The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-24

p ca ker point
ed out that Jesus resurrection was the
very first. as the text declared He.
led his hearers back TO Eden. and let
them hear the Divine penalty for sin
Dying thou shalt de- He showed
that this dying process operated in
Adam for nine hundred thirty years
before its action was complete.
Adams children. humanity. never had
Adams original perfection: for they
were fallen at the time of birth. On
this subject both Old and New Tesla
ment agree.
Next the Pastor showed that the
Greek word anosfdsis. translated res
direction, means raising up again
the word again implying former
standard That standard is the image
and likeness Of God. which none Of
Adams children have fully possessed
ANot Possible to Be Holden"
St Peter declares that it was not
possible for death to hold Jesus. facts
2:24) He was perfect. 1t was the
Fathers will that Jesus should demon
strate His obedience even unto death.
Hence 1t was not possible for Jesus to
remain under the power of death. and
God raised Him on the third day.
Jesus was perfect on the spirit plane.
before He exchanged the spirit nature
/ Tor the human, to become mans Re-
aeemer. He never forfeited His right
to life He merely laid 1t down In
proof Of His loyalty to the Fathers
will. Hence His resurrection meant
His resuscitauefi in perfection. But it
was not Gods Will that He should re-
turn TO perfection of human nature;
fprsHe had used that nature for the
purpose intended. He was ra1ed FROM
the power of death to the very 1ighest
plane: namely. the Divine nafafe
The Pastor asked his audience to
contrast Jesus resurrection with the
awakening of Jairus' daughter: the
widow of Mains son; Lazarus. the
brother Of Mary and Martha; or any
of the awakenings recorded in the Old
Testament. These We're nothing more
than mere awakenings from the sleep
of death. They were not. therefore,
restrictions.
The resurrection of any Of these
sleeping ones would have meant much
more than was accomplished in them.
1t would have meant their restoration
to the full image and likeness of God,
lost in Eden. As it was. the awakened
ones merely had the advantage of a
few more years in the present life. and
then fell asleep again. to await the
glorious Day of Messiah's Kingdom.
The First (chief) Resurrection.
The Pastor made it clear that
| the Church of Christ consists of the
| truly consecrated In all denominations
! and some outside of denominational
fences. which are barriers not author
| lied by Scripture. He quoted Philip
| plans $40 and other Scriptures which
show that these true Christians are to
| have share with Jesus In His Resur
rection The inherited blemishes o1
these are covered through the merit OF
Jesus. thus justifying them. This jus
| LITIGATION permits their being accepted
| of God as His children.
The Pastor seemed to give the thoughi
that in the Divine Purpose a foreor
/ dained number of the Church class
| must suffer with Christ before the Mil
lennium begins. Their sufferings arr
not vicarious, as were Jesus. nor nee
essary for the redemption of the world
as were our Lords. The sufferings ar,
necessary to prove their loyalty to God
and to- demonstrate their worthines
! of joint-heirship with Jesus. TIL,
Church's suffering is the dying &
earthly conditions and ambitions, al
did Jesus His faithful followers will
experience similarly glorious resur
rection to a higher nature-the Divine
Easter and the Passover.
Pastor Russell says that the wore
Easter occurs only once in our Com
mon Version Bible, and is mistransla
ton. 1t should be rendered Passover
Easter was a heather festival honor
ing the goddess of Spring The nam'
was transferred to the Passover cele
bration of the early Church. in homo
of our Lords Resurrection.
Whatever the word originally meant
it stands now as synonym for tn
glorious resurrection of the worlds Re
deemer from death and from human
nature to glory. honor and immortalit
the Divine nature. The resurrection
of Jesus is the guarantee for the resuI
, rection Of 1.-The Church. which is Hi
Body" It also assures US of th
worlds resurrection-that an opportJ
nifty for everlasting life will be give
| to all through Nessiah's Kingdom.