The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-22

time-in the resurrection. during Mes
siah's reign OF thousand years. The
In the dust of the earth shall awake
some TO life everlasting and some to
shame and lasting contempt" Daniel
Kill, p
Those who will be awakened from the
sleep. OF death unto resurrection OF life
Will be the blessed and holy. the sanity.
who will be associated with Messiah In
the kingdom work for the blessing and
uplifting Of the non elect. Those who
will be awakened from the sleep OF
death 10 shame and age-lasting contempt
VIII be in proportion as they have en-
Joyed light, knowledge and opportunity
and have failed rightly TO appreciate and
use these. They will have contempt from
their fellows, in proportion as their short
comings of the present time will be shown
up: Many highly esteemed amongst men
lasting contempt But their case will
not he hopeless one, Much of their
weakness and dereliction were the result
OF Adams transgression and the sinful
conditions which have resulted. including
unfavorable environment. God has pro-
vided In Christ redemption for all from
the sins and weaknesses resulting from
Adams disobedience and thus the entire
race OF Adam Is guaranteed m Individual
trial under favorable condltions-for life
everlasting or death everlasting.
laws and regulations OF Messiah's king
dom will begin to rise UP, up. up. out OF
their fallen. degraded condition of sin
and be brought back to all that was lost
In Adam and redeemed at Calvary, In
proportion rs they Will retrace their steps
and come back into divine fellowship
their shame will decrease and their con-
tempt also. Finally in the consummation
OF that age all who Will may have at
tanned full regeneration and restoration
and freedom from shame and contempt.
eelllous will be. destroyed In the second
death-"twice dead. pluckcd up by the
roots"-without hope OF any further res
direction or restitution,
"Comfort With These Words.''
st. Paul urges that Christians should
not be ignorant concerning those who are
asleep-that they SORROW not even as
others who have no hope" 1t is bad
enough to think Of millions of the heather
as being totally extinct, hopelessly dead,
without any prospects Of a resurrection.
The same would be true respecting our
neighbors and friends. parents and chill
dren. brothers and sisters. who are not
sanity. who are not in Christ Jesus"
who are not walking after the spirit. who
are not heirs OF God and joint-heirs with
Jesus Christ our Lord. And IL II would
be sore trial 10 think OF them ms ut
terly destroyed in death and without hope
OF resusctation, resurrection how much
worse would II have been when, in our
thought OF them as being in either pur
or eternal torture. Such a false
of the divine plans Is even
worse than TO believe them without hope
and extinct,
The apostle proceeds to point out the h,
again. even SO them also which sleep
In Jesus VIII God bring (from the dead)
with (by) him" q Thessalonians iv. 1D.
So. then; the apostle declares. the resur;
the basis of the hope OF this resurrection
Is that Jesus died that he might be mans
he arose from the dead
that he might be tho great deIiverer of
the prophet. priest and king Of
Cod. and that he might gather TO himself
the elect church. the bride, tho Lambs
wife. as his joint-heir.
Christians. OF course, In thinking OF
the resurrection of the dead, would pri-
marily. chiefly, consider their dear ones
OF the household OF faith; hence the apos
tie continues his argument. saying. that
those OF the church living at the time Of
the second advent will not precedc or
hinder those members OF the church who
have died during the past centuries, for
the 1ead in Christ shall arlse-shall be
awakened first from the sleep OF death.
''Them That Sleep in Jesus"
We cannot think that the apostle re-
'ers merely to the church in this case.
,or uniformly, in speaking of the resur-
-ection of the dead, he refers both TO
he church and To the world. tho res
lrrection OF the just and Of the unjust"
So in this case he evidently refers both
o the church and to the world as
asleep In Jesus The expression will
If his respecting those who "sleep in
Christ" The latter expression evidently
'efers TO the church the glori1ed mem
oers OF the Christ. But in speaking OF
'efcrence to the whole world OF man
Kind. The whole world died in Adam
without having a voice In the matter OF
heir birth or trial or condemnation, Con
nF
mans dISobedience. Likewise iustilica-
ion is to pass upon all of our race
through the precious merit OF Chrtst's
sacrifice. The fact that he died, the
lust for the unjust" constitutes his death
!, satisfaction price for the sins OF the
whole world.
From this standpoint. therefore, the
whole world not only died in Adam. but
now sleeps or waits unconsciousiy for
| resurrection Of the dead through the
merit Of our Redoemor's sacrifice. ltl
ne believe that Christ died for our sins
md laid the foundation thus for MS great
work of blessing the world Of mankind. |
including the church. the first fruits. let |
is believe also that God who began his |
;ood work Will not stop until he shall
lave brought forth judgment unto victory |
until all the redeemed world shall be |
rought to knowledge OF the Ecdcemcr |
nd OF the Heavenly Father and 10 an
opportunity for life everlasting through |
Incidence. The world died In Adam-"In
ldam all die" Jesus is the Rcdeemer OF
he world. Even SO all In Christ shan
e made alive"
The message has reached the church
WY, as yet. In due time Il viii reach
very member OF the race. The church
already reckoncdIy Quickened from the
cad by the Holy Spirit and Viii shortly
Q born from the dead IN the First Res
ERECTION" The world. therefore. from
he divine standpoint il not dead In Adam
ow. but merely asleep in Jesus, await
lE for the glorious Time when, his king
ON established. he shall call all mankinc
rom the prison house Of death, from the
omb, that each may learn to the full or
he grace of God In Christ. and have op-
ortunity for attaining life everlasting.
These are the words in which We arr
, comfort one anotber-Sords OF hope
rspccting the resurrection OF the dead
9th the just and the uDiust-words of
words OF assurance. words thar
how that God is better than all our fears
nat yet in little while he that shalt
ONE will establish his kingdom-hrst
ne church In glory and secondly Israel
nd all the families of the earth through
nom. Everything connected with the d.
inc message is full NJ hope. full of en-
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