The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-04-15


now bear the ilnnee OF the earthly,
Adam. we 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 rs He is; and.
be Il 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 hesh as He once was--'ln| the
days Of His fiesh."-Hebrews v. T.
Difference Between Heavenly and
Earthly Bodice.
Our text calls attention to the differ |
ence between celestial bodies and ter
restrial, or earthly bodies. and declares
that they have different glorles. It
tells us that the first Adam was made
a living SOUL human being, but that
our Redeemer, who humbled 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
ond 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, IL faith
full, 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
flesh 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 vari-
cites of organisms. but all are spirit.
Our heavenly Father is the Head or
Chlef-"God is Spirit" Cherublm.
seraphlm, and the still lower order Of
angels nre all 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 Nov the Lord Is that
Spirit" And again that "He was put
to death in the flesh, but qulckened Tor
made alive) in the spirt."-I Pet. Ill, IL.
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
a spirit being-"the Only Bcgotten OF
the Father, full Of grace and truth
His leaving the spirit plane TO become
Man is Scripturally described as q
great stoop or humiliation. Is 1t rcn'
sonable to suppose that the heavenly
Father would perpetuate to all eterli
ty that humiliation. after 1t had serv
ed its intended purpose? Surely not
The Bible tells us why Jesus hum
bled Himself to the human nature+"O
little lower than the angels" 1t was
because man had sinned, and the Re
deemer must, under the Law, be OIL
/, the same plane OF being as the one
) whom He would redeem. Thus Jeho
yah particularly specified, IAN eye fo
an eye, a tooth for tooth, life for {
life." Hence the death of an angel, o
: of our Lord in His pre-human condi
tion, 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 has
Thou prepared Me-" "for the SUFFERING
Of death. Hebrews X, 8; II. o,
No one questions that this applies
a exclusively to our Lords experience
] during the years in which "He VIII,
q was rich for our snkes became poor
= that we through His poverty might b.
a made rich" Surely It is unsupposabl
that the Father would arrange Plal
: by which our Redeemers falthfulnes
! In accomplishing mans redemption
: would cost Him an eternity of poverty
!. humiliation, degradation TO a plane q
n little lower than the angels" while tn
Church would be made rich, and woul'
attain a spirit state "far above angels
be made "partakers Of the divine ma
ture."-II Peter 1, 4.
q God Highly Exalted Him.
On the contrary, the very same Apos
Il tie who tells US Of our lords humill0
!. tion carries the matter to the climax
(. telling us of His faithfulness, as tn
n Man Christ Jesus, unto death, eve
n the death of the cross; and then h
3 adds an assurance of the heavenl
II Fathers faithfulness in not leavin
!. His Son on lower plane; "Whert
~ FORE" says the Apostle, God also higl
n ly exalted Him, aud hath given Him
" name above every name.' This, too
!. Is in harmony with our Lords word
le in His prayer to the Father. A 10
M had been set before Him by the Fl
a. ther-a Joy of pleasing the Father, q
lr bringing a blessing to mankind, an
IT .he JOY also of exaltation, as Il speclG
reward for obedience.
v But the Redeemer, Ignoring all tn
10 promises of a higher glory as II rewar
ID for His faithfulness, merely prayed
r the Father in these words, "Fathe
,s glorify Thou Me with the glory whic
a. had with Thee before the worl
,f was" In humility He asked no n
,e ward. He did not pray, RemembC
. that won nromisad n still grpatar pyn