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It is written by Paul in Romans, 8th chap. 19th ver. The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God."

Which is the life not of blood, but of the Spirit, to make them sons, which brings them to be begotten of God, which is as the glory of the Sun, mentioned in the text.

And it will make them heirs and joint-heirs of eternal life; which blood cannot inherit; but the spirit, flesh, and bone, will inherit it; and make it in the image of the Father of the new creation. It is written in the 21st verse of the same chapter,---" The creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God."

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And in the 23rd verse,---“ Ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit,' even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, tò wit, the redemption of our bodies,"

And in 2nd Corinthians, 5th chapter, 4th verse.--"In this tabernacle we groan, being burdened, not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life."

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Now, though the Apostles had received the first fruits of the Spirit, and groaned within themselves, for the redemption of their bodies, which is the new birth; yet they did not receive that redemption, because they had not arrived at the time of times, spoken of by Jesus, in Luke 21st chapter, and 24th verse.---"Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." And Daniel, 12th chap. 7th verse, which is within the six thousand years; so their bodies saw corruption...

But at the fulness of times the Spirit would come,

* It is evident from these words, that the Apostles had no desire to put off their bodies, or that their bodies should go to the grave; but to be clothed upon their bodies, with immortality, which was the life that raised the body of Jesus out of the sepulchre.

and fulfil that which was written by the Prophets. And Jesus, in Luke, 12th chapter, 22nd and 23rd verses, says,---"Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for your body what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.”

So it is evident from the words of Jesus, that the body also will be redeemed from the grave, and corruption.

But when man fell, he fell into the life of the blood, for it is the soul or Spirit that giveth heat to the blood, and causeth it to run, that it may cause the members of the man to work.

For as fire heateth water, and sendeth forth the steam, to work the cylinder, that the members of the engine may work, so is the soul and Spirit that heats or attracts the blood of man, to cause it to work the members of the temple.

But when the blood is made flesh, it will be no more the life of the body, but the fulness of the Spirit will quicken that body: then will the life of the mortal put on immortality; and death be swallowed up from Israel in victory.

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It is written in the 84th Psalm, 7th verse.--They go from strength to strength; every one of them in Zion appeareth before God."

This testifies of the Spirit, which is as the glory of the sun, spoken of in the text, which is typical of immortality.

And at the fulness of times divides the children in the womb of the old earth; and those that do his will are called the younger, which is Israel, weaned from the elder; so the fulness of the Spirit rests on them, and leaves them not, till they are made branches of the vine.

For Jesus said, in John, 15th chapter and the 5th verse." I am the vine, and ye are the branches;" and he further said, in the 16th chapter, and

the 7th and 8th verses." It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart I will send him unto you. And when he is come he will reprove the world of sin."

It is written in the 78th Psalm, 35th verse.--"And they remembered that God was their rock, and the High God their Redeemer.

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This testifies of the promises of God, which are left on record in the scriptures; for the fulness of the Spirit will bring all things to their rememberance, and they will remember that God is their Rock, and the Redeemer of their earthly bodies.

It has been prophesied by many prophets, That God at the times of the fulness of the Gentiles, would cause mortal to put on immortality, even his own image, then would he be all in all. And they will be the queens of the whole earth to the King of peace, to eternity.

The man is made for the glory of God; and and the bones of the whole house of Israel for the glory of the God-man; for she is counted as the woman; so she is to glorify the God-man, who has prevailed, to reign over death, hell, sin, and the grave.

It is written by Jeremiah, 31st chapter and 31st verse.---"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah.

This covenant is the fulness of the Spirit, which will rest on man, which is as the glory of the Sun, and be the girdle of his loins, and give him eternal life, by the law and command being written in the inward man; for it is the same Spirit that did the work on the seed of the woman, Jesus, that will do the work of the house of Israel,

The second glory which is mentioned in the text; the glory of the moon, which is a lesser light to

rule the night,, which is the glory of those who have died in full faith of the fulfilment of all the promises, which are wrote in the Scriptures.

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And when the Lord comes to reign on earth, for a thousand years, they will appear with him, and put on incorruption, and receive bodies as the angels, and minister to the Bridegroom and the Bride. It is recorded by Isaiah, 60th chap. and 20th verse.---"Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself." Though the light of those that put on incorruption be a less light than those that put on immortality, yet their light will not withdraw itself, by their bodies seeing corruption any more.

The angels were made lower than God and Jesus said in Luke, 20th chapter, 35th and 36th verses."But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."

The third glory which is mentioned in the text, which is as the glory of the stars, of which the pruned fig-tree, is set a figure, for one year, being a thousand years with God, in Luke, 13th chapter, 6---9 verses; which is the aliens spoken of by Isaiah, 61st chapter, and 5th verse.---"Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen, and your vinedressers."

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And when God appears at the first resurrection to judge the world, they will, according to the words of Isaiah, 2nd chapter, and the 19th verse.---"Go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the e earth, at end the of the times of the fulness of the Gentiles.

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And afterwards they will come out, and fall down before those which are as the glory of the sun, which are those that are redeemed from the earth,

So the aliens will have no inheritance in the

kingdom of God, but will serve the redeemed. And unto them will be fulfilled the words of Sarah, concerning Ishmael, that the seed of Ishmael should not be heirs with the seed of Isaac; and the words of the Lord concerning Esau, that the elder should serve the younger, which is Mount Zion, the new world; for the Mount of Esau will be as tenants to the redeemed.

And they will live one day, which is a thousand years, which is the half time; for God said unto the first Adam, in Genesis, 2nd chapter and 17th verse.---“In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

But this evil fruit will be taken from them, so that they cannot eat of it; so they will fulfil one day, which is a thousand years with the Lord, in the nature into which Adam fell, of which blood is the life.

The reason that they are called as stars, is that they are inferior to those who have died in full faith, as the glory of those who have died in full faith, which is as the glory of the moon, is inferior to the glory of those who will put on immortality, of which the glory of the sun is set a figure.

Jesus was as a star while he dwelt in the fallen nature; so he says in Revelation, 22nd chapter, and 16th verse. I am the Root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.'

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While he had man's nature on him, he fulfilled the laws and commands that he gave unto man to obey, and bare their transgressions which the man cast on him at the fall, saying,---" The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave to me,

and I did eat.

He then took the second glory, which is compared unto the glory of the moon, which is the glory of those that die in full faith; but as his body arose from the sepulchre he took upon him the

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