But there is a ground on which neither one answer nor the other would express the absolute truth. It is the middle ground resulting from the acceptance of the Bible as the only teacher in the case. The believer of the Bible holds that man is mortal, and that, in the death state, he has ceased to exist for the time being, but that a future life will be brought about by the resurrection of those who are rendered responsible by knowledge of the Gospel at the return of Christ to the earth.
Death ends all in some cases.
Death does not end all in other cases. This corruptible . . . In death there is a suspension of all facully and consciousness and of existence itself. The righteous dead have not entered upon their reward, and if there is no resurrection of the dead, they are perished for ever. The passages in question are all discussed in detail in other publications, and shown to be in harmony with the Bible doctrine of the mortal nature of man.