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Dr. Talbot's Question Box Questions lor answer in this depart ment should be sent to the Editorial Department:, THE KING'S BUSINESS, 558 So. Hope St., Los Angeles 13, Calif. ' Q U E .: What relation w ill the believer’s present body bear to that which he will have in the resurrection? W ou ld the process o f cremation have any effect on the resurrection body? The process of cremation would have no effect on the resurrection body. Q U E .: In Genesis 12:1-3 God pronounces a curse on those who persecute the Jews. Is there any New Testament reference pertain ing to this? W ill God curse the nations o f today who aré persecut ing the Jews?
than a national • question, and is wholly independent of any social prob lem. In the matter of salvation, Jew and-'Gentile are in the same clap ; and they must accept the same Christ as Saviour (John 1:12, 13; Gal. 3: . 26-29). ----- — Q U E -: Please explain the sin o f Adam and Eve, and its effect on the human race. Can that sin be connected with the seventh com mandment (E x . 2 0 :1 4 )? The consideration of this act on the part of Adam and Eve may be divided into three main points: (1) Tolerance of Satan. In Genesis 3:1*3 we find the account of the Evil One’s appearing to the first woman, Eve. Satan, irf his subtility, entered into what then was the most attractive of all animals—the serpent. He came into the garden, began speaking to Eve, questioned God’s Word, and con tradicted It. Eve listened agreeably to all of this false reasoning. We find in this scene the picture of one of Satan’s tactics of today. To contradict and nullify the Word of God is his delight (Mk. 4:15). It is a sinful and dangerous thing for man to tolerate and to heed his attacks. (2) Disobedience to God. The woman chose to obey Satan rather'than God (Gen. 3:6). After listening to the devil’s questioning of the veracity of , God’s Word (Gen. 2:17), she began to doubt it. As the result of her doubts, she looked upon, and con sidered that which God had forbidden. Thè longer, she contemplated the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the greater became her dé siré for it. Then she took it, and ate of i t In that act of deliberate dis obedience to God, she became sepa rated from God, and the words “ lest ye die” (Gen. 3:3) were fulfilled im mediately in a spiritual sense, with physical death also impending. (3) The Sharing of Sin (Gen. 3:6). After Eve had eaten of that which God had forbidden, she gave it to her husband, Adam; and he joined Eve in the disobedience to God’s com mand. Man’s fa ll had become a real ity. Because the entire human race descended from this sinful and fallen pair, all mankind is born in sin, and each individual needs a Saviour (Rom. 3:23; 5:12). What a loving and for giving God we have to provide the Lord Jesus Christ as that Saviour! There seems to be no direct rela tionship between the'sin of Adam and Eve and the seventh commandment except that in the act of adulte^ (Ex. 20:14), there is infidelity involved. From that standpoint there is a con nection between,the first act of dis loyalty in man toward God, and that sin in human relationship mentioned in the seventh commandment.
There is no New Testament refer ence made directly to God’s punish ment of those who persecute the Jews. However, in Matthew 25:31-46 the Jews are referred to in the term “ brethren.” The Lord Jesus Christ, in this Scrip ture portion is giving a picture of the future judgment of the nations on the ground of their treatment of His chosen people. Verses 31 to 40 picture the Lord’s commending of the nations which have given to His brethren “meat,” “ drink,” refuge, and clothing. This service shall be counted as that rendered unto the King. In verses 41 to 46, the contrast appears. For lack of tolerance and sympathy toward the Lord's brethren, there is to be punishment meted out. This is a ful fillment of Genesis 12:1-3, and it cer tainly gives ground to the belief that ill-treatment of ’the Jews brings about the Lord’s chastisement of the guilty. In the consideration of this portion, it is necessary to remember that this does not present the judgment in which the question of salvation is in volved. Salvation is a personal, rather
bed ’s Word reveals very little re garding the resurrection body of the believer. Paul, in 1 Corinthians 15:37, 38, likens it to a planted grain: in each grain, there is the germ of the next one, the rest of the grain re turning to its elements. It may be that in each body.there is a germ of the new body, and from that God creates the new one. Since in 1 John 3:2 we read that “we shall be like him,” the believer has a right to feel that his resurrec tion b o d y w ill be somewhat like Christ’s. The facts which were true of the relationship which Christ’s earthly body bore to His resurrection body w ill be true, at least to some extent, of the relationship of the two bodies of the believer. In that respect, the following facts may be considered: The Lord’s body was recognizable (Lk. 24:15, 18; John 21:7; 1 Cor. 15:5-8). It bore some of the marks of the earthly body (John 20:24-29). The voice was the same (John 20:16). In His resurrection body Christ partook of food (Lk. 23:36-43).
•: ' ' “ What Must I Do to Be Saved?” Acknowledge my sin “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Rom. 3:10). “Death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Rom. 5:12). Accept Christ as Saviour “But God commendeth hife love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8). “The gift of God is eternal life through Jesufc Christ our Lord' . (Rom. 6:23). Act upon this salvation “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwell- eth in him, and he in God” (1 John 4:15). “This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son” (1 John 5:11). This Is the Answer! - j • .
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