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lievrs some OF them are honest or
will tell you sorrowfuIly that some OF
them have lied to him time and again;
and II he be an advanced and expe-
rlenced Spiritualist he will tell that
at times some of these evil spirits
have made all manner of vile sugges-
tions to him. But he will tell also
that at first 1t was not so: instead he
was at first told that he should pray
more and read the Scriptures more.
Afterwards he was Jeered at and
Knocked and told that the Scriptures
were nonsense and that although
there Il God the inquirer IL too rene.
gade to hope for any blessing from
God.
We have neglected our Bibles too
much; we have trusted too much to
worldly wisdom. The Bible alone
gives the solution of the matter. 1t
alone tells us respecting these spirits;
that they are not humans and never
were: that they are the fallen angels.
ID. V. we will consider them n week
from now.
"a Mans a Man For A. That"
The Bible is thoroughly consistent
with itself; from first to last 1t main
tains that man Is an earthly being.
According to the Greek and the He
brew of the Bible he Is an animal soul
or animal being In contradlstinction to
spirit soul or spirit being. Man
that IL born of woman Is of few
days and full Of trouble; Man dieth
and wasteth away. and where IL he2
He shall nN awake nor be raised out
Of his sleep until the heavens be no
more'-unti the present order Of
things shall have passed away Job
xiv. l-10,.
Again we read respecting the death
sentence and mans hope of recovery
out of death by resurrection. Thou
turnrdst man to destruction: thou say
est return We children Of men: cease
ye from man. whose spirit (breath Of
life, Is In his nostrils' psalm xc. 81;
Isaiah II. 22); "If n man die shall he
live again? All the days of mine ap-
pointed time will | await until my
resurrection chNnge come. Thou shalt
call and will answer thee Weakening
from the sleep Of DEATH. for thou wilt
have desire unto the work Of thy
hands: There shall be Il resurrec-
ton OF the dead both of the just and
Of the unjust dob xiv. II; Acts xiv.
15,.
They are dead. they are not alive as
spirit nor In any other sense. They
will be dead until Gods time for the
resurrection of the dead Resurrection
Of the living would be unnecessary,
and IF death brought TO man change
to higher plane of existence as n
spirit being then the resurrection OF
the dend would not be set before hui
manity as blessed hope. for rather
II would be punishment. even to the
holy.
Whence Came the Error7
II seems probable that this serious
error. which has had so much to do
with the worlds theological confu.
derstandlng OF the Bible teachings re-
spectlng the Church-the application
of things said concerning the Church
to the world, to whom they did not
apply Bible students are coming
more and more to see. In the light
which one passage Of Scripture throws
upon another. that the Church Is dis
tinctlve class. separate from the angels
and the world of mankind In general
The Divine Plan revealed In the
Scriptures sets forth one salvation fol
the Church-on the spirit plane. 1t re-
veals to us two classes who will bC
blessed on chat spirit plane. 1t shows
us that one of these classes was typl
fed In the priesthood of natural Is
rael and that the other clnss was typl
fed In the Levltes who assisted the
. priests as servants. The remainder ol
the tribes oc Israel represented, typ
lcally, the entire world of mankind whC
viii ultimately be saved, not to heav
enly state or condition, but as men tC
o restored earthly condition.
1t viii be remembered that the Priests
and Levlics had no inheritance In the
land. thus typlcally showing that they
represented that portion of humanity
| WulNht NY Nith EiHNts W W N'Nh'h .
heavenly Inheritance and experience /
change from human to spirit nature.
AS the Levites and Priests represent
cd the irst-born of Israel saved at thu
Passover. SO those who will attain {
resurrection to the spirit plane arr
Scripturally designated "the church o.
the frst-born," and again. "the first
fruits unto God Of his creatures" Th,
elect OF this Gospel Age are not, there
fore. all who are TO be saved, but mere
ly all who are 10 he saved TO the sprl
plane With the completion Of tn,
elect Church and her glorIlicutlon will
our Lord In his resurrection, the "flrs
resurrection" philippians Ill, 10; Rev
lelntions Xxx. u, the Kingdom will b,
established for which we pray
The Kingdom, per SO, will be spirit
Invisible to men. but It will have
earthly agents aud representatives
. and It's dealings win he with mankint
TO upllft Adam nnd his race from sil
aud degradAtlon--no to spirit condl
lions. not to the heavenly plane, no
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