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| lifting OF humanity in general; but that
| work will he exclusively in the hands
OF the glOrifled Savior. ST. Paul as
sureS us that The Father will put all
| things into subsection TO the Son, for
| the very work OF blessing and assisting
| The world of mankind for whom He
! died. Then the Son will deliver up the
Kingdom authority to the Father. that
jehovah may be All and in ALL" But
during the thousand years. absolute
| control of the world will be in the
hands Of the Great Messiah, who will
put down all things opposed to the Di-
vine will. and lift up the willing and
obedient from sin, degradation and the
| tomb ....
! st. Peter tells us that at the Second
Coming OF Jesus Divine blessings will
lie showered upon the earth-"Times Of
Refreshing shall come from the pres
ence Of the Lord: and He shall send
/ Jesus Christ" lie tells us that the
heavens will retain Jesus until the
Restitution Times. Of which God has
been telling us through the mouth OF
all His holy Prophets since the world
began. Acts iii. 1921.
The Second Adams Children.
The Bible teaches that Jesus is the
Second Adam. The first Adam had the
privilege of being the father Of a hu-
man race, in the image and likeness of
God and blessed with everlasting life.
to enjoy a worldwide Paradise All
this Adam lost by disobedience and
; came under Divine sentence Of death.
called in the Scriptures the curse"
; He cannot extricate himself. and there
fore cannot extricate his children from
this calamity. Neither can any of his
children get free from the curse. nor
give to God Il ransom for his fellows.
| Jesus left the glory wl:i":l lie had
with the Father. and came into the
world a Man. He did not become a
sinful man. On the contrary, the
Scriptures tell us that The Man
Christ Jesus was holy, harmless. un-
defiled and separate from sinners
race as instead of Adams race: bnt
this was not the Fathers Plan. In
stead of starting another race. Jesus
gave His life SCIENTIFICALLY. In Gods
due time" this sacrifice will be made
applicable TO cancel all the claims OF
Justice against mankind on account of
original sin.
In harmony with the Fathers Plan,
Jesus purposes that as the Second
Adam He will take over the Adamic
race. aud adopt as many Of them as
may be willing as His own family.
This. in the Bible. is called "Regenera-
ton" Regeneration means TO generate
life again Jesus has the right to give
life 10 Adam and to his race. having
purchased that right with the sacri-
fce of His own life. He died, the Just
One for the unjust: and all tile rights
which He had TO an earthly life He
may therefore give justly TO Adam and
to as many of Adams children as will
accept II. ...-.. . .. ....
The process of this regeneration will
be very different from tho process OF
the first generation. The life which will
come to mankind will come through
the Word. MY words are spirit
and are life" Whoever will hearken
TO the words Of the great Life giver
will thereby receive the new life. Ii
His words work in them Ito will and
to do, in harmony with the laws of the
Kingdom. they will gradually rise out
Of their weaknesses and imperfections.
to perfection Of human nature.
, "The Everlasting Father
We should carefully note that the
Man Jesus was not the Everlasting Fa-
ther. The Haa Jesus gave Himself
Ransom price-a corresponding price for
the man Adam. in order that He might
become the Second Adam and have the
rightfui authority to give everlasting
life to Adam and his children.
Jesus did not become the Second Adj
am until He had finished laying down
the Ransom-price. So long as Jesus
maintained His earthly life He would
have no life to give to humanity; for
He would need His life for Himself.
When God raised Him from the dead.
no longer a human being. but reward
Ell with the Divine nature. then He
was in position to be the Second Adam.
His exaItatiOn gave Him increased
power, and the merit Of His sacrifice
constituted the price for the life-rights
OF Adam and his race. Our Redeemer
is not the Second Adam yet. He has
the right to be the Second Adam. and
in the Fathers due time" He will es-
tablish His Kingdom amongst men,
and give everlasting life-rights to as
many OF Adams children as will be-
come obedient to the Divine Law.
49,. The Church the Second Eve.
While Adam was alone he did not
become a father. God caused him to
fall into a. deep sleep. and from his
side took Mother Eve to be his joint
heir in his inheritance. and his as
sistant in the work of generating the
human family So our Lord has not
yet become Father. But He has
gone iuto the deep sleep of death. His
side has been wounded. and the first
result is the gradual development of n
Bride class And MS Jesus passed
from the human to the spirit condi-
ton before He could be ready to be
the Second Adam. SO the ChlH'ch. as
the New Creation. must pass from the
human to the spirit condition he