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Show THE GH1EFEST ' RESURRECTION There Will Be Several Glasses H In the Resurrection. "Tha 'Chiefast Resurrection Begun WHh H Jss'us His Footstep Followers Will H 8hr In It With Him Then Will 'H Come Another Class en-'the Spirit 4H Plans Then Will Fellow tha fteoui--: . reotion of the Ancient Worthies H Theirs Is the "Better Resurrection 'H of Hebrews 11:36 The Remainder of Mankind Will Be .Resurrected GraeJ- ually During tha Messiah's Reign. H faMaM April ,"r-Pator HbbPK&S&W Russell delivered Ban intensely inter aaaaaaa eating aiecours H today on the Chief eat Besurrac- H text, "There shall be a resurrection. of the dead, both of the J oat and of bbbbbb! the -unjust" Acta PASTOR. RUSSELL) By way of Intro- ductlon to Wa theme, the Pastor declared that per-baps per-baps there bad never been a time "when the professed followers of Jesus beller- '-H ed less In the resurrection of the dead than at present. This shows a great falling away from "the faith once de-llvered de-llvered to the saints"; for the resurrec-tlon resurrec-tlon Is. the great hope -which the Bible acta before mankind. The speaker cited Scriptures to prore jH that death Is the penalty of sin the curse upon the race because of Adam's disobedience in Eden. God's dedara- tlon that at some future time the Seed 'H of the -woman shook! bruise the ser- pent' b bead -was the only ray of hope iH given for 1,500 years after sin had en- tered the world. Then God made an- other statement and of His purpose to bless mankind. To Abraham parti cu- larly Ho made known His purpose to bless the wbole world. The Pastor reminded his hearers that God not only made a Covenant with Abraham, but confirmed His Promise with an Oath, to prove the certainty of the whole matter. The Covenant was, "In tby Seed shall all the faml- lies of the earth be blessed." Abraham H saw Into the future with the oye of faith, the speaker asserted. He saw The Christ of glory and the Reign of ' Righteousness, and under it the recov- H ery of the human family from degrada- H tlon, sin and death. Ho discerned that there would be a resurrection office dead not merely an awakening to the condition In which they fell asleep, but a raising up to the full perfection of God's image and likeness, from which they fell through Adam's disobedience. Tho Law Covenant and Shadow. Tbe Pastor then discussed Abraham's posterity the Israelites. God permit- ' ted them to become bondsmen in Egypt Then He brought tbem up to Mount Sinai, where He entered into a Covenant with them through Moses as mediator, and promised that if they would keep His Law perfectly He would use tbem to bless all mankind. Tbe speaker then explained that God fl had a double purpose In entering into this Covenant with Israel: (1) It demonstrated that mankind were sinners and could not keep God's perfect Law, which Is the measure of jH a perfect man's ability: hence no man Is entitled to eternal life; for God will give that life only to the perfect (2) Another object an important one, was that the Law Covenant was typ- ical and pointed forward to glorious .J antitypes, -which would bring in the real blessings. Tho Antitypes Far Superior. JJ The Pastor showed that the Law fl Covenant Itself typified a .future New Law Covenant to be In operation for all mankind during the Messianic King-dom. King-dom. Its Mediator will be The Christ jH Jesus tbe Head nnd tbe Church the Body. As the typical Law Covenant was inaugurated by tbe sacrifice of bulls and goats, so the nntltyplcal Law Covenant will be Inaugurated upon the basis of "better sacrllices" than these. As the typical Covenant had Its Dny of Atonement so tbe autltyplcal Cove-nant Cove-nant will have a much greater Atone-ment Atone-ment Day. Continuing his explanation, the Pas- ' tor demonstrated from Scripture that the offering of the "better sacrifices" IH takes place during tbe early part of the antityplcal Atonement Day. which began eighteen hundred years ago and IH is not yet completed. The great Sin-Offering Sin-Offering was that of Jesns, finished at jH Calvary. His secondary offerings, as 'LH our great High Priest, have continued , ! ever since. During this period He has been offering up the Church members of His Body, justified through His precious sacrifice. The Taator believes that very soon the nntltyplcal sacrifices will all bo finishrd and all tbe members of the Body of Christ glorified with .their Head, their Lord Jesus. This is the First tbe Chlefest Resurrection. Je- jH bus chnngo to the Heavenly condition at His Resurrection was the beginning of this Chief Resurrection. The glo-rious glo-rious change of the Inst member of IH the Church will be tbe consummation. IH In this Resurrection, tbe Pastor do- jH dared, only the blessed and holy will have part Only those accepted by tho jH Lord as members of the Royal Priest-hood, Priest-hood, nnd found faithful unto death In presenting their bodies sacrifices, will jH be identified with their Master in tho IH great transaction constituting tbe basis of their exnlt:i tlon with Him. jH !BaaMBeaaBBeBBaBBaanBBaBBMBlaBSBBBBaaaBBBBaBWaBB9aa H |