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

ceIneu lie was man. nut so fnf
as mind and purpose and interests
were concerned lie was chdnged--a
New Creature. spirit being; earthly
things had passed away. The New
Creature followed the Instructions of
the Divine Word aud provldences to
the extent of mortifying the flesh
surrendering IT fully for the accom-
plishment in II of the Divine will
"rhe cup which My Father hath pour.
ed for Me shall | not drink III"
The great Teacher Himself gives us
the picture of human birth as illus
tratlng the experiences through which
He passed and the similar experiences
through which all of His faithful fol
lowers must pass I'm order 10 reach
the plane Of heavenly glory. This pic
ture contains three distinctive views
(1) begetting-(2l quickenng-(2l birth
These three steps were illustrated by
our Lords own experiences. He was
begotten OF the Holy Spirit at the time
of His consecratlon at baptism. He
was quickened or energized by that
Holy Spirit after His forty days ex-
perlence In the wilderness when He
began His dctire Serr,ce as the Mes
senger of the Covenant" selecting His
Bride. the Church.
When He finished His sacrifice at
Calvary the man Jesus was dead, and
the New Creature Jesus. spirit begot
ten and quickened and developed. was
three and half years old According
TO the Divine Program He slept IT,
hades. the tomb, and on the third day
was born from the dead. raised up by
Divine power as New Creature
being given spirit body of divine
nature-glory. honor. Immortality
Him hath God highly exalted" lphi.
llppians ii, o. He did not lose His
personality, His identity, and could
therefore properly say, ~ am He that
llveth and was dead" Rev I, 1sl.
Nov the Lord 10 That Spirit"
II Corinthians iil. II.
Thus was our Lord put TO death IN
flesh and quickened In spirit"- made
alive in spirit. n Spirit Being, True
He was also qulckened by the Spirit
It was the Fathers Spirit or Power
which raised Him from the dead. as
the Scriptures declare (Romans wifi
III. Indeed. as the Apostle reminds us.
all the blessings OF Divine providence
are OF the Father. From Him cometl
every good and every perfect gift.
He Who thus ascended up on high
the Prince of glory ana partuker of the
divine nature. is the same Who ilrsi
descended to the earthly nature. yen
Who was hUmbled even unto death
even the death of the Cross. and wen
to the tomb as the sinners substitute
or ransom-prlce. The forty days which
intervened between the Redeemers
resurrection and His ascension taught
two great lessons:
(1) That the crucined One was No
longer held in the bonds OF death. no
longer prisoner in the grave.
e, 1t also taught that the Risen one
was different in many respects from
what He was before He died. No long
or was He q man No longer was He
flesh. The body OF flesh prepared for
Him for the suffering OF death had
served its purpose. He needed II no
longer. The Father had raised Him
up to the plane OF glory again AS q
Qaickening spirit lie was with the dis
ciples during the forty days. instruct
ing them during the few moments OF
each Of His seven or eight appearances
But He was teaching them equally
when Invisible TO them. lie noted their
perplexities His several appearances
were In different forms-as n gardener,
as n traveller. as purchaser OF fish
on the shore OF Lake Tlberias, calling
out. "Have you any llshT' aud then
Drop the net on the other side"
He revealed" Himself 10 the disci
pies I'm various ways In connection with
those mdtcridlisdtiOuS aud then straight
way lie "vnrished" ont Of their sight
to be present with them. unseen. foi
| days. For Identification lie appeared
on two occasions I'm body bearing the
marks Of His crucinxion. Dnrlng those
forty days tue faithful Teacher esiah
llshed the faith OF His followers H.
Himself as the glorihed Messiah. theii
Heavenly Bridegroom. Who would lat
er come again ana receive them unto
Himself and nj that time give to them
also similar resurrection change
that they should be like Him. "see Hin
as He is" and not rs He Wds. and share
His glory-because flesh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom OF God" q
Corinthians xv, 50l.
"Above the Brightness of the Sun"
st. Paul. the last of the twelve Apos.
ties to be called TO take the place OF
Judasl. needed, us well as the others
to be able TO iDitRess 10 the resurrec-
tlon OF Jesus or this He tells us
saying. "He was seen Of Cephas. then
of the twelve; after that He was seen
OF above hye hundred brethren AZ
once: after that He was seen Of James
then OF all the Apostles: and, last OF
all, He was seen Of me also as OF
one premalarely born" q Corinthians
XIV. 5-Sl
In the ordinary course OF events st.
Paul would not have seen the Lord mn
III His resurrection. when he himself
would come forth ms u member Of THE
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