Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-15


showed from ST Paul's words that
without Gods purpose Of resurrection
those who have fallen asleep in death
would have persisted rs brutes.
You will recall also that we demon
strated that it is not the body. but
the soul. that is promised resurrec.
tion-that it was our Lords soul that
went to She0l to h0deS, to the death
state, and that God raised Him from
death on the third day. We noted Il
difficulty into which all Christendom
was plunged by the theory that 1t Is
the body that is to be resurrected.
What Went to Heaven2
The ordinary thought IN Christian
minds in respect to Jesus death anu
resurrection is that when He seemed
tc die He Cid not die; that he, the be
ing, the soul. could rot die; that. in,
stead. He went to heaven, and then on
the third day came back to get the
body which had been crurihcd; tn"t lie
took it to heaven forty days later
marred with the print OF the nails In
His hands and feet. the thorns upon
His brow and the spear marx III Hls
side. What CHASTITY thought.
Our Methodist friends have not yet
changed their statement OF the matter.
namely. He a&ceudcd up on nigh. tax
ing His ncshy body With Him. and all
that appertained thereto. ana sal doWn
on the right hand OF God This medl-
eyal statement correctly admits that
the fesh!y body was not the LORD $,
but that He. the soul, took it with HIN
AS luggage. The statement, "And ell
That appcrtaiued thereto, presumably
refers TO sandals, walking stick ere.
All this is OF Il piece with tile theory
that the STUNTS when they lie 20 10
heaven, and then, later. come back ana
get their bodies land III thugs appcr-
tanning therrtO"--thc Inconvenience,
presumably. that they have been rid
Of for centuries! How many trunk
loads Of things appertaning thereto
NAV be taken by some is not stated.
What Say the Scriptures?
The Bible presentation of this sub
jet is every way reasonable, con-
;;lstent and harmonious. st. Paul points
out that There is a natural body and
there is Il spirit body" He does not
mean, and he does not say. that the
spirit body is Il human body glnrih"d.
Quite to the contrary. lie declares
that flesh and hlO"d cannot inherit
tin, Kingdom of Gud"-no matter how
elorilicd it might be. y human beng
5yonld be SO totally different from Il
spirit being that rs st. Paul says. Ut
doth not set appear what we shall he
in our change-aud the Scriptures do
not ryenattcmpr 10 give an explanation.
The Bible merely declares that as we
now bear the image OF the earthly
LAdam) we shall, hy the glorious res"
direction change. BE- given share Ill
the nature aud likeness of the Second
Adam. orr glorious Lord: wv" ShaIl
be like Him. and see Him aS He is
End, ht. il noted. we must chang" from
flesh and blood conditions 10 spirit CON
iitiops by resurrection power. in order
rhat we may Sec Him as lie is.
F0 Pppe2rCS ana DlSapPSdrcG.
Two lines Of difficulties now present
themselves, one of which can be an
sUered. and the other cannot. The
manswcrahle difficulty is where 4 mai
ural minded man undertakes IL reason
the subject out. 81. Paul explains this.
saving. The natural man receireth not
the things of the Spirit of God. neither
can he know them. because they are
spiritually diScerncd.
The ApoStI. proceeds (vcrses 3G-3V
to tell us that all men are natural men.
except such as have been be""tt"n hy
the Holy Spirit. Nil natural men Will.
in their resurrection. receive earthly ov
human bodies, while all spiritual ones.
New Creatures III Christ, will -ecriv"
spirit bodies.
Coming to the point Of what is 10 be
resurrected, we note that our Lord ap-
peared i'll q body OF flesh, ana showed
the disciples the print OF the nails ann
the hole made by the spear. but we.
perhaps. failed to note that only twice
did He thus appear, and but for 4 few
moments each time. His other six or
seven appearances during that forty
days were also very brief. and III Varl-
Gus bodieS--once rs 4 gardener. another
time rs traveller, His third time a$ 4
stranger on the Shor", and TO Saul "
Tarsus as 4 spirit being Of more than
angelic shining above the
brightness OF the sun at monday"
Now We see more distinctly why our
Lord did rs He did. His disciples We're
natnral men and therefore could not
appreciate spiritual things. The Lord
adopted the only reasonable way OF
helping them 70 understand that Il"
was 10 longer deadthat tie had risen
from the dead.