Ephesians 1:20-22--"Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him
from the dead, (or, having raised him from the dead,) and set him at
his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all
principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that
is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over
all things to the church."
Hebrews 2:8, 9--"But now we see not yet all things put under him
(man;) but we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels,
for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor." Observe,
that the Apostle's great object in this epistle is, to show that
Christ is _in heaven_, forever interceding for the church.
Now, is it not manifest from these texts, that Christ became the head
of the corner when he ascended to his Father and our Father, to his
God and our God? Nor is there any thing in Acts 4:10, 11, that
contradicts this idea.
Brethren, the glorious building of grace has its foundation, not on
earth, where we are pilgrims and strangers, but in heaven, where
Jesus, the corner-stone, "elect and precious," sitteth at the right
hand of God, and is constantly occupied in gathering from afar the
"lively stones" of the glorious edifice. Blessed forever be his holy
name!
YOUR THIRD PROOF.
John 20:19, 26--"Then the same day at evening, being the first day of
the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled
for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith
unto them, Peace be unto you." "And after eight days again his
disciples were within, and Thomas with them; then came Jesus; the
doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto
you."--See also Luke 24:26.
You premise, that the disciples, on the two days referred to above,
one of which certainly was, and the other may have been, the first day
of the week, had met together for public or social worship, when
Christ appeared to them. Whence you infer, that the first day of the
week is the Sabbath.
Now, what you premise _seems_ to be a mere assumption, for which there
is not a shadow of proof, either in the text or context. No one of the
Evangelists says that they met for worship; nor did they worship, so
far as we know, when met together. In regard to the first of those
occasions, we are told, that they "were assembled for fear of the
Jews;" and, as to the second, we are simply informed, that they "were
within," which means, probably, that they were _at home_; for Luke
tells us, that, on the day of the ascension, the eleven "abode" in an
upper room. Acts 1:13.
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