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n to death In n<sh.
bot quickened in
spift'' q retsr
I3SfsrStsseIi1 IA 49,. The spess'
e. said:
In the past those Of US who contin'
nd TO believe In the resurrection OF
the dead. held some inconsistent the
ories respecting the matter which serv-
ID TO make the resurrection doctrine
the more absurd IL the minds OF those
ouposed. For instance. we claimed that
the Looos. the Son VI God. lsft the
heavenly or spirit nature and. aecose
ing TO the Scriptures. was made nesh.
and that He was resurrected from tho
asad a human or neshly being and
d,napded to heaven with body Of flesh.
How absurd. Do not the Scriptures
particularly tell - that in His resur-
seetion tho Son was highly exalted BY
~ Father. far above angels. principal
fties and powers and every natas thst
II namedy DO they not tell Us thai
.rssh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom Of Cod? Do they not tell
- that the elect Church. Ia order to
b the Bride Of Messiah and His as
isolate In the heavenly Kingdom. must
also be "cAdsced," IN order that she may
b made like Him. and because flesh
and blood cannot inherit the King
DOM? We have been too careless IN
ear study OF the Divine Word
psoestsa Of the spirit-Ths~ Bern.
Our difficulty on this subject arose
from our failure TO understand that
Asra~ and spirit natures are distinct,
and that God has provided two dis
rnctiy different salvations for mankind
the salvation Of this Age being eI-
ciusively spiritual. while that OF the
ne1t Ase will b exclusively human
ne Le,os. the Oniy Beeottcn OF the
Father. was made nesh" John l. IA
He was no, spirit being iacarceraied
In a body Of Hesh snd wearing IL as a
garment. or living IN Il as a house. He
became at his birth Ike others OF the
raee except that "He was boy. h=rri-
hes. separate from sinners" While all
others are sinners. imperfect. Like
other men. the ma, Jesus was not q
dual beins-a spirit being living IN q
human frame. He vns ra<rtly the hu-
man.
The Redeener. however. beesas Q
6saI hing whsa He received the b<get-
Ding Of the Holy Spirit At the time o;
HIS baptism Tnencefcrth. for three
and q half years. until His eseeiaxioe.
He was a dssI bstag TIE essh vas
ths same: bot the spirit begesttps re
esfved from the Father ccnssitutes,
Him q ss,c Ego. Q new person He not
only thereafter had new hops. based
upon Divine promises. bot Ee had .
nsw nGsd or new VIII specially lie
sisstet. cs;ehe.ed. ssltsAsessS By tn
holy Spirit.
-Ahevs the Brightness u ths ssa'
81. Paul. the last OF the twelve Ape
ties to lie csilsd Ito take the place Of
Judas. needed. ~ we'll ~ the othef3.
to be able to scifs<u TO the resofrW-
don OF Jesus OF this he tells -.
saying. lie was seen Of Cephas. thea
Of the twelve: after that. He was SER
Of above five hundred brethren o;
once; 80 after that He was seen Of
James: then Of all the Apostles: and
last Of all. He was seen Of Inc also
N OF one prematurely born II CORN
thlans Nv. SO.
In the ordinary course Of events o.
Paul would not have seen the Lord
until His resurrection. when he him
self would come forth rs G memhes
Of 'the Church of the First born" h
therefore describes his view Of Jesus
on his way TO Damascus Us being liks
that OF one born before the time. II
other words. st. Paul saw the Lord d
. He % and not as He Wds.
4 The proper thought respecting tn
resurrection Of our Lord and His pre-
snt glory. shows rs clearly that Hi
Kingdom. when It shall be establish
ed. viii. indeed. be a heavenly King
dom. spiritual one. From this stand
point only can we see the force Of tn
7 Apostles contrast. when ne Picture
to US how Satan. ambitions an,
scheming to be the Emperor Of tn
world. took the path Of disobetience.
Satan indeed gained his desire IN,
II the Prince Of this world'-over
| sorry Empire. In which ain and dealt
reign. On the other hand. the Aposth
5 points US to the fact that our Redeem
er. loyal to the Heavenly Father. hum
bied himself to take the human ma
turc. TO be crucifed: and thet there
fepc God has highly exalted Him an,
win give to Him the Kingdom nov
usurped by Satan. the rrince Of thi
world"
n Satan VIII be bound for the thou
! lnand years of MessIah's reign. Tn,
spiritual Prince Of darkness VIII b
4eposed and the spiritual Prince o
Light and Truth, a. the Fathers hon
cred Agent. VIII be inaugurated a
King Of kinss and Lord Of lords. An,
He must reign until He shall hav
put all enemies under His feet',-th
last enemy being death. Adami
Death. the death introduced thruuxl
the deceptive lie Of Satan. Who was
murderer from the beginning and abod
not in the Truth" Oohn vfil, -.