The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-09

dition to the spiritual condition in the
resurrection; and that this change will
make them like their Redeemer. sc
that they may see Him as He is, not
as He WAS-that they may see Him
in glory, honor and immortality-ex
altation-and not as the One who III
humiliation was made flesh that He
might sacrifice His flesh on behalf OF
the race of Adam? Answering his
own question, he declared that when
we so thought we forgot the Scriptural
assertion that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the Kingdom of God" This
statement of Scripture implies that all
who become partakers of the Divine
nature and share in the Heavenly
Kingdom with their Lord and Redeem
er must be made like Him by the pow
er of the First Resurrection
Difficulties of Unbelievers.
The Pastor declared that he had
found worldly-wise people very scepti
cal respecting the descent of the Logos
the Son of God. to earthly conditions
but that Christians seem to have more
difficulty than do the world to compre
bend the ascension of Jesus to the
spirit plane and its excellent glory
Both points, however, are important
Whoever is unable to see that the
Logos. the glorious Son of the High
est, humbled Himself, Invested Him
self of the spirit nature and took In
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that Jesus was sinless. And those who
cannot recognize that He was holy
harmless, undefiled and separate from
sinners, cannot believe in the sacrifice
of Jesus as being a Ransom for Adam.
to effect his release and that Of his pos
terity from condemnation to death.
Pastor Russell went into considera-
BILE detail respecting the method by
which the Logos was transferred from
Heavenly conditions to earthly condi
tons. He showed that the purity OF
the Logos. His perfection of organism
His freedom from sin. was preserved
notwithstanding the fact that He was
born of an earthly mother who was
not free from the blemishes of the
Adamic race. The speaker proffered
his hearers. free on application, =
treatise entitled. 1.-THE Undefiled One, y
which he believes shows scientifically
the process used of God by which the
Logos was changed from the higher
to the human nature, yet preserved i'm
maculate.
A Serious Error Among Christians.
The error of supposing that Jesus is
still man was shown to signify the
denial of His statement that He would
ascend up where He was before, and
of st. Paurs teaching that He has
been highly exalted to glory and dis
inction-the Divine nature, instead of
the human nature This error, the
Pastor declared, has led to other er
rors, one of which he cited; namely,
that made by many Christian people
of expecting the Second Coming of
Jesus In the fiesh-as a glorious Man
and not as a glorious Spirit, partaker
of the Divine nature and altogether
disassociated from human nature.
Thinking of our Lord at His Second
Advent as a glorified Man, they asso
ciate Him with a material throne and
an earthly court. The unreasonable
ness of this error leads other Chris
tan people in an opposite direction.
Realizing that such an earthly king
dom would be a step backward rather
than forward, they deny the Second
Coming of Christ to establish the long
promised Messianic Kingdom.
The proper thought, the speaker de-
clared, is that Jesus accomplished in
the flesh the work which the Father
had given Him to do. when He sacri-
feed His earthly life. The Father re
warded Him gloriously by exalting
Him to the highest spirit plane. Now
our glorified Lord is waiting for the
gathering of His Elect, His Church.
His Bride. These are to share In His
resurrection to the Divine nature and
to sit with Him In His Throne. Then
the Kingdom of Messiah. so long prom
ised, will begin to bless the world,
using as its earthly representatives.
visible to men, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
and all the Ancient Worthless mention
ed In Hebrews IL
A Multitude of Captives.
The Pastor then showed that his
text figuratively represents the ascen-
sion of our Lord from the earthly plane
to the Heavenly as the triumph of Il
great Conqueror Sin had gained as
tendency over Adam and his race, and
had brought them down to the dust.
mentally. morally and physically
Moreover, this victory over mankind
had been gained in a legal manner
through the one mans disobedience
The Logos Invested Himself of His
glory on the spirit plane, was made
flesh, fulfilled the demands of the Law
proved Himself competent to pay the
sinners Ransom-price. and gave Hin
self Ransom for all, to be testified
in due time" Having finished His
sacrificial work, He was again received
to the spirit nature with exceeding
glory and to the right hand of God.
Thus. he continued. the great Con
queror is seen returning to the Heav-
emily state, acclaimed by the Heaven
ly host; and far down the centuries
the prophetic view sees following Him
great procession First comes the
Church. the Royal Priesthood. His
brethren, delivered from the power of
Sin and Death through the merit of
Jesus blood. These are only the van
guard of an advancing host; they are
"a kind of first-fruits to God Of His
creatures" rescued from Sin and
Death. Later on, for period of a
thousand years beyond the deliverance
of the Church, the prophetic pen fore
tells countless hosts of every nation.
people, kindred and tongue. to be de-
liyered from the power of Sin and
Death through the merit of Him who
died on Calvary.
Then will come the glorious consum-
nation, the Pastor said. When all
who will have refused Divine grace
shall have been destroyed in the Sec
ond Death, then shall be heard every
creature In Heaven and on earth say
ing, Blessing. and honor, and glory.
and power, be unto Him that stitch
upon the Throne. and unto the Lamb.
forever and ever"
1.-THE Acceptable Year of the Lord"
The Pastor then explained that at
our Lords First Advent began ''the ac-
ceptable Year of the Lord'-the time
when God, having accepted the sacri-
fee of Christ Jesus, became willing to
accept the sacrifices Of all who desire
to become His disciples-to take up
their cross and follow Him through
good report and evil report, even unto
death. The entire Gospel Age. he de-