Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1915-04-02

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out Gods purpose of resurrection all
those asleep in death would have per.
ished as brute BEASTS. He pointed out
the Apostles assurances that Christ
arose from the dead and became the
/ First-fruits of those i'll the death sleep.
Others indeed. were temporarily aWak
ened but soon relapSed into death.
/ They did not have a fun raising mp to
( life-a resurectiOn-Such as Christ'S
redemptive work guarantees to Adam
and all of his race who willingly ac-
cept that work under the terms Of the
| New Covenant
Then he demonstrated conclusively
from Scripture that the soul. not the
body. is promised Il resurrection. that
it was our Lords soul that went to
SheOl. to Hades-the tomb: and that
the Father raised Him out Of death on
the third day. He pointed out the
difficulties into which all ChristendOm
is plunged by the unscriptura theory
that the body is to be resurrected, and
showed the reasonableness of the
Bible presentation of the subject.
The ordinary thought respecting our
Lords death and resurrection is that
when Jesus seemed TO die. He did not
actually die: that He, the Soul, could
not die: that on the third day He re-
turned to get the body which had been
crucified: that forty days later He took
it to Heaven. where He will retain it
to all eternity. married with the nail
prints. the thorn marks. and the spear
wound in His side Some endeavor to
gloss the matter by suggesting that
our Lords flesh shines-t the shining
presumably making the scars and
wounds all the more conspicuous.
All this. the speaker declared. com
ports with the theory that ut death
the saints go to Heaven. but return
on the Judgment Day to ret their bod
es-inconveniences of which they had
been rid for centuries. i'm some in
stances He pointed ont the abSurdi-
ties of this theory handed down from
the Dark Ages. and presented the Bible
teaching on this important theme
What Say the Scripeuresf
The Bible presentation is reasonable
and consistent. st. Paul explains that
there is a natural body and there is
a spiritual body" and that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the Kingdom Of
God" \ human being is so different
from Il spirit being that as st John
says. it doth not yet appear what
we 1.-THE Church shall be-" in the
resurrection change: and the Bible
does not attempt an explanation. but
merely declares that rs we now bear
the image Of the earthly. 50 the Church
shall by The resurrection change. share
our Lords nature and likeness
To be like our Lord and to see Him
as He is. the Church must be changed
from flesh and blood conditions to
spirit conditions by resurrection pow
er This fact proves that our Lord is
no longer flesh and blood-a human
being
St Paul calls attention to the diff
ference between celestial and earthly
bodies. He tells us that the first Adam
was made living soul man; but
that our Redcemer who took the earth
~ nature for the suffering of death.
thereby became the Second Adam-the
Heavenly Lord. The wide distinction
is thus clearly set forth. One was
earthly. and the other Heavenly.
The Scriptures teach that our Re
deemer. before becoming a man. was
a Spirit Being His leaving the spirit
plane to become Il man is described as
a great humiliation on His part; for
man is lower than angels. Adam.
the perfect man. had stunned: and ac-
cording TO Divine Law his redeemer
must be on tine same plane-a CORE
spending price Hence the death of an
angel or Of our Lord in His prehuman
condition would not have paid mans
penalty and released the condemned
race. SO we read Of our Lord. ~ body
hast Thou prepared Me"-"for the Suf-
fering Of death"
The very Apostle who tells Of our
Lords humiliation unto death. even I
the death of the cross" assures us that |
the Father did not leave His Son on /
the lower plane. Wherefore. says |
st. Pau. God hath highly exalted |
Him. and hath given Him a name
above every name" This is in har /
mony with our Lords prayer, "Glorify /
Me with The glory that had with .
Thee before the world was" lie was
quite content TO serve the Fathers /
Plan and then to return to His former
glorious eStale But the Heavenly IA
hers resp use was. II have @loriied /
rhee. and J viii glorify Thee again"
Or further-implying still higher |
Glory than that which our Lord enjoy /.
nd before He was ma lc flesh