The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

Adam, neither the Jew who had the written faw tohim, nor the Gentile who had the light of his conscienceand reason as a guide. Even the angels, whom the Scripturesindicate were permitted by God to attempt the upliftof man during the first Dispensation before the flood, wereunable to reverse the sentence of death passed upon thehuman race. On the contrary, instead of raising menfrom sin and degradation, many of the angels fell fromtheir first estate, as we read in Jude 6.Thus God demonstrated that His way of salvation is theonly possible way. His only-begotten Son, Jesus Himself,left the glory He had with His Father in heaven, and partookof flesh and blood that He might die as a man; that! through death He might destroy him that has the powerof death, that is, the devil-Hebrews II,g, 14. It was lovethat dictated the sacrifice, and He obeyed the dictates of[ love. As Jesus has paid the price, the first man will in duetime be set free, that he may have a second opportunityfor life or death. But not only will Adam be set free from! the prison-house of death, but the whole race also, which: was condemned in him. That is what Paul declares inf Romans V, 18, 19-" As by the offence of one, judgmentcame upon all men to condemnation; .even so by the7 righteousness of one the free gift shall come upon all mento justification of life. For as by one man's disobediencemany were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shallmany be made righteous."The Reign of Christ,IWhen'Christ begins His glorious reign, he will destroythe works of the devil-I John 111, 8. These works areSin and Death, with all that these imply. I CorinthiansXV, 25'26-"For he [Christ] must reign till he hath putall enemies under his feet. And the last enemy that shallbe destroyed is death." What are the enemies of mankindthat obstruct the establishment of good government, peaceand contentment? They are moral imperfection, ment?'r