The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-01-19
The Resurrection
of Christ
BY REV. ". l. mUNHALL
of PhiIadelphia

death entered the world. The foun-
tain in Eden was poisoned and the
waters have flowed on through the
ages in their polluted state.
God in His infinite mercy has pro
Yided a remedy, d way of escape, by
His Son, who descended into the
grave, battIed with death and was
risen again. The text which l am
taking is really too big for a day or
an hour, for on it one versed in the
word of God would talk a week.
The heart of this text is taken from
the resurrection Of Jesus Christ from
the dead. Psalm 1910 said: For
thou wilt not leave my soul in hell"
This was a prophecy by David in ref
erence to Jesus.
Peter said: Men and brethren, let
me speak of DaVid's prophecy, he be-
ing dead. But according to prophecy,
his seed shall reign and his flesh shall
not see death"
David prophesied and Peter spoke
OF the accomplishment Of the
prophecy, that he, Davids seed,
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Paul said: He rose again on the
third day" This was according to
the scriptures; the old scriptures,
for there was no New Testament in
those days. All authorities uniform
lily agree that no fact is so well estab-
lished as that Christ rose from the
dead.
Here we have over 500 creditable
witnesses that testify according to
the resurrection of Jesus. There can
be no doubt of it, yet there are PEG
pie who doubt. l suppose all Of you
say you do believe but do you?
Let mo explain. Do you believe
that God s people will be raised in
body from the dead? You can not
possibly believe in the bodily resur-
rection of your Lord from the grave
without believing in the bodily resur-
rection for Gods people. l throw this
out by way of emphasis
Those who deny literal resurrection
from premises of their own cOnse-
quently reach unnatural conclusions.
There is no teaching of the resurrec-
ton apart from the teaching in the
sacred scriptures.
l may take for illustration of the
resurrection the hideous worm that
spins it's own winding sheet and lies
in a cocoon. By and by it bursts and
a beautiful moth emerges. This H.
Illustrates but does not explain the doc
trine of bodily resurrection from the
dead. The only place to find explana-
ton of resurrection of the dead is in
the scriptures.
Some say man and horse are the
same; that they live and die all the
same. This doctrine is not what men
say and believe. Il is purely and
only a revelation from God. What
says the scriptures? If you have
nothing here that gives you hope, you
have nothing. Psalm 16 Therefore
my heart is glad and my glory re
joices. My flesh also shalt rest in
hope. Thou wilt not leave my soul in
hell" David knew there was resur-
rection. David trusted in God and
could say, looking death in Its hide
is thy sting-grave, where is thy VIC
tory?" We have been made one with
Him and have living hope through
Him.
At the death the spirit returns to
the God Of David, and the soul de-
parts to its place of felicity until the
second coming Of Christ, when we en-
ter into our own. OF the wicked
they have a soul, but no spiritual life
At their death the soul departs to
tormed- "ae body Of all goes into
the grave and resolves back to the
dust Of the earth. The dust Of the
earth shall rise" (the bodies).
That which IS in the grave comes
forth-there is nothing but the body
in the grave, therefore it is the body
which is raised.
Allow to a certain extent the prem
ises the We are as animals; that
Jesus was born of woman. like us;
that Christ was developed into man
hood by the laws OF nature At 80
years He was nailed upon the tree;
His body was taken down by kind
hands
On the third day an angel rolled
back the stone. The same physical
body came out of that tomb. Women
knew Him 1--WE will also know HIM,
and He said; Go tell My disciples
that ] ascend
He ascended, directly returned and
allowed women to touch Him. when
before when He had met them He has
said, mo, I have not ascended." This
was in accordance with an old Mo
sale dispensation which did not allow
women to touch a priest who was en-
gagged in the ceremony of sin offer.
ing. Christ, is a priest and was a sin
offering, and could not be touched IN
til He appeared before the Father and
completed the Offering He then re-
turned to earth and allowed the wo-
men to touch Him. lie also let doubt
ing Thomas touch Him. He appeared
in their midst and told Thomas to
reach forth his fingers, saying proba-
bly,: This, Thomas, is the same hand
l used in ministering to the needy
and suffering and sorrowlng. This
was the same body born of woman,
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