Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-08
IOUMMUNIUAIEI
CHIC FIRST RcsUrrCctiou..,

As titeTa Tic Two conlnls, The coming IOr,
esd me c3ning ,cih. likewise there are Two
restrictions, 'rssurrtc ion Of hf,," aud q
'1tsurrecion IF Judgment" and these Two are
as distinct 10 character aad in time as the two
coniogs not only this but there viii lie OF
least Thousand years betwqeD Ihsm. JohD Y,
24-29. Rsv. *, 5.
The Scriptures teach uEni5akably that The
''rdsurrtc:ion CT life. CT as We i'd it 10 Luke
xiv, II, "lhe RESURRECTION Of the jost,' is to
be OF the same character ls the resurr; c.ion OF
cur blessed and adorable Lord au &c: Of di.
vice power, whereby oil sleeping saints at His
com;cg shall r;so fist; then We which are
alive end remaio shall b. caught up together
wiki them in tic clouds, TO meet the Lord 10
tho air." To make this truth perfectly simple
it is necessary OILY 10 quote Gee other Scir,
Iurc: "Thcgciore We aru buried with lin By
baptism Into death: that like IS Christ was
raised up from the dead by the glery f the
| Father, even SO We also should walk 10 neWncss
| Of life. For if We have been planted together
ia the likeness Of his death. We shall be also in
the likeness OF his resurrection.
| Another interesting truth, and very I'M
pcrtant one 10 this connCc ion is, that tho dis
| ciplCs themselves, while the Lord was bodily
present with them, did not fully understand
| the whole meaning Of the resurrection 1rom
(ttom snoGe) the desd.' And as they came
down from the mruutaiu. he charged them that
| they should tell no mad what things they had
seen Till the SOP Of Man were risen from the
dead. And they kept that saying with them
selves, questioning ono with apGther what the
rising ftcm (trcm nmuuz) the dead should
mean.' They all kucW perfectly welt that the
dead wGro TO be raised, Martha saith unto
bim, know that ho shall rise again ia the
resu:r c;iOn ST the last day." but their minds,
like the minds OF mary in these lest days,
could tu! zee fatally they questioned oRa With
a5Othcr what il Eesnt they lett lhtIe Was
something special 10 this, (irom smoup,) sumo.
thag entirely beyond their idea OF tho resut'
rcction OF the dead. AID there was. Not uotil
Jesus had arisen. had broken the bord5 Of
death aui assembled uuto His Father, vas the
glorious truth fully manifested 10 the words Of
Holy Writ under the inspired hand ot The great
apostle
At tie mo0ent the Lord comes fir His Saints
will be fulfilled to this deer trolhrr Of Christ
lis ionGly cherished hope. That | may kouw
him, and tho power of his resurrection, and
tho fellowship OF his sufferngs, being made
coni0rmatle cato bis death &; ii by any means |
might attain unto the rcsufrfotinn ct tho dead,
iron amo0g the dead 4 : For
our conversation is 10 heaven from whenc:
also we louk Tor the Saviour. tho l1id Jesus
Carts, who Shal! change cur vile body, hat il
may he fashioned like unto bis glorious body,
according TO the working whereby h. is able to
subduc all Thugs uuto hiusslf" Phil. ILL.,
Here re have The resu; rcc,lon Of lie AM! The
coming for the salu's taught in the same Scrip
uTc sud So iudi5sulubly liukeG together TIA. ii
Is impossible t. sever them. Was PGul 8 b.
lever CGu'd he have such aspirations ut al
eiul0g u1to Tho resurrection withou; : belief Ia
the dec rinc Withtu; such q filth could he
teaci the Philippians to b, titus mind ID. "
Ard if Paul taught the doo:liae ia tho early
days OF tho church. ought rot all ministers of
Ghist teach il il these last days?
This promise then Of The redemption Of Gu.
bc5ieS and The comirg Ct our L,id to put ul ia
possession Ct tie iGconup'io!e iDbei:auo.,
should eutcr toto every tfua Christians CXpo.
! a. we c'eiuent: The presentation tt
gospel truth Is lucou pI9,o without II,
again 10 Lake 20, the Sadjuo,ea, IL sect
that did cot believe in auy rcsurrc ion, BIO.
rouudsd to Jesus the question Therefore in
the resurrection whose wife Of them is she far
sven mad hsr TO wife, hoping, 10 d0ub;, 10
entsnG!e Him by their cfafliness, but what vas
Hts answer? bat they which shall be &C
counlcd worthy to obtain that world, ord tie
rrsuutc lou from the dead, neither ucrry, uor
ate giVco Ia marriage: relher Gao they die
any more. for they are cqlal uuto tic angels
and are the children CT God, being the chiidrca
Il the resurrection" = "Eor he j. M.
Gcd Of the dead, Tut OF tue l!vicg: fer a!i
Rho ore acc5ultci worthy live up,o bin"
What nloe Of truth is spruog hare to all
who Will ACCEPT 1t In tho rame of Christ. If
We Is h;hevIS ARE dead with Christ" phy
can Sc not 'belltSc that We ais5 shall live with
him : 1t We are acocuoicd worthy 10 0b!sin
'rcsurr,c loo Of lle," that IL. lent from among
The dead, We ARE be cLiIdrca of God, bsinv
the children # tho rssurrsctioU," AID Why :?
hrcnu:e we live, not unto cuisc!sis. bu. unto
l1im ~Lo died fJr W AID rose spaio from the
dead. Likewise reckon w aIso yourselves to
| 30 dad Indeed uelo siu, 5u. aliva unto God
through Jesus Christ our L?rd." Romans Will.
| We now quote tfom book that is dark ocss to
many aud uoresd By most, aod why ?? They
forget tue sweetest words ID the opeuiog chap
ter, blessed is he that readcth, and thst hears
ne words OF this prophecy, AID keep those
things which arc W!ltteu: fer the time is at
hand"
1t it is blessed to read and to hesr. Int rs see
81
say about the first re resurrection. Johu saw 40
angel 10y hold Gu tho Dragon. tho Devil. hiad
him. cast him into the hottonleas pit, shut bim
up and put seal urou him ho saw thrones,
aud they rat upon them, ard tho souls Ct the
mariyred dead, and they lived aud reipued
with Chris: thGusaud years. Blu. the rest Of
the dead lived lot pgain uotl the thousand
years warc flushed. ibis is Tbs FIRST resu1reo
!Ion. Blessed aud holy is he that hath part
10 The hrst rtsurrecjiob: on such tie second |
death hath 10 power, but they shall be priests |
OF God aud CT Ch;ist, and shall reign with him
thousand yebrs.'
Can words be plaiotr? Is :hcre 70 bo
thousand years between the first resurrection
and the time when tho rts: ct be dead" are
10 live This is the first resurrcc,icp :"
then, 1t The rsst Of the dead lived not again
until the thousand years We're Guished," the
n'x5. or second rtsurre oiion must be at lsast q
thousand years later, Iheo freud. acc .pt The
troth; 1t is The iulalIibIe word Of God, ard
written Sc plain that lit,ls child nerd n,t .,r