The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-05

has risen from the dead and become
tH" fifat-truits or them that slept"
'thefs. indeed. were awakened tenn
9orarlly. aH. for Instance. Jnlrua'
at tighter, tho son Of the widow Of
Main. nud Lazarus the friend 81
JeHuf, Yet none 81 these instancea
~ counted 49, a resurrection. for II
~ written that Christ ~ the First.
ffuiiH ~ them that slept Their
AWAkeninE was merely 81 temper
AIRY nature. and they coon rsihpacd
into tho death sleep. They did not
have fun resurrection suasta.I.
"A raising up % perfection Of life.
I such aH Jesus Fedempttva work
guarantees 10 Adam and 90 ali his
race who are willing 20 accept 81 un-
DOR ths terms ~ the New Covenant.
~-Jeromihh ai,7f-5g.
Tho Scriptures clearly teach that
not an" body but tho soul ~ prom
isod q rosurreciion-that ~ was our
Lords soul that went 10 Hheoi.
hades. tho death state. and that God
raised Him out u death on the third
day All Chriitsndom has been
plunged into difficulties by the nn-
scripfurai theory thnt the body H. 10
De rehurrcrted We shall now note
few ~ tho difficulties into which
THIS error hes plunged ua ms balles-
! "rH IN the scriptures. particularly in
connection with our Redncner'a
resurrection.
what Say the Scriptures.
In Christian minds the ordina ~
thought respecting our Lords death
and resurrection Is that when Jesus
seemed 70 die lie dld not die. that
he. the being. the soul could not
de. that instead. He went 20 TIeav-
en-. and then came back on the third
duy Ga got the body which had been
l crucined. that forty days later lie
took u 90 Heaven: that lie has had
that body ever since. and that 20 ali
eternity lie VIII have a. marred
with tho print o. the nails IN Ills
( hands and Ills feet. with the marks
or the ihornn upon His brow. and
with the spear wound IN His side
| what n CHASTITY thought How
/ strange that ws should ever have
been ulrled into so unreasonable and
I unFcriptpfni theory Some en-
/ dosvor 20 gloss the matter By rux-
costing that our Lords flesh ~ Elor-
Z lfied-ihat II shines--thc shining
| presumably making the wounds an
the more conspicuous
Our Methodist friends have TINS
I stated the matter ~ffe hHcended up
on High. taking His nenhly body
with Him, ana all that spperfalned
Z hereto. and sat down on the right
l hand % God This medieval state
ment correctly admits that the flesh
1 - body was not the Lords glorifled
/ body, but declares that He. the soul
took II with Him az luggage. The
/ clause, "and all that appertaIned
thereto" presumably would refer 10
| our Lords sandals walking stick
aud such clothing as tho soldiers aid
not divide amongst themselves az the
/ time % the crucifixion--if Indeed lie
bad any others But our dear Metho-
/ DIST friends wish to DO sure thar
nothing was left behind
All this f. 81 piece with the the
I DRY that when the saints die they go
/ ia Heaven, but come back later TO
I get their bodies and all that apper-
tained thorcto"--the Inconvenience
I that they have been rid OF for CEN
I turies' How many trunk loads Of
I things appcrtaininE thereto may be
/ taken bN some, and how mixed an
assortment by others. IS not stated.
I Neither are particulars given re-
speeding those whose clothing. etc,
have meantime worn out. HIT we
i nave had enough OF this N I'd has
I helped uH to sec the absurditv OF
/ theories received from the Dark
/ AEes--if q has awakened ua 10
thought and 10 Bible Investigation
on this Interesting. and important
subject
1 The Bible presentation Is IN every
way reasonable, consistent and har-
monious St Paul points out that
there ~ a natural body and there IS
= spirit body" He neither means
nor says that the spirit body Is a
I human body Elorified Quite 10 the
contrary. he declares that flesh and
/ blood cannot inheri; the Kingdom
fsaN sa. =. a
/ human being iH 50 totally different
/ from spirit being that az St John
saws. 1T doth not yet appear what
We shall be" IN our resurrection
change. and the Scriptures do not
even attempt 20 give us an explana-
ton John 80
The Bible merely declares that as
we now bear the image OF the earth
1 ly--Adam--ao we shall by the resur-
rection change be given share in
the nature and the likeness Of the
/ Second Adam. our glorious Lord We
l shall be like Kim and see Him as lie
is but be e noted. we must be
changed from flesh and blood condi-
lions TO spirit conditions by rcsur-
Erection power. in order 20 see Him
las He ia Surely this fact proves
that our Lord Jesus ~ no longer
/ flesh. as once lie was--'In the DAYS
OF HIS flesh. Hebrew so.
Heavenly nodics ~. Earthly bodies
ST. Paul calls attention 60 the dir
ference between celestial bodies and
terrestrial or earthly bodies. and de-
clnros that they have different
glories, lie tells us that the first
Adam was made n living soul. a hu-
I man being. but that our kedeemer.
who BUNDLED Himself and took the
lcarthly nature--"for the suffering OF
death" tHebrews e;9)--thereby be-
lcame tho Second Adam. the Heaven
liy Lord. The wide distinction be-
Tween the Second Adam and the first
| Adam Is clearly set forth, ono was
earthly and the other IL Heavenly.
ST. Paul illustrates by saying that
we know Of many kinds OF organ
isms on the earthly or fleshly plane
Ono flesh OF man, another OF beasts
Innnther OF birds and another nf