The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17

doth not yet appear what we shall be, !"
in our resurrection change: and the
scriptures do not even attempt TO give
US an explanation.
The Bible merely declares that as we
| now bear the image of the earthly,
Adam, we shall, by the glorious resur-
rection change, be given a share in the
nature and likeness of the Second
Adam, our glorious Lord. We shall be
like Him and see Him as He Is; and,
be It noted, we must change from flesh
and blood conditions to spirit condi-
lions by resurrection power, In order
that we may see Him as He is Surely
this proves that our Lord Jesus is no
longer flesh, as He once was-'in the
days Of His flesh. Hebrews v, Z.
Difference Between Heavenly and
Earthly Bodies.
Our text calls attention to the differ
ence between celestial bodies and ter
restrial, or earthly bodies, and declares
that they have different glories. It
tells us that the first Adam was made
a living soul. a human being, but that
our Redeemer, who humbled Himself
and took the earthly nature, "for the
suffering OF death" thereby became
the Second Adam-the Heavenly Lord.
The wide distinction between the Sec
ond Adam and the first Adam is clear
ly set forth. One was earthly and the
other heavenly. AS We now bear the
image Of the earthly, we shall, IL faith
full, bear the heavenly image of our
Lord. the second Adam, after our res
direction change.
st. Paul Illustrates by saying that
we know Of many kinds of organisms
on the earthly or fleshly plane-one
flesh OF man, another of beasts, an
other OF birds and another Of fish. But
however different the organisms they
are all earthly. So, on the heavenly
plane, the spirit plane, there are vari-
cites Of organisms, but all are spirit.
Our heavenly Father Is the Head or
Chief-"God is a Spirit" Cherubim
seraphim, and the still lower order of
angels are all spirit beings and Christ
Jesus, our Redeemer, after finishing
the work of sacrificing appointed to
Him, was resurrected to the spirit
plane-far above angels, principalites
and powors-next to the Father; and
thus We read, Now the Lord is that
Spirit" And again that "He was put
to death in the flesh, but quickened tor
made alive in the spirit. u Pet. iii, IS.
The more we examine the subject
the more foolish and unscrlptural the
views handed to us from the Dark
Ages appear. For instance, the Scrip
lures clearly set forth that our Re-
deener, prior to becoming Man, was
a spirit being-"the Only Begotten of
the Father, full of grace and truth
His leaving the spirit plane to become
Man Is Scripturally described as n
great stOop or humiliation. Is 1t rea-
sonable to suppose that the heavenly
Father would perpetuate to all eter1li-
ty that humiliation, after it had serv-
ed its intended purpose? Surely not
The Bible tells us why Jesus hum
bled Himself to the human nature-'a
little lower than the angels" 1t was
because man had slnned, and the Re
deemer must, under the Law, be on
the same plane Of being as the one
whom He would redeem. Thus Jeho.
yah particularly specified, "An eye for
an eye, tooth for tooth, life for q
life" Hence the death of an angel, or
of our Lord in His pre-human condi.
ton, could not have affected the pay
ment Of mans penalty and the conse-
Quent release of the condemned race.
Thus again we read, "a body hast
Thou prepared Me-" for the suffering
Of death."-Hebrews X, 8; Ii, o.
No one questions that this applies
exclusively to our Lords experiences
during the years in which He who
was rich for our sakes became poor,
that we through His poverty might be
made rich" Surely it is unsupposa Bile
that the Father would arrange a Plan
by which our Redeemer's faithfulness
la accomplishing mans redemption
would cost Him an eternity of poverty,
humiliation, degradation to Il plane "a
little lower than the angels" while the
Church would be made rich, and would
attain Il spirit state far above angels
be made 'partakers of the divine ma
ture, IL Peter /, 4.
God Highly Exalted Him.
On the contrary, the very same Apps
tie who tells us of our Lords humiliH
ton carries the matter to the climax,
telling us Of His faithfuiness, as the
Man Christ Jesus, unto death, even
the death of the cross; and then he
adds an assurance of the heavenly
Fathers faithfulness in not leaving
His Son on lower plane: Where.
fore" says the Apostle, God also high.
~ exalted Him, and hath given Him a
name above every name This, too,
Is in harmony with our Lord 5 words
in His prayer to the Father. A JOY
had been set before Him by the Fa-
ther-a joy Of pleasing the Father, of
bringing a blessing to mankind, and
the JOY also Of eXaltation, as a special
| reward for obedience.
But the kedeemer, ignoring all the
promises OF higher glory as reward
for His faithfulness, merely prayed tc
the Father in these words, Father
! glorify Thou Me with the glory which
had with Thee before the world
was" In humility He asked no re-
ward. He did not pray, Remember
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