Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-20

IN our resurrection change; and the
Scriptures do not even attempt to give
us an explanation.
The Bible merely declares that rs we
now hear the image Of the earthly,
Adam, ne shall, by the glorious resur-
rection change, be given 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 1t noted, we must change from flesh
and blood conditions to spirit condi-
tions 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 hesh."-Hebrews Y, 7.
Difference Between Heavenly and
Earthly Bodies.
Our text calls attention to the differ
ence between celestial bodies and ter
restrlal, or earthly bodies, and declares
that they have different glories, 1t
tells us that the first Adam was made
living soul, n 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
pnd 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, II faith
ful, 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 Heshly plane-one
nesh 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 varl-
eties Of organisms, but all are spirit.
Our heavenly Father Is the Head or
Chlef-"God is a Spirit" Cherubim,
seraphlm, and tho still lower order Of
angels are oil 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, prlnclpalltIes
and powers-next to the Father; and
thus we read, "Now the Lord is that
Spirit" Ana again that "He was put
to death In the flesh, but qulckened Tor
made alive) in the splrlt."-I Pet. III, 18.
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-
deemer, prior to becoming Man, was
spirit belng-"the Only Begotten Of
the Father, full Of grace and truth"
His leaving the spirit plane to become
a Man Is scrlpturally described as a
great stOop or humiliation. Is It rea.
sonable to suppose that the heavenly
Father would perpetuate to all eterni-
ty that humiliation, after It had serv-
ed its intended purpose2 Surely not.
The Bible tells us why Jesus hum.
bled Himself to the human nature--"a
little lower than the angels" It 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 a tooth, life for q
life" Hence the death of an angel, or
OF our Lord in His pre-human condl.
tlon, 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; H.,
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 unsupposable
that the Father would arrange a Plan
by which our Redeemers lalthfulness
In accomplishing mans redemption
would cost Him an eternity Of poverty
humiliation, degradation to a plane "a
little lower than the angels" while the
Church would bo made rich, and would |
attain spirit state "far above angels"
be made "partakers OF the divine ma.
ture."-ll Peter /, 4.
God Highly Exalted Him.
On the contrary, the very same Apos.
tle who tells us Of our Lords humilla.
tlon carries the matter to the climax, |
telling us Of His falthfulness, 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.
ly exalted Him, and hath given Him a |
name above every name" This, too,
Is In harmony with our Lords words
In His prayer to the Father A 10y |
had been set before Him by the Fa.
ther-a Joy OF pleasing the Father, OF |
bringing blessing to mankind, and |
the Joy also Of exOltatIon. as a special
reward for obedience.
But the Redeemer, Ignoring all the
promises Of higher glory as reward
for His falthfuness, merely prayed to
the Father In these words, Father,
glorlfy Thou Me with the glory which
| had with Thee before the world
was" In humility He asked no no.
ward. He did not pray, Remember
that you promised a stlll greater exal.
tatlon I'm gloryl No, He would be ouite