The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-24

the wrong tnOugut nus not Only be.
clouded our appreciation OF the su.
vior in glory. but has also confused
many respecting His Second Advent
1t is safe to say that even yet the ma
lority Of those who are expecting the
Second Coming OF the Son OF God and
His establishment of His Messianc
Throne are looking for Him as a glori-
fed man. forgetting that He sacrificed
Himself as a man. aud that He took
not back that sacrifice. but received
exaltation to the more excellent glory
thun that which He had left to become
our Redeemer s
These wrong expectations respecting
Messiah's Kingdom have turned the
hearts OF many I'm contrary direction.
They have reasoned cOrrectly-that the
establishment of an earthly Kingdom.
with Christ the King in the flesh and
His saints joint-heirs with Him in His
Throne. also in the flesh, and with an
earthly court would be a condition of
things inferior to the present one and
apparently very inadequate for the ac-
compllshment OF the great things
which the Bible promises Messlah's
Kingdom VIII secure.
The proper thought respecting the
resurrection OF our Lord and His pres
ent glory shows us clearly that His
Kingdom. when II shall be established.
will, indeed. be a heavenly Kingdom,
spiritual one. From this standpoint
only can we see the force of the Apos.
ties contrast. when he pictures to us
how Satan. ambitious and scheming to
he the Emperor OF the world. took the
path OF dlsobedlence He indeed gain.
ed his desire and is the prince of this
world'-over sorry Empire, in which
sin and death reign. On the other
hand. the Apostle points us to the fact
that our Redeemer, loyal to the Heav-
emily Father TO the core. humbled Him.
self TO take the human nature. to be
crucihed and that therefore God has
exalted Him and will give TO Him the
Kingdom now usurped by Satan. the
Prince of this world.
Satan will be bound for the thousand
years of Messlah's reign. The spirit
ual Prince of darkness will be deposed
and the spiritual Prince OF Light aud
Truth. as the Fathers honored Agent.
will be inaugurated as King Of kings
and Lord of lords. And He must
reign until He shall have put all enc.
miles under His feet"-the last enemy
being death. Adamlc death. the death
introduced through the deceptive lie of
Satan. who was n murderer from the
beginning and abode not in the Truth"
John viii. Az.
st. Paul, according TO the Greek text.
Institutes comparison between Sa.
taD's course and that of the Logos
philippians 81. o.. He there implies
that Satan was ambitious and sought
to grasp Divine prerogatlves. but that
the LOgos did not mediate usurpa-
ton to be equal with Cod" but. on
the contrary. humbled Himself and
made Himself OF no reputation. New
ertheless, eventually, in the outwork.
ing OF the Creators great Program
the One who humbled Himself will be
the Exalted One. and the one who ex-
VIII Dt uUuhtu. lie
Apostle urges the Church to follow the
example OF Jesus-"Humble your
selves. therefore. under the mighty
hand OF God, that He may exalt you
In due time" q Peter V. o..
Church Of the First -borns.
AS the Only-Degotten of the Father
was begOtten OF the Holy Spirit at the
time Of His conservation. MS an embryo
New Creature. aud as He was born Of
the Spirit or perfected as New Crea-
ture In His resurrection. so also the
Scriptures indicate must be the course
along which the Church Is TO follow
Him. None can be born Of the Spirit
unless 6rst lie has been begotten OF the
Spirit and qulckened OF the Spirit. It
IS through this spirit.begetting. quick.
ening and birth that the "elect OF God
called during this Age TO n change OF
nature, are made New Creatures
members OF the Anolnted One" the
Christ. the Messiah. the Mediator be-
tween God ana the world. under.klngs.
under-prleats, under. Judges. IN assO-
citation with their Lord. the Chief
Priest and Bridegroom.
In the present life the new nature is
merely begun. and, as the Apostle de-
clares. we have It as treasure in
earthen vessols-in earthly bodies. lie
again declares that all the splrit-begot
ten ones are IN a conflict in which It is
required that they shall prove them.
selves "overcomers." Their special
conflict is with their own flesh. The
New Creature, the new Will. must NOR.
tify The deeds OF the flesh, the desires
OF the flesh. IL must flight a good
fight" and demonstrate its loyalty to
God and the principles OF His right.
eousness. Otherwise II viii not be ac.
counted worthy or meet for the In
heritnnce OF tue saints In light" (Col
|. 12l.
The First Resurrection. or Chiet Res.
direction, is to be that of the ChurchS
II must be completed before the
worlds resurrection can begin. And
concerning this First Resurrection II
is stipulated that none can have share
In II except the blessed and the holy.
And for these reward is promised.
that they shall be priests unto God and