The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-24
PASTOR RUSSELL'S
SERMON
Jesus NO Longer, a Man

raised him from the dead. as thf Scrip
lures declare NRomans viii. ID. Indeed
as the apostle reminds, us all 'he bless
lngs OF divine providence are OF the
Father. From him cometh every good
and every perfect gift
lie who thus ascended up on high. the
prlncc OF Glory and partakcr Of the di-
vine nature. is the same who first de-
scended TO the earthly nature. yea. who
vas hnmbled even unto death, even the
death of the cross. and went to the tomb
as the sinners substitute or ransom
price. The forty days which inJervened
between the Redeemer's resurrection and
MS ascension taught two great lessons
~ That the crucified one was no
longer held in the bonds OF death. no
longer prisoner in. the grave
,,. ~ iif, ~ also taught. that the risen one
what he was before he died No longer
MAS MAS ne man: No longer was he flesh.
,,l The body OF flesh prepared for him for
purpose He needed II no longer. The
Father had raised him up TO the plane
Hf Hd glory again. As qq!ckenng spirit
lortv days. instructng them during the
Few moments of each of his seven or
eight appearances. But he was teaching
noted their perplexi,ies. His several APP
pearances were I'm different formg-as a
gardener as traveller. as purchaser Of
ing out. Have you any fish?" and then.
Drop the net on the other side"
He revealed Himself to the disc
pies IN various ways in connection with
way He vanished" out of their sight
10 be present with them. unseen. for
days For Identification He appeared
on two occasions in a body bearing the
marks OF His cruciffXIon During those
forty days the faithful Teacher estab-
ished the faith OF His followers in Him
enly. Bridegroom. Who would later come
again and receive them unto Himself
ana at that time give 10 them also
similar resurrection change" that they
and not as He was. and share His glory
because flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom of Cod q Corinthians XIV
SOD
Above the Brightness of the Sun
st, Paul the last of the twelve Apos-
JUDAS, needed, as We'll as the others.
TO be able TO witness to the resurrec-
ilon OF Jesus. or this He tells us, say
ing. ing. lie was seen Of SG,ephas. then of
above five hundred brethren at once:
after that lie was seen of James: then of
all the Apostles; and, last Of ali, He was
seen of me also, as of one prcmaturely
born" q Corinthians Nv, 5-S),
In the ordinary course of events st.
Pau would not have seen the Lord an
would come forth as a member OF "the
Church of the First-born" He there
fore describes his view of Jesus on his
way to Damascus as being like that
OF one born before the time. In other
words, st. Paul saw the Lord as He
Is and not as He WAS He saw the
Lord OF glory. and not the man Jesus.
The appearance was glorious indeed In
various parts of the Bible angels in their
normal condition are pictured as bright
shining ones. Thus one OF the Prophets
fell as dead before an angel of the Lord.
whose face shone as the sun. Thus John
the Revclator granted Il glimpse of the
glorified 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 repair
ment.
Thus the Lord identified Himself In
glory with His former self. the man
Jesus, These lessons OF the Lord should
noi have gone unneeded. We should not
have thought of the glorifcd Messiah
as a man. The effect OF the wrong
thought has not only beclouded our APP
probation of the Savior in glory. but
has also confused many respecting His
Second Advent. 1t is safe to say that
even yet the majority of those who are
expecting the Second Coming OF the Son
Of God and His establishment OF His