Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-24

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Is. re was rrDmisrl snefial Bride
class ID be se.rlcd rom among th'
redeemed race OF mrn class having
his own disposition of ioyalty 10 God
aud to righteousness. and faiihful un-
TO death which like himself. would ne
exalted in the chief resurrection from
the earthly 10 heavenly condition. far
above pnncipalitieS and powers and
every name that IS named
l5i He was promised thar his own
personal distinction would be 10 ail
eternity a participation in the qualities
Of the divine nature; he would possess.
not only glory aud honor, but also In
herent life. deathlessness. Immortality.
For these Joys. he left his glory. he
was made flesh. he sacrificed his
emthly life and. being raised from the
dead. be entered into his promised joy.
Since. he is waiting in expectation for
the completion Of the Church. his
Bride the members of his Body as
sured that then the Father will give
him the heather for an inheritance
and the uttermost parts of the earth
for his possession. that he may bind
Satan. put down sin and uplift the
sinner and bring everlasting order out
of earths confusion by destroying the
wilfully wicked.
A God but Not the God.
As all Bible scholars know. the word
elOhim in the Old Testament Hebrew
is Of plural form. somewhat like our
English word sheep. Thus we read in
Genesis. THE elohlm Gods said let
us make man in our image" This
would very properly apply to the
Heavenly Father and the Heavenly
Son. In full accord with our text.
without him the Logosl was not
anything made that was made" The
word eohm signifies. literally. the
mighty. the pOtoerful. the great. Surely
1t would be strictly proper to consider
the LOOos mighty. great, powerful as
the active agent of the Almighty One.
Jehovah. who is also styled the Mighty
Elohim.
This word eiOhim not only is used in
respect to the Heavenly Father and
his Heavenly Son. but 1t is also used
In respect to angels as the messengers
Of God and of Christ, mighty to the do.
ing of the will Of God psalm viii, 81.
'Thou hast made man little lower
than the angels lelOhlml." Still fur.
ther notice that this word elohim Is
used In respect TO men: when Divinely
appointed and active as Gods agents
they were mighty, or elohlm Thus
we read Of the seventy judges of Is-
rael appointed by Moses, "The master
shall bring him unto the judges lelo-
HIM" exodus xxi. o..
We have given Il very literal render.
ing Of our text, showing The fine dis
tinction Of the Greek original In a way
that our English version does not show
It, As Bible students we have not IN
the past been sufficiently critical In
our study of Gods Word. but now, in
Divine providence. it is possible for
those even who have practically no
knowledge Of the Greek and Hebrew
to understand the Scripture presenta
tions thoroughly. If any amongst my
large congregation are unsuccessful in
finding authoritative works that show
the interpretations and mistranslations
Of the Holy Scriptures. | shall he
pleased to have them write TO me for
information.
Our text in the common English YER
sion misrepresents the true thought of
the original. but as we have rendered
1t the matter Is so simple and clear
that child may understand Jehovah
God Is from everlasting to everlasting
and had no beginning The I.oCos had
n beginning he himself was the hp.
ginning. In the beginning was the
Logos and the L0gos was Gnd"-hp
was a mighty one. the beginning of
creation, the first and the last cren
tion of the God the Almighty One
"of whom, by whom and through
whom are all things"
All honor and majesty and worship
belong primarily to the great Tather
OF lights and to him Jesus diracted the
attention of his followers, saying.
After this manner pray ye-Our
Father which art in heaven. hallowed
be thy name II is always therefore
eminently proper in the highest sense
of the word thnt our petitions should
ascend to the Father Of Lights. from
whom cometh every good and every
perfect glft
II has pleased the Father to so honor
his First Hegotten son, and to so re-
ward his faithfulness unto death. and
to so make him the Head In all things
over the Church which is his BODY.
thntlt Is eminently prnner that. in thp
languNge Of the Master. AN men
should honor the son even MS they
honor the Father Gohu Y, ~ They
should not honor the Son instepd uf
the Father however, for the latter de-
clares, MY glory will | not give tn
another" The exalted Christ Is 10 hp
honorcd, YEA, worNhiped, becuuse the
Father has highly exalted him and
given him name above every other
name, TINT Nt name Of Jesus every
knee should bow and every tongue
confess To the glory Of God thu
Father philippians Ii. Sln.
Moreover there is a special reason
why all who recognize leSus as the
worlds Redeemer should recognize the
pronric,y Of including him wlth me
Father In their thoughts aud in their
prayers This is because, toy Divine
appointment, he is the Churrh's Advn