Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland Dr. Charles L. Feinberg PANELDiscussions Dr. J. Richard Chase
man race. He was the son of Adam in that He was a human being. The Saviour was and is entirely apart from sin. This is why He can bring us eternal salvation. Q. Long Beach, Calif. "Please ex plain the last clause in Hebrews 12:23, 'And to the spirits of just men made perfect.' Does this refer to those who have already de parted for glory? Someone told me that they thought it meant our loved ones who have died and that their spirits contact us now." A. Such is neither logical or scrip tural. No one who has died physi cally can contact those who are now living. We are warned against holding such views in both Old and New Testaments. The refer ence you have quoted does signify those who have died in the Lord. We know that to be absent physi cally from the body is to be pres ent with Christ. Hebrews 12 is a directory of the glorious heavenly city above. This is the heavenly Page 15
Q. San Francisco, Calif. "/ read an article recently which stated, 'Christ is the only one man of Adam's race who is now living in that in corruptible, immortal, resurrection body, and who will never die.' Can it be said that Christ belonged to the Adamic race?" A. This is an interesting theological question. The term “ the Adamic race" does not occur in Scripture. It signifies that all human beings are sinners, as were our first par ents, Adam and Eve (Rom. 5:12). In the genealogical record of Luke 3, verse 38 reminds us the Sav iour's earthly ancestry traced back through Adam to Cod Himself. Christ is identified in this passage through His human mother Mary, an offspring of Adam. There was the human, as well as the divine. Our Lord was not born of a hu man father. Sin came from Adam from father to son. It is not accur ate to speak of the Christ as be longing to the Adamic race if we use that to identify the fallen hu
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