The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-04-23

Lords flesh Is glorified-that 1t shines
the shining presumably making the
wounds all the more conspicuous.
Our Methodist friends have not yet
changed their statement Of the matter
namely. He assembled up on high, tax
ing His aeshly body with Him, and all
that appertained thereto, and sat down
on the right hand of God" This me
dieval statement correctly admits that
the aeshly body was not the Lords.
but that He, the soul, took it with Hin
as luggage. The statement, ''and all
that appertained thereto" presumably
would refer to our Lords sandals
walking stick and such clothing as the
soldiers did not divide amongst them
at the time Of His crucifxion-if in
deed He had any others! But our dea.
Methodist friends want to be sure thai
nothing was left behind.
All this is of piece with the theory
that the saints when they die go to
heaven, and then, later, come back and
get their bodies, "and all things apper
tanning thereto''-the Inconvenience
lutb they nave bSCn lAu VI 1Ol \CA4
turtles! How many trunkloads of
things appertaining thereto" may be
taken by some, and how mixed an as.
sortment by others is not stated. Nei
ther are particulars given respecting
those whose clothing, etc, have mean
time worn out But we have had
enough of this, If it has helped us to
see the absurdity Of our theories re
ceived from the Ozark Ages"-if it has
awakened us to thought and to Bible
investigation ON this important and in
teresting subject.
What Say the Scriptures7
The Bible presentatio of this sub
jeet is every way reasonable. consist.
ent and harmonious st. Paul points
out that there is natural body and
there is a spirit body" He does not
mean and he does not say that the
spirit body is a human body glorifed
Quite to the contrary. He declares
that "Flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom of God"-no matter how
glorifed it might he. A human beinf
would be 30 totally different from q
spirit being that, as St. Paul says, at
doth not yet appear what we shall be-"
in our resurrection change; and the
Scriptures do not even attempt to give
US an explanation.
The Bible merely declares that as we
now bear the image Of the earthly,
Adam, we shall, by the glorious resur-
rection change, be given a share in the
nature and likeness of the Second
Adam, our glorious Lord. We shall be
like Him and see Him as He Isl and.
be It noted, we must change from flesh
and blood conditions to spirit condi-
tons by resurrection power, in order
that we may see Him as He is. Surely
this proves that our Lord Jesus is no
longer flesh, as He once was-''in the
days Of His f1esh"-Hebrews v, z.
Difference Between Heavenly and
Earthly Bodies.
Our text calls attention to the differ
ence between celestial bodies and ter
restrial, or earthly bodies, and declares
that they have different glories. 1t
tells us that the first Adam was made
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
~ set forth. One was earthly and the
other heavenly. AS we now bear the
image Of the earthly, we SHALL If 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 fleshly 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 varl-
cites Of organisms, but all are spirit.
Our hea7enly Father is the Head or
Chief-"God Is Spirit" Cherubim,
seraphim, and the still lower order of
angels are 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, principalities
and powers-next to the Father; and
thus we read Now the Lord is that
Spirit. And again that "He was put
to death in the flesh, but qulckened Tor
made alive) in the spirit IL Pet. iii, Is.
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 a Man, was
a spirit being-''the Only Begotten of
the Father, full of grace and truth"
His leaving the spirit plane to become
a Man is Scripturally described as a
great stoop or humiliation. Is it rea-
sonable to suppose that the heavenly
Father would perpetuate to all eterni-
ty that humiliation, after it had serv-
ed its intended purpose? Surely not.
The Bible tells US why Jesus hum
bled Himself to the human nature-"a |
little lower than the angels" 1t was
because a man had sinned, and the Re |
deemer must under the Law, be on
the same plane of being as the one
whom He would redeem. Thus Jeho- !
yah particularly specified, "An eye for
an eye, tooth for a tooth, life for a |
life" Hence the death of an angel, or !
of our Lord In His pre-human condi |
ton, 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 hast
Thou prepared Me" ''for the suffering |
of death Hebrews K, 3; ii, 9.
No one questions that this applies
exclusively to our Lords experiences
during the years in which HE who |
that we through His poverty might be
made rich Surely it is unsupposable
that the Father would arrange a Plan
by which our Redeemer's faithfulness
In accomplishing mans redemption
would cost Him an eternity of poverty,
humiliation, degradation to plane "a
little lower than the angels" while the
Church would be made rich, and would
attain a spirit state ''far above angels
be made 'partakers of the divine ma
ture. III Peter j. A.
God Highly Exalted Him.
On the contrary, the very same Apos-
tie who tells US of our Lords humilia
ton carries the matter to the climax,
telling us Of His faithfulness as the
Man Christ Jesus. unto death, even
the death of the cross; and then he
adds an assurance Of the heavenly
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