The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-07-14

rection, when This corrupible must
lut on interruption" Then our new
minds will receive new, perfect spirit
bodies, through which they can oper-
ate perfectly, and exercise, to the full.
tue liberty, true freedom.
The full liberty Of the Children Of
God, therefore, is not attained in this
present life, but will be attained in the
resurrection, when we shall be per-
| fected in the Masters likeness. And
in this connection it is well to note
that this is the liberty of the angels
also-liberty of freedom from Sin,
from the power and domination of
error and superstition and Weaknesses
through heredity. All the angels We're
thus created, and father Adam and
mother Eve also were thus created, in
the full likeness Of the children Of
God. Some lost their liberty by DISC
bedience; they became slaves to Sin
and Death. and have been more or less
bound by these conditions from then
until now. So. then, The liberty of
the children Of God" is absolute per
fectiou-the ideal condition for which
the Church is striving.
The Dreaming Creation.
The Apostle in our text is discussing
the condition of the world Of mankind
in general. He reminds Us that the
whole creation groaneth and travaileth
in pain together until now" Uomans
viii, %. In the nineteenth verse he
| tells Us what they are waiting for,
namely, The earnest expectation of
! the humam creature waiteth for the
manifestation Of the sons of Cod"
The world of mankind is now enslaved
to Sin and Death; they cannot help
! themselves; they must wait until Gods
| time for setting them free from this
| bondage. Gods time will come in con
nection with the glorifcation of the
| Church, and her manifestation with
her Lord in the glories Of his Messiah
ic Kingdom. Then the groaning crea-
ton will be set free from the bondage
Of Sin and Death, under which it now
groans and travails.
Wa|G ONEJSSl " v anILys
The Apostle remind- US that the
slavery of mankind, = =" Sin and Death
came upon he w.os1 through vanity,
CT frailty, unwill4ngly. Our frailties
are the result Of sin and of the Divine
| sentence. Father Adam was disobedi-
ent and our Creator, in sentencing him
to death, made the dying condition
such that all of his children would be
involved with him, as sinners, through
| heredity. and thus sharers in his dying
condition. But God did not subject
our race to this dying condition, this
| slavery to Sin and Death with the in
| tention of blasting the hope of human
| ity to all eternity, much less with the
expectation of sending Adam and his
| race to eternal torture. Rather. we
are to understand that when God pro-
| uOuuced the death sentence upon our
race, intermiueled with it was the
! hope, the desire. on the part Of the
| Creator, that the result Of that death
| sentence should not be mans absolute
! and eternal destruction, after the m9n-
|
purpose there miugles a hope-a desire
and intention that all Of Adams race
who will learn the lesson Of righteous
ness may ultimately be delivered from
the bondage of Sin and Death, into the
true liberty of children of God. 1t was
to secure, il Gods due time for Adam
and his race, liberty from Sin and
Death, that Christ died for our sins.
The Creation to Be Delivered.
Our minds now turn to the liberty
which, by Gods grace came to this
nation in 177G; and, similarly, some of
our nation look to the liberty that was
accorded them by the Emancipation
| Proclamation" But these emancipa-
tons are nothing in comparison with
| the great Emancipation which God
! purposes shall come to all the world
of mankind through Christ. EnSlaved
to Sin, through Father Adams diSObe-
dience, sold under sin" the purchase
of the race by the precious blood of
Christ is to be announced by the Great
Judge who pronounced the sentence
This is a glorious hope, a glorious pros
pect, but as yet it is merely a pros
pect. Only the true Church has as yet
been set free; and she waits for perfect
freedom through the First Resurrec-
ton" The whole world lieth in the
Wicked One" and still are slaves to
Sin and Death conditions in every way.
The arrangement of Divine Provi-
dence for this great liberation of the
captives Of Sin and Death is wonder
full! Gods Kingdom is to be estab-
lished and to exercise his reign or rule
of righteousness amongst men for a
thousand years Satan is to be bound
during that period, that he may de
ceive and entrap humanity no more.
The knowledge of God and the assist
ance Of Divine power are to be eX-
tended to every creature, bond and
free, rich and poor, of every tongue
and nation. Not only will the living
nations enjoy this privilege of release
from slavery to Sin and Death. through
the great Redeemer. but, additionally,
all who are in their graves will have
the glorious opportunity of being
awakened and Of being brought to a
knowledge Of the Truth. that they may
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