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mao, rhen, who creared che original
Aclaro. Bur our
spiritual
crearion be·
gins in Him, roo. He ir is who
be–
carne
Ollf
living example - who
carne inro rhe world ro lead rhc way
- and became the
Jirstbom
from
among rhc dc-ad (Romans
8:29) -
rhe
Jirsl
complered, pcrfccred spiriwal
man.
Christ l s Alive
Now come
ro
rhe ultimare purpose
of human lifc on rhc carrh.
Iris srupcndous. bcyond rhc capac–
iry, perhaps. for many
ro
grasp. Bur
see ir. wirh your own eyes. in your
own Bible
Each year. on rhc Sunday called
"Easrer." millions celebrare rhe rcsur–
rection of Chrisr. Bur do rhey rcally
believe rhar He rose from rhe dcad?
For rh:u marrer, how many belicve
He really
ll'flS
dead ar all? Thc Bible
says
He
rose
from the dead.
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W HY WERE YOU
BORN?
You can have
both parts of this vital ar–
ticle
free
in handy
book–
let form
by
writing the
Plain Truth office near–
est you. See inside
front cover for ad–
dresses.
PlAIN TRUTH August 1972
Bur how many believe He has bcen
aliz•e
ever sincc? How many believe
rhe very Christ who
died
is alive ro–
day! How many know wha t He
has
becn doing rhcsc pasr
1900
ycars?
DO YOU?
The enrire book of Hcbrcws is dc–
vorcd ro rel ling us wh:n He has becn
doing, whar
1
le
is doing now, and
whar He will do in che fuwre.
Rcad ir in your Bible. Expecr
shocking surprises -
I-IAPPY
surprises.
Bcgin ar rhe bcginning of Hebrews
- chaprer
1,
verse
1:
''God, who ar
sundry times and in diversc manners
spake in rime pase unto rhc farhers by
rhc prophers, hath
in
thcsc lasr days
spokcn unto us by his Son, whom he
hath appoinred heir of al! rhings, by
whom also he made rhe worlds.. . ."
The "al! rhings" refers to rhe
EN–
TIRI: u :-ri\'ERSt!
Ir is so rranslared in
rhe Moffarr rranslarion.
Conrinu ing rhe samc semence,
" ... who bcing rhc brighrness of his
glory, and rhe express image of his
person....., Moff:ut translarcs rhar
' 'exprcss image" as "srampcd wirh
God's own characrer." Conrinue:
··... and upholding all rhings by rhe
word ofhis powcr ..." (verse
3).
Moffarr rranslates thar as "suscains
rhe univcrse wirh his word of power."
In orhcr words. God Almighry, rhe
Farher of che Kingdom of God -
which is che divine
FAMILY
ofGod–
has appoinced che rcsu rrecred. Ji ving
Chrisr. His Son, as Chicf Execurive in
rhe adminisrrarion of che Govcrn–
ment of God
o-ver the mtire vas! mzi–
verse!
Severa! rimes, 1n rhe Bible, con–
verted Chrisrians, in whom is God's
Holy Spirir, are cal lcd heirs of God,
and joinr-heirs wirh Jesus Chrisc
(Rom. 8:17;
Gal.
3:29; 4:7;
Tirus
3:7.
etc.).
¡
ow could rhar mean we
are appoinrcd
ro SHARil
rhar rulership
of rhc entire vasr universe wirh
Chrisr?
Begin now wirh Hebrews
2:6,
quoring from Psalms
8:4-6.
Thc c¡ues–
rion is asked, "Whar is man, rhar–
rhou arr mindful of him?"
Yes, what is rhere abour sinning,
morral man thar God should be con–
cerned abour him?
Whar are
vou -
that
God
should
be concemed
abo111
YOl'?
Note well the incredible answcr.
The T ranscendeot
Purpose
"Thou madesr him a litde lower
rhan rhe angels" (Heb. 2:7). Ycs,
now, much higher rhan animals, bur
still lower than angels who are com–
posed of spirir (sce Hebrews
1:5-7,
13-14).
Conrinue, verses
7-8: " ...
rhou
crowncdsr him wirh glory and hon–
our, and didsr ser him over rhe works
of rhy hands: thou hase pur all chings
in subjecrion under his feec. For in
rhar he pur all in subjeccion under
him, he !efe norhing rhar is nor pur
under him."
In chaprer
l.
quored above, "all
rhings" is also rranslared "rhe uni-
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