THE

RESURRECTION

by

J. S. MOHLER,

Morrill, Kans.

Elgin, Ill.:

BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE,

1901

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1901 by

BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE,

In the office of Librarian of Congress, at Washington. D. C.

Jesus Appearing to Mary Magdalene.

PREFACE

The doctrine of the resurrection as taught and exemplified by Christ is the most comforting of all the doctrines in the Christian religion. It cheers the bereaved heart with the hope of a happy reunion with the loved ones in heaven. It is the morning star that shines across the “dark valley and shadow of death” and heralds the dawn of eternity’s day. It is the crowning work of human redemption, without which Christianity would be a failure. To cheer the despondent; to comfort the bereaved; to strengthen the weak; to inspire the doubting, this work is written. May it have this gracious effect upon the heart of the reader, is the humble wish and prayer of

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS

Chapter

1. Introduction

2. Reasonableness of the Resurrection

3. Mystery of the Resurrection

4. Proofs of the Resurrection

5. The Resurrection of Christ

6. Some Objections Urged against the Resurrection Considered

7. Our Bodily Form after the Resurrection

8. The Time of the Resurrection

9. The Immortality of the Soul

10. The Activity of the Soul between Death and the Resurrection, or the Intermediate State

11. The Place for the Spirits of the Righteous between Death and the Resurrection

12. Comfort in the Hope of the Resurrection

13. The Power of the Resurrection

14. Recognition in Heaven

15. The Glory of the Resurrection

16. The Condition of Children after the Resurrection

17. The Dawn of the Morning

18. The Final Parting

19. Heaven

20. Where Our Friends Have Gone

THE RESURRECTION.

CHAPTER I

Introduction

The doctrine of the resurrection is a very interesting one. It is a matter of deep anxiety as to where we shall spend eternity, and how and with whom. There is no other subject or doctrine in all the range of the imagination, thought, reason, or revelation that is fraught with such tremendous consequences. To the saints it will be a time of joy unspeakable and full of glory; to the wicked a time of wailing and gnashing of teeth. The resurrection of Christ from the dead is the crowning work of human redemption. When Jesus expired upon the cross, and his body lay in the grave, the powers of darkness seemed to hold sway for a little season. The Light that was brought from heaven went out. The enemies of righteousness had triumphed. He of whom it was expected that he would deliver Israel and the world as well, lay silent in the chamber of death. The hope of Israel faded away. Heaven was awed at the scene. There was silence in heaven; a mantle of gloom and darkness shrouded the earth, and the foundations of the earth were shaken at the awful conflict and sacrifice of the “Godhead” for the redemption of the human race.

But the powers of darkness had reached their climax. The archangel, ...