The Wilmingtonian., 1885-11-28

oil men, GSalm CAN lb NO hoW hp"fohS
and the new earth, will contain the King
dom of God the Kingdom of Christ, and
will be the 'Kingdom of Heaven" come on
the earth, when the will of God "will be
done as it is done in heaven" Now men pray
for this but they do not mean it SO to be un-
derstood The reason, for new heavens and
new earth may be found in the fact, that
God created them first, to suit the natural
race of men, and they are now, as at first |
adapted to this race only. Hence he created |
them to ''make them new," for the "new |
| man, the spiritual incorruptible immortal
man, who was created in Righteousness and
true holiness, Sin the image Of Him which
created him." Col. III, 10. The image of
invisible God, and the first born of every
creature. Col. list, 15 "The brightness OF
the Fathers glory and the express image of
his person." Heb. /, 3. And he is the ap-
pointed heir of all things, for whom his
Father made the world Heb. l, 1. And
for him, his Father shall yet say behold |
make all things new" ''all things" must
continue anatura," while that which is
NATURAL" remains, but when that which is
spiritual has come, ''new heavens and
new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness,
will be Just what God created to make. See
Gen. H. g. narg inal reading, this new
creation for immortal, incorruptible, beings
in the image and likeness of God, calls for
an incorruptible and undetiled Inheritance.
And such it will be when he til 4 liVeth on
the throne, shall say, "behold | make all
things new" What then is Immortality
As this term is used with such frequency
and we may add with so much apparent flip
pancy we may do well to examine 1t care
I fully to ascertain its true biblical import
Paul, iu his first Epistle to Tim vi 10.
assures us that 'Gud only hath immortal
. ity." a. this is so self evidently true, it
, would be only time lost to attempt to deny
it, Immortality in its absolute sense can only
belong to God, and for this simple reason,
| there never was point of time in all the
, annals of the eternity past, when God began
: | to live, nor can there be a point in the vast
: uneudng eternal future, when he will cease
/. 60 live. Hence "God only hath immortali-
: ty. Absolute, independent, underlved inn
E mortality belongs to God only. There is
5 another and, lower seuse, in which this
e term is used in the new testament, and is
i almost invariably defined as eternal life" or
II everlasting lte,' but this let it be remem-
bered, is ''the gilt of God" and not an n-
4 herent quality, or principle in man. Did
10 God give this principle of eternal life to the
p first natural Adam? We answer emphatic
m ally no, he did not. If he did, then Adam
e could not have died, please note this, as we
d shall soon demonstrate. Jesus possessed a
y natural life a blood life, ''the life of the
p flesh is in the blood" He laid down his
,I life for u.s. he was put to death in the
" flesh, "for three days and three nights, the
A. son of man was in the heart of the earth,
id under the dominion of DEATH he was there
q. in the interest of ''the Children" the law
/ claimed them as rightful prisoners, he ill.,
Ly terposed by the sacrifice OF his own natural
If life upon which the law had no claim,
y he voluntarily laid it down, as al eternal
10 forfeit to the justice of law. IL was "the
a. law that had the power OF death" Thou
h shalt surely die. Gen II, II. He paid the
he ransom price in full, and the great probleI
il. of the ages. Ii man die shall he live again
- is about TO be demonstrated, he demands .
IN the law, to deliver up 10 hinl iys of th'
ee prison house, death, ha1es, the grave
, -.--
id brought life and immortality TO light
e through the gospel I'd Tim 1, 10. HE
,e was raised with the power of an endless
- ile'' and is ''the author OF eternal life to all
m them that obey him., SO far as he himself is
tv concei ned "death has been abolished" But
n. ''the heirs with him Of the same promise,
h are and still continue to be the subjects o
ke deaths domain, aud is "the last enemy to bt
n destroyed" by their resurrection to etc na
, life at the last dIy" Nov Jesus can say b.
lis actual possession, "as the Father ha-h liz
, p in himself" The heirs can only say, b.
IF faith, "because he lives, we all live also
ia that last enemy still demands our natura
at life and that which is spiritual can on
A come by resurrection or Translation, "at tn
is appearing of Jesus Christ" Jesus then doe
of not possess in himself, absolute Immortality
ch but he does possess 'eternal life as the glt
no of God" his father, and this he has proniS
ey ed to his people, either by resurrection 4
rt translation. 1t still remains true "whithe
i" [ go, We cannot come," John XIII, ~
cb 'When | come again, l will receive "
At unto myself, that where am there ye ma
,us be Also" The Lord God will give unto IN
all the throne OF my farther David, and | wi
m reign over the house OF Jacob forever, ~
es- are they which have continued with me l
to my temptations, and l appoint unto you
rift Kingdom, as my farther hath appoint,
list unto me, that ye may eat and driuk at IN
the table in my Kingdom, and sit ON throne
nd judging the twelve tribes of Israel" Lux
OF XXII 28, 20, 80 Fear not ltte fl 'ck, it
ife, your fathers good pleasure to give unit
us you the Kingdom. will that they ais
yer whom thou hast given me, be with me whe
nit am, that may behold my glory, Joh
ent XVII, "a. When the Son of Man sha
,al, come in the glory OF his father, aud all Il
hat holy angels with him then shall he sit u
be, on the throne of his glory. This is IL
on glory of which the prophets searched VIII
an or what manner of time the spirit OF Chi
low which was in them did signify, what it te
rot titled beforehand the sutferings of Chrs
rec and the glory which should follow. 1t wi
ter, these things which the angels desire to lut
ON into, 1st Peter, I, 10, II, 10. This is t
ave glory referred to when God says But
hey truly as live, all the earth shall be fill
lme with the glory of the Lord Mum XIV, :
per- Aid blessed be his glorious name furev'
in and let the y hole earth be filled with l
of glory, amen and amen, Psalm, XII,