The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-04-16
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a part of those three days, from the
time He died until the Father raised
Him from the dead, from hades, from
sheoE, from the tomb, on the third day.
He, as the First-fruits of the sleeping
ones, is an example and a guarantee
Of the fulfllment of the Divine prom
ise. that there shall be a resurrection.
Of the dead. both of the just and of the
unjust"
1t behooves us to take a decided
stand. either with the Grecian philoso-
pliers and their theories. or with the
Bible The two are in conflict and
whoever attempts to hold both is in
confusion. If the dead are not dead,
then no human being is dead. And if
no one is dead. how could there be a
resurrection of the dead?
The inconsistency of the theory held
respecting the resurrection of the body
has invited very reasonable and just
criticism. The skeptic asks, How
could the body be resurrected, after
it has gone to dust and after the dust
has been scattered to the four winds 2"
They tell us of a grave that was open
ed near an apple tree, and it was found
that a root from the tree had entered
the coffin and practically absorbed the
corpse, from which 1t had produced
thousands of apples, which in turn
had been shipped to various parts of
the world. some Of the poorer grades
being fed to hogs, whose hams were
cured and sent abroad and thus passed
into other human beings, to become
parts Of still other human bodies The
question is a proper one, but it is an
unanswerable one from the standpoint
OF our former misbelief and our poor
attempt to combine human philoso-
ply and Divine Revelation.
But such question brings no con
sternation to the Bible student who
follows the Scriptures alone The
Scriptures never speak Of the resurrec-
ton Of our bodies. They do tell of the
resurrection of the soul. and that in
the resurrection God giveth it (the
souD body as it pleaseth Him.
How reasonable it will be for the
world to be awakened in practically
the condition in which they went down
into death! And these will experience.
if willing and obedient. a gradual res
direction or raising up to the image
and likeness Of Father Adam in his
perfection. But some in the resurrec-
ton will receive spirit bodies like unto
the angels. and some like unto the
body of Christ in His resurrection
which Saul of Tarsus beheld-"s hlnin@
above the brightness of the sun ~
MONDAY
The class that is promised a resur
rection in spirit bodies is the Church
the sanity few who walk In the foot
steps of Jesus. The begetting of the
Holy Spirit which comes to these
changes their nature from earthly t.
spiritual If they are faithful to their
covenant their resurrection will be
to glory, honor and immortality. as
explained by st. Paul in the context.
saying, at is sown in weakness, it is
raised In power; it is sown in dishon-
or, it is raised in glory; it is sown an
animal body. it is raised spirit
body"
This is a description of the resurrec-
ton which God has promised to all
the members Of the Body Of Christ.
which is the Church. St Paul lie
clares that the members of this Body
fall asleep. to awaken in the glorious
morning of the New Dispensation.
But he adds. I'VE shall not all sleep"
some Will be alive and remain till
the second coming of Jesus. These,
however, will not take precedence over
the sleeping ones, for, "The dead In
Christ shall rise first; then we which
are alive and remain "shall be changed
In moment, In the twinkling of an
eye," because flesh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom of God"
AS the death Of Jesus was absolutely
necessary as the atoning price for hu-
man sin, so the resurrection of Jesus
was absolutely necessary, that He
might not remain dead through all
eternity, but be glorifed, and in due
time, come again to effect the resur-
rection of His Church and, subse-
Quently, the awakening and uplifting
of all the families of the earth.
Hearken to the special promise made
to the Church: Blessed and holy is he
that hath part in the First Resurrec
ton; on such the Second Death hath
no power, but they shall be priests of
God, and of Christ, and shall reign
with Him thousand years" (Reve-
lation XXX, g. Also note the promise
of the worlds resurrection: There
shall be resurrection, both of the just
and the unjust" acts xiv, 15)
Again, 'Ehey that have done evil'
shall come forth, that they may enjoy
a resurrection effected by Judgments"
disciplines. chastisements, which will
develop in them character; and the
glory which will be attained win be
perfection-a raising up to all at first
possessed by Father Adam, lost
through disobedience, and redeemed by
the precious blood of Christ.-John v,
%, 20, R. V.
"a Kind of First Fruits"
Every Sunday is a memorial of the
resurrection Of our Lord from the
dead, and if a proper conception of the
Masters resurrection We're kept In
mind we would not think of quarreling
with the expression Easter Sunday"
But alas, this name Easter is asso-
ciated with heather philosophers and
idolatries. which did so much to make
the Word of God Of none effect; and
the fact should be noted that it is the
name of a Greek goddess. The COM
promising spirit induced some Of the
early Church to admit the heather
PHILOSOPHERS and to commingle with
these the inspired teachings of the BIZ
BILE; but now there is the loud call to
true Christians to rid themselves Of
science and philosophy falsely So
called" and to return to the Biblical
simplicity of the Divine Revelation.
OF this Revelation alone St. Peter
declares, 1T is able to make you wise
unto salvation" and to give you an
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