The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-15

saints. And when He had taken tn
book, the four beasts, and the four ant
| twenty elders fell down before the Lamp
having every one of them harps and gold
in walls full of odors, which are tn
prayers of saints. Christ who was non
| other than the Divine Son of God, cam
| to this earth and took upon Himself on,
sinful nature, was made sin for US tina.
we might be made the righteousness OF
| God in Him. Thus he who was the Di-
vine Son of God lived in humanity a
sinless life, that we might partake Of
the divinity that He brought with Him
| from heaven and be saved finally in the
kingdom of God. Thus heaven and earth
are brought together.
The apostle speaks of those who arose
| from the dead after the resurrection of
/ Christ as follows: Wherefore. he saith
! when he assembled up on high, held cap
! tivity captive Cor as it reads in the mar
! GIN a multitude Of captives, and gave
gifts unto men, The same apostle de-
! clares that Christ was the first fruit of
/ them that slept. We therefore have but
/ one conclusion at which we can arrive
/ from the Scriptures, viz: When Jesus as
! he hung upon the cross cried out, 'It is
finished the rocks rent the earth shook
and some of the graves opened. When
! he arose a. victor over death and the
grave; while the earth was reelfng and
/ shook around the sacred spot. many of
the righteous dead obedient to his call
came forward as witnesses that he had
| arisen. Those favored, resurrected saints
/ came forth glorified. They were chosen
and holy ones Of every age from crea-
| ton down even to the days of Christ.
Thus while the Jewish leaders were seek
ing to conceal the fact Of Christ's resur-
rection, God chose to bring UP a COM
pany from their graves to testify that
Jesus had arisen and to declare his
glory. AS this company is declared to be
the wave sheaf. a, sample of the coming
harvest, there would be those represent
/ ing the different periods from the DAYS of
{ Adam. They would, therefore differ in
! stature and form. some being more noble
| in appearance than others The inhabit-
ants of the earth have been degenerating
! and losing their strength and oomeliness
/ for six thousand years. Satan has power
! Of disease and death and in every age
| the effects of the curse have been more
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J plainly seen. Those who lived In the DAYS
of Noah and Abraham resembled the
angels more in form, loneliness end
! strength. But every succeeding genera
! ton has been growing weaker and more
/ subject to disease, and their life has been
/ Of shorter duration.
This representative class was taken
| from the different ages to not only rep
resent the finally saved through the res
/ direction at the second coming of Christ,
! but also were taken to the heavenly
sanctuary above to officiate with Christ
as he offers the prayers OF his people It
is thus that humanity in heaven through
the merits of our Saviour is connected
with humanity on earth The divinity of
the Divine Son of God has been brought
by the great condescension Of Christ to
within human reach. Thus when men in
tercede with Christ for pardon and for
the forgiveness Of their sins, Christ who
took humanity with him to the throne of
| the Father, also took humanity Of those
who had lived on earth, redeemed by his
own precious blood, to offfciate with him
sion of such lovei We talk about love.
|
or correctly illustrate the love of him
who left the courts of glory and came to
! the earth all married by sin, and took
upon himself sinful humanity that he
might elevate man above even the angels.
| For Christ. who was above the angels,
was made a little lower than the angels
for the suffering Of death is now crowned
! with glory and honor that we by the
! grace of God should taste death for
! every man. For it became him, for
whom are all things, and by whom are all
things, in bringing many souls unto
glory, to make the captain of their saliva
ton perfect through suffering"
! The prophet had a view of Christ pre-
senting his own hands and his own
/ pierced side and pierced feet with the
cruel nails before the Father interceding
for the human family. And as he views
him with humanity immortalized before
the throne, he eXclaims: Sing, heav-
ems, and be joyful, o earth. and break
forth into singing, o mountains, for the
Lord hath comforted his people and will
have mercy upon his afflicted. But Zion
said, The Lord hath forsaken me and my
Lord hath forgotten me-" Are there any
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because of their sins that the Lord has
forgotten them? To such the prophet
says: Can a woman forget her sucking
child that she should not have compass
sion on the son of her womb? Yea. they
may forget yet will I not forget thee
Behold have craven thee on the palms
of my hands and thy walls are continual
ly before me-" Again, And one shall
say unto him. What are these wounds in
thy hands? Then shall he answer. Those
with which 1 was wounded in the house
Now, says the Scripture no man was
able TO enter the temple until the seven
plaques are fulfilled. When Gods people
were delivered from Egyptian bondage
God poured upon idolatrous Egvvt
plaques which eliminated in the de-
struction Of the first-born and the Egvo-
ton army that followed Israel in the Red
sea So the seven plaques. as recorded
in Revelations Is. will finally come UPON
the shelterleSs head of the wicked. Dur
ing this time there IS no interceSsor. For
no man. or humanity in the person Of
Christ or those who assembled with him
will he able to intercede in their behalf
The last prayer has been offered. and the
world is left to perish in its own sins,
and the wicked are destroyed. That time
is Just before Us. In a little way from
this We will witness It. and do vou not
want 10 be hid in the secret OF Gods
pavilion in that day? Then why not coma
and make Your peace with God todave
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