Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21

ues 70 understand. Their minds Wo1,d
continually revert to an eortbIv u p,uN
oom' but the Master repeatedly drew
tneir attention away from the eartblv
he declared, "Nly Kingdom Is NOT ot
tnis Age" and told the disciples that
He would come again in power nm, md
great glory, and all the holv angels
with Him. and that then He would sIt
upon the Throne of His Glory-unon
which they would sit with Him u
faithful even unto sacrlAclal death,
Tho Heavenly Mansions.
The Lord endeayored to draw tbo
minds of His followers away from tbe
earthly hopes OF an earthly kingdom.
which they held in common With MI
Jews. The disciples knew of various
orders of beings on the angelic plane
cherubim, scraphlm and ordinary ap.
gels. Jesus made no suggestion Of
changing His disciples into any Of these
angelic orders. Rather, He gave them
to understand that they would constl.
tute q new order Of creatures. The
questions then naturally arose, Is there
n possibility Of having a sull different
order OF beings on the Heavenly plane?
Did not the creation Of man n little
lower than angels imply a sufficient va.
riety of creations on the angelic plane
and higher?
These questions would seem proper
enough; and to these our Lords words
make answer: "In My Fathers House
are many manslOns'--many apart.
mens, many divisions. Yet all are
holy, oil are In full accord with Him
and with each other, "I go to prepare
a place for you My folowers-a
Heavenly mansion
st. Peter, discussing the subject, tells
us that in Gods providence the Church
Is not only a New Creation, but crea
ton on higher plane than any othel
Of Gods creation. st, Paul says, tha
our Lord Jesus, having finished tht
work which the Father gave Him to do
"ascended on High" to the right hOnC
Of the Divine Majesty, to the place O.
chief favor, He declares that this pO
sitlon IS ''ar above angels, prlncipali
ties and powers and every name that Il
named, ,"-Ephesans !, q.
st. John, speaking Of the Church, de
clares that we may not yet fully appre
ciate what we shall be, but we ma,
"know that when He shall appea
four Redeemerl, We shall be like Him
for we shall see Him as He is,' Il JOhl
iii, 2) st. Peter, however, tells us th
real height to which the Church, tn
Bride Of Christ, is to be exalted. II
says, God hath given unto us exceed
ing great and precious promises, tina
by these working in us His will W
might become partakers Of the DiDh
nature. I'll Peter /, 4.
, The Heavenly Three.
Following the testimony Of the Wor
J. of God, we recognize Jehovah Go
+ Himself, from everlasting to everl0s
ing God, the Head, the King, the N
e ther, OF whom are all things. Next
a the Father we recognize our Heayenl
Y Lord, whose name at first was the II
!, COS, the Word of God, His Messenge
+ who subsequently was made iieS
: dwelt among US and redeemed us; an
d who, as a reward, has been exalted
h the Divine nature and is set at Il
d right hand of Jehovah God, to beg
{ His work of blessing mankind l.
h waits also until the Church, His Bird
: shall have been completed and sho
D have passed beyond the veil, to be 10
ever with Him on the Divine plan
# His JOint-heir
J. These are the Heavenly Three-o
il Of the Divine Nature, far above a
J: other natures, all other planes OF e
/. Istence. Yet always we are to +
1 member that the Head of the Chur'
h is Christ, and the Head of Christ
p God, as st. Paul declares; for althoul
o all of Gods blessings are By the 80
v vet those blessings are all from u
i. Fatber-I Corinthians viii, g.
It In passing, we should note ho
It these Scriptures and all the scrlptur
It continually show that the Heaven
IS Father was not His own Son ana tn
n the Heavenly Son was not Ills 0,
10 Father. In our text the Master
ID cIores. "Tn Ny Fathers House
', MANY mansions" Jesus, the chlef 81
has special privileges and special po 20
or: and it is by the Fathers arranl an.
= mont that the Bride, the Lambs WI
,s is to be brought into the highest
10 10 Heavenly mansions, the Divine
~ y tnre 70 be Joint-heir with her Lord
X X His tTI Messlanlc reign and in His eV
n n. lasting glory thereafter
Ie- a Go to Prepare a Place.
,e- Rut why did Jesus need to go 70 :
to roTe n place? His disciples did ia.
m. p wish Him to go and leave them "n' !,
Ip ever He spoke along this line 1,5 u
Id we're grleved and perpIezed, anu -,
at one occasion st. Peter brought uL ,li
Ell himself special rebuke by - say, ~.
- "Pa Il far from Thee, Lord ~ tn
Ike things shall not happen unto unto ITS T,
Tbe disciples were like children IL /,
II. had = ID absolute confidence that they "
at. to share with Messiah the ,,s.. gIor'yS !,
mt II g,s Messianlc Kingdom. They W
he dared dllc why Jesus did not stay ,t,,y, y, "
us them and attend to the estaollsrT ,.l. Sd !,
Ter of oF', the kingdom at that time OF s,l y
NO u rore .a' necessary to wait for a a.. seas az