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would use It In harmony with his Gre
ator's commands, he might enjoy 1t
forever, as indicated In the words,
"Be fruitful and multiply and oil the
earth" with your posterity, and sub
due the earth as ye' have need OF 1t.
As your posterity increases, extend the
bounds OF Eden. until 1t will include
the whole earth
But that the life was tentative one,
a conditional one, is indicated by the
threat that disobedience would bring
death-the cessation OF life. Thus,
when the sin had been committed, God
declared, Accused is the ground for
thy sake. In the sweat OF thy face
shalt thou eat bread, until thou return
to the ground; for dust thou art, and
unto dust shalt thou acknowledgements
BIT. 10.
The whole world knew that It was
dying; and not even suggestion OF n
reversal of the curse was made up to
the time Of Abraham. Then, for the
first time, God declared It His purpose
to bless all the families Of the earth,
which implied the rolling away OF. the
curse. This blessing, the rolling away
Of the curse. was to come through
Abraham's Seed. .In thee and In thy
Seed shall all the families Of the earth
be blessed" St Paul declares that
this Seed Is The Chrlst-Jesus the
Head. and the Church His Body.-Ga.
latians 3:16. %.
But the Apostle explains that even
this statement to Abraham was more
or less indistinct: It did not. bring the
matter clearly forward and give posi-
tive assurance Of everlasting life. St
Paul declares that this was accom-
plished through Jesus. more than 1000
years after the fall. He declares that
Christ brought life and immortality to
light through the Gospel Tim. lilo.
Now we may see that this promise Of
Immortality. deathlessness, death.proOf
existence, Is very much grander one
than we ever supposed. Immortality
Is, n quality of life which thus far is
possessed only by Jehovah God and by
His Son. our Lord Jesus Christ. Moth
Ing in the Scriptures indicates that
even the angels possess death-proof
bodies. On the contrary, the Bible
teaches that Satan, one of the very
highest angels, Is to be destroyed.
This shows us that this immortal.
death-proof quality is not possessed by
the angels. Their everlasting life de.
ponds upon the Divine covenant that.
so long as they IRE In harmony with
God. He Is pleased to perpetuate their
lives In n most joyful condition.
The Bible assures us that only the
elect Church will ever attain the i'm
mortal quality peculiar to the Father
and to the Son. This promise Of
GLORY. honor. Immortality" is made
merely to the sanity Church. and is
to be attained in the First Resurrection
by those found worthy. !"On such the
Second Death hath no power."-Rev.
citation 20:G.
But our Lord Jcsls not merely brought
to light Immortality us Gods gift to
the Church. The Gospel Of Jesus
brings to light hope OF everlasting
life TO the non.e1ect worId-to so many
of them as, under the light OF the
knowledge Of the glory Of God during
the. coming Millennial Age. will fully
respond and be OF those who will bow
the Knee and confess with the tongue
the great King. and be uplifted to
human perfection by the arrangements
Of His Kingdom. For these God has
the same everlasting life that He has
already given to the angelic hosts.
This everlasting life of the future Is
usually styled Immortality; for It will
be deathless life-a life free from the
imperfectlons Of the dying condition.
But the Immortality OF the Bible, which
is for the Church alone, is separate and
distinct. md elsewhere described as
the Divine 'nature."-2 Peter 4.
As We Now Sober Up..
This Bible presentation of the matter
that Gods proposition Is life or
death-we are beginning to see is most
reasonable, most logical. Furthermore.
His proposition is that when His Plan
will have been completed, none shall
! have life at all who viii not have II In
perfection. He desires not to have
/ mental. moral and physical cripples
and desenerates in His Kingdom. He
will give all the fullest opportunity for
recovery through the Redeemer and
the Messlanic Kingdom. All who will
not be obedient TO the Divine arrange
ment Will be everlastlngly destroyed.
| as thorns and thistles IRE destroyed.
and us uncomfortable wild beasts are
destroyed. This is the Divine Word on
the subject.-2 Peter 2:12; Isaiah 1912.
Thus eventually God will have
clean universe In which His Will shall
be done on earth even rs now It is done
IN Heaven. Eventually every knee
will bow. and no one need any longer
say. Know thou the Lord; for all
| shall know Him, and love Him, too.
Then the darkness, ignorance. super.
stition. which has blinded us will be
past Then our great Creator will be
seen to be our very best Friend. the
Father of Mercies. the God OF oil
Grace. Perhaps. indeed. we shall love
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