The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-22

shining above the brightness OF the sun
at noonady The sight caused injury
TO the eyes of the behodcr. Such man
hesitation would have been Inappropriate
and unsatisfactory had the Redeemer so
appeared TO the eleven during the forty
days. How could they have identified the
brightness of the sun at noondaY as the
Lord Jesus. whom they had known for
years. How could they have been en-
abled TO fully identity Him. in His many
different appearances. with His former
sclt-their Friend their Teacher? But
Ia Saul OF Tarsus the revealing In fiery
light. above the MONDAY glare was very
appropriate. 1t convinced him in man
ncr that no human appearance in the
flesh could have equalled. that Jesus was
impostor. st. Pauls conversion was in
stantaneous. "who art thou Lord?" he
asked. u am Jesus whom thou .perse-
cutest'-still represented in MY follow
crs, OF whom ST. Stephen was one. whom
YOU murdered. and others OF whom YOU
have been hailinG 10 prison.
IL should not cause us 20 marvel that
Jesus ascended as He declared up
where He was before" (John vi, 62). II
should not surprise us that the Heavenly
Father gave Him back all the glory and
honor which He had before He came into
the world-with added glory. II should
not surprise MS therefore, that the Apos-
tie declares that He ascended in dig
nifty and station. far above angels. prin
cipalitics and powers. and every name
that is named! CEphesians l.. q. } on
and God like that the great Jehovah
should highly honor His faithful, Only
Becottcn Son. the First and the Last.
the Beginning and the Ending OF the
creation of God Revelation xXii 13).
Could we for one moment suppose that
our great Creator would allow His faith
full Son. or any servant. TO lay down life
in Divine service. and 10 suffer loss
consequence Of His obedience? Is 1t not
much more rational to believe. as the
Scriptures declare, Him hath God high
la all
The Assembled One Descended.
Pastor Russell called attention to the
Apostles phraseoloGy in the context
that the Assembled One had previously
descended, and that the ascending and
descending were related as cause and ef-
high completely filled the highest POSI-
tion in the great Divine Government Of
the Universe-as Head OF princiDalities
and powers. angels and mcn-next TO
the Father, Yet. the Apostle warns US
that we must not Identify the sloritied
One with the One Who. in obedience to
the Fathers will humbled Himself to
come down from the heavenly nature and
glory TO tho earthly station where He,
as a man. humbled Himself unto death
even unto the iGnominious death of the
cross.
The apostle calls our attention to these
two eXtrcmes-the extreme OF humilia
ton and the extreme of exalttaion. both
accomplished in the Son Of God, the
IL some OF us at one time misunder-
stood the Scriptures and supposed that
our Lord Jesus assembled TO heaven in
a physical condition, as a man, we en-
tirely misunderstood the ScripturcS-He
who was rich. as the Logos In glory, pre-
served his Identity when he was made
poor for our sins, made flesh. that he
might be our Redeemer. Similarly that
Redeemer preserves his identity now that
he has been made rich again-now that
he has been received up TO the spirit
MI nf fl md I'm, ISL, 10,
the divine nature.
To suppose that Jesus went 10 heaven
a man is to mistake the significance of
his title. the Son of Man, which he main