Is it true that the Greek word anastasis always means a resurrection to spiritual life? Answer: Our English word resurrection signifies to raise up again and it does not indicate whether the body or thing raised has any life. For instance, Lazarus was raised by our Lord after having died, but not soon after he returned to the grave as all men do. His was not a resurrection in the fullest since of the word, but rather a resuscitation. He was raised (awoken from the…
Paul in 1 Cor 15 has given us the clearest and most explicit account of the resurrection to be found anywhere in scripture. He commences with Jesus and His resurrection and shows that we have many and reliable witnesses “that Christ died for our sins, and that he was buried and was raised the third day, (after his death,) and etc. He thus proves Christ’s resurrection as evidence of the power of God to raise the dead in general, for remember this was the general proclamation of…
Question: Please give me your explanation of the text, “He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His spirit that dwelleth in you.” Does it refer to the resurrection of the saints at the coming of Christ referred to in 1 Cor 15? If so, how shall we harmonize this statement with the one there made, viz.: “It is sown a natural body; raised a spiritual body.” “It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.” Now, if…
Who will develop, this higher nature – many or few of those who enter the covenant? We answer: All of them, except those who openly ignore the value of the “blood of the covenant wherewith they were sanctified,” i.e., set aside and ignore the value of Christ’s death – as their ransom or purchase and we believe this will be a small number. So, to speak, Jesus enters the covenant for us. He agrees to guarantee that our part of the contract shall…
Restitution signifies the restoring of a thing which was lost. You might give a person anything, whether he had once possessed it or not; but it would be quite improper to call it restoring unless he had once possessed and then lost it. The human family once possessed a perfect mental, moral and physical nature as represented in the person of Adam their head. Beautiful and majestic in form, God-like in the mental and moral qualities of his being (in God’s image) and commissioned to…
In ordinary times it is the privilege and duty of the children of God to shine as “the light of the world.” As in nature, the energies of everything that is germinated are directed to the building up and perfecting its own organizations, and thereby fulfilling its own mission in the realms of animated creations; so in the spiritual sphere of existence, the great business of “the begotten again” is to grow, develop and mature, and in the accomplishment of these processes…
We have seen that to every covenant to which there are obligations of two parties, there is a mediator, or one who stands between guaranteeing the fulfillment of its conditions. As under the covenant of the Law, Moses was the mediator, so is “JESUS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT,” and to him God looks for the fulfillment of the Law, and to him Israel and the world look for ability to comply with its conditions. Remember that we, the gospel…
“THE NEW COVENANT” is repeatedly mentioned in scripture. It should not be misconstrued as being God’s covenant with us – “the seed;” no, that was part of the Abrahamic covenant, and although in harmony with each other, they are not the same, nor is the “new covenant” made with the church at all. It does not come into operation until the spiritual seed as well as the fleshly children, have come into possession of what was promised them under the Abrahamic covenant. It, like the law which was…
A covenant is a ratified, unalterable agreement. God has made many covenants with man. (Gen 6:18; Jer 33:20 and etc.) Three, however, stand out very prominently, as in them have been bound up all the best interests of mankind. FIRST: The Covenant of God to Abraham. This covenant seems to comprehend and include a blessing on the natural fleshly descendants, as well as upon the higher, spiritual, seed, “which seed is Christ; and if ye be Christ’s (body), then are ye Abraham’s seed and heirs…
P. 42 – “Angels, or spiritual beings have the power to appear in different forms…. Hence, fallen angels can appear in the form and character of any person they choose to represent, as easily as Christ could appear as a gardener, stranger, or with pierced hands and side. It is useless to deny their wonderful developments. And that they do now materialize themselves and appear in actual likeness of the person they choose to represent, is placed beyond all reasonable…