The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-24


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Prophets fell rs dead; beforc m Angel
III the Lord. whose face slione dis The
Esuh Thus iplint Inc elator. granted
q glimpse OF tie glorlGed Christ. feil
as desd fore Him The eject ofs ellis
great light above The brightnessof the
4 sun npon the eyes OF Saul OF Tnrsas
was destrucu i've nnd d miracle was
4 necessary for their repalrment.
Thus the Lord Identified Himself In:
lE;glcsy With His former sell. the man
Jesus, These lessons of tlle3 Lord
should not have gone unheeded. We
should not have thoughtsof the gloris
i ,ded Messiah ms a man. The effect or
Little wrong thong HIT has not only be.
4 sclonded our appreclati ton of the Sd.
\ y!ori IN glory but has also confused
many resFectih Ing His Second Advent.
a Is stfe:io say thatseyen yet tie ma.
4 jorlty Of those who IRE expecting the
4 Second Coming Of, the SOL OF Cod and
4 Ills bllshment of His Messianlc
Throne are looking for Him as d EIorf.
i fed man. forgetting that He sacrificed
4 Himself us "a man. and that He took
not back that sacrifice. but received
exnltation5t to the more excellent glory
than that which He Ind left to become
our Redeemer. Y, stiis5
These wrong expectations respecting
Messiah's Kingdom have turned the
hearts Of SmanyiIn a Feontrary direction.
They have reasoned correctly-that the
establishment OF an earthly Kingdom.
4 with Christ the King In the flesh and
Ills saints joint-heirs With, Him In His
Throne. also In the flesh. and w!fll/a
earthly court-would be d condition OF
things inferior; to the present one and
apparently very inadequate for the nc.
complIshment Of the great things
which the Bible promises Messlal,s
Kingdom Will secure. IS 5' y Z
The proper thought respecting the
resurrection Of our Lord md His pres.
ent glory shows is Clearly thnt HIS
Kingdom. when 1t shall be established,
viii. indeed. be heavenly Kingdom,
q spiritual one. From this standpoint
only can we see the force OF the Apps.
ties contrast. when he pictures to us
how Satan. ambitious md scfemlns to
be the Emperor of the world. took the
path of disobedicnce. He indeed gain.
ed his desire and Is the prince of this
worid"-oyer II sorry Empire. III whicl,
sin and death reign. On the other
hand. the Apostle points us 10 the fact
that our Redeemer. loyal to the Heav-
emily. Father to the core. BUNDLED Film.
self to take the human nature. to be
crucifed; and that therefore God has
exalted Him and will give to Him the
Kingdom now usurped by Satan. the
Prince Of this world. A..
Satan will be bound for the thousand
years Of Messiah's reign. The spirit.
ual Prince Of darkness will be deposed
and the, spiritual Prince Of Light and
truth. US the Fathers honored Agent.
VIII be iinnugurated as King Of l;lnEs
and Lord of lords And He mus,
reign until He shall have put all enc.
mics under His fect"-the last enemy
being depth. 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. '''t,2'.'' TX ,.,',., :
st. Paul. according to the Greek text,
institutes comparison between ,Su.
tan's course and that Of the 'Loyos
philippians II. Co. He there implies
that Satan was ambitious and sougb,
to grasp Divine prerogatives. but that
| the Lo0os did not mediate usrrpu.
ton to be equal with God" 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 humblcd Himself will be
the Exalted One. and the one who en-
allied himself will be abascd. The
Apostle urges the Church to follow the
example of Jcsus-"Humble your.
selves. therefore. under the mighty
hand of God. that He may exat yon
in due time" Il Peter Y. O..
Church Of the First. horns.
AS the Only-Begotten Of the Father
was bcgotten Of the Holy Spirit Mt the
time of Ills conservation. as an embryo
New Creature. and as He was born Of
the Spirit or perfected as New Crca-
ture in His resurrection, so also the
Scriptures indicate must be the course
along which the Church Is to follow
Hin. None Gun be born of the Spirit
unless first he has been begotten of the
Spirit and quickened of the Spirit. 1t
is through this spfrlt-begetting. quick.
cning and birth that the "elect of Cod"
called during this Age to change OF
nature. arc made New Creatures
members Of the Amounted One" the
Christ, the Messiah. the Mediator be-
tween God and the world. undertakings.
lndcr.priests. under.judges. in asso.
ciation with their Lord, the Chief.
Priest and Bridegroom. 1l-
In the present life the new nature Is
merely begun. and, rs the Apostle de-
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