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 risen again from the dead. The resurrection would confirm the truth concerning that which they had seen in vision at the transfiguration. By this Divine humanity, the Infinite has provided the medium for presenting Himself as a distinct object of thought and faith to the lowest conditions of the human intellect; and so for supplying the means for realizing the prediction, that "all should know Him from the least unto the greatest." The manifestations which were effected through angelic mediums were not adequate to this purpose; but by the assumption and glorification of man's nature in its lowest plane, God became a Divine Person more fully in the ultimates of manhood than the angels are; and so the Invisible has become visible to every degree of rational thought. Hereby He has fulfilled the prediction, "Thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name." This new name is Jesus Christ; and this name was used because it expresses that new relationship which, by the assumption of humanity, has been established between the Deity and men. Hence the apostle tells us that this name is "far above every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come;" "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;" "For there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved." It comprehends within its meaning the majesty and Divinity of every other name by which the Supreme, the Infinite, and Eternal has at any time been designated; indeed, so holy is its nature, and so profound is its signification, that Paul has distinctly said, "No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost."