<TITLE>05. Par 40-50</TITLE>L-40   The first time the sun rose, in Genesis, it was bringing a message that there will be life upon the earth, mortal life.

L-41 But this time, when the sun rose, there was a--a dual sunrising; another, Son, rising. It was the... not only s-u-n rising, it was the S-o-n had risen to bring Eternal Life to all God's promised Seed that by foreknowledge He had seen laying upon the earth.

L-42 No more could the--the botany life lived back there at the beginning without the s-u-n to bring it to life; no more than, today, when sons of God is upon the earth, it takes the S-o-n Light to bring them to Eternal Life, His chosen ones that He knew before the foundation of the world. He had chosen them in Himself before the foundation of the world.

L-43 And on Easter morning, then, in this dirt somewhere laid our bodies at that time, for we are the dust of the earth. And in Heaven, there was a Book of memory, and His attributes was in Him, knowing that because this Son of God raised, It would also raise to Life every son that was foreordained to this great time. He knew it would be. And what a more glorious sunrise that was than it was at the beginning, at time when it first dawned.
Now, on this great breaking of the Easter Seal!

L-44   Now, today we have a tuberculosis, Easter seal. People sends a message, one to the other, and to support this great fund or drive, for the doctors and medical science to work upon something, to retard or to help the tuberculosis. They are seal, what we call an Easter seal, when we send message one to another. But when we receive the message, that seal is broken, because the seal is what's got a message bound on the inside.

L-45 And now, the true Easter Seal, on this sunrise, was broken; and the secret, of Life after death, was revealed. Before that time, we didn't know. The world grouped in darkness, groped around, man's suspicion. Theories was among man's heart, tradition made up. Man worshiped idols. They worshiped the sun. They worshiped all kinds of gods. And all kinds of people that made claims, they all went into the grave, and they stayed in the grave.

L-46 But the real Seal had been broken, and One Who once lived as we live, died as we will die, was risen from the dead. What a morning! Never one like it, in all the history of the world. The secret was made known that He was both resurrection and the Life.

L-47   And He said, when He come forth on that morning, "Because I live, you live also." Not only was He the beneficiary of the resurrection, but all those Seed that was resting in God's great promise was a benefactor of that resurrection to Life. Because, He said, "Because I live, ye shall live also." That was the breaking of the Seal. Because He was brought up, so will every one that's in Christ be brought up with Him.

L-48 At this glorious sunrise, God had proven, or vindicated, His Word. All the glooms and doubt that had moved in people's minds was taken away, because here was He Who once lived, eat, drink, and fellowship with mankind, that said, "I have power to lay My life down; I have power to raise it up again." And now not only had He made the statement, but He proved it to be the Truth. Oh, what a glorious thing that is!

L-49 I'm sure this morning that even we, who believe it, cannot comprehend what a great thing that was. Because He raised from the dead, we also have already raised from the dead, for we were in Him.

L-50   Notice now. As the gloom covered the earth, and the seeds could not live without the s-u-n to rise, and gloom had covered the earth. And now the S-o-n was risen, and all gloom was vanished by this Light, as It spread across the nations, to the people, that, "He is not here, but He has risen!" What a--what a statement! He had proved His Word. He had proved It be, to be true, for He had now conquered death, hell, and the grave.


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