Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

BIBLE REVIEW
Vol.. xv DECEMBER, 1916 NO. 3
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BY HENRY PROCTOR, F. R. s. L., M. R. A. s. (LONDON)
2¢'1"1"'l'3§ HE topstone of salvation, the acme and
'P 5° crown of life, is the redemption of our
E: bodies from corruption. It is for this that
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are said to groan and travail in birth-throes, ardently
waiting for the New Creation, of which our Lord Jesus is
the Firstborn. And all the members Of
THE CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN
who are still imprisoned in this house Of clay, are groaning
within themselves, not wishing to be unclothed, or
disendowed of their present habitations, but
CLOTHED UPON
with a permanent habitation;
OUR HOUSE WHICH IS OF HEAVEN;
a building of God, eternal in the heavens. But tho while
in this tent, we are weighed down, yet are we not sighing
to be stript of it, but to be endowed so that what is
mortal may be swallowed up of life; Or, in other words,
that "the Spirit of Him who raised Christ from the dead