This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...of the Church will henceforth be no longer at Jerusalem, nor certainly at Rome, but at the right hand of the Majesty in the heavens. There " He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet." Our Lord's departure therefore should afford us, instead of sorrow, the greatest comfort and satisfaction; as in fact ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...of the Church will henceforth be no longer at Jerusalem, nor certainly at Rome, but at the right hand of the Majesty in the heavens. There " He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet." Our Lord's departure therefore should afford us, instead of sorrow, the greatest comfort and satisfaction; as in fact it did afford to the apostles at the time, who, when they had witnessed it," returned to Jerusalem with great joy." St Paul in his wonderful outburst of praise in the first chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians, grounds on Christ's ascension the entire hope of the Christian calling; he bids us measure God's "power to usward," the might of the forces at work for our salvation in Christ, by the sweep and lift of the Almighty Arm which raised Him from the dead and set Him on the topmost throne of heaven. Thus highly is the Captain of our salvation exalted and approved; such power and glory has God the Father given to Him as our Saviour, engaged in the very act of redeeming us from iniquity. It is the Son of man, in bodily human form, who has gone up on high; the Head of the Church, remaining incorporate with His earthly members, He has sat down by the Father's side. Our hopes and our rights are lifted as high as He has risen, for we are "joint-heirs with Christ Jesus." The ascension of the Lord Jesus means His earthly course not broken off but carried onwards and projected into the heavenly places, His plans and counsels of mercy not abandoned but endorsed as the policy of God, His incarnation and sacrificial death not rendered abortive but brought to their ripened and eternal fruitage in His heavenly rule by the mighty work of His Spirit throughout the earth and the ages. While thus translated He remains...
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