Evening journal., 1905-11-06

dead in Christ shall rise first U. Thess
IA. 1850 AS in Adam all die, so also
in Christ shall all be made alive. But
each i'm his own order: Christ the first
fruits then they that are Christs at
His coming Q. Cor. 10; %, 23.) This
lis the First Resurrection: over these
the second death hath no power; byf
they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign with Him
Thousand years (Rev. 20 500 That
Moses was actually and bodily present
on the holy mount is clear from Jude
g. where Michael the archangel is said
TO have contended with the devil about
the body of Moses Doubtless the body
of Moses was raised from the dead in
order to appear in the scene before us.
Thus Moses, who was once denied en-
trance to the promised land is seen in
the land having reached it by the
heavenly route. He stands not now on
Mount Pisgah, viewing the land from
lafar but on the Mount of Glory in the
very midst of the land itself. He who
had looked across the centuries, and
seen by faith the coming Deliverer. and
counted the reproach of the Christ
greater riches than the treasures OF
Egypt. is now realizing something OF
the recompense of reward For more
than a millennium this Moses has been
in the heavenly courts, holding sweet
communion with his Lord, and it is no
strange thing for him now to stand
with Him in the mount and talk with
Him. Moses body had been sleeping
in the earth OF Mount Nebo ever since
the day God called him hence. but his
soul and spirit, being absent from the
body, had all this time been present
with the Lord Moses therefore Wis
literally and bodily and visibly present
in the holy mount, and so all the saints
who sleep in Jesus will be literally
present when the glory is revealed
when He shall appear, then shall they
also appear with Him in glory. (Col.
l3: ~ Moses is a perfect type of the
believer who is called upon to pass
Through the gates Of death. When his
Lord called him. he went up with Him
into the mountain and died there ac-
cording to the Word Of Jehovah; and
He buried him in the valley. For him
death had lost its sting and its victory,
for he had seen the promises afar off
and embraced them. He just fell asleep
in Jesus-asleep IN the everlasting
arms.
ASLEEP in Jesus-blessed sleep.
From which none ever wakes to weep.
A calm and undisturbed repose.
Unbroken by the last Of foes.
" Asleep in Jesus-O how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet.
with holy confidence to sing,
That death hath lost its venomed sting
"Third-To sleep in Jesus is indeed
blessed, but there is something even bet
ter Elijah who went up to heaven with
out death, represents in this dispensa-
tional picture, that company Of living be-
levers who shall not die, but who shall
be changed in a moment and caught up to
meet the Lord. Behold l tell you a
mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we
shall be changed in a moment. in the
twinkling of an eye. at the last trump;
for the trumpet shall sound, and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed Il. Cor. 15:5l.52) 1t
was while discussing the Resurrection at
the last day that Jesus said to Martha,
4 am the Resurrection and the Life; he
that believeth on Me. though he die, yet
shall he live; and whosoever liveth and
believeth on Me shall never die Ono. il.
% 26) When the Lord Himself shall de-
scend from Heaven and raise from the
dead all who sleep in Him, then we that
are alive, that are Left shall together
with them be caught up in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air. Il. Thess AID
This is the blessed hope Of Titus 2:13; it
is the purifying hope of /. Jno. 3:s; it is
the hope set before US in Heb. 6:lS-2O. the
hope which we have as an anchor Of the
soul, hope both sure and stedfast and
entering into that which is within the
veil; whittier as a Forerunner Jesus en-
tered for us. having become a High Priest
for ever after the order of Melehizedel.
To sleep in Jesus is indeed blessed; 1t IS
precious to know that He leadeth even
through the valley of the shadow OF
death; but
on. joy! Oh, delight Should we go
without dying!
No sickness, no sadness, no dread and
no cryingl
Caught up through the clouds with our
Lord into glory,
When Jesus receives receives His own
"Fourth-Yet another class is represent
ed in the TRANSPORTATION. When at the
end Of the Great Tribulation. the Lord
Jesus shall come to the earth as Son of
Man, to judge the earth and reign as the
blessed and only Potentate, His people
Israel will be converted and gathered
unto Him at Mount Zion. This is set forth
in the presence of the three apostles,
Peter and James and John.
Peters request that three tabernacles
or booths be built is a part of the type:
for according to zechariah. the establish
ment Of the Millenial Kingdom will be
followed by a revival of the Feast of
Iabernacles. Czech. 14:16-21)
"On the way down the mountain side,
Jesus commanded that, the vision be kept
secret until after His resurrection. 1t was
a spiritual seed. TO bring forth fruit in
due time. In reply to a question about
Elijah's coming before the great and
dreadful Day of the Lord, He replied that
Elijah must indeed come and restore all
things; but IL Israel had received John
Baptist. he would have been Elijah unto
them, for he had come in the spirit and
power Of Elijah Tvs. 9-13)
"The healing OF the epileptic possessed
by demon-bound by Satan-at the foot
of the mountain, is a reminder Of the un.-
versal healing which will follow the COM
ing Of the Son of Man and the restora-
tion of His scattered people. Israel shall
blossom and bud and fiji the face Of
the world with fruit TTnffl the neIivcror