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few could endure it; and angels and seraphim are representedas veiling their faces before the Divine glory,which so greatly transcends their own.It should not, therefore, surprise us that the Scriptureseverywhere represent that our Lord Jesus and the Church,"made partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4), willhave a great honor and brightness, far above that of angelsand all others except that of the Heavenly Father.As the Lord Jesus was able to veil the glories of Hisperson and to appear as a man after His resurrection, soundoubtedly He could do as respects the world, during thethousand years of His Messianic Reign.And, similarly, it would be possible for the Church toappear as men with the glory veiled. It might appear atfirst as though this was what was signified through theMosaic type when Moses, representing Messiah in glory,came down from the mountain, his face radiant, but veiledfor the sake of the people. Our thought, however, is thatJesus and the Church will never thus appear in the fleshas angels have done in the past, but that on the contrarythe Ancient Worthies, perfected on the human plane, willbe their agents and representatives in all communicationswith mankind. Thus, "the Law shall go forth from MountZion (the Spirit Kingdom), and the Word of the Lordfrom Jerusalem" (the earthly Kingdom), to every nation,people, kindred and tongue, that all may be blest if theywill and attain everlasting life.====================R5035 : page 177QUICKENING OF THE MORTAL BODY"If the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwellin you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall alsoquicken your mortal bodies by HisSpirit that dwelleth in you."--Rom. 8:11.EVERY TEXT should be considered in thelight of its context. In the Epistle to theRomans, the Apostle's argument is that bynature we are all sinners; and that God'sproposition is that He will accept us assons on a new plane if our lives be offeredin consecration: "I beseech you, therefore,brethren, by the mercies of God, that yepresent your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,acceptable unto God, which is your reasonableservice."--Rom. 12:1.After an individual has made this presentation of hisbody for sacrifice, and he has been begotten of the HolySpirit, the mortal body is counted as being dead, and hismind, his will, is reckoned as the New Creature adoptedinto the family of God and seeking to serve Him and togrow into His likeness, by being conformed to the likeness