Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25

sun. Thus John the Revelator, granted
glimpse Of the glorifed Christ. fell
as dead before Him. The effect of this
great light above the brightness of the
sun upon the eyes of Saul of Tarsus
was destructive and a miracle was
necessary for their REPAYMENT
Thus the Lord identified Himself in
glory with His former self, the man
Jesus. These lessons of the Lord
should not hare gone UNDECIDED We
should not have thought of the glori-
fed Messiah as man. The effect of
the wrong thought has not only be-
clouded cur appreciation of the Sa-
vior in glory. but has also confused
many respecting His Second Advent.
1t is safe to say that even yet the ma
jority of those who are expecting the
Second Coming of the Son of God and
His establishment of His Messianic
Throne are looking for Him as a glori-
fed man, forgetting that He sacrificed
Himself as a man. and that He took
not back that sacrifice. but received
exaltation to the more excellent glory
than that which He had left to become
our Redeemef-
These wrong expectations respecting
Messiah's Kingdom have turned the
hearts of many in q contrary direction.
They have reasoned correctly-that the
establishment of an earthly Kingdom,
with CHRIST the King in the flesh and
His saints joint-heirs with Him in His
Throne. also in the flesh, and with an
earthly court-would be a condition of
things inferior to the present one and
apparently very inadequate for the ac-
complishment of the great things
which the Bible promises Messiah's /.
Kingdom will secure.
The proper thought respecting the
resurrection of our Lord and His pres
ent glory shows US clearly that His
Kingdom, when it shall be established.
viii, indeed, be heavenly Kingdom,
spiritual one. From this standpoint
only can we see the force of the Apos-
ties contrast, when be pictures to us
how Satan, ambitious and scheming tc
be the Emperor of the world. took the
path of disobedience. He indeed gain
ed his desire and is the prince of this
world''-over sorry Empire, in which
sin and death reign. On the other
hand, the Apostle points us to the fact
that our Redeemer loyal to the Heav-
emily Father to the core. humbled Him.
self to take the human nature. to be
crucifed; and that therefore God has
exalted Him and will give to Him the
Kingdom now usurped by Satan. the
Prince of this world
Satan will be bound for the thousand
years of Messiah's reign. The spirit
uaI Prince of darkness will be deposed
and the spiritual Prince of Light and
Truth, as the Fathers honored Agent,
will be inaugurated as King of kings
reign until He shall have put all enc
mics under His feet'-the last enemy
being death, Adamic death, the death
introduced through the deceptive lie of
Satan, who was a murderer from the
beginning and abode not in the Truth"
John viii, Az.
st. Paul. according to the Greek text.
institutes a comparison between Sa-
tan's course and that of the Lo0os
philippians ii. g. He there implies
that Satan was ambitious and sought
to grasp Divine prerogatives, but that
the Logos did not mediate a usurpa-
ton to be equal with God" but. on
the contrary. humbled Himself and
made Himself of no reputation. New
ertheleSs, eventually, in the outwork-
ing of the Creators great Program.
the One who humbled Himself will be
the Exalted One. and the one who ex-
allied himself will be abased. The
Apostle urges the Church to blow the
example of Jesus" Humble your
selves. therefore. under the mighty
hand of God. that He may exalt you
in due time" Il Peter V. g..
Church of the First borns.
As the Only-Begotten of the Father
was begotten of the Holy Spirit at the
time of His conservation. as an embryo
New Creature. and as He was born of
the Spirit or perfected as a New Crea-
ture in His resurrection. so also the
Scriptures indicate must be the course
along which the Church is to follow
Elm. None can be born of the Spirit
unless first he has been begotten of the
Spirit and quickened of the Spirit 1t
is through this spirit begetting, quick
ening and birth that the select of God"
called during this Age to a change of
nature, are made New Creatures
members of the Amounted One" the
Christ. the Messiah. the Mediator be-
tween God and the world, under-kings,
under-priests. under judges, in asso-
citation with their Lord. the Chief
Priest and Bridegroom.
In the present life the new nature is
merely begun. and. as the Apostle de-
clares. we have it as a treasure in
earthen vessels-in earthly bodies. He
again declares that all the spirit-begot-
ten ones are in a conflict in which it is
required that they shall prove them
selves "overcomers" Their special
conflict is with their own flesh The
New Creature. the new will. must NOR
tify the deeds of the flesh. the desires
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fight" and demonstrate its loyalty to
God and the principles Of His right,
eousness. Otherwise it will not be ac-
counted WORTHY or meet for the in
heritance of the saints in light" (Col.
|. 10y.
The First Resurrection. or chief Res
direction. is TO be that of the Church
1t must be completed before the
worlds resurrection can begin. And
concerning this First Resurrection it
is stipulated that none can hare share
in it except the blessed and the holy
And for these reward is promised
that they shall be priests unto God and
shall reign with Christ a thousand
years-on the earth. over the earth. as
eartll's spiritual Empire and Ruling