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changed from earthly to heavenly na-
ture. because "Flesh and blood can
not inherit the Kingdom"
| 1t seems long time indeed between
our Lords resurrection und the resur-
rection OF His Mystical Body, the
Church class (Col. |. rs. 2fi. but the Pc
Rod Is long only from our limited human
standpoint-no long from the Divine
l standpoint. In which thousand years
are as one day. Gil Peter ill. 81 He
/ who brought again from the dead our
! Lord Jesus. that Great Shepherd OF the
sheep. will bring us also from the
deadl by Him." and with Him. as
| members of His Body.
Ii Is TO this that st. Paul refers say
! Ing. count all learthlyl things but as
loss. . that may win Christ | win
| a membership in His glorified Body-in
! the Kingdom classl. - that might
! know Him and the power of Ills resar-
! recfion THAT might experience that
great power Of God which in the Re
deemer's case lifted Him not only ont
! of death. but to the very highest plane
Of existence. the divine nature. with
It's glory. honor and Immortality. 49,
| being made conformable unto His
!, death. that | might share also In His
resurrection--Phi Philippians Iii. I'll.
| Oh. the Apostle gives us the key TO
/ his hopes: he did not hope that the
| Heavenly Father. who had required OF
] Jesus manifestation of His loyalty
unto death before He would crown Him
with Immortality at His own right
! hand-he dkl not expect that this same
God would give him share in that
great glory and honor. except as he
| should have the mind OF Christ and
should demonstrate. similarly his 10y
atty to the extent Of his ability In be-
ing conformed TO Christ's death.
There is a lesson here for u.s. 1t Is
| I'm vain that we shall hone TO share tha
Masters glory If We fail to share His
loyalty. His ignominy-to be dead with
Him to the world, its praises, its am
billions. its rewards. IF we suffer with
Him. we shall also reign with Him."
And the only way to enter into that
reign of glory will be through the pow
1 er of His Resurrection"-th Chief
Resurrection.
"But the Rest of the Dead"
!. The statement of our text that the
rest of the dead will not live until the
/ thousand years of Christ's reign are
finished has proven a stumbling block
to many who have studied too super
I ficially. Let us not forget that the
Spirit does not reveal the deep things
of God, except to those who search for
Truth "as men search for silver"-pa-
tiently. persistently, delving deeply.
1t is very easy for all to grasp the
thought that Messiah's Kingdom Is to
last thousand years, aud that all who
shall be alive at that time. all who shall
be born during that period. will partic-
tpate In the wonderful blessings and
human family. They are ready. too,
) to admit the reasonableness Of giving
an equal opportunity, to those of our
| race who have gone down into death
with either no knowledge of Christ. as
was the case fer four thousand years,
or with the too limited knowledge to
| benefit them. as has been the case dur
| Ing the past two thousand years. and
today. only this text respecting, the
/ rest of the dead stands in their way.
should be glad II any such are pres
ent here today, because know can
relieve them of their difficulty. Yea.
+, shall be glad If my words through the
press shall reach many others who have
/ been perplexed by this Scripture.
| 1t is not necessary for Us TO set this
Scripture aside. even though all Bible
scholars know. or should know. that
/ this portion OF Revelation Xxx. 4. 5
| which relates to 1.-The rest OF the dead
which live not again until the thou
sand years are finished Is spurious
| that it is not found in any Of the old
Greek manuscripts. 1t Is supposed
| that 1t got into the text. not through
any desire to corrupt the same and
| falsify the record. but that In the days
when the manuscripts were copied by
pen. some copyist made this memoran-
dunn on the margin of his manuscript
as a helpful thought. and that other
/ cOHYlStS uslUS HIS IhdhuSStipa. sup
posed it to be a part of the original
and incorporated it In the text.
| However. the additional words are
| In no sense in conflict with the facts,
which are these: Adam. created in
| his Makers likeness. perfect. was alive
| In the sense that be enjoyed perfec-
ton of life and that he had right to
a life everlasting. except as be should
| forfeit the same by disobedience. The
moment he disobeyed Gods command
he came under the sentence of sin.
namely. death. From that moment on
ward he was judicially dead. even
though the dying process lasted for
more than nine hundred years.
Similarly. all of his posterity. from
the Divine standpoint. are dead. chill
dren of wrath" Jesus carried out
this same thought in His teaching.
saying. Let the dead bury their dead"
| Only those who have accepted Him as
their Life-giver are even reckonedly
considered alive. from the Divine
standpoint
And so. throughout the thousand
years of Messiahs reign. All in their
graves shall come FORTH" every man
In his own ORDER but they will still
be. from the Divine standpoint. judi