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Jesus from the dead will raise us up also, by Jesus,through His spirit and power; and not only so, but alsothe world of mankind, all who were involved in the deathsentence upon the first man.Therefore, the entire world is included in the deathpayment made by the Great Redeemer, that "As by mancame death, by a man also shall come the resurrection ofthe dead; for as all in Adam die, even so all in Christshall be made alive." But, says the Apostle, while everyman who will come into Christ shall be made alive, eachwill come forth "in his own order." The Christ companyshall come forth first--"the Church of the First-born,whose names are written in heaven." Afterwards willcome those who will become His at, or during, His presence--during the thousand years of His Kingdom glory.The opportunity of that thousand years will mean toevery man the privilege of coming into fellowship withthe Redeemer and King, Emmanuel. Whoever will acceptthe opportunity will receive the blessing of an admissionto Messiah's family. As the Apostle says, theywill become His. Under His heavenly guidance andblessing and regenerating influence, all such may attainagain to a full image and likeness of God, lost in Eden,redeemed at Calvary.====================R5018 : page 145"THE HARVEST IS THE END OF THE AGE""The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; prayye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forthlaborers into His harvest."--Matt. 9:37,38.FOR LONG YEARS many of us thought ofthe Bible references to the Harvest, our textincluded, as applicable to every time. Wehad not then learned that in order to be understoodthe Bible must be studied Dispensationally.Now we perceive that the timeof our Lord's first advent was the Harvestof the Jewish Age; and that as a Harvestthis text applied to that nation only. Formore than sixteen hundred years the LawCovenant had been in operation between God and Israel.Under it they had been disciplined and schooled, instructedthrough the Law and by the Prophets.Jesus came, not only to be the Redeemer of mankind ingeneral, but also to offer Himself as King to the Jews,and to make them His joint-heirs in His Kingdom. Hadthere been a sufficient number of Jews in heart-readinessto receive the Gospel Message, according to Divine agreement,the entire Bride class would have been elected, orchosen, from that one nation and not a Gentile would havebeen invited to participate in the honors of these spirit-begotten