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

nature. His text was. "EIe was put e
death In 1esh, but quckeued In spirit
q Peter i'll. 1s). The speaker said:
In the past those of us who contin
ued TO believe I'm the resurrection of the
dead. held some inconsistent theories
respecting the matter which served tC
make the resurrection doctrine tn,
more absurd in the minds OF those op
posed. For instance, we claimed thai
the Lo0os. the Son of Cod left the
heavenly or spirit nature and. accord
ing to the Scriptures. was made flesh
and that He was resurrected from the
dead a human or fieshly being and as
cended to heaven with body Of flesh
in the same breath we acknowledged
that human nature is little lower
than the angelic; aud thus. while still
wishing 70 honor the Redeemer and to
see wisdom and love in the Heavenly
Fathers Plan. we assumed that the
Savior, since His ascension. has bad
a body inferior TO that Of the angels
and out OF harmony with His surround
ings; and that this Is 10 be 10 all eter
nifty a part Of the cost Of human re-
demption
How absurd! Do not the Scriptures
particularly tell us that in His resur-
rection the Son was highly exalted by
the Father. far above angels. princl-
palities and powers and every name
that IS named? DO they not tell us
that "hesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom Of God?" Do they not
tell us that the elect Church in order
to be the Bride of Messiah and His as.
sociate in the heavenly Kingdom. must
be "chdnged, In a moment. I'm the twin
king of an eye" In order that she may
be made like Him. and because "6esh
and blood cannot inherit the King.
dom"t We have been too careless in
our study OF the Divine Word. On this
subject, as upon others. we have as
sumed that our forefathers of the
Ozark Ages" understood the matter
thoroughly. We forgot that those who
lost so much of the Holy Spirit that
they could burn fellow-Chrlstians at
the stake were quite likely to be more
or less confused on all questions. But
''the path of the just is as n shining
light. shining more and more unto the
perfect day" and It is now our priv
ilege 20 learn the way OF the Lord more
perfectly. IN the light now shining upon
the Bible through the aid of our won
derful coucordances and other Bible
study helps.
Beeotten Of the sprit-Then Born.
Our difficulty on this subject aros,
from our failure to understand tina
human and spirit natures are distinct
aud that God has provided two dis
tinctly different salyations for man
-the-salvation of this Age beln
exclusively spiritual, while that OF th
next Age win be exclusively human
We are not 10 think of these nature
as blending but according 10 th
Lords Word. we are TO view them Il
distinctly separate Whoever Is of tb
human nature Is earthly. neshly
whether perfect or degraded. Whoeye
IS Of the spirit nature Is heavenly
whether perfect or degraded. Thus
when the LOOOs was made flesh an,
dwelt among u.s." He was human
though unblemished And the fallel
angels are still spirit beings, although
cut or from Divine favor aud fellow
ship. In other words. human natur
is not an imperfect form Of spirit na
ture but a totally separate and dlstinc
nature.
The LogOs. the Only Begotten OF th
Father. twas made 1esh" Dohn (, IA
He was not a spirit being incarcerate'
IN a body of flesh and wearing IL as
~ liVfpcg In ~ a. a bnnaa
became like others OF the race. excep
that "He was holy, harmless. separat
from sinners" while all others are sin
ners. imperfect. Like other men, th
man Jesus was not a dual being
spirit being living in a human frame
lie was merely human.
But the Redeemer became dual bein
when He received the begetting OF tn,
Holy Spirit at the time of His bap
tism. Thenceforth, for three and {
half years. until His cruchxion. II,
was dual The flesh was the same
but the spirt-begetting received from
the Father constituted Him nel0 Ego
new person. lie not only thereafter
had new hopes. based upon Divin,
promises but He had new mind OF
new win specially Illuminated, quick
eHed. enlightened by the Holy Spirit
From the sime OF His baptism Hi
flesh (all that belonged to His human
naturel was given up TO die In tn
carrying ont Of the Heavenly Father
purposes. Thenceforh the Sprt-be
gotten one waited merely for the nc
compishmeut OF His sacrifice accord
ing 10 the Fathers will and for n ney
body, n glorious spirit body, in the res
direction His completing or perfec
ing as a New Creature.
Three and oRe-half Years Our Lor
Was a Dual Being
Hence, during The period Of ou