Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . ce, He paidme five hundred dollars as an earnest, or pledge, that he willreturn, and take the farm. He has too much invested in it toabandon it now. The above faintly illustrates how the Holy Spirit is an earnestof our inheritance. When man sinned, he lost dominion of theworld, and the beautiful planet that then was, passed under thedominion of the usurper, and man became the abject slave ofsin. Jesus, pitying his condition, came to redeem not only man,but the world. He invested in our world thirty-three years of hislife
Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . ce, He paidme five hundred dollars as an earnest, or pledge, that he willreturn, and take the farm. He has too much invested in it toabandon it now. The above faintly illustrates how the Holy Spirit is an earnestof our inheritance. When man sinned, he lost dominion of theworld, and the beautiful planet that then was, passed under thedominion of the usurper, and man became the abject slave ofsin. Jesus, pitying his condition, came to redeem not only man,but the world. He invested in our world thirty-three years of hislife, wherein he was beset with the same temptations that sur-round us. He was ridiculed and mocked; his character was ma-ligned, and at last he was falsely accused, arrested by a merci-less mob, and crucified. Thus he invested in the purchased pos-session his time, talent, labor, and life. Having made this invest-ment, he has an interest in it, and some day He will return toclaim His own, and the drank His blood will erelongcompose the foundation of His XI THE ministry of Jesus Christ on earth was drawing to itsclose, and He felt extremely anxious to give His followersthe clearest evidence possible that He was the true Mes-siah. He desired that their faith might be strengthened in Him,so that it would not be shaken as they should see Him deliveredinto the hands of His enemies. And further, fearing that whenthey -should see their supposed King die the ignominious deathof the cross, they might lose faith in the expected kingdom, con-cerning which they had hoped so long, He said unto them, Therebe some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till theysee the .Son of man coming in His kingdom. Matt. 16:28. A short time after this, Jesus chose three of His most promi-nent disciples, Peter, James, and John, and led them up the steepsof a neighboring mountain, away from the sight and sound ofhuman activity. They ascended the mountain for the purpose ofengaging
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