Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01


((RASI0R RUSSfLg) the fact of the
resurrection.
showed from St Paurs words that
without Gods purpose of resurrection
those who have fallen asleep in death
would have persisted as brutes-
You will recall also that we demon
strated that it is not the body. but
the soul that is promised resurrec-
tion-that il was our Lords soul that
went to sheoL. to hades. to the death
state and that God raised Him from
death on the third day. We noted
difficulty into which all Christendom
was plunged by the theory that it is
the body that is to be resurrected-
What Went to Hsaven7
The ordinary thought in Christian
minds in respect to Jesus death and
resurrection is that when He seemed
to die He did not die; that he. the be-
ing. the soul, could not die; that. in
stead, He went to heaven. and then on
the third day came back to get the
body which had been crucifed; that He
took it to heaven forty days later
marred with the print of the nails In
His hands and feet. the thorns upon
His brow and the spear mark in His
side What CHASTITY thought.
Our Methodist friends have not yet
changed their statement of the matter.
namely. He assembled up on high, TAX
ing His feshly body with Him. and all
that appertained thereto. and sat down
on the right hand of God" This medi-
eval statement correctly admits that
the feshly body was not the Lords.
but that He. the soul. took it with Him
as luggage The statement. And all
that appertained thereto" presumably
refers to sandals. walking stick. etc.
All this is of piece with the theory
that the saints when they die go to
heaven, and then, later. come back and
get their bodies land all things apper-
| tanning thereto"-the Inconvenience.
presumably, that they have been rid
of for centuriesi How many trunk
loads of things appertaining thereto"
may be taken by some is not stated
What Say the Scriptures?
The Bible presentation of this sub
ject is every way reasonable. con-
sistent and harmonious St Paul points
out that There is natural body and
there is a spirit body" He does not
mean. and he does not say. that the
spirit body is a human body glorified-
| Quite to the contrary. He declares
/
the Kingdom of God"-no matter how
glorifed it might be- A human being
would be so totally different from
spirit being that. as St Paul says. 1T
doth not vet appear what we shall be-
in our change-and the Scriptures do
not even attempt to give an explanation.
The Bible merely declares that as we
| now bear the image of the earthly
(Adaml. we shall. by the glorious res
direction change. be given a 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 it noted. we must change from
flesh and blood conditions to spirit con-
ditions by resurrection power. in order
that we may see Him as He is
He Appeared and Disappeared.
Two lines of difficulties now present
themselves. one of which can be an
swered. and the other cannot The
unanswerable difficulty is where a nat
nral minded man undertakes to reason
the subject out ST. Paul explains this.
saying, The natural man receiv eth not
the things of the Spirit of God. neither
can he know them. because they are
spiritually discerned-"
The Apostle proceeds oversees 36-5ol
to tell US that all men are natural men.
except such as have been begotten by
the Holy Spirit All natural men will
ID their resurrection. receive earthly or
human bodies. while all spiritual ones
New Creatures I'm Christ, will receive
spirit bodies.
Coming to the point of what il to be
resurrected. we note that our Lord ap
! peared in body OF flesh. and showed
the disciples the print Of the nails and
the hole made by the spear. But we
perhaps failed to note that only twice
did He thus appear, and but for a few
moments each time. His other six OIL
seven appearances during that forty
days were also very brief. and in vari
Gus bodies-once as gardener. another
time as a traveller, His third time as q
stranger on the shore. and to Saul OF
Tarsus as a spirit being OF more than
angelic Observation-Disclosures above the
brightness of the sun at MONDAY"
Now we see more distinctly why ouI
Lord did as He did His disciples were
natural men and therefore could moi
appreciate spiritual things. The Lord
adopted the only reasonable way Of
helping them to understand that He
was no longer dead-that He had riser