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cause they 50 thoroughly believed in
: the power of Jesus. Mary did not
even go toimeet her dear Friend. the
Lord, when He came. Martha met
Him withl''th Gliding remark. III
Thou hadst been here Gf You had come
even when we Informed You our broth
er had not died" Jesus did not dis
pute that Lazarus was dcad. nor tell
her that he was more alive than ever.
He merely promised that her brother
should rise again.
Martha replied that she knew that
Lazarus would rise in the resurrec-
ton, at the Last Day. Jesus assured
her that He would be the One Who
would resurrect the dead, and that He
was then present with her, intimatins
that she might ask even tlien FOR her
brother to be revived. But Martha's
faith was insufficient When the Mas,
ter asked. Where have We laid him.
she replied that it was now too late
because putrefactiOn had set init was
now the fourth day since his death.
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tomb, He did not call him from heav.
en-. nor from Purgatory, nor from a
fiery hell, but from the tomb saying,
Lazarus, come forth" And the dead
one came forth
This wonderful exhibition of His
power the Lord gave. to the intent
that His disciples then and since
might realize that i'm Him is vested the
resurrection power. by Divine arrange
ment, and that there Is to lie resur.
rection of the just and Of the unjust;
that all who are in their graves are to
hear His voice and come forth. The
Church class will come forth to per
lection of life on the spirit plane. The
world of mankind will come forth
from the tomb imperfect, as they went
prove whether they are worthy or un-
worthy Of restitution blessings and
eternal life in the earthly Paradise.
with What Body Do They Come"
st. Paul held an imaginary discus
sion with dOubterS of the resurrection
in his day. He has them inquire, With
what body will the dead return? He
replies that, as each kind of seed that
is planted reproduces it's own kind, so
it will be in the resurrection of the
dead. Whatever kind Of seed is plant
ed in death, Of the same kind and ma
ture will be the resurrection crop. The
Apostle Celebrates, showing that the
whole world of mankind are of one
kind of seed-human stock-and that
therefore, i'm the resurrection time, they
will come forth the same-humans.
And they will come forth in practically
the same condition in which they died.
But if we shall suppose rye to repre-
sent the human stock and can imagine
special treatment of some of that
rye grain before sOwing-changing it
into wheat, then we would know that
those changed grains would sprout and
develop, not as rye, but as wheat.
Thus the Apostle illustrates the resur-
rection of the dead-the Church. All
are of Adamic stock, but some, few
the spirit-begotten Church-experi-
ence a change of nature from earthly
to heavenly. Hence they, in the resur-
rection, will come forth heavenly or
spirit beings. He says, Some, the
world at large, will be members of the
earthly Adam; others. few, little
flock" will be members of the second
Adam-the heoucnly Lord The stand
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be awakened and, later, raised. will
be the earthly standard represented In
the perfect Adam Like the earthly
one will be the earthly ones" (the
world. And like the heavenly One
will be the heavenly ones" the sanity
Church, the Bride) q Cor. XIV. 1919.
The First Resurrection Described.
It was not necessary that the Apos-
tie should more particularly describe.
at that time. the resurrection opportu-
nifty provided for the world of mankind.
but it was very appropriate that he
should give to the Church more de-
tailed explanation of the Divine pro-
vision for the resurrection OF the
Bride. Explaining this, ST Paul says.
"Thus is the resurrection Of the dead:
1t is sown in corruption it is raised in
1t is sOwn in dishonor;
it is raised in glory. 1t is sown in
it is raised in power. 1t is
sown an animal body; it is raised
spirit body For there is an animal
body and there is spirit body. AS
It is written, The first man, Adam, was
made living soul; the last Adam was
made quickening spirit" q CORN
thians XIV, 4245).
The Apostle declares of these who
are begOtten of the Holy Spirit and
who make their calling and election
sure" and who. therefore, will have
part in the First Resurrection-"As we
have borne the image of the earthly we
shall also bear the image of the heav-
emily. Now this l say breth
rem. that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom of God; but We
shall all be changed. in moment, in
the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump q Corinthians XIV, 1852.
The resurrection of the Church is
called "life-resurrectiOn," because all
those experiencing it will be perfected :