The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-03

s@Aa received gifts for
HkASA0RRUSSELL]k men: yea, for the
: rebellious also,
that the Lord God might dwell among
hhem."-Psalm 6S:18.
Pastor Russell declared that one Of
the serious errors engrafted into the
Christian faith is the supposition that
Jesus is still a man in Heaven. He de-
clared that this thought has helped to
turn away many from the faith In the
premnlenniaI coming of Christ, and the
establishment OF His Kingdom for
blessing the world, as the Bible de-
clares. Many Christians perceive that
a localized reign Of Christ in the flesh
would be far inferior to a spiritual
reign, and hence the general rejection
OF all faith in the Second Coming OF
Christ and His Mlllennial Kingdom.
He pointed out that all Christians
firmly believe that Jesus was a spirit
being before He was made flesh, and
Iwelt among u.s." All believe also that
a. spirit being is Of a higher order than
a human being, and that Jesus made a
great stoop when He laid aside the
glory Of His pre-human condition to
become ''the Man Christ Jesus" st.
iPaul's reference to this was quoted:
although He was rich, yet for our
sakes He became poor, that we through
His poverty might become rich" He
Invested Himself Of His glory and took
upon Himself the Seed of Abraham,
and was found in fashion as a man"
a man is ga little lower than the an
gels"-even in his perfection.
The Pastor declared that no student
of the Bible could suppose that the
Heavenly Father has permanently de-
graded His Son from a station higher
than angels to one Iotcer than angels.
Nobody believes this in his heart Of
hearts, and yet many profess this very
thing. The ascension Of Christ is
claimed to prove it. It is absurd to
suppose that with q Lord Jesus, ac-
customed to the spirit condition, and
made flesh for the short space Of thir-
ty-three and a half years, could be
otherwise than disconnected and se-
riously dishonored by the Father, II
He now has a body Of flesh.
Ascends Where He Was Before.
The Pastor declared that mistaken
views respecting the word ascend"
helped to confuse Christian people.
The Apostle quoting and explaining
his text, shows that Jesus ascension
as to be considered in conjunction with
His descent. He that assembled Is the
same who thirty-four years before de-
seconded. Did the descending have any
reference to the kind of body? Surely
not! Then the ascending has no refer
ence to the, kind of body. The descend
SaO signfhed the humiliation, the leav-
ing OF spiritual glory, In order to be
born in the flesh.
The life Of the Logos was transfer
red from the spirit body and became
the life germ OF the babe, that He
might become the Man Christ Jesus,
and give Himself SCIENTIFICALLY for the
ains OF the world. Similarly, the be-
getting Of the Holy Spirit came to Je-
sus at His baptism and during three
end one half years It gradually con-
stituted Elm a spiritual Priest, whose
work It was to stoffer up Himself
THAT Offering ended at Calvary, when
Re cried, at is finished" and died.
When on the third day, the Father
eaased Him from the dead, it was the
Priest that was raised to glory, honor
and immortality, and not the animal.
Dr human, body which He had sacri-
iced. AS 1t is written, ga body hast
Thou prepared Me- 'for the suf-
3ering OF DEATH That leshIy body
was never intended to be an incum-
brance throughout eternity, upon the
Only Begotten OF the Father. He
dieth no more" and therefore has no
further use for the body Of flesh.
What became Of the deshIy body,
the Pastor would not undertake to
a It was not seen In the tomb.
We know 1t was the soul, not the
body, that was raised to life. Thou
wilt not leave My soul in sheel'-in
Hades-the tomb. Thou wilt not sui.
fer Thine Holy One to see corruption
Why d Body OF Flesh Was Used.
We must remember three things In
connection with this subject, said the
Pastor. The followers Of Jesus were
required to have full faith t1) That Je-
sus was the Logos, who had descend.
ed from the spirit plane Ito the human;
III That He had died sacriicialiy; OBJ
THAT God raised Him from the dead.
viass these noints-that God raised
Film from the dead, and tnaG He az
cended to- Heaven. where He was be
fore, were fully established Ia the
minds OF the Apostles, they would no
be lid d ft condition ID continue to bt
the disciples OF Jesus. On the other
hand, they were unable To- receive spir
itual Things until after the spirit-begat
nng at Pentecost Hence the instruc
dion given them must necessarily 81
along earthly lines
Let III suppose that Jesus had ND
appeared lii the flesh after Ills resur
raction. suppose that He had appear
ea ag He did to SaiI .of Tarsusas
areat Iight shining D Hsayen, abov
the ightIagss of Chg ssssas and SPOKE