The Tupelo journal., 1911-11-03
The Resurrection
of Christ
By REV. W. L. MUNHALL
IF Philadelphia


TExr-Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord. Jesus Christi Peter !, :.
I and s
1t was by the sin of one man .that
death entered the world. The foun-
tain In Eden was poisoned and the
waters have flowed on through the
ages In their polluted state.
God In His infinite mercy has pro-
vided = remedy. . way OF escape, by
His Son, who descended into the
grave, battled with death and was
risen again. The text which l am
taking Is really too big for q day or
an hour, for on 1t one versed In the
word Of God would talk q week.
The heart OF this text Is taken from
the resurrection OF Jesus Christ from
the dead. Psalm 1910 said: For
thou wilt not leave my soul In hell"
This was q prophecy by David In ref
erence to Jesus.
Peter said: Men and brethren, let
me speak of Dsvid's prophecy, he be-
ing dead. But according to prophecy.
his iced shall reign and his flesh shall
not see death"
David ~prophesied and Peter spoke
OF the accomplishment Of the
prophecy, that he. David's seed.
should not see death.
Paul said: He rose again on the
third day" This was according to
the scriptures; the old scriptures,
for there was no New Testament In
those days. All authorities uniform
lily agree that no fact is SO well estab-
lished as that Christ ose from the
dead.
Here we have over 500 creditable
witnesses that testify according to
the resurrection of Jesus. There can
be no doubt of 1t. yet there are PEG
pie who doubt. l suppose all of you
say you do believe-but do you?
Let me explain. Do you believe
that Gods people will be raised In
body from the dead! You a not
possibly believe in the bodily resur-
rection of your Lord from the grave
without believing In the bodily resur-
rection for Gods people. | throw this
ont by way OF emphasis.
Those who deny literal resurrection
from premises of their own conse
quently reach unnatural conclusions.
There is no teaching of the resurrec-
ton apart from the teaching In the
sacred scriptures.
| may take for illustration of the
resurrection the hideous worm that
spins its own winding sheet and lies
in 4 cocoon. BY and by it bursts and
a beautiful moth energies. This IL
illustrates but does not explain the doc
trine of bodily resurrection from the
dead. The only place to find explana-
ton of resurrection Of the dead is in
the scriptures.
Some say man and horse are the
same; that they live and die all the
same. This doctrine is not what men
say and believe. 1t Is purely and
only a revelation from God. What
says the scriptures? II you have
nothing here that gives you hope, you
have nothing. Psalm Is: Therefore
my hear Is glad and my glory re
joices. My flesh also shalt rest In
hope. Thou wilt not leave my sou in
hell" David knew there was resur-
rection. David trusted in God and
could say. looking death in its hide
In the fact: "Oh death. where
is thy sting-grave, where Is thy vic
tory" We have been made n with
Him and have a living hope through
Him.
At the death the spirit returns to
the God of David. and the soul de-
parts to Its place OF felicity until the
second coming Of Christ, when We en-
they have q soul. but no spiritual life.
At their death the soul departs to
torment. The body of all goes into
the grave and resolves back to the
dust Of tho earth. The dust Of the
earth shall rise" the bodies).
That which IL in the grave comes
forth-tkere Is nothiL- but the body
In the grave. therefore 1t is the body
which Is raised.
Allow to a certain extent the prem
ises the we are As animals; that
Jesus was born of woman, like us;
that Christ was developed into man
hood by the laws of nature. At 80
years He was nailed upon the tree;
His body was taken down by kind
hands.
On the third day an angel rolled
back the stone. The same physical
body came out of that tomb. Women
knew Him I've will also know HIM.
and He said: go tell MY disciples
that | ascend"
He assembled, directly returned and
allowed women to touch Him. when
before when He had met them He has
said, mo. l have not ascended." This
was in accordance with an old Mo
sale d~ispcnsation which did not allow
women to touch . priest who val en-
gagged In the ceremony Of sin offer
ing. Christ. IL \ priest, and was q sin
Offering, and could n be touched un-
til He appeared before the Father and
completed the offering. He then re-