Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-18
shaIlIMeet ,be Judementf

We shall all stand before the
judgment seat Of Christ. For h is written
As live, saith the Lord, every knee shall
bow to Ne. and every tongue shall confess
10 God. SO then. every one Of us shall
give account Of himself 70 God. Romans
lf.lO-l2
God shall bring every work into iudg-
ment. with every secret thing. whether It
be good. OF whether Il be evil. "-Eccles.
le:14
The glory Of the Christian religion is its
insistence on the fact Of the resurrection
Of the dead that at the second coming Of
Christ all men will rise with the bodies
with which they lived on the earth. The
hour r. coming when In the which all that
are In the graves shall hear His voice Cthe
voice Of the Son OF Nam and shall come
forth" tst John SIS - st. Paul. in his
defense Of himself before Felix. expressed
his hope toward God that there
shall be a resurrection Of the dead. both
OF the just and unjust" acts 24I5) At
another place he wrote TO the Corinthians.
i" II there be no resurrection Of the
dead. then is Christ not Tisen, then is our
preaching vain. and your faith is also
vain" Il Cor. 15lD
The language Of holy scripture concern
even though we try to twist it 10 meet
that claim. At the last trump the bodies
Of the dead will come forth. And they
shall be changed. I'VE know that the
bodies OF the saints will be raised and
changed because Of Christ's resurrection,
and by the quickening principle impaired
, 10 them through their union with the body
Of Christ in holy baptism. Now this quick
ening principle gradually transforms the
psychical body from within so that it be
comes a spiritual body, and the spiritual
body is nourished by the body and blood
Of Christ in the holy eucharist Whose
I eateth OF my flesh and drinketh my blood
hath eternal life, and I will raise him up
at the last day. For my flesh is meat in
/ deed, and my blood Is drink indeed. He
( that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood
dwelleth in me and in him. AS the living
l Father hath sent me, and live by the
! Father. so he that eateth me, even he shall
/ live by me. This Is that bread which came
l down from heaven. He that eat
eth Of this bread shall live forever" st.
I John 6:54:5S)
Not only the bodies Of saints will be
raised and changed. but the bodies Of the
wicked viii be raised and changed. No
I doubt there viii be a different process OF
change, but there will be a change Of some
kind. All the bodies shall come forth;
they that have done good, unto the resur-
rection Of life; and they that have done
evil unto the resurrection Of damnation. 81
Following close upon the resurrection
there will be the final judgment OF this
fact no one versed in holy scripture car
entertain the least doubt To go nc
farther. there are the parallels OF tbs
judgment spoken by our blessed Lord Him
seIf-the wheat and tares, the net with the
fishes. the sheep and goats. Each Of thes'
enforces the fact of judgment and
| separation Moreover, there is the parable
Of the talents. which portrays the fearful
judgment Of those who misuse or fail L
make use Of their opportunities to serv,
the Master.
And the judge will be Jesus Christ. whom
we praise In the Te Deum. We Believe
that Thou Shalt Come TO Be Our Judge,
the Judge Of the quick and the dead, ''Thol
most worthy Judge eternal" perfect Go,