Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-05-13

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even go TO meet her dear Friend, the
Lord when lie came. Martha met
Him with the Gliding remark. IF
Thou hadst been here Of You had come
even when we Informed You our broth
er had not died" Jesus did not dis
pute that Lazarus was dead. nor tell
her that he was more alive than ever.
He merely promised that her brother
should rise again.
Martha replied that she knew that
Lazarus would rise in the resurrec-
ton. at the Last Day. Jesus assured
her that he would he the One Who
would resurrect the dead. and that He
was then present with her. intimatina
that she might ask even then for her
brother to be revived But Martha's
faith was insufficient. When the Mas
ter asked, Where have ye laid hitn1
she replied that 1t was now too late,
because putrefactlon had set init was
now the fourth day since his death.
When Jesus finally went TO Lazarus
tomb, He did not call him from heav-
en-. nor from Purgatory. nor from
fiery hell. but from the tomb. saying,
Lazarus, come forth" And the dead
one came forth
This wonderful exhibition of His
power the Lord gave, TO the intent
| that His disciples then and since
might realize that In Him is vested the
resurrection power. by Divine arrange
ment. and that there Is to be rcsur-
rection Of the Just and of the unjust;
that all who are in their graves are to
hear His voice and come forth. The
Church class will come forth TO per-
lection of life on the spirit plane. The
| world OF mankind will come forth
from the tomb imperfect, as they went
into II, and will all have n test. to
prove whether they are worthy or I'M
worthy of restitution blessings and
eternal life in the earthly Paradise.
with What Body Do They Comet"
St. Paul held an imaginary discus
In his day lie has them inquire, With
what body will the dead return? He
replies that, as each kind of seed that
Is planted reproduces its own kind, so
| It will he in the resurrection OF the
dead. Whatever kind of seed Is plant
ed in death, of the same kind and ma
ture will be the resurrection crop. The
| APOSTLE Celebrates. showing that the
whole world of mankind are Of one
kind OF seed-human stock-and that
therefore, In the resurrection time. they
will come forth the same-humdns.
And they Will come forth In practically
the same condition in which they died.
But II we shall suppose rye TO repre-
sent the human stock and can imagine
special treatment of some of that
rye grain before sowing-changing 1t
into wheat, then we would know that
those changed grains would sprout and
develop, not as rye but as wheat.
Thus the Apostle illustrates the resur-
rection of The dead-the Church. All
are of Adamic stock. but some. few
the spirit-begotten Church-eXperi-
ence n change of nature from earthly
TO heavenly. Hence they, In the resur-
rection, will come forth heavenly or
|
world Mt large. will be members OF the
earthly adam; others. few. little
flock" will be members of the second
| Adam-fhc hedrcHly Lord. The stand
ard TO which the world may expect TO
be awakened and. later. raised. will
be the earthly standard represented In
the perfect Adam. Like the earthly
one will be the earthly ones" 1.-THE
world. And like the heavenly One
will be the heavenly ones" (the sanity
Church. the Bridel Il Cor. XIV. 4j-4Sl.
The First Resurrection Described.
II was not necessary that the Apos-
tie should more particularly describe.
at that time. the resurrection opportu-
nifty prov ided for the world of mankind.
but II was very appropriate that he
should give TO the Church a more de-
tailed explanation Of the Divine pro-
vision for the resurrection of the
Bride. Explaining this. st. Paul says,
''Thus Is the resurrection of the dead:
II is sown in corruption; 1t is raised In
interruption. IL Is sown In dishonor;
II is raised In glory. II Is sown In
weakness; 1t Is raised in power 1t Is
sown an animal body: 1t is raised
spirit body. For there Is an animal
body and there is n spirit body. As
1t is written. The first man. Adam. was
made a living soul; the last Adam was
made quickening spirit" q CORN
thians xv. 42-45l.
The Apostle declares of these who
are begotten OF the Holy Spirit and
who make their calling and election
sure" and who. therefore, will have
part in the First Resugrection-"As we
have borne the image of the earthly we
shall also bear the image OF the heav.
emily. Now this ! say. breth-
rem. that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom of God; but we
shall all be changed. in a moment. in
the twinkling OF an eye. at the last
trump" Il Corinthians Ky. 1852.
l The resurrection of the Church Is