The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-15

[ SnssH{ III Oul NpultAl
((RASIQR RUSStlg) st. Paul discusses
the resurrection,
and shows that without Gods purpose
to restore the dead TO life those who
have fallen asleep In death would have
persisted as do brute beasts. Then he
assures us that Christ has risen and
become the First-fruits of those that
slept" Others, indeed, were awak-
ened temporarily; for instance, the
daughter of Jairus, the son of the
widow of Main, and Lazarus the friend
of Jesus Yet none of these instances
is counted as resurrection; for 1t Is
said that Christ il the First-fruits Of
them that slept. Their awakening was
merely of temporary nature, and they
soon relapsed into the sleep of death.
They did not have full resurrection
anaStaSis-a raising up to perfection Of
life, such as the redemptiye work of
Jesus guarantees TO Adam and to all
his race willing to accept the same I'M
der the terms Of the New Covenant
| Jeremiah 81 .ol-o4.
The Scriptures clearly teach that 1t
| is not the body, but the soul, that Is
| promised a resurrection-tha it was
our Lords soul that went to Sheo, to
/ Hades, to the death state, and that
/ God raised Him from death on the
third day. All Christendom has been
plunged into difficulties by the I'M
scriptural theory that 1t is the body
which is to be resurrected. We shall
now note few of the difficulties into
which this error has plunged US as be-
levers In the words of Christ, partic-
ularly in connection with our Redeem
er's resurrection.
What Went to Heaven7
The ordinary thought in Christian
minds in respect to our Lords death
and resurrection IS that when He seem
ed TO die He did not die: that He, the
being, soul, could not die; that, in
stead, He went to Heaven and then
came back on the third day to get the
body which had been crucified that
He took it TO Heaven forty days later;
that He has had that body ever since;
and that He will have it to all eternity,
married with the print Of the nails in
His hands and His feet, with the print
of the thorns upon His brow. and with
the spear mark in His side. What a
CHASTITY thought!
How strange that we should have
been misled into SO unscriptural and
unreasonable a theory Some endeav
or to gloss the matter by suggesting |
that our Lords flesh is glorified-that |
it shines-the shining presumably max.
ing the wounds all the more conspicu-
Gus.
Our Methodist friends have not yet .
changed their statement Of the matter;
He assembled up on High.
taking His heshly body with Him and
all that appertained thereto, and sat
down on the right hand of Cod" This
medieval statement correctly admits
that the fleshly body was not the
Lords glorifed body, but declares that
He, the soul, took it with Him as lug
gage. The statement, land all that ap
pertained thereto" presumably would
refer to our Lords sandals, walking
stick, and such clothing as the soldiers
lid not divide amongst themselves at
he time Of His crucifixion-if indeed
He had any others! But our dear
Methodist friends wish to be sure that
nothing was left behind.
All this Is Of piece with the theory
hat when the saints die they 90 to
Heaven. and return later to get their !
bodies "and all things appertalning t
Inconvenience that they .
AVE been rid Of for centuriesl How {
many trunkloads Of things appertain- '
ne thereto" may be taken by some +
md how mixed an assortment by 9th. y
RS. Is not stated Neither are partic. :
liars given respecting these whose I
lothing, etc. have meantime worn out. :
But we have had enough Of this. II II
las helped us 10 see the absurdities (
( our theories received from the Dark "
Iges. II it has awakened US to thought I
nd to Bible investigation on this i'm Il
ortant and interesting subject
What Say the Seriptures2 4
The Bible presentation Of this mat 4
sr is In every way reasonable. consist
Mt and harmonious. ST. Paul points u
ut that then. Is a natural body and >
here IL "a spirit body" He does not
iean. and he does not say. that the y
pirit body is a human body glorified. @
ute TO the contrary. be declares that u
flesh and blood cannot inherit the u
.ingdom Of God"-no matter how gio-
fed II might be- human being IL
, totally different from spirit being a.
iat. as ST. John says. 1T doth not yet !,
ppear what we shall be" in our resur