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


should be not only 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 esr ecially for the pur-
pose and especially qualified for it dur
ing this Gospel Age. shall be the Anti
typical Eve-the Mother of the world
the care-takers, nourishers, supervis-
begotten, by the Life-Giver Jesus.
What 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 sentenced
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 joint-heir in his inheri-
lance, and his assistant In the work
of generating the human family So
our Lord Jesus has not yet become a
father. But He has gone into the deep
sleep of death, His side has been
wounded, and the first result is the
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 it any wonder that He
should consider it necessary to give us
lessons and tests in faith, loyalty and
obedience? Is 1t 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 merciful and faithful High Priest
in the things of God in relation to hui
mainly, 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 Jehovahs 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
regeneration, or second birth, for Je-
sus; for flesh and blood cannot In
herit the Kingdom Cor 1850.
Our Savior exchanged His spirit con-
dition, or nature, for the human, but
He could not exchange the human ma
ture for the spiritual: else there would
have been no object served in His hui
initiation. His human life was to be
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tion-price for Adams life and, there
fore, as the Redemption-price of the
whole world. since all lost life through
Adams disobedience. The application
of the Masters sacrificed life would
have left Him without any life-rights
as man, but God provided for His
regeneration; that is to say. for His
birth.
The sacrifice of Himself as human
being was made when Jesus was thir
ty years of age, and was symbolized
by His immersion; and Immediately
the Father begat Him again, not to
be a human being, but spirit being
He was begotten of the Holy Spirit
which descended upon Him in a form
like dove. For three and a half years
Jesus, as a New Creature, spirit begot-
ten. used His flesh BODY consecrate6
20 death, having no otner. In 1t, Fac
was tempted in all points like as We
are, yet without SIM; and having dem
onstrated His loyalty to God, even
unto death at Calvary, the Father rails
ed Him from the dead on the third day
not man, but a New Creature.
In other words, Jesus experienced
the same transformation that the
Apostle mentioned, saying, at is sowD
In weakness; it Is raised in power; 1.
is sown in dishonor; it is raised In
glory; it is sown an animal body; 1t
is raised spiritual body" After Hts
resurrection, Jesus illustrated the les
son given to Nicodemus, Of which our
text is a part. He could, and did.
come and go like the wind Some sew
en- times during the forty days, He
appeared for brief intervals for the
instruction Of His disciples, just as
| angels have done. Later, He ascend
ed up on High. "Now the Lord is that
Spirit'-"the Second Adam."-2 Corbl-
thians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 1915, Al.
The Bible tells us that God from the
very beginning had foreknown that
Jesus would accomplish this work and
become the Father of Adam and his
race by regeneration; and the Apostle
assures us that God foreknew also
the Church as the Bride of Christ and
His Joint-heir in His Kingdom And
Jesus said to some of the earliest
members of the Church class, 'In the
regeneration fin the Millennium
We shall sit upon thrones" Matthew
1929 Elsewhere He declared, '"co
him that overcometlf will ] grant to
sit with Me In My Throne. Rev. 3:21.
The Father purposed that the Bride
class should be selected from amongst
the members of the fallen race, and
should be prepared for their work of
future glory before the worlds would
commence. He purposed also that this
Bride class should have a change of
nature similar to that which Jesus
experienced-it would begin with them
as with Him, at the time of consecra-
ton and splrit-begetting and culmi
nate with them as with Him, in the
resurrection change. Thus the Church
has the promise that she shall be ike
her Lord, see Him as He is, and share
His glory. q John 80; Romans S:17D
st. Peter. speaking Of the call of the
Church, declared that God gave unto
this class exceeding great and pre-
cious promises by these prom