The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-04-18

epiiil pelnS Vhat, us ST. Paul says, 1T
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 n share In the
nature and likeness Of the Second
| Adam, our glorious Lord. We shall be
like Him and see Him rs He Is; and.
he 1t noted, we must change from flesh
mud blood conditions to spirit condi-
lions by resurrection power In order
that we may see Him rs He IS. Surely
this proves that our Lord Jesus is no
longer flesh, rs He once was--''in the
days Of His fiesh."-Hebrews v, Z.
Difference Between Heavenly and
Earthly Bodies.
Our toNt calls attention to the differ
ence between celestial bodies and ter
restrial, or earthly bodies, and declares
! that they. have different glorles. 1t
tells us that the first Adam was made
a living soul, human being, but that
! our Redeemer, who humbed 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
~ set forth. One was earthly and the
i other heavenly. AS we now bear the
image Of the earthly, we shall, II 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 or 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, princfpalities
and powers-next to the Father; and
thus we read, "Now the Lord is that
| Spirit" And again that "He was out
to death in the flesh. but quickened Cor
made alive) in the spirit."-I Pet. Ill, IS.
| The more we examine the subject
the more foolish and unscriptural the
views handed to us from the Dark
| Ages appear. For instance, the Scrip
| lures clearly set forth that our Re-
decmer, prior to becoming Man, was
a spirit being-"the Only Begotten Of
the Father, full Of grace and truth"
Ills leaving the spirit plane to become
a Man is Scripturally described as q
| great stoop or humiliation Is it rca-
sonable to suppose that the heavenly
Father would perDetuate to all eterni-
| ty that humiliation. after it had se1v-
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 sinned, and the Re-
deemer must, under the Law, be on
the same plane Of being as the one
whom He would redeem. Thus Jeho-
'tL l'til ~ S)cClucu,. All eye LOT
! an eye, n tooth for tooth, life for a
! 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. K, 5; 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 indispensable
that the Father would arrange q Plan
| by which our Redeemer's faithfulness
in accomplishing mans redemption
| would cost Him an eternity Of poverty,
humiliation, degradation to plane "a
little lower than the angels" while the
Church would be made rich, and would
attain spirit state "far above angels
be made "partakers Of the divine ma
ture."-II Pete: i, 4.
God Highly Exalted Him.
On the contrary, the very same ADoS-
tie who tells us Of our Lords humilia-
ton carries the matter to the climax,
telling us Of His faithfulness, 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: "Whcre-
FORE" says the Apostle, God also high
y exalted Him, and hath given Him
name above every name" This, too,
is in harmony with our Lords words
in His prayer to the Father. a Joy
had been set before Him by the Fa-
thcr-a joy Of pleasing the Father, Of