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would mean His faithfulness "unt(
| death. even the death of the cross
| Wherefore. also. God hath highly ex
allied Him, and given Him a nam.
| above every name" philippians H. 8
| 81 Thus the Reedeemer has attained
| this glorious exaltation to the Fathers
/ right hand to the Divine. nature. glory
| honor and immortality-as the result
u His faithfulness.
An Opposite Course From Satan's.
The APOSTLE. evidently. purposes tC
draw our attention to the difference be
tween the course Of Satan and that OF
the LogOs in respect to loyalty and
obedience to Jehovah. Satan proud.
assumed that IL he had separate En-
pire be could manage 1t better than
was the Divine arrangement. Lucifer
the morning star. said in his heart: 81
will ascend above the stars tthe other
angelsl: will be as the Most High la
dictator. a rulerl." Pursuing this am
bilious course. Satan beheld In our first
parents j new order OF beings. with
provocative powers designed TO bring
into existence race that would al
the earth. Lucifer assayed to be ruler
over this human creation. He became
a rebel against the Divine arrangement
in so doing: lie captured the first pair
by his Misrepresentation, and not only
did he thus become the prince of this
world (the present order of thingsl,
but additionally. as Jesus explained, be
became the murderer Of the race
John viii, 44.) He has. indeed. had q
reign of thousands of years, but with
what horrible results! The whole ere
alton is grooming and Travelling ia
pain under the death sentence.
"Msditatsd Not a Usurpation."
st. Paul intimates that although the
LOgos was still higher il glory and hon
or than Lucifer. In that He was 1.-The
Only Begotten." the 'hief Representa-
tive of Jehovah. nevertheless He was
humble. The Logos 'meditated not a
usurpation to be like God" philip
plans. ii. g.. Emphatic Diaglott) On
the contrary. he was very willing to ac.
cept the Divine proposal that He should
take the lower nature Of man for a
time. in order to carry out the Father s
Plan How detestable the pride Of
Lucifer afterwards called Satan! 90
the contrary. how beautiful is the hlI.
nifty exhibited by the Redeemer! He
was loyal to the core. He would be
merely the Fathers Word. Logos.
mouthpieee. His joy should be, not ia
seeking zself-advancement, but in slori,-
flying. the. Father; and the Apostle
points out that He faithfully and loyal
ly, carried it out: to the conclusion OF
His course--in all things desiring the
will of the Father who sent Him. ;
What an exhibition this was to all
the holy angels. And did the Father
permit Him to really suffer loss BE-
cause Of His loyalty. His faithfulness
Assuredly not. : He was not lett IN
death. e was raised from death
Neither was He left, by the Father
on; the lower, plane OF human na-
ture, which He took, merely for the
purpose OF suffering death on mans
behalf. On the contrary. the Father
highly exalted Him and exhibited to
angels and to men the character pleas
ing in JehOvahs sight. Bringing the
Only Begotten One forward. Jehovah
prophetically declares: let all the
messengers OF God worship Him.!
This same privilege has come to the
Church. In response. the invitation to
become joint-sacrifcers with Christ.
to Walk III His steps. ana to enter into
a share of His glory. has been accept
ed by one after another OF Gods saint
ly people. from Pentecost until now,
They have confidence that He who
brought again from the dead our Lord
Jesus. that great Shepherd Of the
sheep is, both able and willing to
bring them also. through Him. to eter-
nal glory. AS He walked the narrow
way" they have courage to walk In
His steps AS He overcame. they have
the encouragement of His promise that
His grace will be sufficient for them.
To this class Jesus is Gods unspeak-
able Gift. TO these favored ones. His
fOotstep followers, the Savior is spe-
cially an unspeakabIe Gift of God. Ii
as Gift to the world His merit is
beyond the power of tongue to tell.
how much more SO is He the unspeak
able Gift to the Church-to the Elect!
Az the Captain of. their Salvation"