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alone. We read, THE Father alone
hath immortality. dwelling In the
light which no man can approach.
Whom no man hath seen nor can see"
The Only Regottcn Of the Father. the
LOg0s, when made flesh. revealed the
Father to mankind John l. lS'. The
faithfulness of the LOyos as the Man
Christ Jesus was rewarded by the Fa-
Their with glory, honor and immortal
ity-the divine nature.
And this great privilege has been
given to IN elect little flock" the
Bride class. to become associated with
Jesus in the Sufferings Of this present
time and in the glory 10 follow. The
invitation to the Church is to follow
the example of Jesus their Redpemer.
to walk in His steps. to sacrifice earth.
ly interests and with Him become par
takers of the divine nature-glOry. hon
or and immortality Gil Peter i. a.. Our
Lord Jesus cOrrobOrates the same
thought. saying. LAS the Father hath
inherent life Immortality in the high
est sense of the Observation-Disclosures
He should have inherent life and
that He might give it unto whomsO-
ever He would--the Bride class. the
overcOmers. more than cOnQuerors."
Everlasting Life For Humanity.
AS we have seen. the Almighty alone,
possessed inherent immortality until
He gave it as a reward to His glorious
Son. The Beginning of the creation
of God" BY and by. in the First Res
direction. when the elect "overcomerS"
shall enter upon this same plane OF
immortality. the opportunity to become
of this nature will be closed. SO far as
the Scriptures declare.
The Immortality enjoyed by the an
gels, otherwise spoken of in the Scrip.
lures as everlasting life. is not inner
ent Immortality. but an eternal main
tenance in life by the Creator. subject
to the condition Of obedience and right
eOusness.
In this same sense of the word Adam
was immortal. but his Immortality was
dependent upon his obedience. When
,
sustenance was withdrawn. He was
expelled from Eden that the sentence
of death might take effect, dying thou
shalt die Similarly, Satan and 9th
ers of the angels. because of disobedi
ence. will be destroyed. hence their i'm
mortality was conditional. as was that
Of humanity.
The redemption to be accomplished
by the Redeemer during His reign as
Messiah is to reinState all the willing
and obedient in human perfection and
| Divine favor, as these were enjoyed
by Adam before his transgression. Al!
the wilfully wicked. all not DESTROYS OF
returning to fellowship with God
through the Redeemer. will be destroy.
ed in the Second Death. The test will
! be so thorough, SO crucial. that Goo
| declares that there shall be no more
| crying. no more dying; which implies
that there will be no more sin-that
the lessons connected with human and
angelic transgressiOn will be so thor.
oughly learned that those found worthy
! Of eternal life will have their charac'
tiers eternally fixed In respect to right
eousness and sin. as Gods character
| IL fixed and Interchangeable.
Life and Immortality.
The Scriptures. as we have already
! intimated. use the word Immortality in
mon In our general usage. They ap
ply the word to the Father and to the
Son. and to the Bride. the Lambs
Wife The blessing of everlasting life
provided for angels and for men found
obedient to the Divine will is Scrip
turally called. not Immortality. but
everlasting life.
Thus the Scriptures explain the two.
fold work Of Christ: "a The work for
the world. in providing for all the will.
ing and obedient of mankind, ever.
lasting life: e, the work for the
Church, in making possible for the will.
ing and obedient of the Bride class.
glory, honor and Immortality, the d.
vine nature The Scriptural express
sion is that Christ brought life and
immortality to light through the Cos
! pei" I'll Timothy j, 1O). Everlasting
life was intimated in the remote past,
but not specifically stated. The dec
Iaration that 1.-The Seed of the woman"
should "bruise the Serpents head" i'm.
piled recovery from sin and death.
a victory over the Adversary. release
of mankind from the death penalty.
BUTT was not specific. The promise
of God to Abraham. that in his Seed
all the families Of the earth should be
blessed, contained an intimatiOn of a
Divine provision for the restoration OF
humanity from death and the present
fallen condition. restitution to eter.
nal life conditions. But there was
nothing specific in it. The Prophets
also gave intimations of coming bless.
ings through great Messiah, but fail
ed to say that eternal life would be
the grand result.
The Glory to Come.
Not until the Savior appeared and
made His consecratio unto death. on
behalf of the race. was it proper for
even Him to give such assurances.
But after His consecra ton. during the