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

Difficulties Of unbeIievers.

/ resurrection.
Difficulties Of UnbelicVers.
The Pastor declared that he had
found worldly-wise people very slSep-
teal respecting the descent Of the
L0gos. the Son Of God. to earthly con
ditions; but that Christians seem. to
have more difficulty than the world in
comprehending the return, the ascen-
sion of Jesus to the spirit plane and its
excellent glory. Both points, however
are important, necessary, as the Apos-
tie declares In the context Whoever
Is unable to see that the LOg0s the
glorious Son of the Highest, humbled
Himself, divested Himself OF the Spir-
Il Nature and took Instead human ma
mre, cannot see that Jesus was sim
less And those who cannot recognize
that He was holy, harmless, undetiled
and separate from the sinner race Gle
brews vii, 2G), cannot believe In the
sacrifice of Jesus as being n Ransom
price FOR Adam, TO effect his release
and that Of his race from condemna-
| tion.
Pastor Russell went into considera-
bic detail respecting the manner by
which the LogOs was transferred from
| heavenly conditions 10 earthly condi-
,ions, aud how His purity, Ills perfec-
ton of Organism. His freedom from
sin was preserved. Notwithstanding the
fact that he was born OF an earthly
mother who was not free from the
blemishes Of Adams race. He prof
fered his hearers free upon appllca-
ton, treatise entitled "The Undeflled
One" which he believed showed scien-
tifically the process used of God by
which the L0gOs was changed from the
higher TO the human nature, yet pre-
served immaculate.
The error OF supposing that Jesus IS
still a man signifies the denial Of His
word. that He would ascend up whore
lie was before, and The denial Of the
Apostles teaching that He has been
highly exalted TO glory and distinc-
tion, the divine nature, as instead OF
human nature. This error, the Pastor
declared had led TO other errors, one
Of which he cited, namely. the error
made by many Christian people Of ex-
/ pecting the second coming Of Jesus in
! the dcSh-as a glorious man and not MS
glorious Spirit, Partaker OF the di.
vine nature. and entirely disassoci-
0ted from human nature.
Thinking of the Lord at His second
advent as n glori1ed man, they asso-
ciate Him with material throne and
an earthly court This. IN turn, leads
other Christian people In an oppo-
site direction Realizing that such
an earthly kingdom would be step
backward rather than n step forward,
they deny the second coming of Mes
siah TO establish the Kingdom so long
promised.
The proper thought is that Jesus, in
the flesh, accomplished the work
which the Father had given Him TO
do, when He sacrificed His earthly
life. The Father gloriously rewarded
Him on the spirit plane. Now He Is
waiting for the gathering Of His
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are to share In His resurrection TO the
divine nature and TO sit with Him in
His tl..one. Then the Kingdom OF
Messiah, so long promised viii begin
D. bless the world, using as its earth
~ representatives. visible TO men, Abra-
ham, Isaac and Jacob and all the
Ancient Worthless, mentioned in He
brews xi, $50; through whom the
blessing win extend TO Natural Israel
and to all the families Of the earth
(Acts iii, 10-2D.
A Multitude of captiVes.
Our text, In a flguratlye way, repre-
sents the ascension OF Jesus from the
earthly plane to the heavenly as the
triumph Of a great Conqueror Sin
had gained ascendency over Adam aud
his race. and had brought mankind low
10 the dust. mentally, morally and
physically. Moreover tlls victory over
man had been gained In legal man
nery through one mans disobedlence
Ql0mans V, 12) The Loops diyested
Himself of His glory on the spirit
plane, was made flesh, fulfilled the de-
mands Of the Law proved Himself
competent TO pay the sinners RANSOM
price, and gave Himself Ransom for
all, ITO be testified III due time" q
, Timothy II. O. Having finished Ills
sacrlncial work He was received again
TO the spirit nature with exceeding
glory and TO the right hand of Tie
Majesty on high.
Thus the great Conqueror Is seen re-
turning TO the heavenly state, acclaim