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When? When the eyes of their understanding shallhave been opened to see the Lord and to understand Hisglorious character, and they shall have had opportunity toappreciate and enjoy His blessing. When such intentionallyreject the grace of God, they shall die the SecondDeath, from which there is no resurrection, no hope of recovery.But, thank God, there shall be no knowledge ofsuffering for them; they shall be destroyed as brute beasts.In proportion as we believe in this Babe of Bethlehemshall we rejoice today. In proportion as we believe Hewas manifested on our behalf; in proportion as we believeHe died for our sins; in proportion as we recognizeHim as the glorified Savior; in proportion as we havesurrendered our hearts to Him and seek to do the thingswell pleasing to him shall we have the peace of God.Our hope on behalf of mankind in general is that inGod's due time His blessing shall reach all--not the sameas that for the Church, but as St. Peter tells us in Acts 3:19-21,"Times of refreshing shall come from the presenceof the Lord, and He shall send Jesus Christ, whobefore was preached unto you, whom the heavens mustretain until the Times of Restitution of all things spokenby the mouth of all the holy Prophets."R4965 : page 45====================THE BODY OF CHRISTQUESTION.--Is the "body" mentioned inHebrews 10:5 and Hebrews 7:27 the same?Answer.--The body which God preparedfor sacrifice may properly be viewedfrom two standpoints: First, the Fatherprepared the body of Jesus, in that He wasborn holy, harmless, undefiled and separatefrom sinners, and of the human familythrough His mother. This is the foundationof the whole matter. But the ApostlePeter and also the Apostle Paul inform us that God foreknewthe Church, "the Body of Christ," and, therefore,foreknew the sufferings of the Body as well as the sufferingsof the Head--foreknew our share in the sufferingsand also in His glory.In speaking therefore of the body which God preparedwe should properly enough think how the Father prepareda body for Jesus which was actually, physicallyperfect and corresponding to the body of Adam, who wasafterward condemned, and also prepared the way by whichthe "Body of Christ" should be justified from the sinfulnessof the flesh, that thus He might offer not only Himself,R4965 : page 46the Head, but also "the Church, His Body," a "living