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142 Jesus to be dead while he was hidden in the sepulchre, whereas he was alive;” “They (his disciples)*&emsp;*&emsp;*&emsp;saw him after his crucifixion and learned that he had not died;” “After his resurrection he proved to the physical senses that his body was not changed until he himself ascended,—or, in other words, rose even higher in the understanding of Spirit, God;” “Jesus' unchanged physical condition after what seemed to be death was followed by his exaltation above all material conditions.&emsp;*&emsp;*&emsp;*&emsp;In his final demonstration, called the ascension, which closed the earthly record of Jesus, he rose above the physical knowledge of his disciples, and the material senses saw him no more. His students then received the Holy Ghost. By this is meant that by all they had witnessed and suffered, they were roused to an enlarged understanding of divine Science;” “The advent of this understanding is what is meant by the descent of the Holy Ghost;” “Our master reappeared to his students,—to their apprehension he rose from the grave,—on the third day of his ascending thought, and so presented to them the certain sense of eternal Life.” The Revelator is quoted with explanatory interpolations thus: “I am he that liveth, and was dead (not understood);