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

Z Atahl, We AhnN hy the glorious rNSuF
re ton change bc given a share Ia TIN
/ nature and liscuess Of the Secont
Adam. our glorious Lord We shat
br Ike Him and see Him as lie Is 4
John 3.2l Aud be Il noted VIZ mus
I bc changed from flesh and blood con
diions 10 spirit conditions by resur
rcction power In order that we may
see Him as He is Surely this fact
| proves that our Lord Jesus IS no long
or flesh. as He was once "n the days
OF His flesh. - Hebrews 5;7.
4 Heavenly Bodies Versus Earthly Bodies
ST. Paul calls attention TO the diff
/ ference between celestial bodies aud
terrestrial or earthly bodies. and de
clareS that they have different glories
4 He tells us that the first Adam was
made 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-
enly 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 plane-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 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, princlpalitles and powers
next to the Father. Ephesians ] 90
23) 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. 20 Corinthians
3:17; Peter 3;1S.
The more we examine the subject,
the more foolish and unscriptural APP
pear the views handed down to us from
the Dark Ages, For instance, the
Scriptures clearly set forth that our
Redeemer, prior to becoming 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 great stoop, or humiliation. Is it
reasonable to suppose that the Hcay-
emily Father would perpetuate to all
eternity that humiliation after it had
served its purpose? Surely not.
The Bible tells us why Jesus hum
bled Himself to the human nature-"a
little lower than the angels" II was
because a man had sinned, and the Re.
deemer must, under the Law, be on
the same plane as the one whom He
would redeem. Thus Jehovah partic-
ularly specified, IAN eye for an eye,
tooth for a tooth, a life for life"
Hence the death of an angel or of our
Lord in His pre-human condition could
not have effected the payment of mans
penalty and the consequent release of
he condemned race. Thus again we
'ead, "A body hast Thou prepared Me-"
for the suffering of death. Hebrews
1915; 30
No one questions that this applies
to our Lords experiences
Turing the years In which He who
vas rich became poor for our sakes,
hat we through His poverty might be
made rich" Surely it Is indispensable
hat the Father would arrange a Plan
" which our Redeemer's faithfulness
q accomplishing mans redemption
would cost Him an eternity of poverty,
humiliation, degradation TO a plane "a
title lower than the angels while the
'hurch would be made rich and would
tain spirit state ''far above angels"
be made partakers OF the Divine ma
ure.-2 Peter Ia
GOD Hath Highly Exalted Him.
On the contrary. the very same Apos-
q who tells US Of our Lords humilia-
on carries the matter to the climax,
nd tells US Of His faithfuness, as the
Ian Christ Jesus, unto death, even
he death Of the cross" Then he adds
n assurance Of the Heavenly Fathers
Iithfulness in not leaving His Son on
lower plane: Wherefore God also
ghly exalted Him. and hath given
I'm a name above every name
Philippians 20 /
This is In harmony with our Lords /
ords In His prayer to the Father. A |
y had been set before Him-the Joy
pleasing the Father, of bringing a
essing to mankind, and also OF exal. |
ton, as a special reward for obedi- [
ce. But the Redeemer, ignoring all I
G promises Of higher glory as a re- ]
ard for His faithfulness, merely 4
aged 10 the Father In these words, /
'ather. glorify Thou Me with the II
Dry which | had with Thee before U