Question Corner by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 24, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 51.

Question Corner.

By Editor

No. 448. Spirits of Just Men Made Perfect.

Kindly explain Heb. 12:23, "Spirits of just men made perfect."

We do not know what the brother wants explained. The apostle is naming the blessings of faith as contrasted with those of sense and sin. Sight and hearing quailed before Mt. Sinai. Faith brings us to Mount Sion, where our Surety sits as priest (Heb. 8:1); to the angels that minister to the heirs of salvation (Heb. 1:14); to the general assembly and church of the first born, of which we by faith are a part (James 1:18; Luke 10:20); to God the Judge of all, a fact especially true in these last days (James 5:9); and to the spirits of just men made perfect. To all this faith has come, here, now. We "are complete in Him," "washed," "sanctified." Col. 2:9, 10; 1 Cor. 6:11. The term "spirits" simply relates to the men, no longer earthly, but spiritual.