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rectlon and ascension and the eyi.
denccs of his victory, which az" fol-
lowing after him or the great King
Of Glory himself, let us remember that
after lie 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 name above every name" rle
was made "partallcr of the divine na-
ture." He was no longer a man, for
"Flesh and blood caEuot inherit the
Kingdom of God" Il Corinthians XIV,
50D. True, he still has as one of his
many titles, The Son of man, which
Identifies him with our race and tue
work which he is in the process of nc
complishing for it and which lie will
finish during his Millennial reign. We
are reminded by the Apostle that ho
was put to death in the flesh and
made alive in spirit-a spirit being. He
died as man this side the veil lie
arose n New Creature the other side
the veil--a spirit being. lie was "sown
In corruption, raised in interruption;
sown in dshonor, raised in glory;
sown q natural body, raised spiritual
body" AS the Church's Head and
Fore runner lie passed beyond the
veil; and now shortly, as participants
with him and as the second battalion
of the glorious triumphal procession,
will follow 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-
ton and not in the spirit perfection of
those preceding (Hebrews XII, 3S-40;
Matthew xi, ID. In their human per-
his transgression, plus their develop
ment in faith and obedience, these will
constitute IL 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 cnptives
Of sin and death will progress until,
nj an ,,g a. ~
the reign of righteousness every hui
man being of loyal character will be
completely freed from the bondage Of
sin and death and imperfectiOn and,
with the Ancient Worthless, will march
in the grand procession into the pres
encc of Jehovah God.
Thus the great Redeemer and De-
llverer 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 ana degrad-
ed. No wonder the Scriptures declare
Of the end of his triumphal procession,
He shall see of the travail OF his
soul and he satisfied" Qsaiah ill, ID.
"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 Millennial
Age will flow to natural Israel, "the
rebellious also" and all the blessings
that will flow through Israel and It's
New Covenant to all the families of
the earth, proceed directly or Indirect
ly from the great victory which our
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
WILL our Redeemer left the courts of
heavenly glory and humbled himself to
| become man, and then "humbled
himself TO death, and even to the death
OF the cross" that his eXaltation came
as reward Of his loyalty to the Fa-
TIERS Will.
Ana in the Divine Plan it is because
his resurrection body and glory We're
reward, II blessing-hls earthly body
and nature and rights had not been
forfeited through disobedience--tha he
had the latter with all its privileges TO
bestow upon Adams dead and dying
race He gave the merit of that sacri-
flee, first imputcdly, on behalf of all
desirous OF walking in his steps OF
self-sncrliiCe even unto death, that
these might be, in the Fathers good
pleasure, counted ms his members and
companions on the heavenly plane. To
this end the first gifts were bestowed
ut pentecost; and all of similar class
throughout this age have had oppor-
tunity for participation therein Ad-
ditionally gifts of helpfuness and in
struction and assistance were provided
through the apostles orators, pastors
and teachers of the Church for the
qualification of these sanity footstep
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