Do We Face Life Alone?

MEMORY VERSE: “He is the Mediator of the new testament, that … they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.” —Hebrews 9:15

HEBREWS 6 through 10

EVER since sin entered into the world as a result of disobedience to God’s laws, Adam and the entire human race, though yet unborn, have been condemned by the Creator. Sickness, accident, war, and misery of every description have been the fate of man, which eventually led to the grave. For the most part men and women of all ages continue to face the perplexing problems of life with little or no awareness of the fact that God has been silently preparing for their recovery through the development of a Mediator, who will stand between God and the sinner in the times of restitution. This will commence as soon as all the members of the Mediator shall have been made ready, and God’s kingdom established whereby the human family may be brought back into harmony with their Creator once again.

When considering this subject it necessary to bear in mind that during the establishment of God’s kingdom on earth, God will not deal with sinners directly, but only through a mediator. To obtain reconciliation with the Heavenly Father, the Jews, to whom the apostle is addressing his remarks, and the whole world of mankind will need to come to the Mediator—Jesus and the 144,000 members of his body—who will act on their behalf. Such will be the arrangement during the future tines of restitution.

Further study shows that the word “mediator” means “go-between,” as indicated by Strong’s Concordance of the Bible; or “middle man,” as defined by Young in his concordance. This is in harmony with the foregoing thoughts relative to God’s provision whereby man may approach him under the arrangements of the millennial kingdom. Jesus, of course, laid the foundation for this work by giving his own life in sacrifice according to the Heavenly Father’s will.

The old Law Covenant had been in existence for hundreds of years when Paul presented these thoughts to the Hebrew brethren, and many no doubt had questions concerning God’s plans in relation to the Jews, who they thought were the favored people to accomplish the work set out in that covenant. Many of the Jews who had come unto Christ and had accepted him as their Redeemer believed that somehow they must still retain some sort of relationship to the old Law Covenant and its ordinances which had become so much a part of their former lives. In his letter to them Paul stresses the importance of recognizing the Law as being merely a typical covenant that prefigured a new and better one; and that its mediator typified a better Mediator, Christ—Jesus the Head, and his true followers constituting the members of his anti-typical body; and that the blood of bulls and goats used in its sin offerings represented the better sacrifices by which the new and better covenant would become operative in due time under the Christ.

For the most part Jewish people remain in darkness concerning God’s plans and purposes relative to our Lord Jesus and the approaching kingdom. Perhaps it will not be too long before the blindness that has been upon them as a nation will begin to dissipate and they will gladly turn unto the Lord who has miraculously brought them back to their own land in recent years. It will, the Scriptures point out, require a sobering experience that will remove that blindness; however, when the new dispensation shall begin to dawn upon the world, when they shall see the resurrected Ancient Worthies on the scene in their own land, perfect, and as recipients of divine favor and blessing, and when they shall see their brethren beginning to be blessed under the ministration of the New Covenant arrangement—then the Jews, who have been blinded and unbelieving, will turn unto the Lord with a manifestation of true faith and obedience.

So also will the people of other nations gather themselves to the Lord and seek to come into harmony with his will. “For out of Zion shall go forth the Law, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” (Isa. 2:3) Then the whole world, having turned to Zion to receive instruction from the resurrected Ancient Worthies, will learn of God’s ways.

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