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JEWISH AGE, or the Law dispensation. During that ag? he made a special covenant with them ; he gave them the Tabernacle, whose shekinah glory in the Most Holy repre- sented Jehovah's presence with them as their Leader and King. To them he sent the prophets, and finally his SOIL Jesus performed his miracles and taught in their midst, and would neither go to others himself, nor permit his disciples to go to the surrounding nations. He sent them out., say- ing, " Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any- city of the Samaritans enter ye not ; but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (Matt, 10 : 5, 6.) And again he said, " I am not sent but tinlo the lost sheep of the house of Israel. " (Matt. 15 : 24.) That this national favor ended with their rejection and crucifixion of Josus is shown by Jesus' words, when, five days before his cruci- fixion, he declared, "Your house is left unto you do?o- late, Malt 23 : 38.

There, at Jesus' death, a new age began the OHMSTIAN AriE or GospKr, DISPENSATION, wherein should be her- tided good tidings of justification, not to the Jew only, but to all nations 5 for Jesus Christ, by the grace of Cod, fettled death for every man* During this Gospel age also there is a class called to special favor, to whom social promises arc made; namely, those who by faith arcept Christ Jesus OH their Redeemer and Lord, following i his fuuLstcpij. The gotfijcl proclamation has gone hither and thither through the earth for nearly nineteen hundred years, KO that it can iww be said that it has been pmwhinl more or tat; in J nation. It has not converted nations- it \viuj not i!ei5j;ttL'J to do so hi this age; but it has elected here and there HOUIC, in all a "little flock/' us Jetuu* lud fori'toM (Luke 12: 32% to whom it is the Kathor's good pleuiiuri? to yive thr KJn&dom in iu 4tg to ibllow thin.

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