of mankind will be filled with the wonderful truths, the wonderful blessings, the glorious new projects and prospects continually opening before their widening vision. To all eternity the perfected earth will be filled with a race of happy, perfect beings in the human likeness of their Lord. The work of taking away the stony heart, and the giving of a heart of flesh will be gradual, however. Many will awake to shame, in proportion to their wilfulness in sin in the past. But the disciplinary processes of the kingdom will gradually relieve all who are amenable to the influences of righteousness and to the work of reformation then instituted. By degrees their hard-heartedness will disappear, and they will become more and more tender-hearted and affectionate. No member of the human race will longer be held accountable for Adam’s sin. In Ezekiel 18:2-4, we read of present conditions: “The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’ But during the next aye the effects of the sour grape of sin will be gradually eliminated. Under the new order, whoever dies will die for his own sin, not for the sin of his fathers. Since all mankind are in a condition of imperfection, all will in that day still be liable to commit sin. The only arrangement by which they can attain to everlasting life will be by their adoption into the family of the Mediator—the Christ —who will quicken their weak mortal bodies. Although no divine condemnation will hold over against them from their past. vet only such as come into proper relationship with the Mediator will receive the divine blessing. Under the New Covenant the special favors of the Lord will be only for the obedient. Whoever rejects the opportunities then offered will, at the close of the first hundred years, be destroyed from amongst the people.—Isaiah 65:20. Leeser. THE SEALING OF THE NEW COVENANT God cannot consistently enter into a covenant with people who are under his own sentence of death. Under the typical arrangement of the Law Covenant, the death of bulls and of goats was accepted ag a sacrifice to God; and the people of Israel, thus typically cleansed, were enabled to enter into a typical relationship with him. This did not mean that the blood of bulls and of goats was sufficient to take away sin: but that it was a typical representation of the real sacrifices, under the Grace Covenant, the Covenant of Sacrifice. Tf the New Covenant were now sealed, then all the blood of the covenant must have been previously prepared, must have [6824]
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