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T ,.RIBLE. STUDIES.
LIFTED By WftiRLWiND OUT OF
SIGHT.
Experiences of Elijah the Prophet.
II Xmas 2;t-1t-March 5,

tne OF tncSe, EnUcll, We are tolu, dlu
not die, Another of them Moses, we
are told died aud was buried. OF the
third one. the special subject of our
lesson. it is not stated whether he
died or not. But it is our under
standing that he did die.
The heaven tn which Elijah was
taken by whirlwind was the aerial
heaven, III which the birds fly. His
taking away after this manner was i'll
order L. complete the typical features
of his life, as We shall see. That
neither lc nor Enoch went To heaven,
IN the sense OF passing into the heav-
chly or spiritual state and into the
presence of God is clearly testified To
by Jesus. who declared No man
hath assembled up to heaven. save he
Who came down from heaven. even
the Son of man." John 3:t3l Al
though of EnociI 1T is declared that
he was translated that he should not
soc death. il is not stated that H. was
translated To heaven. And our Lord :
words assure Us that he was not.
Where he NOW is no man knows. We
can merely by faith accept the fact
The object served in the translation
of EuocIi probably is to show By and
lay that is was quite possible for God
to have maintained cur race i'll life
perpctually ly-thIt only because of sin
was it necessary for Adam and his
family to die; that when sin and
death shall be abolished by Messiah
during his Kingdom, and when the
willing and obcdicnt of mankind shall
lave been brought to human pcrfec-
tinn again. they viii never need to
die. The preservation Of Enoeh. an
imperfect man, for five thousand years,
by Divine power, Will be an cYidcne"
to mankind and AN assistance To their
faith while the work of restitution
viii he progressing. Enoch himself Is
one of thos" Ancient Worthies VINO
during the Millennium. will be one of
the princes" or rulers in the earth.
representatives ii Messiahs invisi-
bie Kingdom Instead of thy faith
,rs shall be thy children. whom thou
uayest make princes in tie earth"
Elijah a Type Of the Church.
AZ NIclchiScdcc Ia King and Priest
at the time} represented or typitied
the Church in glory. So Bible students
understand that Elijah. the Prophet.
typifiod or represented the Church III
the tlesh--this side the yail--from
Jesus Il the present. Thus, long al
''t EiltdH death LOU tHioush ~,
Prophet. dftlatta u ~ iH'i' H,.si0i0'
%"na You tliJah TIE Prophet petoE' ~.
great aud notable day of the Lord,
and if he do not turn the hearts of
the Fathers to the children. and tie
children To- the fathers, then the earth
shall bc smitt"n with Il Curse--;t time
of trouble such as never WAS since
there was 4 natiou.--Malacht L., 9.
John thy BAPTIST as thu forerunner
of Iy-is in TIA, flesh. tyriund this
greater Elijah uhe Church lit the
llrshJ. t.r toICruuncr of the Messiah
of glory. As John the Baptist did not
succeed in bringing the people into
harlnonv with the fathers abraham.
ly;,a. and Jacob. etc.1. so likewise tire
Church in tie flesh. as God foresaw.
has not been successful in bringing
pc9cc 10 the world.
As John the Baptist's failure with
Israel was followed by the overthrow
of their national pulity in A. d 20.
So. we believe. the failure of his anti
type, the Church in the flesh, to bring
in harmony and Righteousness, is by
Divine intention To- be followed by
The worldwide trouble which will
humble man and prepare the way for
the establishment of the Messianic
Kingdom in power and great glory.
,.u-.y
Saush' Up III "'''
Many Christians nave not Hot'ccu
thdt there Is not only oilleichSe pe-
tween the heavenly saiNatioh' "h'cl'
God has provided tor tAc Niulcli, anu
the earthly restitution 'AelS ''i'-Il'
V hich God has proNiueu iuf tne world
but additionally there are t"" distihct
classes of the Cllurcll Drought 10 our
,ha ,ai,i,tnl poval pries,hood stvled
"Tho Body of Christ" of which Jesus
is tbo Hoad. These have the promise
that they shall sit with Christ in his
throne and be Judges of the world
during the Messianic Kingdom. The
other class of saved ones on the spirit
nl,ne the Srriptures designate q
"s-raat compYuy whose number no one
knows."-Rov. 10.
While the elect will sit uuon the
,rhrona with Christ this secondary