Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-10-14
MILLENNIAL DAYS AND CONDITIONS

shall understand knowledge" OF that
age it is written that all the blind
eyes and deaf ears of understanding
will be opened. and every knee shall
bow, and every tongue confess the
glory of God.
The Editor asks some reasonable and
important questions which inquiring
minds have asked before. He inquiries
1st. IF the bodies Of all peoples are
to be resurrected for this millennial
period. of what are they to be cOmpos-
ed" end On what are they to sub
sistr'' 3rd. "Will there be toiling,
buying and selling as nowT' 4th.
"Where are the great multitudes to be
located2"
The Editor is a thinker, and we
will answer each question as clearly
and briefly as possible As to the re-
surrection, we are assured that all in
the tombs will come forth; the just
to resurrection of perfect life, and
the unjust to a resurrection by Judge
ment, trial and correction in right
eousness. Bat be it noted, that the
just are of two classes, viz, the spirit
begotten ones who are resurrected
spirit beings, and the just, of men
who have had their trial before the
age of spirit-begetting, which com
menced at oIr Lords bactism, and for
the Church at Pentecost. These will
be resurrected perfect men and will
occupy the important positions in the
earthly phase of the kingdom, subor-
dinate to the spiritual phase, and re-
ferred to further on in this article.
Now to the point in question No. l..
"Of what are they to be composed p
This question refers to human bodies,
and we know in common terms that
that they &re composed of flesh and
: blood as we have them. And Scrip
ture and reason assure us that man in
his perfected state will have a human
body, but we expect that the times
of restitution of all things will work
great changes-not in the compost
, tion-but in the usefulness and pow
ers of the human body When this
, wonderful age of restitution has done
{ its work, then man will be restored to
what he was in the original Adam, be-
! fore Eve was formed from his rib, and
before sin entered. We know that A
] dam body was perfect and capable of
, living on and ON under Edenic condi
: tions, having access to the trees OF
3 life that would have sustained him
eternally had he not been driven out
for obedience. Then we have another
. example of perfect man, "the man
3 Christ Jesus. What wonderful
t body was his, untainted by sin, flesh
: and blood we know, and had he chose,
instead of giving himself ransom fol-
all, he could have peopled the eartt
Mith a perfect race out of his owl
loins.
r In Cor. l5:-35, the question is ask
ed, with what body do they Gomez
t Paul explains the matter fully, show
< ing that ''God giveth it body as i
a hath pleased him, to every seed hi.
own body" i. e., his own kind o.
e body; the raised up one will be of tn,
e same kind of nature as when he died
e To the Church, begOtten to ''nev
= nature spirit bodies: to the world
e human bodies, bat not the ones lost i,
r death. Paul reasons the case clearl,
l. and shows that there are differen
o kinds of bodies, some terrestrial
= (human) bodies, and some celestial
: (spirit) bodies, and the glory of on
i differs from the glory of another
s The first and second resurreotions ar
j admirably shown in this 10th Chapte
/, of Corinthians. But the composition
/ of the body is of little consequence 81
d it is freed from sin, and given prope
y sustenance, of which question No.
T inquiries: 'On what are they to sub
= sisty' 1t would be awful if there wa
/ no provision. But let us not 20 con
/ clude. Let us not limit the holy on
e of Israel We have Just seen tina
b Adam was driven from the Garden
d and from the life-su>tainiug element
/ of the trees. Adam and we in hi
It loins not only incurred the death pen
l. atty, but the ground was cursed
It also, and made to bring forth thorn
II and thistles, and instead of the life
= giving food of the trees Adam had {
'e eat the herb of the field" (Gen. =.
o From this it is plain that Adam wa
= created mortal and his life derive
r one from the peculiar food Of the tree
l. given during this period of obedience
: And it is this the DEMONSTRATING ele
o ments that are to be restored. Fo
= have we not Just read in Acts 3:1g-2l
of times of refreshing and restitutio
t. of all things Aud do we not rea
e in Ezekial a., of the holy waters wher
P shall grow trees of life for meat
l. whose leaf shall not fade, neithe
It shall the fruit thereof be consumed
Is ii shall bring forth new fruit accord
ing To- its months. berause thei
?. writers Of truth issue out Of the san,
is tuary, the spiritual kingdom Of Christ
IA and the fruit thereof shall be 70
!. meat. gul the leave, thereof for medt