The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-15


Jesus in the sufferings Of this present
time and in the glory to follow. The
invitation TO the Church is to follow
The example OF Jesus their Redeemer.
TO walk in His steps. to sacrifice earth
Iy interests and with Him become par
takers Of the divine nature-glory. hon
or and immortality I'll Peter l. ~. Our
Lord Jesus corroborates the same
thought. saying. "As the Father hath
inherent life Immortality in the high
est sense of the word-deathlessness),
so hath lie given unto the Son that
He should have Inherent life,V and
that lie 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
lie gave It as reward to His glorious
Son. "The Beginning Of the creation
of God" BY and by, in the First Res
direction. when the elect "overcon1ers"
shall enter upon this same plane OF
immortality. the opportunity TO hecome
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 inher-
cnt Immortality. but nm eternal main
tenancc in life by the Creator. subject
20 the condition of obedience and right
eousncss
In this same sense of the word Adam
was immortal. but his immortality was
dependent upon his obedience. When
he disobeyed, Divine provision for his
suslenance was withdrawn He was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-
once. will be destroyed. hence their Inn
mortality was conditional, as was that
of humanity.
The redemption to be accomplished
by the Rcdeener during His reign as
Messiah is TO reinstate all the willing
and obedlent in human perfection and
Divine favor. MS these were enjoyed
by Adam before his transgresslou. All
the wllfully wicked. all not desirous OF
returning to fellowship with God
through the Redeemer. will be destroy
cd In the Second Death. The test will
be so thorough. so crucial. that God
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 etcrnai life will have their charac.
ters eiernally hXed In respect TO right.
eousncss and sin. as Gods character
is GXed and unchangeable.
Lifo and Immortality.
The Scriptures as we have already
intimated. use the word immortality In
a more restricted sense than Is com.
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
obedent 70 the Divine will Is Scrip.
turally called not immorfdlitH but
everlasting life. art
Thus the Scriptures explain thc.two-
fold work OF Christ: Ol 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 Obcdlent OF the Bride. class.
glory, honor and immortality. the dl-
vine nature. The Scriptural express
sion is that Christ brought life and
immortality TO light through the Cos
pei" tll Timothy I, l0l. Everlasting
life was intlmated in the remote past.
but not specifically stated. The dec
laratlon that the Seed Of the woman"
should "bruisc the Scrpent's head" i'm
piled recovery from sin and death.
victory over the Adversary. n release
Of mankind from the death penalty.
But II was not specific. The promise
of God to Abraham. that in his Seed
all the families of the earth should be
blessed. contained nu lntimatlon of
Divine provision for the restoration of
humanity from death and the present
fallen condition. n restitution to eter-
nal life conditions. But there was
nothing specific. in It,. The Prophets
also gave lRtlmations OF coming bless
ings through a 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 conservation unto death. on
behalf of the race. was II proper for
even Him TO give such assurances
Bur after His conservation. during the
three ana half years of His minis.
try, lie declared His mission to he the
seeking aud recovery of that which
was lost. and the giving to His foot
step followers OF n share with Himself.
not only in the sufferlngs OF this pres
ent time. but in the glory to come.
Now Is the time In which. by holiness.
faithfulness loyalty to God and to the
Truth. and the laying down Of life for
tho brethren. we may make our cali
ing ana election sure" 10 the highest
imaginable rewnrd-glory. honor and
Immortality, the divine nature.