81 The Revelation of Jesus Christ Lamb of Calvary could buy it back: this He did when He delivered it from the curse. 2. He Redeemed the Earth. There were no thorns in Eden; but when sin entered, God said to Adam: "Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee .. . In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread" (Gen. 3: 1 7 ~ 19 ) . The centuries passed. And then Christ came; He died; and in His death He wore a crown of thorns, the symbol of the sin-cursed earth. Thus He "bore in his own body on the tree" the burden of your sins and mine; and thus He bore away the curse upon a marred creation. True it is that He has not yet claimed His possession over the earth. He is patiently waiting for His bride to be complete. But just as surely as John saw Him claim the title deed to the earth, just so surely will He one day take the reins of government over His pur~ chased possession. Meanwhile, "the earnest expectation of the creation (R. V.) waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God ... The creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now" (Rom. 8: 19-22). When Israel's King and the world's Redeemer takes His throne over a purified earth, then "the desert shall blossom as the rose." Then "Paradise" will be "regained" with a plus-with an added multitude of blood-bought men and women and boys and girls, forever to share His Kingdom and His ·glory. "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" ( Rom. 11 :33 ). MEN ARE BuT STEWARDS OF Goo's PROPERTY -One day the Son of God shall return to the earth, and He will take possession of everything that the people of the world are so willfully calling their own. Literally thousands of people today utterly ignore the rightful Owner of all
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