The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-05-26


. cended up On high
He led q multitude Of captives' (Ephe-
SLAMS ". 6lO).
In this week occurs the anniversary
Of jesus ascension. In. one sense ef
u word q Lord ascende1 chat q,
from human nature and tie tomb to
0s divine nature and immortality) at
tho time Of His rUsurrocttOo from the
dead. He tarrSsA, hswsvsf. for forty
dayS. with the Apostles for their e.
adjustment and instsuction-He %
Tie spirit plane, invisible to them ex.
cept when He manifested Himself By
appearing miraeulously IN various
forms to convince them that He vas no
longer deceased. and also that He va
NJ longer confined to human conditions.
"Flssh and Blood csa~s< lnhse;< ths
kingdom u oed."
We are not. however, to D for
. momen that Jesus ascended a desh-
" or human being: we remember, on
the contrary. that flesh and blood can
not inherit the Kingdom OF God" and
that He was put to death in the
nesh but quickened in the spirit" and
that thenceforth. as the Apostle de-
clares, 1.-The Lord is that Spirit" UI
Corinthians ill. 10.
To suppose that Jesus went to heav-
en- a man Is to mistake the significance
Of His title. The Son Of Man. which
He maintains, as identifying Him with
His great redemptive work-as one OF
His many titles. To suppose that
Jesus Is a human being in heaven
would be to suppose that He is still
as when in the flesh. "a little lower
than the angels" whereas the Scrip
lures declare that He has assembled far
higher, so that all the angels Of God,
as well as men, are commanded to
worship Him. To suppose Jesus in
heaven a human being would be to
suppose Him out Of all harmony with
heavenly, spiritual conditions and sur
Poundings.
Moreover, are we not told that the
Church of Christ will be changed from
the human to the spirit condition in
the resurrection. and that this change
Will make the "elect Of God" like their
Redeemer. SC that they may see Him
a. He Is. not as He WGs-that they
may see Him In glory, honor and i'm
mortality. exaltation. and not as the
Inundated One Who was made flesh
that He might sacrifice His flesh on
man behalf? When we 80 thought
we forgot the Sc%riptural declaration
that flesh and blood ann inherit
the Kingdom Of God"
A Multitude Of c~aptivsa.
Our text. in a hgurative way. rep
resents the ascension Of Jesus from the
earthly plane to the heavenly as the
triumph Of a great. Copqueror. Sin
had gained ascendency over Adam and
his race. and had brought mankind low
to the dust, mentally. morally and
physically. Moreover. this victory
over man had been gained in a legal
manner-through one mans disobedi.
ence (Romans v, 12). The Lo0os divest-
ed Himself Of His glory on the spirit
plane. vas made flesh, fulfilled the de.
mands Of the Law. proved Himself
competent to pay the sinners' ransom'
price. and gave Himself a nsom fos
all. ITO be testified in due time" Il Tim
othy II. g..
Thus the great ConQuefor 10 see re
turning to the heavenly state, acclaim
"a by the Heavenly Host: and follow
ing Him lar down the centuries. thu
prophetic view saw, first the Church
the Royal Priesthood" His breth
rsn," His Bride delivered from tn,
power Of sin and death. through tn
merit Of His blood. And these wer'
but the first corps OF a following host
"a. kind of first-fruits to GO6 OF HI
creatures" rescued from sin and from
death James 1. 10; Revelation xiv. A
Later on. stretching down for a thou
, sand years beyond the Church's deliv
erance, the prophetic pen fortell
, countless hosts Of every nation, people
kindred and tongue, to be Delivers
from the power Of sin and dealt
!, through the merit of Him Who diet
, "the Just for the unjust" Now tn
/. Savior Of the Church, His Bride, b
will shortly be the Savior Of the worlt
, its Great King. Great Teacher. Grea
Priest, Great Mediator. During th
thousand years Of His reign Satan wi
q be bound, ignorance and superstitio
Z shall become scattered before the ligt
& Of the New Dispensation. mankin
shall be uplifted to human perfectio
4 and blessed with an earthly Eden-a
that was lost by Adam and redeeme
for man through the death Of Jesus.
Then will come the glorious consun
nation, when all who will have r
fused Divine grace shall have been d
stroyed in the Second Death-the
shall be heard every creature in hea'
en and on earth and under the cart
sayin9. "GlorY to God In the Highest