Page:Studies in the Scriptures - Series I - The Plan of the Ages (1909).djvu/303

 Tliv Kingdom of Go& 29?

" Rejoice ye with Jerusalem and be glad with her, . . * that ye may be delighted with the abundance of her glory; for saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream.** "At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall be gathered unto it." " And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain [kingdom] of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths ; for out of Zion [the spiritual phase] shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem " the earthly phase. Isa. 52:9$ 65:18; 66: 10-12; Jer. 3: 17; Isa. 2:3.

When considering the many precious promises of future blessing made to Israel, and expecting an accurate fulfil- ment of them to that people, it is proper that we should remember that as a people they are typical, as well as actual. In one aspect they are typical of the whole world of man- kind ; and their Law Covenant, of obedience and life, was typical of the New Covenant to be established with the world during the Millennial and future ages.

The blood of atonement under their typical covenant, and the priesthood which applied it to that nation, typified the blood of the New Covenant and the Royal Priesthood which will, during the Millennium, apply its clcansings and blessings to the whole world. Thus their priesthood typified the Christ, and that nation typified all for whom ?;he rea'' sacrifice was made, and to whom the real blessings will come "every man/* "the whole world/'

Then let us remember that though the future blessings, like the past, will be to the Jew first, and also to the Gen- tile, i? will be in the matter of time only that the Jews will taavt* the precedence to divine favor j and this we have shown would be a natural consequence of their training under the

�� �