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its length may be, before they can
THAR reward, or know certainly
what their destiny is to be which wait
ing may be fifteen hundred years, or
t"o billions of years, according to the
time occupied in investigating the acts
and chlracter'of each individual. Such
II prepostarous idea rs this mortol res
direction of all, good and bad, would
be unworthy Of notice if some were
not found who seem to believe it.
To say nothing.of its palpablc denial
OF Paul's affirmation, the dead shall
be raised incorruptible," what a grand
state Of suspense the whole race are
held in for an indefinite period! And
we might ask, How are this mortal null.
titude to be fed during this time? If
by cultivating the earth, shall not all
take part therein? If by miracle, then
God will show mercy, for tue time be
ing, 70 the wicked as well rs to the
righteous, perhaps Tor thousands Of
years. That will be some, yea, n large
compensation to the wicked to be fed
without work for 50 long a period.
We might ask very many questions
about the occupation, places Of retire.
mcnt, sleep, etc, all Of which are es-
scntial to mortals but the thought Of
such an assclnblage, for such a period,
for the purpose Of deciding what to do
with each. after n minute examination,
is too much for any unbiased mind to
entertain: there must be an iudcfcnsi-
bic theory to serve before any man can
resort to such Il position. So it seems
to Us.
We will now look at this position as
if it were presented by men OF reason
who profess to believe the Bible. That
book positively declares, "1he dead
shall! lie raised incorruptiblc = hence
they are not raised mortal. But again:
Christ is "the first fruits from the
dead the sample Of the harvest. If
he was not raised from the dead mor
TIL, and Judged afterward, to see if he
should be changed to Immortality,
ncitlcr will they he "that are Christ's
at his coming;' they arc the har
vest" represented by the first fruits.
Two facts show that Christ was Judged
before, or antccodent to his revival
from the dead:
First-The fact that he vas revived
previous to the general resurrection"
as it i, called, Why is he revived be-
fore others, if he had not been judged
worthy Of such peculiar resurrection?
Clearly, he had been SO judged prior
TO bis revival from the dead.
Second-His revival demonstrated
that he had been SO judged; for, he
was "dcclarcd to be the Son Of God
with power, according to the spirit Of
holilcss, By tie resurrection from The
deaa.' That was the demonstration
that he was judged to be the Son of
God, and that this Judgment passed on
him prior TO his resurrection from the
dead. =, Wa not raised mortal, then
Judged, AMI asterward changed to i'm
mortality, but his resurrection was his
aconj,tal from uorfoIity. uLuowinc
tbst Cur;,t hcino raised from n,p do,d
doth no more. death hath M moro
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why i't' DN|'''' ''eS are I"e
children OF Go", hcing tie children OF
the reemrpcti0N."
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OF God, BY the Resurrection from the