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

Ephesians
h. 14.
BY ASAPH
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HE social state of man after his resurrection
-If Q from the dead (in sin) is the subject to-
'Et *I* wards which the esoteric student should
'E' 4' turn his attention. The kingdom of God
*""*"¥'¥ as conceived by its founder our Lord and
Savior is a social organism composed of those who have
arisen from the dead (in sin) into newness of life.
"As
in Adam [generation] all die, even so in Christ [regener-~
ation] shall all be made alive."
God's will is to be done in earth, as it is in heaven; in
other words, man's
physical structure is to be governed
by the laws of God in order, harmony, virtue, and peace,
and in no other way; and this on earth, and not in space
somewhere in the unknown beyond. The perfection of
that kingdom consists in the greatest within, it being the
servant of all; consequently it must be an organized
society. Nowhere is there a trace in our Lord's conceplion
of this ultimate life, as the survival of the abstract
intellect in an impossible heaven after death; and the
very* angels in heaven, who behold the face of the Fr
ther, are attentive to any contempt shown towards their
human charges (Matt. xviii. 10). In fact all the sayings
of the Lord vividly portray, and insist on the great
truth that the inner spiritual life to be real and true,
permanently requires a rich variety and organization,
which is to function as one rnan, whose spirit is of God.
This Spirit is the God of the living and not of the dead,