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COULD Till : MESSIAH III : BURN Ol : A VIKfilN
WITHOUT A HUMAN FATHIIK ?
UY MAMUUL TMVJIHI ; . COI'YKICHTKIl.
Iti this age of skepticism ,
inatcrialisin and degeneracy , it is
not supposed that a paper upon
this subject will meet with wide
acceptance , since even among
Jews and Christians there arc be
tween six and seven hundred dif
ferent faiths , and many spurious
spiritual manifestations. We
could not expect an alien to ac
cept a government lightly es
teemed by its citizens , and full
of antagonisms and diversions.
In the realm of religion such dif
ferences arc in no sense calculat
ed seriously to impress the infidel
and the pagan with the superior
ity of the claims of religion and
the greater utility of its bcnefi-j i
cicnt institutions. Such differ-1 ,
cnces contradict the faith of be
lievers in the one divine Man ,
whose advent into the world waste
to rcvolutionixe-coinlitions and
to usher in an era ol peace and
good will. They not only invite
serious doubt , but beget a world
of controversy and strenuous op
position.
Thousands of armed knights
have splintered their lances in
the lists of higher criticism.
Thousands of scholarly men have
spent years in the fields of re
search and commentation only to
show up more pitfalls and hidden
bogs of'unbelief and quicksands
of doubt. The result is hopeless
diversity of opinion ns wide as
the world , concerning the most
important teachings of the Mes
siah. The Pagan , the Infidel ,
and the agncstic , scaped upon
the black throne of doubt , laugl
in thunder tones of triumph as
they view countless legions
marching beneath tribal banners
that pit sect against sect , and
creed against creed , professing to
be in the kingdom of Him the in
crease of whose government and
peace there shall be no end.
Still the generation of confusion
that darkens counsel , obscuring
the Sun of righteousness , the true
Light of the world lives on ; and
year by year seems to find the
world drifting farther and farther
away upon the unknown waters
of speculation and conjecture.
Kvery year of the two there ap
pears a new prophet or teacher
with a new revelation or intcr-
Iprctation of Holy Writ , giving
rise to a new creed or sect.
JJy this process we have an end-
ess chain of confusing contra
litions whose early links were
loubtless forged about the time
the people abandoned work 01
the tower of Babel. During the
hristain era ( more properly the
era of confusion ; the varying
sects seem to have become more
numerous and more pronounced.
It seems the part of wisdom
then , to turn from the confusing
mass of human opinions , whether
crystalled into creeds , or retain
ed by the individual. And , since
New Testament writings arc not
universally accepted , let us turn
in our search for light to the Jew
ish Scriptures , and show byjcas- ;
onablc and scriptural exposition
that the Messiah-God-Man , waste
to conic through a virgin-with
out human generation , as a holy
and blessed medium.
MESSIAH , The God-Man a NE
CESSITY.
lias Messiah come , is not the
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GENERAL
jueslion ; but is He dcvine as well
is human ? To those who havc ,
10 fed ! , or who at most , assign
o nature in her many systems ,
aw * and operations , indicating
order and design , an inherent
evolutionary ability to elTect such
results , while they arc not able
to trace and discern Mind , over , f
n , with , and under matter , to
those , I repeat , I will make no
serious appeal ; because , being
unable to discern man's great
Prototype , they would be bound
nothing and by nobody. How
ever , to those who accept the
claims of the Bible in its declar
ations concerning a governing
power having all the attributes
of divinity , and to whom all be
sides is subordinated ; who rccog-
nix.c the relation existing between
that power and all moral c < ca-
tures ; who understand the law of
sin and depravity , the law of re
ward and punishment , owing to
the penal nature of sin , who
know the necessity in consequence
quence thereof , of a vicarious
Ttibstitr.tc to make atonement ,
restitution and satisfaction , in
order to bring together again in
complete harmony the two es
tranged and opposing elements ,
God and man , to all such I wil
present some statements in sup
port of the proposition that Iin
manual the God-man , must of
necessity come from a virgin.
The wrong prescription of His
nature , mode of coming , and the
purposes thereof , is no fault of
Holy Writ. All Hebrews admit
the promise of Messiah with titles
and attributes , both human and
divine , but how they can con
strue the purpose of his coming
to be the setting up of a glorious
kingdom over the Jews , when in
clear and unmistakcable language
the old Testament holds up His
Kingdom to bii eternal , world
wide , moral and spiritual , I am
unable to see.
Let us note the physical , moral ,
and spiritual necessity of the
promised God-man , Messiah.
It is obvious to the most cas
ual observer that all human be
ings are imperfect and wicked
in spirit and soul and body , the
triune nature of man. The
law of sin , inward conviction and
remorse , ending in death , has
made this world one vast moral ,
spirlual , and physical hospital ,
wherein no known human sur
gery or skill in medical art can
provide antidotes to cure the ills
that grow out of disregard for
the Creator's law. All seem
ready to admit that the condi
tion of man is intolerable , and
that it is a fearful thing to die
under condemnation in such a
diseased state , as to continue to
live indefinitely therein. None
who did not fill the description of
the Messiah as contained in the
prophicics of the Bible , has ever
seriously claimed to be a Saviour
from sin and its penalties. None
has ever reformed human so
ciety , or ameliorated the moral
and sipritual conditions of life ,
thereby abating suffering , but
by the principles and means ascr
ibed to the Messiah alone , who
is justly entitled to full credit
for the same as foretold in pro
phecy. Man in himself has nev
er contributed one iota to the
plan of redemption. Humanity
can never rise higher than agent
servant , or expositor of the prin
ciple of this great work , and then
only as he learns from a study of
the Bible. Man , created in the
moral image of God , lost that
image in the fall. The leprosy
of sin thoroughly permeated his
entire being , and brought him
under the dominion of the law of
sin and dcatn. Creation was by
divine will , wisdom and energy ,
and brought man into vital union
and communion with the Crcat
or an estate of happiness and
peace. Afterward , by violating
a positive test law , he left the
province of loving son-ship and
became a rebel an alien and
then drifted into open rebellion ,
warfare , the penalty of which
was death. Who can furnish the
remedy that will thoroughly heal
man of the disease of sin and re
store him to the- primal estate ?
( Can man ? Can angels ? No , a
thounand t times , No ! The second
end work of creation and consequent
quent restoration to the image
of God could never be done by
created beings. The humon and
the | angelic can arrange , but
neither can create cither physi
cal or spiritual life ; therefore
created beings cannot re-create
or restore life. No power be
neath that of the original'maker
can restore to its first estate of
perfection a machine when to-
taly wrecked. There is no pow
er or skill equal to that of Crea
tive Goodness. Then none could
restore man but Creative Good
ness , God himself. God the
Katlicr exists as Creator , Ruler
and Preserver of all things , His
moral nature , His character-
is Heaven's penal and statutory
code for the entire universe. He
lolds the balances , and executes
ttdgemcnt. In this office , he
lolds claims or charges against
lis apostate , rebel creatures of
earth which will forever debar
him from becoming a Divine Sac
rifice , a vicarious substitute ,
for them- Being unbegottcn , it
was beneath his divine preroga
tive or nature and office , to as
sume a begotten or derive form ,
of nature. He could not at once
be judge and criminal , Preist
and victim. He could not satis
fy his own justice , nor act as ad
vocate ou mans behalf , while
sitting as Judge ,
Neither could man perform this
office for himself , since he is lack
ing in all the essential elements.
Yet God , who delights in mercy
and who loves to heal , to purify ,
to beautify and to quicken the
moral , spiritual and physical
world , was debarred from the ex
crcise of mercy until expiation
had been made , until provisions
were completed whereby justice
should be satisfied. Therefore ,
as all the persons of the trinity
were concerned and co workers
in the creation of man , it was
necessary and proper that all
should be found willing aud
working together in the new cre
ation or re-creation of man , to
bring him back to God , and to
restore unto him that pure and
holy condition which was lost
in the fall.
As the one work , the creation
of life , was a super-national one
so the other must be supernatural
ural also ; hence "natural law" as
it is called , was laid aside , and
something was done that was
never seen before , something that
to man seemed impossible ; a
child was born of a virgin , as
God had declared should come to
pass. "A virgin shall conceive
and bear a son , aud shall call his
name Immanuel. " ( Isa. 7:14. : )
It has been objected that such
a thing is impossible , because
" " That it
"contrary to nature.
was a miracle , all will concede ;
but who can safely assert that
miracles nre "contrary to na
ture ? " That they arc not com
mon is readily granted ; but is
anyone prepared to state ser
iously that the Law Maker , the
Creator , has no powers in re
serve for his own use , no other
modes of working than those we
see iu daily operation ? Shall
puny man question the Creator's
right and power to call into op
eration forces which he has re
served for his own use , forces of
which man knows nothing ?
No man , no angel , no created
being , could produce life through
a virgin , nor otherwise ! But
how can any man or woman who
believes the Jewish Scriptures ,
doubt or question God's power to
do whatsoever he will ? That
which is unexplaiuable by natur
al law , may be yes , must be-
positively believed by every one
who accepts the Bible as the
word of God.
( SAMUK FuuitKKi B. D. M. D.
The author of the above ar
ticle was educated for a Jewish
Priest but resigned owing to his
religious views. lie is also cd-
ucatee for a Physician. )
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"In this age of antilogy we
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aud problems in warfare which
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