The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-21

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ton. r. had heard that Bible sta
dents were scarce in France, h'.! ri.
ready he had found some vccy alert
for clearer light upon the Word OF
God now due because we ar" il the
dawning of the New Dispensation.
Once he and other Bible students
confused with the errors Of the Dark
Ages, thought Of man as spirit being
inhabiting a body of flesh. coming into
it at birth and departing from 1t ut
death Bible study is rapidly driving
away that error The Bible clearly
tells that the genus homo is an animal
being, Of the earth earthy-n"t a heav-
emily or spirit being. This is in har-
mony with what science has been tell
ing us-that which we coU.! not re-
ceive until we found it to BE- the Mes
sage of God The Bible does not place
man upon an equality with the brute.
but far above. His superiority is that
of form and species. His larger brain
and it's better shape than that Of the
brutes indicate his knowledge and in
tellectual superiority over them. He is
to them Gods representative-their
king. created in the moral image and
likeness Of his Creator.
The fact that man dies has led some
to the conclusion that he is a spirit be-
ing and ut death merely finds releaS"
from his body Of flesh and scars back
again to Il spirit condition in which he
once was. How inconsistent! How H.
logical. The Bible tells. on the con-
trary. that God made man as He de-
sired to have him-adapted exactly
to the conditions provided for him
an earthly Eden, Paradise. The Bible
tells that God proposed to him ever
lasting life as man on condition OF
continued obedience. 1t explains that
dying is not going home, nor going to
eternal torment. but ceasing to be.
"Joy In tho Morning."
This penalty passed upon Father
Adam-he lost the right to live and
fel under the sentence. Dying. thou
shalt die" In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread until thou returu
unto the ground from which thou vast
taken" Genesis iii. 49, The fallen.
dea tn sentenced Adam could not give
to his children rights which he had
lost Hence we are all sinners by in
hcritance We are all dying. BY one
mans disObedience sin entered into the
world, and death as Il result Of sin, and
thus deuM passed upon all men, be-
cause all are sinners.-Romans v. II.
The Scriptures speak Of the past and
present as night time Of sorrow and
pain and trouble. but tell Of the New
DispenSation. when the curse shall be
removed. and style that Glorious
Day, in which the Sun Of Righteous
ness shall arise and drive sins clouds
away. God through the Prophet de-
clares, weeping may endure for the
night. but Joy cometh in the morning"
The signs that we are in the morn
ing. the gray light Of the New Day. are
already manifest to those who are
awake. The wonderful blessings that
have come to mankind during the last
century. and particularly during the
last fifty years, are foregleaMs Of the
great Day Of Messiah. the Day Of
earth's reconciliation. the Day Of the
cancelling Of the penalty Of death. the
Day in which God. through Messiah.
will wipe away all tears from off all
faces. The result Of that Day. Il thou
sand years long. will be that all the
willing and obedient will be uplifted
and all the wilfully disobedient and
wicked will be remanded to death-'the
Second Death."-Reve!ation Xxx. IA.
Why So Long Delay?
1t is easy to see why these blessings
Of Restitution and uplifting out of sin
and death conditions did not begin be.
fore the first advent Of the Redeemer.
The uplifting work could not be accom-
plished until two things would first be
done. One was that redemptive
price needed to be given. Adams life
was forfeited The life Of a Redeem
er must be given in his stead. This
was what Jesus did He left His
heavenly glory. humbled Himself to
human nature. and then the Man
Christ Jesus gave Himself Ransom
price for all. This Is plain.
But, according to the will Of God, in
stead Of beginning the blessing Of the
world. He did first another work.
the gathering Of the Church
to be His Bride. Their invitation
Is to suffer with Him and to reign
with Him-to present their bodies
living sacrifices. holy and acceptable
to God through Christ. (Romans
xii. ~ So consecrated. the flesh Of
all believers is counted as the flesh Of
Jesus and suffers. as such. trials. Il,
us so to Him outside
the camp. bearing His reproach;" AL
ways bearing about in the body the
diving of the Lord Jesus Hebrews