Promises "If—" Another reason why these prom inent men thought they had a sort of fit st mortgage on the Kingdom of Hi avrii was that they misunder stood the promises of G< d. Many prop isos uf blessings, wonderful blessings, had been made to the people of I rael by prophet after prophet. Those promises arc still to be read in the Old Testament. Where tl che f priests and all that crowd made their mistake was at two peuits. One: they supposed that these a ere promises "no mat ter what. ' pi onuses without condi tion;. without any strings attached. God would give Israel all these laic, sings, they icasimed: they be longed to I rael. therefore they would share the blessings Not at all; Jesus tolls them straight "lit that the kingdom is to be taken away from them and giv en to a nation producing the fruits of it." What nation'.’ That promise is still .' od. but no nation, group or people- or race or church can claim it absolutely and finally. The "kingdom.' with Clod's highest blessings, can belong to England or Japan or the United States or Ethi opia -IE They are offered and promised to any nation that will produce the fruits. Does ours?

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