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Final Perseverance of the Saints ch.V (1878)
AUTHOR: | Oliphant, James H. |
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“FOR THE LORD IS OUR DEFENSE, and the holy one of Israel
is our King. Then thou speakest in visions to thy holy one, and
said, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one
chosen out of the people.” [Psalms, lxxxix. 18.] And of this chosen
one he says: “Thy seed will I establish forever, and build up thy
throne to all generations. Isaiah also says, liii: 5, “And with his
stripes we are healed.” 6, “All we, like sheep, have gone astray. We
have turned, every one in his own way, and the Lord hath laid on
him the iniquity of us all,” 8, “For he was cut off out of the land of
the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken.”
“When thou shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his
seed; he shall prolong his day, and the pleasure of the Lord shall
prosper in his hand.” 11, “He shall see of the travail of his soul,
and shall be satisfied.” “By his knowledge shall my righteous servant
justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities.”
The many justified are the many whose sins are borne; the
bearing of sin results in justification. These two things are tied
together so inseparably in each of these passages, that any one
willing to see truth can see it. While his soul is being offered, he
shall see the travail of his soul, and be satisfied. He shall see the
end and object of his death and he will be satisfied; and what
else would satisfy him but the ultimate salvation of all his
people? It is the stripes that heal; or we are healed because he is
striped. In all these passages we are presented as one, with Christ
in the covenant. So that our release from suffering is a necessary
consequence of his suffering. |
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