will live throughout all eternity. When a man accepts the Saviour; it is not that the old nature has been made over or patched up. The old Adamic spirit is dead and is never revived. Cod creates liter ally a new being. He will also be given a resurrection body likened unto our Lord's glorious body. Q. Sherwood, Ore. "In Genesis 49, it appears that Levi and Joseph were not included in the 12 tribes of Israel. Yet, in Revelation 7 they are. Why is this?" A. Levi is repeatedly indicated as receiving no inheritance among the twelve tribes. Joseph had his divided between Manasseh and Ephraim. There is an interesting comment on this in I Chronicles 5:1. Reuben, the firstborn, had de filed his father's bed. This is why his birthright was given to Joseph's sons. For this reason the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. Judah prevailed above brethren. The birthright went to Joseph's two sons who were in cluded. The families of Levi had 48 cities, four in everyone of the 12 tribes. Cod wanted them to be giv en completely to His service. Q. Watsonville, Calif. "/ have won dered about that famous picture of Christ with the sheep all around Him. If you know the one I mean there is one black sheep in the group. What is the meaning?" A. For one reason, in almost every .flock of sheep there is one or more black animals. The wool of the black one is just as valuable, if not more so than in the white. "A black sheep" traditionally refers to one who has gone astray. It may be that the artist was portraying himself, or some individual who, at one time,
burial is Cod's method (Deuteron omy 34:6). When Moses died the Lord buried him. The body could have been disposed of in a num ber of ways. Jesus Christ was bur ied for three days and three nights before He rose again. There is a certain dignity adhering to the body of loved ones. This points to the fact that the body eventually is going to be changed. We have not been called upon to hasten the process of nature. After the stoning at the martyr dom of Stephen we read that "De vout men carried Stephen to his burial" (Acts 8:2). Even when judg ment fell on Ananias and Sapphira the Bible tells us that they were buried. If you read those cases in the Bible where there was crema tion it was because of a great num ber dying at one time. The basic reason here seems to be for sani tation. Generally speaking, the nor mative way of putting away a body of an individual, saved or unsaved, is by burial. Q. Pomona, Calif. " What is the dif ference between a person's soul and his spirit?" A. This opens up the whole ques tion of the doctrine of trichotomy. Many good theologians hold to the idea that man is made up of body and soul or spirit. They identify soul and spirit as one in this way. The trichotomist, however, differ entiates between the two. This lat ter view would seem to be the proper observation from Scripture. The body is the physical being. The soul represents the animal nature of man. The spirit, unregenerated, is dead in trespasses and sin. The spirit of a Christian has been made alive through faith in Christ and he becomes a new creation. The spirit
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