River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-11-05

possibilities of return to His favor
through the atoning work of Jesus be
ing clearly demonstrated to all, each
will have the opportunity of deciding
for himself whether or not he desires
to return to human perfection and the
blessed possibilities of everlasting life.
To do So be must be begotten again
by the Life Oliver; and the Life Giver
will beget again only those who desire
the new life. Wilful rejectors of the
privilege, we are assured, will die the
Second Death; while those who accept
the Savior's proposals will come under
helpful and disciplinary experiences
which will gradually lift them up men
tally, morally and physically, to per
fection-to all that was lost for them
in Father Adams disobedience and IT'S
penalty, and all that was regained for
them by the obedience of Jesus and
the Divine arrangement of His Mes
sianic Kingdom for the regeneration
of the world
The words beget. born and regener
ated or born again. associate them
selves in our minds with our natural
birth; but we are not to expect, as
Nicodemus queried. that any would
again be born as an infant from a
mother. The begetting to a new birth
will be in the mind-a covenant rela
tionship with the Life-Giver.
The Church the Second Eve.
Nevertheless, there is a beautiful
analogy, complete in every feature;
for while Father Adam was designed
to be the life-giyer, or father, or gen
orator of the race, Mother Eve was
designed to be it's nourisher, care-tak
er and instructor, to bring the race up
to complete development SO while
Jesus is the Life-Giver in the sense
that He gave His own life as Ran
som-price for Adam. 1t is also part
of the Divine Program that there
should be not only a Second Adam, but
also Second Eve.
The world will need not only the
start of the new life during the Mil
lennium. but also the care and nourish
ment necessary for their development
and uplift-for restitution to perfec
ton. Gods provision is that the
Church. called especially for the pur
pose and especially qualified for 1t dur
ing this Gospel Age, shall be the Anti
typical Eve-the Mother of the world
the care-takers, nourishers, supervis
ors. in respect to all regenerated, or re
begotten, by the Life-Giver Jesus
What a beautiful prospect of collabo
ration with the Savior in His great
work of rescuing Adam and his race
from the effects of Adamic sin and the
death sentences
The Divine picture is very complete
While Adam was alone he did not be-
come father. God caused him to fall
into a deep sleep, and from his side
took Mother Eve to be his bride, his
co-laborer, his ioint-hesF in his iRlfeM
lance, and his assistant in the work
of generating the human family. So
our Lord Jesus has not yet become
father. But He has gone into the deep
sleep of death, His side has been
wounded, and the first result Is the
gradual development, during the past
eighteen centuries, of Bride class. AS
Jesus passed from the human cOndi
ton to the spiritual before He could
be ready to be the Second Adam, SO
the Church class, as the New Creation,
must pass from the human condition
to the spirit condition, and must share
in the First Resurrection. before she
can fulfil her part in Gods great Plan
as the Second Eve
In view of this work that God has
outlined for His Son and for the
Church, is 1t any wonder that He
should consider it necessary to give us
lessons and tests in faith, loyalty and
obedience? Is it any wonder, in view
of the work which He has for us to do
for mankind, that He declares that as
the Redeemer Himself was given deep
experiences in suffering, in order to
be a merciful and faithful High Priest
In the things of God In relation to hu
manity, so the Church, His Bride,
members of His Body. must share
these experiences? When we come to
understand the High Calling of God to
the Church and the great work that Is
yet to be accomplished for and in the
world of mankind. we are amazed?
The Church's Regeneration Different.
1t was not Jehovah's program for
His Son that He should change to hui
man nature permanently On the con
trary we are distinctly told that the
Logos took the form Of a servant for
the suffering of death. and not for any
other purpose This purpose having
been accomplished, the Father raised
Him up by His own Power to spirit
nature and glory-"where He was be
FORE" but to a still higher station on
the spirit plane-"far above angels.
municipalities and powers, and every
name that is named This meant a
regeneration. or second BIRTH for Je
sus; for "fesh and blood cannot in.
herit the Kingdom ~ Cor. 1850
Our Savior exchanged His spirit con