BODIES RESURRECTED,NOT SPIRITS.
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THEREis nothing in the Bible about theresurrection of souls or spirits. The resurrection has to do withbodies, notsoulsnorspirits. It was the body of Jesus that rose from the dead. It was bodies that came forth after Jesus rose and were seen of many. Mortal bodies shall be quickened. The resurrection has nothing to do with the spirit in the way ofraisingit or making italive. If man becomes extinct at death there is nothing to raise from the dead. Other beings might be created, but the wordsresurrectionandcreationare notof the same meaning. Thecreationof Adam was not the same asraisingLazarus from the dead. We use the two words, or find them used in the Bible,createandresurrection, to express two distinct ideas. If man becomes extinct at death there remains no man to raise from the dead. Other persons might be created, and there would be no identity to lose, for they would not beidentical, butothers. We need plain Bible truth; the matters of the Bible, and not theories about thepre-existenceof spirits or the transmigration ofsouls. The plain truth of the Bible willsave us; idle speculations will ruin us for this world and the world to come. Let us study and preach the clear truth of divine revelation and enforce it on our race. It is the only hope for all nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples of the earth.