THE ESSENTIAL COMING- 

 OF CHRIST 



This coming is in harmony with 

 the laws of sequence and conti- 

 nuity. 



Each of the successive steps or 

 kingdoms has had its type-life. 

 The plant — that is, the physical 

 basis of the plant life — came from 

 the inorganic matter ; the animal 

 — that is, the physical basis of the 

 animal life — came from the plant 

 and through the plant from the 

 mineral kingdom ; the natural man 

 — that is, the physical basis of 

 the life of the natural man — came 

 from the animal and the kingdoms 

 below it ; the spiritual man — that 

 is, the physical basis of the life 

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