The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-06-14

Righteousness. the golden rule.
The Church's resurrection to the
"plory. honor. and immortality" with.
Christ. will be an instantaneous one.
ain moment. in the twlinkling of
an eve" The worlds resurrection
will require a thousand years. For
this reason "God hath appointed a
day Ia 1000 wear day. Peter 3:8)
in which He will Judge the world in
Righteousness, by that man 1.-THE
Christ, Jesus the head, the church
His body) whom He hath ordained"
"Do We not know that the saints shall
Judge the world?" (Acts. 1881; LIST
Cor. 6: 2. 3; Rev. 2O:6; 5:10.). ?
"Rut some man will saw. how are
+ho Jead raised mn and with what
bnJy do thew comeq" Some tell MS,
thai in the resurrection, God will re-
gather the bodies that are sown in
dcath "atom for atom" But such is
NOT the Apostle's argument. He
stnws thot r. we sow wheat we do
not evnect to reon those grains sown
in tho oround hut we would expect it
~ die and to nroduce another grain
ill., itseIf Nor If we SOW wheat we
da rot cynect il to grow harley. or if
we sow harley we do not expect it to
grov rorn. But if we SOW wheat we
evnnct il to grow wheat. If we are
cnwn in dcatS natural human beings,
wo viii hn raised human beings. hut
If wa nre hegotten of the Holy Spirit
IN the shirt nature. and undergo a
tr,nsformation Of nature during this
life becoming "NEW CREATURES"
we arc mn longer rerkoned ms human
hcings hut ne sniritunI beings I've
ora Toi in the flesh hut in the shirt.
If On ha tho shirt Of Cod dwell in
yon"l and will he horn in the "frst
ycsu,ract;or" n the "Div;ne MA
TIIpEW IPo,, 1911 .. 2nd Cor 5.17.
9nd Peter 1:4l, This is n very "high
calling" as St Paul explains,
Shcavenlv calling" and is offered on
,y r. The footsten followers of Christ,
Rnt some NAV inouire. what will
ba tha nrohohIn manner m when the
worlds rcsurrection will proceed?
Jasus tolls ms that "thero are many
| tbot ore last that shall he first and
tho fret shall be last" We under.
sford fron, this that whom Mcssiah's
Kinmdon, Is fmllv established on earth
ME- Eiol aTd +ho arostitnt;on of
All tb;r~sn IActs 2.Io-oI has hegun
thosn tnot iast want down into the
tnnh Viii ba tho first n ha hroupht
forth Win tbev aIi ho hroneht
forth at once? No only so many as
can he nroncrlv taken care of, When
those Who viii Le living then have
made nroner arronpempSts and are
nray;rg that their father mother, or
busbana ore NAV hc restored TO
them that when The nroper time
comes their nraver will he answered.
and thew win receive their loved ones
from tie dead We are Glad TO he
assured from Gods Word, that ac-
cordinp TO the chronological teachings
of the Scriptures, corroborated by the
"signs of the times" the Kingdom
will soon be established, and the res
direction work begin. Jesus, after
! telling us of the great tribulation"
through which the world is to pass in
the end of this age, says: Except
those days should be cut short, there
should no flesh be saved, but for the
elects sake those days shall be short
ened" Matt. 24:21, 22), implying
that there would be millions that
would not enter the tomb--will new
er die. Again, after telling us of the
return of favor to the Jews (pic-
tured by the fig tree), which things
we see fulfilled today, he says, "Ver-
lily | say unto you, this generation
snail not pass, till ALL these things
be fulfilled Matt. 24:S2-34). Thus
we understand from this and other
Scriptures, that there are millions
living today that will never die. To
those who are able to exercise a
measure of faith in the precious prom
ises of the scriptures, this is "good
tidings of great joy, which shall be
unto all people" Luke 2:10).
II Is the clergy that has been tell
inc ne had tid,nos of great misery
which shall he to all neople, excent
the "a,art" Tbav toll us that orr nm
cjes and anrts brotbcrs and sisters
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