The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-22

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railroads have granted special rates
it IS expected that more than 1900
convention.
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ing in fiery light, above the MONDAY
glare. was very appropriate. 1t con
vlnced him. in manner that no human
appearance I'm the flesh could have
equulled. that Jesus was no longer a
man and that lie was no impustor St
paurs conversion was instantaneous.
who art thou Lord| he asked. Il
am Jesus Whom thou pcrspcutest'-
attn represented in Ny followers. OF
whom st. stephen was one, whom you
murdered. and others Of whom you
have been hailng to prison.
II should not cause us to marvel that
Jesus assembled as he declared. cup
where He was before" John vi. CO... v
should not surprise us that the Heav-
euly Father Cave Him back all the
glory and honor which lie had before
lie came into the world-wlth added
glory 1t should not surprise us there
iorc. that the Apostle declares that lie
lscended, In dignity and station, far
above angels, principalities and pow.
srs, aud every name that IS named
Epheslans /, 21J On the contrary, it
would be both equitable and God-like
hat the great Jehovah should highly
nonor His faithful. Only Beg1ttcu Son.
the First aud the Last. the Beginning
and the Ending OF the creation Of God
Revelation xxi. l3). Could we fo-
one moment suppose that our great
Creator would allow His faithful Son.
nr any servant. to lay down life In nj
vine service. and to suffer loss as a
consequence OF His obedience? Is II
oot much more rational to believe. as
he Scriptures declare, Hin hath God
highly exalted philippians H. %.
The Assembled One Descended.
Pastor Russell called attention to the
Apostles phrnseology in the context
that the Assembled One had previously
descended, and that the ascending and
descending were related as cause and
fleet Tho One who ascended up on
nigh completely filed the highest pc
'ition In the great, Divine Government
If the Unlverse-as Head Of princlpali-
les and powers. angels and men-ueXt
20 the Father. Yet. the Apostle warns
rs that we must not Identify the Glori.
icd one with the Obe Who, in obcdl.
ance to the Fathers WILL humbled
| Himself TO come down from the hcav
anly nature and glory to the earthly
station whore lie, as man, humb!cl
Himself unto death. even unto the ig-
nominlous death Of the cross
The Apostle calls our attention to
these two oXtremes-the extreme OF
humiliation and the extreme Of e@Gl'
tation. both accomplished in the Son
IF God, the LOgos, The Christ.
If some Of us at one time mlsunder
tood the Scriptures and supposed thai
our Lord Jesus assembled TO heaven IL
4 physical condition, as man, we EN-
| elrely misunderstood the Scriptures
| He Who was rich, as the L0gOS IL
| glory, preserved His identity when Hy
Il WIS iliihf pun Atl Jul fnlAAEf hAftNA" I''Nf'
that He might be our Redeemer Slmi
| larly, that Redeemer preserves Hi
| Identity now that He has been mad,
| rich agnln-nOw that lie has been re
,eived up 10 the Spirit Plane Of glory
honor ana Immortality, the divine ma
ture.
| To suppose that jesus went TO heav
en- a man is TO mistake the Significance
of His title. The Son of Man, which
| He muintains, as identifying Him Will
| His great redemptiye worE-as one q
Ills many titles TO suppose that Jesu
Is a human being IN heaven would b'
| 10 suppose that He is still as whel
II the flesh. "a little lower than thu
| angels" whereas the Scriptures de
| clare that He has ascended far higher
40 that all the angels Of God. as wei
| as men are commanded to worship
Him. TO suppose Jesus In heaven
| human being would he TO suppose Hin
out OF all harmony with heavenly
spirltual conditions and surroundings
Moreover. are we not told that th
| Church OF Christ viii be changed from
| the human TO the spirit condition In tn
resurrection, and that this change vii
make the "elect Of God" like their Re
1eemer, so that they may see Him a
lie is not as He ras-that they ma.
see Him in glory, honor and immor
allty. exaltatlop, and not as the hu
inflated One, Who was made flesh tina
He might sacrifice His flesh on man
behalfq When we so thought we fol-
got the scrlptural declaration tha
flesh and blood cannot inherit th
Kingdom OF Cod" hence that all thos
called to be partakers OF the dlvin
nature and heavenly Kingdom wit
their Redeemer and Lord must be mad
| Ike Him by the power OF the Firs