The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1860-02-10

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IN the New Testament. In Matt. 22nA
chap. 81 and 80 verses, Jesus says
Bnt as touching the resurrection OF
the dead. have ve not read that viii h
was spoken unto you BY God, saying |
am the God Of Abraham, and the Go
Of Isaac and the God Of jacob Z God
is not the God of the dead, bnt Of tn
living = plainly teaching thai Abraham
Isaac and Jacob were tn, n living in the
spiritual world, and As lie was speaking
Of the resurrection, that they we've
spiritually rssurrected. At the trans
duration Of Jesus, Moses AMI Elias
were seen talking with him. In order
t have been there talking with him thev
must have existed after death in spirit
ual bodies, spiritually resuTected Ia
iurther confirmation that man lives af
ter death clothed with spiitual body
we refer the reader to Rev xxi, 8, where
the angel declared to JOAN that he was
one of his brethren The prophets. Ii
he had became an angel, he surely was
living a life Of activity and not sleep
ing off the time awaiting the general
Judgement.
Throughout the old Testament when
God communed with man, it was done
through the inStrumentality ofan angel;
such an angel being filed with the Spirit
Of God is called sometimes jehovah
and also the angel. Take for instance
the angels whoapPeared to Abraham
to tell him Of the destruction impehd-
ing over Sodom and Gomorrah. These
angels are called men, and the Lord,
which in the original Hebrew IS writ
ten Jehovah. To see these angels, mans
spiritual vision must Be opened, ami
accordingly we find the prophets con,
tinually saying was in the spirit and
saw" I" his eyes Were opened and he
saw &c. From these passages, which
are numerous. we conclude that when
the Lord wills it, mans spiritual vision
can be opened SO that he can see, and
be with the spirits of the dead and re
tain much Of such vision in his natural
memory.
That the evil can be intromitted into
the spiritual world also. is evident from
the fact, that the Billie speaks frequent
| ly oi false prophets, aud there having
familiar spirits. aud consulting with
lylng spirits, and seeking those who
| have familiar spirits, and unto wizards
that peep, and malter. and from the
magicans of Egypt who performed
miricles through evil spirits. THAI
spiritual manifestations can be made to
man, through natural o. ljects, is evident.
from the fact, that the breast plat.
worn by the priest, on which vas the
Urim were consulted, and Divine an
swers given. See mum xvii, 81, ]
Sam. xxviil. g. Also from Hosea. ". %,
8 Nv heople ask counsel at their stocks
and their staff tieclareth unto them
| 1t is evident that evil spirits also could
be consulted in this way.
That there i direct intercourse be-
tween man and the spiritual world We
could prove by numerous texts of scrip
ture, but we thiuk the above is sufficien
to satisfy the enqninng mind on this
! point. There i at the present day but
! little faith in the spirl ual life after
death, so oetfeci ually have these truths
been shut out by the doctrine of The
resurrection at the end Of the world as
Z it is now taught. We once heard !
preacher say how effectuaily he used "
spirituaIlsm by showing that spirit wa'
!. the power ofthe Lord, that visions, DC.
5 were inten,e conceptions Of the mind
For instance he said when tephen de.
clarel that be saw the Heaven opened
and Christ sitting on the right hand o
God, that be meant his faith was SC
] strong that he saw it through faith
: Thus he explained away all such pas
. sages. We thought in this way th'
4 whole Bible could be explained away