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class must suffer with Christ before
the Millennium could begin. Their suf
ferings would not be vicarious, as were
Jesus sufferings, nor necessary to the
redemption of the world, as were His
but the sufferings would be necessary
in order to demonstrate their loyalty tC
God and to righteousness-to prove
them worthy of the high honor Of
Joint-heirship with Jesus, and sharerf
with Him In His Kingdom.
The Church's suffering with Jesus
the Pastor said, is their dying to earth.
ly conditions and ambitions, as He did
All who thus die with Jesus, willingly
sacrificing earthly hopes, aims, ambi-
tons, are counted as sharing in His
death" Such are assured in the Scrip
lures that they win also In Gods due
time share in His Resurrection"
"His Resurrection" was not only the
First Resurrection. but also the chief,
the best, resurrection-to the very
highest plane of spirit perfection-the
Divine nature. Hence the promise to
the Church to share in His Resurrec-
ton means that His faithful followers
will experience a similarly glorious
resurrection to higher nature, the Di-
vine--with its glory, honor and immor
tally. This Jesus also AYERS, saying.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part
In the First Resurrection. They
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and shall reign with Him a thousand
years. "-Revelation 20:6.
Easter and the Passover.
The Pastor says that the word EAST.
Err occurs once in our Common Yer
sion Bible and is a mistranslation-it
should be Passover Easter was a fes
tival honoring the heather goddess of
Spring. The name was transferred to
the Passover celebration of the early
Church in honor of the Lords resur-
rection. Doubtless the attempt was to
divert the heather toward Christianity,
keeping the festival, but altering its
significance Whatever the word meant
then, 1t stands now to the Christian as
the synonym for the glorious resurrec-
ton Of the worlds Redeemer from
death and the human nature to glory.
honor, Immortality, the Divine nature
So, said the Pastor. the resurrection
of Jesus is the guarantee of the resur.
rection of 1.-The Church, which is His
Body" 1t also assures US of the
worlds resurrection-that an opportu.
nifty through Messiah's Kingdom is to
come to all mankind, to be recovered
from the tomb and from ali their i'm.
Projections mental. moral and phys
icaL Only the willingly. intelligently
disobedient will ultimately die the Sec.
ond Death. which St Peter describes
as perishing like natural brute beasts.
Resurrection of the Soul.
Many Bible students have failed to
note that the Bible nowhere speaks of
the resurrection of the body. Their er-
ror has given color to the arguments of
agnostics and others who point out the
unreasonableness of such a PROPOSE
ton. Thus the Resurrection doctrine
Is made to appear absurd, whereas the
Bible presentation is most logical
According to Science. our bodies are
continually sloughing off materials and
through food replacing these; 80 that a
complete change is effected every sew
en- years; and thus a person fifty years
old has had practically seven different
bodies. The argument is that the mole
rules of matter constituting the body
are not the man; that any other atoms
would serve the purpose just as well.
II his identity were preserved
Many are familiar with the story OF
the apple tree whose roots penetrated
coffin and fed upon the corpse SO
completely that the root, when dug ND,
resembIed the human shape. The ap
pies were shipped in various directions
and eaten by many people. Some ap
pies were eaten by hogs which were
killed. shipped and eaten. Thus the
substance of the corpse passed into
many bodies in many places This
started the query, How Gould those
atoms Of matter be re-collected for the
resurrection Of that bodvf
St Paul answers the query, saying,
Thou sowest not that body which
shall be-" q Corinthians 1879 He
declares that In the resurrection God
will give some spirit body and others
a human body. We are not question
ing the Divine Power to do anything,
but merely calling attention to the fact
that what the Bible says on this sub
ject Is thoroughly In harmony with rea.
son, and that our neglect Of the Bible
testimony got US into confusion-charg.
ing absurdities to the Word Of God.
Christ's Soul Not Left In Sheol.
st. PauPs teaching is that the resur-
rection for the world in general con.
sists of re-awakening from the sleep
of death, In body similar to the one
which died; and that when thus awak.
ened. each member of the race shall
have full opportunity of being raised
again to the image of God, in which
our race was created, from which we
all fell through Adam. and return to
which has been provided for Us
through the death of Jesus. The time
set apart for this work is a thousand
years-Messiah's Millennial Reign.
St Paul speaks of better resurrec.
ton coming to the Ancient Worthless,
who proved their loyalty to God (He-
brews 1889 Their reward will be
that instead of being awakened in an
imperfect condition. to rise gradually
with the rest of the world. they will
be awakened 10 a perfect condition
Another class that will not share with
the world in the gradual resurrection
Is the Church-not the nominal church
Of mere professors. but the real Church
of Christ-those who walk In the foot
steps of Jesus to the best of their
ability This class had its beginning
at Pentecost-
There, through the merit OF Christ's
sacrifice, God began the acceptance
Of the Elect to be the Bride of Christ.
joint-heir in His Messianic Kingdom.
Their special blessing begins by their
being begotten of the Holy Spirit con-
shutting their start as spirit beings
Theneeforth their portion is to become
dead to all earthly things and alive to
all Heavenly hopes, ambitions, etc.
As their change of nature began
when they received the Holy Spirit, 1t
will be completed in the First Resur-
rection, when they will be given per
feet spirit bodies. St Paul says, speak
ing of this class. I'VE shall all be
changed: for flesh and blood cannot
inherit the Kingdom of God" q Cor