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voice, but seeing no one. (Acts 9 : 7.) The men that were with Daniel did not see the glorious being he describes, but a great fear fell on them, and they ran and hid themselves. Again, this glorious being declared, "The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days.** (Dan. 10 : 13.) Did Daniel, the man greatly beloved of the Lord, fall as dead before this one whom Persia's prince with- stood one and twenty days ? How is this ? Surely he did not appear in glory to the prince ! No ; either he was in- visibly present with him, or else he appeared as a man.

Our Lord, since his resurrection, is a spirit being ; conse- quently the same powers which we find illustrated in angels (spiritual beings) should also be possessed by him. And such is the case, as we shall see more fully in a succeeding chapter.

Thus we find that the Scriptures regard the spiritual and the human natures as separate and distinct, and furnish no evidence that the one will evolve or develop into the others but, on the contrary, they do show that only a few will ever be changed from the human to the divine nature, to which Jesus, their head, has already been exalted. And this re- markable and special feature in Jehovah's plan is for the remarkable and special purpose of preparing these as God's agents for the great future work of restoring all things.

Let us now examine the terms

MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY.

"We shall find their true significance in exact harmony with what we have learned from our comparison of Bible statements concerning human and spiritual beings, and earthly and heavenly promises. These words are usually given very uncertain meanings, and wrong ideas of their meanings produce erroneous views of subjects with which tfiey stand connected, in general and in Scripture usage.

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