The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-11-10

be born again." John 3:7) He said
in part:
In the past many of US have studied
the Bible in very careless manner.
neglecting to give to its inspired words
the consideration and respect they de
serve. In many cases, the original
thought has been utterly lost because
of some fanciful Interpretation. Con
sequently very few Christian people
have any concrete idea of the mean
ing of our text, and of other Bible
statements respecting the future re-
generation of the world.
Regeneration, or a second birth. is
absolutely necessary If we would at
tain everlasting life. The fault lies
not with our Creator, that He made
us incomplete; for, as the Bible de-
clares, AL His work is perfect" The
fault is chargeable to sin. "By one
mans disobedience sin entered into
the world, and death as the result of
sin; so death passed upon all men, be-
cause all are sinners"
This sentence of death upon Father
Adam hindered him from giving to his
children the perfection of life in which
he was created. His entire race has
been born into the world for six thou
sand years under a death sentence, or
curse. God cannot alter that sentence
The forfeited life cannot be prolonged;
the sentence of death cannot be set
aside; the Supreme Judge of the Uni
verse cannot for any reason declare
that He erred In His condemnation of
our race. He cannot set aside His own
decision. But God could provide for
the regenerating of Adam and his race.
To generate, as all know, signifies to
bring into life. Adam failed to gen
crate race to life; he merely gen
Grated a great race of thousands of
millions possessed of only a spark of
life-a dying race.
The Divine Provision is that our
Lord Jesus left the glory of the Heav-
emily condition and became a man for
the purpose of ransoming, or redeem
Ing, Adam and his race, which shared
his condemnation. The record is that
this sacrificed life laid down by Jesus
Is sufficient as a cancellation of all
Adamic sin. On the basis of that sac
rifce. and in the carrying out of the
Heavenly Fathers Program, Jesus was
raised from the dead "a quickeninp
spirit, life-giving Parsonage with
q glory far higher than that which He
had when He came into the world
"Him hath God highly exalted. and
given Him name which is above
every name."-Philippian 20.
The glorified Jesus is Scripturally
termed the Second Adam. the Life
Giver or Regeneration, and also the
Everlasting Father-that is, the Fa-
Their who gives everlasting life. The
time for the giving of life to the
world by this great Second Adam
whom God hath appointed. is to be the
thousand years Of His Messianic
Reign. Throughout the Millennium
1t will be the work of Christ Jesus.
as the glorified Second Adam, to regen-
crate the first Adam and all his race.
The regenerating influences will be-
gin with their awakening from the
sleep of death, in harmony with the
Masters declaration, THE hour is com
ing in which all that are in their graves,
shall hear the voice of the Son of Man.
and come forth. John 5:2s. 20.
The Regeneration of the World.
The coming forth from the tomb will
be the beginning of the regenerative
work, but not by any means its com
pletion. 1t will be merely a prepare
tory work. The awakened sleepers
will be in the same condition of mind
that they were in when they fell
asleep-in a very similar condition to
those who viii be living on the earth
at that time. Before any of them can
be regenerated. they must be brought
to a knowledge of the Truth. Their
eyes and their ears of understanding
must be opened. The Scriptures AS
sure us that this will be accomplish
ed. ''Then the eyes of the blind shall
be opened, and the ears of the deaf
shall be unstopped." isaiah 35:5.,
'The earth shall be full of the knowl-
edge of the glory of the Lord, as the
waters cover the sea."-Habakkuk
2:14; Isaiah 11:9.