River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-08


Adam, we shall by the glorious resur-
rection change be given a share in the
nature and likeness of the Second
! Adam. our glorious Lord. We shall
be like Him and see Him as He is Il
John So And be it noted. we must
! be changed from flesh and blood con-
ditions to spirit conditions by resur-
rection power. in order that we may
zee Him as He is Surely this fact
proves that our Lord Jesus is no long
or flesh, as He was once-'in the days
of His flesh. Hebrews 81.
Heavenly Bodies Versus Earthly Bodies.
st. Paul calls attention to the diff
ference between celestial bodies and
terrestrial, or earthly bodies, and de-
clares that they have different gories.
He tells us that the first Adam was
| made a living soul. a human being;
but that our Redeemer, who humbled
Himself and took the earthly nature
for the suffering Of DEATH" thereby
| became the Second Adam-the Heav-
emily Lord. The wide distinction be-
tween the first Adam and the Second
Adam is clearly set forth. One was
earthly, and the other Heavenly. AS
we now bear the image of the earthly.
we shall. if faithful, bear the Heavenly
image Of our Lord, the Second Adam,
after our resurrection change.
ST. Paul illustrates by saying that
we know Of many kinds of organisms
on the earthly pIane-one flesh of man,
another of beasts. another of birds and
another of fishes. But however differ
ent the organisms. they are all earthly.
! SO on the Heavenly plane, the spirit
| plane. there are varieties Of organisms,
| but all are spirit.
Our Heavenly Father is the Head
| or Chief-"God is a Spirit Cherubim,
seraphim. and the still lower orders OF
! angels are all spirit beings; and Christ.
] our Redeemer, after finishing the work
! Of sacrificing appointed to Him, was
resurrected to the Spirit plane-far
| above angels, municipalities and powers
next to the Father. (Ephesians 20
90 Thus we read. NOW the Lord is
| that Spirit; and again. He was put to
death in the flesh, but quickened [made
alivel in the spirit. - Corinthians
3:17; Peter 3:1S.
The more we examine the subject.
the more foolish and unscriptural ap-
pear the views handed down to US from
the Dark Ages. For instance, the
| Scriptures clearly set forth that our
Redeemer, prior TO becoming a man.
was a spirit being-"the Only Begot-
ten of the Father, full of grace and
truth" His leaving the spirit plane to
become a man is Scripturally described
! as a great stoop, or humiliation. Is it
| reasonable to suppose that the Heav-
emily Father would perpetuate to all
| eternity that humiliation, after it had
served it's purpose? Surely not!
The Bible tells US why Jesus hum
| bled Himself to the human nature-'a
| little lower than the angels" 1t was
because a man had sinned, and the Re
deemer must, under the Law, be on
the same plane us the one whom He
| would redeem. Thus Jehovah partic-
ularly specified, IAN eye for an eye, a
| tooth for Il tooth, a life for a life"
| Hence the death of an angel or of our
i Lord in His pre-human condition could
not have effected the payment of mans
! penalty and the consequent release of
| the condemned race. Thus again we
read, "A body hast Thou prepared Me, !"
for the suffering Of death. Hebrews
1875; 30.
No one questions that this applies
exclusively to our Lords experiences
during the years in which He who
was rich became poor for our sakes,
that we through His poverty might be
made rich" Surely it is indispensable
that the Father would arrange q Plan
| by which our Redeemers faithfulneSs
in accomplishing mans redemption
would cost Him IN eternity of poverty.
! humiliation, degradation to a plane "a
| little lower than the angels; while the
! Church would be made rich and would
attain spirit state far above angels
be made partakers of the Divine na-
ture.-2 Peter IA.
"God Hath Highly Exalted Him.
On the contrary, the very same Apos-
tie who tells US of our Lords humilia-
! ton carries the matter to the climax,
and tells us of His faithfulness, as the
Man Christ Jesus, unto death, even
! the death of the cross" Then he adds
an assurance of the Heavenly Fathers
faithfulneSs in not leaving His Son on
lower plane: Wherefore God also
| highly exalted Him. and hath given
Him a name above every name
! Philippians 20.
This is in harmony with our Lords
words in His prayer to the Father. A
! JOY had been set before Him-the joy
of pleasing the Father, of bringing a
| blessing to mankind, and also of exal-
tation. as a special reward for obedi-
ence. But the Redeemer, ignoring all
the promises Of a higher glory as a re-
ward for His faithfulness. merely
prayed to the Father in these words,
Father, glorify Thou Me with the
j glory which l had with Thee before
| the world was" In humility He ask