Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-30

tween our LOrQS triumphant TeSuf-
rection and ascension and the evil
dences of his victory, which are fol-
lowing after him. OF the great King
of Glory himself, let us remember that
after he had suffered by the will Of
God, 1.-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. He
was made '"partaker of the divine ma
ture." He was no longer man, for
"Flesh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom of God" q Corinthians XIV.
500. 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-
complishing for it and which he will
finish during his Millennial 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 a man this side the veil. He
arose a 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 q natural body, raised a spiritual
body" AS the Church's 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
hic ppi6o
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. 1.-The virgins
her companions" psalm xiv, ~, 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 Xi, 38-40;
Matthew Xi, III. In their human per-
| lection 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 captives
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
sin 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 triumphal procession,
HE shall see of the travail of his
soul and be satisfied" isaiah lii. IL.
"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 its
New Covenant to all the families of
the earth. proceed directly or indirect
~ 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 is
made, bears out this thought. 1t is
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 a man, and then "humbled
himself to death, and even to the death
of the cross" that his exaltation came
as a reward of his loyalty to the Fa.
, theirs will.
And in the Divine Plan it is because
his resurrection body and glory were
a reward, blessing-his earthly body
and nature and rights had not been
forfeited through disobedience-tha he
had the latter with all it's privileges tC
bestow upon Adams dead and dying
race. He gave the merit of that sacri
fee, first imputedly, on behalf of all
DESTROYS of walking in his steps OF
self-sacrifice even unto death, that
these might be, in the Fathers good
pleasure, counted as his members and
companions Oh the heavenly plane. TIC
this end the first gifts were bestowed
at PentecOst; and all of similar class
throughout this age have had oppor
tunity for participation therein. AID
ditionally gifts of helpfulness and in
struction and assistance were provided
through the apostles, orators, pastors
and teachers of the Church-for the
qualification of these sanity footster
followers for the work of service il