The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-23

the LogoS. the Son of God. left the
heavenly or spirit nature and. accord
ing to the Scriptures, was made flesh.
and that He w;lS resurrected from the
dead human or tieshly being and
assembled to heaven with body of flesh.
How absurd. Do not the Scriptures
particularly tell us that in His resur-
rection the son was highly exalted by
the Father, far above angels. principal
tiles and powers and every name that
Is named? Do they not tell us that
'.fiesh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom of God? Do they not tell
US that the elect Church. in order to
be the Bride of Messiah and His as
sociate in the heavenly Kingdom. must
also be ''chuHscd. in order that she may
be made like Him. and because fest,
and blood cannot inherit the King
dom? We have been too careless in
our study of the Divine Word.
Beeotten of the Spirit-Then Born.
Our ditHellty on this subject arose
from our failure to understand that
and that God has provided two dis
tinctly different salvations for mankind
the salvation of this Age being e1
clusiyely spiritual while that of the
next Age will be exclusively human.
The Logos. the Only Begotten of the
Father. was made flesh John |. 14).
He was not spirit being incarcerated
In body of flesh and wearing it as
garment. or living in it as house. He
became at his birth like others of the
race. except that He was holy. harm
less. separate from sinners" while all
others are sinners. imperfect Like
other men. the man Jesus was not q
dual beinga spirit being living in a
human frame He was merely the hui
man.
The Redeener. however. became a
dual being when He received the beget-
ting of the Holy Spirit at the time of
His baptism Thencefofth. for three
and n half years. until His crucifixion
He was dat being. The flesh was
the same: bur the spirit begetting re-
ceived from the Father constituted
Him nep Eco. a new person. He not
only thereafter bad new hopes. based
upon Divine promises. but lie had a
new mind or new will specially illu-
minated. quickencd. enlightened by the
Holy Spirit.
"Abovs the Brightness of the Sum-"
ST. Paul. the last of the twelve Apos-
ties to be called ITO take the place of
Judas. needed. as well as the others.
70 be able to ,eitHess 70 the resurrec
ton Of Jesus or this lie tells us.
saying. .LIe was seen of Cephas. then
of the twelve: after that. He was seen
of aboFe FIVE hundred brethren OF
once: after that He was seen Of
last of all. lie was seen Of me also.
as of one prematurely born" Il Corfu
thians W. --S,.
In the ordinary course Of events ST.
Paul would not have seen the Lord
until His resurrection. when he him
self would come forth as member
of .the Church Of the First-born." He
therefore describes his view of Jesus
Oh his way 10 Damascus as being like
that of one born before the time. In
other words. ST Paul saw the Lord as
He il and not as He icas.
The proper thought respecting the
resurrection Of our Lord and His pres
hent glory, shows us clearly that His
Kingdom. when Il shall be establish
ed. will. indeed. be heavenly King
dom. n spiritual ono From this stand
point only can we see the force Of the
Apostles contrast when he pictures
to us bow Satan. ambitious and
scFening 10 be- the Emperor Of the
world. took the path of disobedience.
Satan indeed gained his desire and
IL the prince Of this world over Il
sorry Empire IN which sin and death
reign. On the other hand. the Apostle
points us to the fact that our Redeem
err loyal TO the Heavenly Father. hum
bled himself 70 take the human ma
ture. to he crucifed: and that there
fore God has highly exalted Him and
will give TO Him the Kingdom now
usurpcd by "Satan. the Prince of this
world
satan will be bound for the thou.
sand years of Messiuh's reign. The
spiritual Prince Of darkness will be
deposed and the spiritual Prince of
Light and Truth. as the Fathers hon.
ored Agent. will be inaugurated as
|, King Of kings and Lord Of lords. And
"He must reign until he shall have
mt all enemies under His feet"-the
last eDeiny being death. Adnmic
death. the death Introduced through
| the decenttvc lie Of Satan who was a
murderer from the BEGINNING and abode
not in rho Tr,1rh' 7o'>' NJ IA.
--Raad The Daily Gate city.