1926 Young Mens Corner - page 3

YOUNG MEN’S CORNER.

" Upholding all things by the word of His power "; this reminds us of Paul’s words at Athens. �Did the word of Genesis 1. have an upholding, as well as a creative, power ?

" When He had made purification of sins, sat down.’’ Acts 7. 56 shows the Lord standing, and some thought the Lord did not sit down till He had completed the puri-fication of the heavenly things (see Hebrews 9. 23).

Others thought He completed the work of purification on the Cross, after which He could say " It is finished."

Anyway, the word " sat down " seems to express the entering upon well-earned rest (see Hebrews 4. 10).

This verse and others, such as John 1.18 and 2 Cor-inthians 4. 6, teach us that we shall never see God apart from Him, but that He is the visible expression of the Almighty One.

" Having become by so much better than Verse 4.

the angels "; we could not understand this as it seems to suggest the Lord was not always so much better. The " excellent name " is, of course, " Son."

Verse 5.

" This day." �When? �Would this be when the Lord was appointed heir of all things?

"I will . . . He shall "--these words also seem to suggest He and God the Father did not at one time manifest such relationship--we feel we are treading near �" holy ground " in saying this.

Verse 6.

" When He again bringeth in the first-born ": surely the Authorised Version and the R.V. Mar-gin have the correct rendering " Again, when He bringeth "?

" And let all the angels of God worship Him "; the reference in the margin to this is " Deuteronomy 32. 43, Greek."

The R.V. of the Deuteronomy scripture is nothing like this. �What is the explanation?

Verse 8. �" Of the Son He saith, Thy throne, O We suppose the modernists " forget "

God, is . . . "

this verse when they deny the deity of the Lord.

[We have seen a translation which says " God is Thy throne for ever and ever."

This, of course, would be useful to a " modernist."]

Verse 9. �" Thy fellows."

Would these have been the angels?

A lovely chapter, this !

DAVID A. HILL.

[We defer attempting to answer these questions for the present in the hope that answers will be sent in by Corners, or by any who would like to help.]