The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-08-06

fallen. possess only the ordinary i'm
mortality known as everlasting life
an immortality or deathlessness de
pendent upon the Divine pleasure and
supported by necessary elements of
Divine provision. The Church, on the
contrary, sharing in this Chief Resur-
rectior. will possess inherency of life,
the same kind of Immortality possess
ed by Jehovah Himself.
From the context it will be seen that
none will participate in this Chief Res
direction except such as shall success
fully pass their trial and be accounted
worthy of Joint heirship with Messiah
in His glorious Kingdom, for it is dis
tinctly stated that they are to reign
with Him thousand years."
Sharing "His Resurrection"
From what We have seen it must be
evident to all of us that to gain a
share in this Chief Resurrection is to
gain the great Prize held out before
us in the Gospel Age-the Prize which
our Lord referred to as the Pearl of
great price" for which a man would
be well justified in selling all that he
hasNthat he might purchase it.
1t will be admitted on all hands that
the great Apostle Paul is represented
amongst the loyal ones who sacrificed
every earthly interest. aim, hope and
ambition that he might attain the
Kingdom blessings and joint-heirship
with Christ. We are therefore deeply
interested in st. Pauls words respect
ing his hope, his sacrifice and his an
ticipation of attaining a share in this
better resurrection, which he styles
His Resurrection"-na the resur-
rection of Christ.
The Scriptures continually maintain
the thought that Jesus is the Head of
the Church which is His Body" and
that these sanity Elect constitute the
members of His Body. Carrying out
this figure, the whole Body, all the
members, should share in the same
resurrection as that experienced by the
Head-the Redeemer. And to this the
facts agree More than eighteen cen
turtles ago our Lord Jesus was raised
from the dead by the Fathers power.
st. Paul declares that because of His
obedience in carrying out the Divine
Program as our Redeemer-even unto
death-"Therefore God hath highly ex-
allied Him, and hath given him a name
[honor, stationl above every name lex
cept His own-He is excepted, that at
the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, both of things in heaven and
things on the earth" philippians ii, 8,
10) To this end we must all be
ture, because Flesh and blood can
not inherit the Kingdom"
1t seems long time indeed between
our Lords resurrection and the resur
rection of His Mystical Body, the
Church class Col l. 49, pa, but the pc
Rod is long only from our limited human
standpoint long from the Divine
standpoint, in which a thousand years
are as one day. QI Peter Iii, 81 He
who brought again from the dead our
Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the
sheep, will bring us also from the
ny anu Will Till, dS
members of His Body.
1t is to this that st. Paul refers say
ing, count all [earthlyl things but as
loss, that may win Christ Twin
a membership In His glorifed Body-in
the Kingdom classl, that might
know Him and the power of His resur
rectiOn THAT | might experience that
great power of God which in the Re
deemer's case lifted Him not only out
of death, but to the very highest plane
of existence. the divine nature, with
Its glory, honor and Immortality, $50
being made conformable unto His
death, that | might share also in His
resurrection.-Ph philippians Iii, Til.
Oh, the Apostle gives US the key to
his hopes; he did not hope that the
Heavenly Father, who had required of
Jesus a manifestation of His loyalty
unto death before He would crown Him
with immor atty at His own right
hand-he did not expect that this same
God would give him share In that
great glory and honor. except as he
should have the mind of Christ and
should demonstrate similarly his 10y
atty to the extent Of his ability In be-
ing conformed to Christ's death
There is a lesson here for us 1t is
in vain that we shall hope to share the
Masters glory If we fail to share His
loyalty, His lgnominy-to be dead with
Him to the world, its praises, its am
billions, It's rewards. IF we suffer with
Him, we shall also reign with Him"
And the only way to enter into that
reign Of glory will be through the pow
er of "His Resurrection"-the Chief
Resurrection.
"But the Rest of tho Dead"
The statement of our text that the
rest of the dead will not live until the
thousand years of Christ's reign are
finished has proven a stumbling block
to many who have studied too super
fcially Let us not forget that the
Spirit does not reveal the deep things
of God, except to those who search for
Truth "as men search for silver'-pa-
tiently, persistently, delving deeply.
1t is very easy for all to grasp the
thought that Messiah's Kingdom is to
last a thousand years, and that all who
shall be alive at that time, all who shall
be born during that period, will partic-
ipate in the wonderful blessings and
privileges which 1t will bring to the
human family. They are ready, too,
to admit the reasonableness Of giving
an equal opportunity to those of our
race who have gone down into death
with either no knowledge of Christ, as
or with the too limited knowledge to
benefit them, as has been the case dur
ing the past two thousand years, and
today, only this text respecting the
crest of the dead" stands in their way.
l should be glad If any such are pres
relieve them of their difficulty. Yea, I
shall be glad If my words through the
press shall reach many others who have
been perplexed by this Scripture.
It is not necessary for US to set this
Scripture aside, even though all Bible
scholars know. or should know, that
this portion of Revelation Xxx. 4, 5
which relates to 1.-THE rest of the dead
which live not again until the thou
sand years are finished Is spurious
that it is not found in any of the old
Greek manuscripts. 1t is supposed
that 1t got into the text, not through
any desire to corrupt the same and
falsify the record, but that in the days
when the manuscripts were copied by
pen, some copyist made this memoran-
dunn on the margin Of his manuscript
oo a hoIpf1I fhou0ht and that othor