Logos Transformed Into Flesh -

III. Logos Transformed Into Flesh - From the Book of LOGOS

In order to correctly grasp the scriptural doctrine concerning the meaning that the Word was made flesh, one must compare the biblical description of the first man's existence with the becoming man of the second Adam. The description of the first Adam's creation is as follows: "And Jehovah Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground." The ingredients of the earth constituted the complicated construction of which the yet lifeless human body was made up. "And breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (Gen. 2: 7.)

There was nothing in the component parts of the earth that could effect life in the constructed human body, God's special power was required in order to transform the clay into flesh, and this God accomplished by means of breathing of His breath into the nostrils of the human form He had made. This breath penetrated every part of the form, and the result was that the clay was changed into living flesh which, according to the nature of its construction, was put in movable activity. There the Logos-power was most wonderfully manifested.

The second Adam's becoming man differs from this process in the following manner: The same as the earth is prepared for the sower, and the seed he is to sow in it is developed in advance, thus also Was, when the time arrived for the manifestation of the Logos-power in flesh, the soil corresponding to this power prepared. The higher development is linked with the clay transformed into flesh. The origin of the Logos-power sends His angel to the chosen Virgin, and He impresses the following words on her mind: "Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son." (Luke 1: 30, 31.)

The element of germination was imbedded in the message --the seed. And when it was received by virtue of faith, "the power of the Highest" transported this seed to and in connection with the natural power of propagation within the body of the Virgin, and the result was: the Son of God and man.

This demonstration of power illustrates to us how God has planned His work and its object, and it also shows what a great power there is in the Word spoken by Him.

With respect to the human link in the chain of creation, there are three special productions to which the Logos-power is subjected before it is completed. They are as follows:

The Logos-power transforms into living flesh the human form shaped of clay, and the result is the first Adam.

The Logos-power links itself with the living flesh, and the result is Ben-Adam, or the second Adam, Who, due to the fact that the power of God in this case had conquered the laws of the flesh, is also the Son of God.

The Logos-power, imbedded in the living flesh, is with this flesh lowered into the very bosom of death, there again shooting forth a new sprout, and the result is -- the perfected, spiritual man. Resurrection brings forth the third, or last and perfect result. With reference to this Paul says: "The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last (the resurrected) Adam was made a quickening spirit." (1 Cor. 15: 45.)

The Logos-power was not perfected in Christ until it had undergone the change produced by the resurrection. In the days of His flesh, Christ represented this power, and in many different ways He manifested that He was controlled by it, as for example, when He walked on the water, changed water into wine, opened the eyes of the one born blind, etc. But the Logos-power, as imbedded in flesh, was still subject to and suppressed by the limitations of the laws of nature.

Even His sonship as the Son of God ruling over all and everything was not completed before His resurrection. He was, as regards the completion of its significance, in the period of development. Yea, He was even on trial for the exalted dignity to become heir of God as His Son. The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews reasons much concerning this very thing, and among other things he says: "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man." (Heb. 2: 9.)

He was lower than the angels due to the fact that the Logos-power was more manifested on them, for they, according to the words of Christ, "are equal to the children of the resurrection" (Luke 20:36). His position prior to the resurrection was a middle one between that of the natural men and the angels. But through the resurrection from the dead, the Logos-power gains such a full control over the flesh that it, as it were, dissolves under the divine impressions. The flesh, like the clay when it was made flesh, is changed under the Spirit-power.

God, instead of transforming the clay by means of His breath, now pours out His Spirit over His Holy One, thereby suppressing the inclinations of the flesh so that the latter, like the kernel of wheat sown in the earth, totally disappears, as it were,-in order to leave room for a new body within the same organisms. This body is now incorruptible and immortal and represents the now perfected Son of God.

It is when in this state, born of the Logos-power the second time, God says of Him: "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee." (Heb. 1: 5; Acts 13: 33.) Logos is now no more flesh but spirit, i. e., no longer mixed with mortal clay, but developed from that stage into an immortal being in human form. Just think what a wonder! Consider what a divine power!

Considering this unfolding of power, this divine demonstration of the creative ability of the Word, one is, as it were, enraptured under the inspiration that the Word handled and read shall finally produce the same result in me and in my being that it has in the Son of man. We perceive by the natural senses that we are made of earth and that we return to earth, but as soon as we see what the Logos-power is capable of accomplishing when linked with the human vessel of clay, we are ready to exclaim:

"Lord! Sow Thy divine seed deeply in my flesh so that it may strike root and grow, suppressing all sinful inclinations in order that my whole being might finally appear in the garb of immortality, resembling Him Whom Thou hast sent into the world for the purpose of preparing for us this way from clay to an everlasting spirit being!"

Oh, what an intimate relation with Christ one is experiencing in this faith and conviction! The Word, of which Christ consisted and whereby He attained His divine exaltation and honor, I have today in the shape of letters and words that I can make out and understand. These, sown in my being so that they like the seed sown in the earth germinate, forcing, as does the growing grain the earth, the flesh to subordinately submit to the deepening of the roots of the Word more and more therein, transforming me from time to time so that I proceed from one clearness of truth to the other. By virtue of this I feel the Logos-power in Christ working in and through me -- Christ is my life -- he is the eternal life.

What a difference between this doctrine and that of the incarnation! As an example we might quote the S. D. Adventist doctrine concerning their faith in Christ: "Christ is the creator of heaven and earth -- it was He that rested on the seventh day after the completion of the creation. He gave the law on Sinai." Then follows the incarnation-doctrine: "That God, creator of all, should condescend to become a man, is entirely incomprehensible to us. And there are many who reject Christianity because of the fact that they are unable to understand how an actually existing God could undergo such a transformation as to be born into the world as an ordinary child."

Well, is it any wonder that people due to such and similar doctrines of falsehood become atheists? It is more to be wondered at that there is anyone who can believe this Chaldean lie. Only this doctrinal point of the S. D. Adventists proves that their leading star, Ellen White, is outside the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus.