The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-28


dreds, yea. thousands. away from God
and away from the Bible. They cor.
rectly reason that the teaching that
our Creator foreknew and intended a
hell Of torture for his creatures Is be.
yond conception, beyond belief, and
manifestly untrue, as no holy being
could be so unjust unkind, unoving.
1t Is time that all such should see that
the fault lies with the creeds and not
with the Bible-that the Bible teaches
a he'll. sheol, hades. into which all go,
both good and bad and from which all
will be called forth in the resurrection
morning by the great Redeemer.
Leading Captivity Captive"
A better translation reads, "Our Lord
ascended on high leading a multitude of
captives." These words are pen pic
ture representing great King as
Conqueror returning from victory
over an opponent. The victor rode I'm
a chariot at the head of the process
sion, surrounded by trumpets and ac-
chalmers, and behind him followed the
evidences, the proofs of his victory
either those whom he had captured
and enslaved or, as In this case, those
who had been captured and ensaved
and whom the Conquerer had set free
The picture Is graphic and wonder
full, Notwithstanding the fact that
considerable space has intervened be
tween our Lords triumphant sresur-
rectlon and ascension ard the evi-
dences of his victory, which ar. fol-
lowing after him. OF the great hing
| of Glory himself, let us remember that
after he had suffered by the will of
God, "the Just for the unjust" that
he might set mankind free from sin
and death, he was highly exalted and
given a name above every name" He
was made ''partaker of the divine ma
ture." He was no longer a man, for
"F'lesh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom of Cod Il Corinthians XIV,
50). True, he still has as one of his
many titles, The Son of man, which
Identifies him with our race and the
work which he is in the process of ac-
compllshing for 1t and which he will
finish during his MiIlennial reign. We
are reminded by the Apostle that he
was put to death in the flesh and
made alive in spirit-a spirit-being. He
died as man this side the veil. He
arose New Creature the other side
the veil-a spirit being. He was 'sown
In corruption, raised in interruption;
sown in dishonor, raised In glory;
sown a natural body, raised spiritual
body" AS the Churchs Head and
Fore-runner he passed beyond the
veil; and now shortly, as participants
with him and as the second battalion
Of the glorious triumphal procession.
will follow 1.-THE Church which is his
Body" sharers with him In the First
Resurrection, his Bride
Next In professional order following
the Bride class, the "very elect" will
come the "great company" from every
nation, people, kindred and tongue, the
honored servants of the heavenly
Bridegroom and Bride. "The virgins
her companions" psalm xiv, 14), will
follow after the Bride into the pres
ence of the great King Jehovah. Next
In professional order will come the
Ancient Worthless from faithful Abel
down to John the Baptist, the greatest
of the prophets. But these will come
forth from the tomb in human perfec-
tion and not In the spirit perfection Of
those preceding CHebrews xi, 3S-40;
Matthew XII, III. In their human per-
fection similar to that of Adam before
his transgression, plus their develop
ment in faith and obedience these will
constitute a firstfruits of Israel and Of
the world of mankind. Under their
ministration, supervised by the glori-
fed ones beyond the veil. the work Of
restitution and uplifting the captiyes
of sin and death will progress until,
at the close of that thousand years of
the reign of righteousness, every hui
man being of loyal character will be
completely freed from the bondage Of
si, and death and imperfection and,
with the Ancient Worthless, will march
in the grand procession into the pres
ence of Jehovah God.
Thus the great Redeemer and De-
liverer will not only present the saint
ly Church blameless and irreproach-
able before the Father in love, but
likewise will liberate all who will of
Adams race. now asleep and degrad-
ed. No wonder the Scriptures declare
of the end of his trlumphsl procession,
"He shall see of the travail of his
soul and be satisfied" Qsaiah Iii. IL.
J. "And Gave Gifts Unto Men,"
All the blessings which, in Gods
providence, are not coming to the
Church during this Gospel Age, and
all the blessings that in the Millennia
} Age will flow to natural Israel, "the
rebellious Also" and all the blessings
: that will flow through Israel and Its
New Covenant to all the families OF
: the earth, proceed directly or Indirect
ly from the great victory which oul
Lord Jesus gained over sin and death
our text and context. as well as the
Psalm from which the quotation Il
, made, bears out this thought. 1t IL
because our Lord descended. because
he left the heavenly glory, and be
cause. in harmony with the Fathers