Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-29

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| and death is part Of the great lesson
which God designs all to have-learn-
ing the exceeding sinfulness of sin.
Later when the second great lesson
shall be given to mankind-the desira-
bleness and proftableness Of right
| eousness-the schooling as whole,
will be the more effective.
e. We must also learn that our dear
friends and neighbors who go down |
into death are as If only asleep, and
have no consciousness in either joy or
sorrow. waiting for the Millennial
morning-the Resurrection morning.
Their death would have been absolute.
as in the case of the brute beast, had
not God with his great love provided
for their redemption and resurrection
(Ecclesiastes V. 8; John xi, IL; iii. 13;
Acts ii. 34, In view of this provision
the whole world is said to sleep in
JesuS-in the sense that their hope
rests in the great work which Jesus
accomplished when he gave himself a
ransom for all to be testified in due
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difference. therefore, between the
world sleeping in Jesus and the Church
who fall asleep in Christ. The Church
is composed of those begotten of the
holy Spirit during this Gospel Age.
who maintain their relationship to
Christ, the Head. as members in his
Body. and whom God has promised.
that as they share with Christ in his
sacrifcial death, they shall also share
with him in his glorious resurrection
to honor and Immortality philippians
ii, SID.
The Scriptures make very plain the
fact that while Jesus was born of a
woman. this was not the beginning of
his existence. for HE was with the
Father before the world was" He
was the very 'beginning of the Crea-
ton of Cod Revelation iii. A. AS
st. John declares. In the beginning
was the Word Uogos) and the Logos
was with The God and the Logos was
God. By him were all things
made that were made and without him
was not one thing made" He was
made flesh and dwelt amongst u.s."
''he came unto his own and his own
received him not, but to as many as
received him. to them gave he privi-
lege to become sons of God" John i.
. LA.
The Scriptures make clear to us that
the Father did not compel the Son to
be our Redeemer-on the contrary, he
invited him to do so. and set before
him the great reward:
r a. The privilege of proving his 10y
atty to- the Father (Hebrews x. Z;
= Psalm xl. 81.
j (2) The privilege of serving the fall
I en- race. as their Redeemer and Re
: storer (Matthew Xxx, 2S).
r 81 The honor of high eXaltation to
s even greater dignities than he had be-
i fore he left the Father-to honor, glory
: and Immortality. far above angels and
i principalities and powers and every
+ name that is named. st. Paul. in re-
) ferring to the matter, tells us that our
e Lord. ''for the joy that was set before
e him. endured the cross. despising the
|, shame"-and now. in consequence, is
set down on the right hand of the
y Father on high (Hebrews xii, p.
e While the Savior was the Christ
e mas gift to us in one sense of the
t. word. yet the gift was more from
= another andpoint-although it was al
r contained in that primary gift. Oul
e Lord first, by obedience to the Divine
d Law, demonstrated his right to eterna
It life; and. at the same time. by his con
If secration to death. he laid doton thu
# life he was privileged to have. No
# did he ever take it back. He aros'
e from the dead on the third day, per
q fected as q New Creature-as spirit
It being QI Corinthians ill. ~. He dit
# indeed appear to the apostles durini
le the subsequent forty days. but not a
st before. Although, after his resurrec
Is ton. he appeared in the flesh. he wa
not flesh. He had taken the body O
h flesh ''for the suffering Of DEATH" ant
s. not to keep eternally. When he had fin
o. ished sacrificing it, the flesh had serves
Is his purpose his high exaltation is OF
O. the spirit plane, far above angels. Hi
~ appearances during the forty day
" were verys brief and few. after tn
Z, manner in which angels had previousl.
appeared in the flesh. They wer'
for the purpose Of convincing the dis
ciples that As was no longer dead. AM
- to convince them also that he was NJ
~ longer limited to earthly powers. a
before his death. He was ''put t.
NJ death in the flesh, but quickened II
10 spirit q Peter iii. 49,.
be "The Body Of Christ"
of Notico how Gods Gift eyDands cal
Ill rying blessings with each change. Tn
r. glorified Jesus, when he assembled u
be on high, had to his credit, so to speal
be the human, earthly rights which b
L" had sacrificed. Those rights wer
a sufficient for the whole world. b
nd cause all had been condemned throug
ne one man, all could be justified, atone
On for, by the sacrifice of one perfect ma
be -"the man Christ Jesus, who CAV
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