The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25

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SS.:s Ass s9sz $500 Confusion prevails
respecting mans ma
ture. as we'll as in regard to his origin
and destiny. We have no quarrel with
those who boast OF monkey parentage and
Evolution and who hope against facts
that mankind will sooh be a race of gods
and that dying. somehow IS step up
ward into life while it appears to be a
step down into death. To those who are
happy in this Illogical view have nothing
to say now. ! address the more humble
minded. who confess their perp!exity and
who have not become so worldly-wise as
to reject the Bible as the voice Divine.
However we may understand the Bibles
declaration respecting the lower animals
that the water swarmed and brought
forth various l1inds--we must admit that
its statements respecting man are ex-
plicit: he was not thus brought forth, but
is declared to have been Il direct creation
OF God in his own image and character
likeness--only on q lower plane of organ
ism. Adam possessed Gods likeness in
his mental and moral qualities higher
than those OF brutcs. by which man Is
able to reason and philosophize respect
| ing scientific and moral problems. These
higher human powers were dwarfed and
the lower and more animal powers main
tanned to the full by reason of the fall
and its sentence, Dying thou shalt die"
Jesus Was Made Little Lower Than
this Angels
The Scriptures do not suggest that man
was an imperfect or undcveloped species
whose death could be a change to another
nature and ethereal form and a heavenly
home. Quite to the contrary. The hope
set before Adam was everlasting life and
an earthly Eden. 1t was this that he lost
and it Is this earthly nature and human
perfection in Gods image in Paradise re-
stored that the Scriptures hold out as the
| hope OF the world through the glorified
Messiah's Kingdon1-a spiritual Kingdom
In which the faithful, elect Church of this
4 age will participate That Kingdom CT
Righteousness will be beyond the vail" of
human sight. Yet its power will be uni
versal and exercised ON mans behalf for
the restraint of Satan and every i.ly
influence and for human assistance back
to all that was lost by disobedience In
Eden and all that was redeemed by the
obedience OF Calvary.
Nor even then will the image of God as
represented in tho human Will be coerced.
, Merely the glorious opportunities of rec
onciliation and Of restitution will be af-
forded to every creature-and those who
decline then, will be cut off from life in
/ the Second Death tActs iii. 1929.
God answers the question of our text,
what is man." He declares Thou
!. madest him Gin his Edenic perfection) a
5 little lower than the angels. Thov
: crownedst him with glory and honor (ths
dignity and power of the perfect Adam
, Thou didst set him over the works Of
l thine hands ian earthly being. he was al
? the head of all earthly creatures-the
King of eartf). over the beasts of ths
field, the fowl OF heaven the fish of the
. sca-thou hast put all things under his
I feet" with kingly power clearly outlined
and his subjects named). Evidently man
had mental power for the control OF
the lower creation aside from physical
force. as intinated in his primary deal
: ings with them and giving them theil
? names qIebrews H. 6-S). We have known
: men possessed of wonderful magnetic
! power-horse- trainers. such. as Rarey. ant
tanners of wild beasts and reptiles Bu
Adam. perfect must have possessed this
q power in O. still superior degree.
/ A little lower than the angels, yet very
much higher than the beasts was thi:
King of earth in his perfection. Ant
such man will be as a redeemed and re
r stored race, when the Divine Plan shall
o have been fully outworked when ever,
, creature in heaven and in Garth shall b.
: heard saying, Praise and glory and hon
5 or, dominion and might be unto him tina
i stitch upon the Throne and unto tn
j. Lamb forever" and when there shall b.
\ no moro signing, no more crying and NJ
more dying. because all the former thing
l. OF sin and death shall have passed
away, because the great King. Messiah
q the Redeemer of mankind. shall delive
him from the power of sin and dealt
7 and the tomb. Well did he state his mis-
n sion work: THE Son of man came to seel
l. and to secorer that ,chich tcGs lost
II "The Earth Abideth Forever"
) Mans then is an animal of high, glorl
! Gus type, adapted to his earthly home am
1t adaptedSto his welfare when he and !
3 shall both be in perfection. OF the cart
o 1t IS written that God made it not i
>. vain, hut to be inhabited" And agair
The earth abideth forever''-"seed tim
. and harvest cold and heat, summer an
e winter. enduring as long as there are SUI
II and moon Again, Earth is Gods foot
r. stool and he will make the place of hi
feet glorious" To this end the earth wi
2. shortly be turned over TO the great Re
e deemer. who, will take his great powe
Ell and reign" He will put down all enc
;, mics and lift up mankind, redeemed b
his sacrifice. giving an opportunity {
y everlasting life to all, and then, as S
Paul declares, after having ACCOMPLISH
the restitution work for man and for tn
earth. the Redeemer- King will turn owe
the government of the world to God, eve
r the Father Il Corinthians 49, sD.
Our great mistake in the past has bee
In not studying the Bible correctly Hene
n we failed to see that only an elect "littl
flock" Is invited to a heavenly reward ft
following the Savior In the narrow way {
self-sacrifce. and that then the earthl
it reward will be bestowed during Messiah
10 reign upon all the willing and obedieI
!; and that thus viii be accomplished TT
original Divine intention of having a
)r earth fun of people, amongst whom God
will shall be done as in heaven.
TX At some future time we may take u
"What Is the soul of man?" For IL
III present let us briefly say that the wor
y soul finds its synonym in the word bein
I'd and that when God had created man I
=, tho dust of the earth he was a man on
II in form; he was not soul or being;
had no thought or sentient being. Whe
God started Adams physical system /
.. blowing into his nostrils the breath
90 lives Gas the Hebrew Scriptures state II
1t then Adam. NOT part of him but Il
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