Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-13

every window and door was locked,
and disappear at will. 1t was a BODY
composed of flesh and bones but
without any blood-the hole was
still in His heart. It was a body
that could eat, but did not have to
in order to maintain life.
1t was body that could and did
breathe Ono. 2O:22), but lives where
oxygen is not needed. 1t was body
that was more subject to gravitatIon
toward heaven than to the law OF
gravitation of the earth. 1t was a
real body. the same, yet different.
Remember, though, the essential
thing is that it was a real BODY.
Nothing less than this will satisfy
the demands of God or the needs or
men. If Jesus Christ had not been
raised actually to life in a real body
then His life would have ended in a
tragic failure, and His other words
would have no claim on our credull-
ty. He said He would rise again on
the third day. If He did not, we can
not be expected to trust anything
else He said He would do. II He
had not actually risen, we would
have no assurance that God had ac-
copied the sacrifice He made in our
stead His death would have been no
different from that of any other man
who died for what he believed.
Thank God, it was a real body that
rose, the same, yet different.
The Kind of Body
Some of the differences and some
of the resemblances of the body Of
Christ after the resurrection to the
80 icf hofnrn His death have
already been noted. It now remains
to point out the essential difference
which explains the differences and
resemblances above noted. One was
a natural body, the other a spiritual
body. Il Cor. 15:44 The one is
"soma psuchikon," body controlled
by the 'psuchi'' or soul; the other is
a "soma pneumatikon," a body con-
trol1ed by subordinate to the
"pneuma" or spirit. They differ from
each other as the first Adam differs
from the second Adam, the Lord
from heaven. The first Adam became
a living soul, and the body Of Jesus
which He received from the womb
of His mother was body controlled
by the soul. But He the second Adam
a new creation became by His resur-
rection and life-giving spirit, and His
resurrection body was one which is
perfectly adapted to the sphere Of
existence which is wholly in the
realm of the Spirit. It is not ma
terial, although it may become so at
the will of the Spirit, and which so
resembles so closely the former ma
terial body that it may be recognized
by those who had known the physl-
cal body.
In beautiful contrast, Paul sets
forth the characteristic of these
two bodies. The natural body is
subject to corruption; it is brought
into dishonor through sin and thus
falls short of the glory God intend
ed for it; it is weakness itself. On
the other hand, the body subjected
entirely to the spirit and fitted for
the highest expression of the spirits
needs is incorruptible; it attains to
the glory intended for man by low
ing and all powerful God; it is power
itself, able to meet all the demands
Of the spirit Of God.
This is the kind of body that
Jesus Christ had after His resur-
rection-the body of His glory, as
Paul calls it. And thus is the body
IN winch lie entered heaven dHO
which He still has in heaven (Acts
Ill and 3:3D.
Relation to You
And oh, the joy of it! This is the
kind of God we who believe in Him
are going to have when He comes
again Phil. 3:21 and Jno. 3:1,2). A
body not subjected to. the passions
and appetites such as this one now
is Matt 22:30, Luke 20:34, 36), not
necessarily sexual, but higher than
sex; a body that will be able to
work without WEAKNESS, that will be
able to do what the spirit desires
and whichSWill know as am known
and able to appreciate the love of
God in Christ which passeth knowl-
edge.
In the meantime, united with
Jesus Christ, crucified as to the self
life with Him, and letting Him live
and express Himself in me or you,
let us work out what God is already
working in. and because Of this
hope purify ourselves even as He
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