Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-27


piled. 1t was only when time dimmcd
and blurred the historical fact that
men came to look upon the resurrecc-
ton as a doctrine rather than as an
actual occurrence and that the church
ceased to everywhere march with the
tread of a conqueror. The one thing we
need to do today to restore the old
time victories to the church is to in
sist upon the historicity of the resur-
rection of Jesus. If the Scripture rec
ord does not satisfy you there are
many infallible proofs still by which
one may establish the fact of that
great event, recent explorations in BIZ
BILE lands has put a vast fund of ma
terial at our disposal and now as new
err before we may most confidently and
positively face all men with the as
sertiOn that He who died under Ponti-
US PLATE was raised again the third
day and we need to emphasize this
most strongly in our preaching.
Il thank God that l have sounded no
uncertain note here. With the historical
fact Paul associated a doctrine, the doc
trine of the resurrection of the body.
"Not this body--this body il not to DC
raised again, that he plainly says, but we
are here to have q body\such as it shall
please Him to give US, Il body that shall
obey the behests Of the spirit, mani
, festable body, a body through which our
individuality shall be plainly shown SO
| that we shall know each other there
When we die, if we die in Christ we do
not sleep but we are changed we enter
| conscious state of death, q happy cen.
diton. but it is not our completed state
or condition. The souls that John saw
] dsembodied spirits, happy, rejoicing, but
| looking forward to something, and our
completed condition only comes when we
are given new, spiritual body. There is
something dear about the body, and whea
| we lay it aside we do SO with the assur-
! ance that the time will come when we
| shall have a body not having any mate
rial identity with the one laid down, but
| having an identity of personality. You
| will be yourself in your new body, and
| the traits that have made you attractive
| here will shine out with new power
through the new body. The God who
| raises the growing grain will b. the same
natural process give you new. spiritual
| body clothed with powers eternal.
Another great truth of this chapter Is
that of the second coming of Jesus Christ
and the dawning of the Judgment morn
| ing. He who went away while the dis
ciples gathered wonderingly around will
come again In like manner. There are in
the Bible 1893 particulars foretold concern
| ing Jesus Christ, and 1872 Of them have
had exact fulfillment, every detail Of the
prophecy finds it's counterpart in histori-
cal truth. the old book has been found
| absolutely trustworthy, it has told and
/ foretold what it did not seem possible
could be fulfilled, what the devout men,
| the God-fearing men of that day felt
could not be literally fulfilled. They LOOK
ed for some explanation that would ena-
| BILE them to put a spiritual meaning upon
| the words. 1t was foretOld that He should
| be born Of virgin, but men did not see
how that could be and they explained to
| the people what that phrase meant. Also
| it was foretold that should come Of
| David's royal line, but should come in q
humble manner and be despised and re-
jected Of men, they did not see how that
| could be and so the learned rabbis Of the
day explained what that meant, 1t was
|
the hands Of cruel men. but the scholars
Of that day did not see how that could
be and so they spiritualized tho Truth and
explained it away, but it all came to pass
| with the utmost nteralness. just exactly
/ as it had been foretold, not one jot or
little passed away till all was fulfilled.
One prophecy Of the 1893 remains unful-
flied.
Prophecy was clearly made that He
will come again in the clouds of
Heaven, attended by all the cohorts
of glory, come to Judge the world in
Righteousness. equity and truth. and
scholars are now explaining to Us
how that truth, too, may be spiritual
lied, how 1t means our death, or his
coming in the great epochs of history,
but don't you take them too seriously.
when Jesus spoke Of death he said
death, when he spoke of the second
coming, Of his appearing again. he
knew whereof he spoke. Just because
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