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all mankind. As the Father raised
Him from the dead on the third day.
SO it is promised that He will raise US,
the Church, from the dead. More than
this, the unjust also, those who have
not been approved of God in the pres
ent life. shall all be awakened from
the sleep of death. They will come
forth Informed respecting sin, having
lived under the reign of Sin and Death.
They win come forth that they may
learn the ways of righteousness, the
reward of which is life everlasting.
The glorif1ed Jesus and His glorifed
Church. the Bride. will be the Royal
Priesthood, whose special work for
thousand years will be the uplifting of
mankind, not only from the tomb, but
also to perfection of life, every man
In his own order" or rank. The HpIift-
ing will bless as many as are willing,
| lifting them from the degradation and
meanness and imperfection into which
all have fallen by one mans disobedi-
ence, under the laws of heredity.
Burst the Bars Of Death.
In the poetic language Of the hymn,
| Christ Jesus burst the bars of death"
| in His resurrection. 1t was not pos
sible for Him to be holden Of death,
writes the Apostle (Acts ii. pa. The
Divine verdict went forth that He had
been faithful and that to Him should
come the reward of life upon the high
| est plane-the divine nature (Ephesians
/, 20, 21).
Our fancies may legitimately picture
| that the holy angels maryeled at the
Redeemer's experiences from the time
that He left the heavenly glory and
was made flesh and dwelt amongst us
until. by His resurrection change. He
returned again from the earthly ma
ture to the heavenly plane, far above
angels AS they sang at His nativity
a rapturous song of glad tidings of
! great joy TO all people. so they were
filed with amazement. surely. at how
| the Father permitted Him to be tempt
ed and tried and poured for Him Fl is
cup of suffering. which He drained to
the dregs. They marveled when HE
died, the Just for the unjust" They
looked and wondered, as hour after
hour He remained in the tomb-dead.
Their loyalty to the Heavenly Father
was tested during that period, but was
rewarded when they beheld that Di-
vine power raised Him up even to a
more excellent glory than that which
He had before.
With what alacrity the angels must
have acknowledged the risen One, in
harmony with the Fathers declaration.
"Let all the angels of God worship
Him" "Worthy is the Lamb to re-
ceive glory and honor, dominion, might
and power" The point to be specially
noticed is the change of nature which
our Redeemer experienced in His resur-
rection. That change did not take place
during the three days of Jesus buri-
al, but during the three and a half
years of His ministry, which ended
with His resurrection. When thirty
years of age He gave Himself-He sur
rendered His earthly privileges and
rights and hopes into the Fathers
hands, to be obedient to everything
which Divine providence might per.
NIT At that moment His sacrifice of
His flesh was accepted. The evidence
Of its acceptance was the importation
of the Holy Spirit. which as a dove
rested upon Him and exercised a
quickening and Illuminating influence
upon His mind. enabling Him to I'M
derstand more than human things and
to perform more than human acts.
1t was Jesus, New Creature, be-
gotten of the Spirit at Jordan. that did
the mighty works of the Father. His
flesh, His humanity, was gradually laid
down SCIENTIFICALLY, in harmony with
the Divine providences. He drank 1.-THE
cup" which the Father poured for Him.
Divine Power brought From the Dead
the Great Shepherd"
This Easter Sunday celebrates the
momentous event of our Lords resur
recttOn from the dead. His resurrec,
ton is either a truth or a falsehood
In our text st. Paul assures US that II
it is untrue. our faith, our hopes. our
preaching and teachings are Of no avail
useless. If the resurrection of the
dead is impossible, then the resurrec-
ton Of Jesus was impossible. If the
resurrection of Jesus did not take
place, then we have no proof, and nc
ground for believing, that Divine pow.
er could resurrect the Church. If Di
vine Power brought again from the
dead the great Shepherd of the sheep,
1t is Jehovah also who will bring Va
from the dead by Jesus. in Gods due
time.
Let none avoid the question: Let all
decide at oncei Either we believe in g
resurrection from the dead, or we dc
not believe in it. If the resurrection
be myth then, says the Apostle, all
those who fell asleep with faith in
Christ are perished-they are not in
heaven, Purgatory nor eternal torment
If we believe in the resurrection Of the
dead. both Of the just and the unjust
then, logically. we must believe that
they are dead, except in the Divine
promise, purpose, arrangement. The
decision Of this resurrection question
Is most momentous one, as it affects
practically every doctrine Of the Chris
tan Church. If we get straight the
doctrine Of the Ransom effected through
the Redeemer, and the doctrine Of the
Resurrection Of the dead, all of our doc
trines will fall into line, and all of our
absurdities, which have troubled us SO
long, will fall out Of the way. and all
Of the Scriptures will be found har.
monious in teaching Divine Justice,
Wisdom, Love and Power.
Christ the First Fruits.
"But now is Christ risen from the
dead and become the flrst-fruits OF
them that slept Verse 20). All, thank
God, the Apostle did not mean to in
sinuate the possibility of our Lords
not having risen. Merely, he would
put the question that we might see
how weighty is the subject-how much
depends on the answer. He exultantly
answers, Christ is risenw We re-
| Joice in this for several reasons. First,
how sad it would be If He who laid
aside His glory and was made flesh
and tasted death on our behalf should
have lost by His loyal endeavor to
serve us and to do the Fathers will!
How glad we are that He is risen, and
that He was not raised again in the
flesh, with the loss of His heavenly
/ glory, but raised as the King Of all, far
| above all others, and partaker of the
| divine naturel
Secondly, we are glad on our own
| account. and on account Of all man.
kind; for il our Lord Jesus had not
been raised from the dead it would
have proven one Of two things-either
that He had not been faithful-up to
the Divine standard, and therefore
that His life could not be a satisfaction
| for the human life lost in Adam. or else