Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-01-17

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honor and distinction of the Messianic
Kingdom by and through which man
kind would be blessed and uplifted.
(4 He was promised a special Bride
class to be selected from among the
redeemed race of men-a class having
his own disposition of loyalty to God
and to Righteousness, and faithful un-
to death-which like himself, would be
exalted in the chief resurrection from
the earthly to heavenly condition, far
above municipalities and powers and
every name that is named.
90 He was promised that his own
personal distinction would be to all
eternity participation in the qualities
of the divine nature; he would possess,
not only glory and honor, but also in
herent life, deathlessness, immortality.
For these joys, he left his glory, he
was made flesh, he sacrificed his
earthly life and. being raised from the
dead. he entered into his promised iov.
Since, he is waiting in expectation for
the completion of the Church, his
Bride, the members of his Body. as
sured that then the Father will give
him the heather for an inheritance
and the uttermost parts of the earth
for his possession, that he may bind
Satan, put down sin and uplift the
sinner and bring everlasting order out
of earth's confusion by destroying the
wilfully wicked.
A God but Not the God.
AS all Bible scholars know, the word
elohim in the Old Testament Hebrew
is of plural form, somewhat like our
English word sheep. Thus we read in
Genesis, "The elohim Gods said. let
US make man in our image" This
would very properly apply to the
Heavenly Father and the Heavenly
Son, in full accord with our text
without hin (the Logos) was not
anything made that was made" The
word elohim signifies, literally. the
mighty, the poloerful, the great Surely
it would be strictly proper to consider
the Logos mighty, great, powerful as
the active agent of the Almighty One,
Jehovah, who is also styled the Mighty
Elonim.
This word elOhim not only is used in
respect to the Heavenly Father and
his Heavenly Son, but it is also used
In respect to angels as the messengers
of God and of Christ, mighty to the do
ing of the will of God psalm viii, 81.
"Thou hast made man little lower
than the angels telohim).' Still fur
Their notice that this word elohim is
used in respect to men; when Divinely
appointed and active as Gods agents
they were mighty, or elohim Thus
we read of the seventy judges of Is
rael appointed by Moses, 1.-THE master
shall bring him unto the judges (elo-
HIM" EXODUS xxi, O..
We have given a very literal render
ing of our text, showing the fine dis
hncion of the Greek original in a way
that our English version does not show
it. AS Bible students we have not in
the past been sufficiently critical in
cur study of Gods Word, but now. in
Divine providence it is possible for
those even who have practically no
knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew
to understand the Scripture presenta-
lions thoroughly. If any amongst my
large congregation are unsuccessful in
finding authoritative works that show
the interpretations and mistranslations
of the Holy Scriptures, l shall be
pleased to have, them write to me for
inforration
Our text in the common English YER
sion miSrepresents the true thought of
the original, but as we have rendered
1t the matter is so simple and clear
that child may understand Jehovah
God is from everlasting to everlasting
and had no beginning. The Logos had
a beginning-he himself was the be-
ginning. SIN the beginning was the
Logos and the Logos was God"-he
was a mighty one, the beginning of
creation, the first and the last crea-
ton of the God, the Almighty One
''of whom, by whom and through
whom are all things"
All honor and majesty and worship
belong primarily to the great Father
of lights and to him Jesus directed the
attention of his followers, saying.
After this manner pray ye-Our
Father which art il heaven, hallowed
be thy name" 1t is always therefore
eminently proper in the highest sense
of the word that our petitions should
ascend to "the Father of Lights, from
whom cometh every good and every
perfect gift"
1t has pleased the Father to so honor
his First BegOtten Son. and to so re-
ward his faithfulneSs unto death, and
to so make him the Head in all things
over the Church which is his Body,
that it is eminently proper that, in the
language of the Master, "All men
should honor the Son, even as they
honor the Father John V, 23) They
should not honor the Son instead of
the Father, however, fo- the latter de-
clares, my glory will l not give to
another" The exalted Christ Is to be
honOred, yea, worshiped, because the
Father has highly exalted him and
given him name above every other
name, that at mime of Jesus every
knee should bow and every tongue
confess to the glory of God the
Father philippians ii, SID.
Moreover. there is a special reason
why all who recognize Jesus as the
worlds Redeemer should recognize the
propriety of including him with the
Father in their thoughts and in their
prayers. This is because. by Divine
appointment, he is the Church's Advo-
cate with the Father-the One through
whom we are acceptable to God, even
the Father How could we. therefore.
ignore our Advocate, our Attorney. our
InterceSsor?
And with the world in the future,
throughout Messiah's reign. this will
be equally proper. because then he will