[Songs in the Night - May 12]
So great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord. Hebrews 2:3
NOT only was there no eternal life in our race, and
no hope for attaining any except through Jesus, but
all of the promises of the past would have been powerless
without his work of atonement, and not until he
came was it known how our redemption was to be
accomplished.
True, the Lord had provided various
types and shadows in the numerous sacrifices of the
past which illustrated the fact that without the shedding
of blood there can be no remission of sin; but
they could not be understood until the Antitype had
come.
Then he brought life to light and immortality
to light—life for the world, eternal life to be conferred
during the millennial age—immortality for his church,
his bride, his little flock, his joint-heirs.
These were
never brought to light before; they were faintly seen
and vaguely described, but it remained for the great
Teacher to set forth before us the salvation which
God had proffered through him.
Thank God that our
hearts have made our lips more and more tell forth the
praises of him who has called us out of darkness into
his marvelous light.
Through faith in him we are already
reckoned risen to walk in newness of life, and
through him by and by the Father will raise us up by
his own power, that we shall be like him and share his
glory, honor, and immortality. Z'06-186 R3795:5 (Hymn 255)