The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-08-10
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pear Will I1lIH III SiOIy III Iuio pas
sage the Apostle promises Christians at
Colosses that when Christ appears in
glory they shall appear with Him. And
is this all past? When did Christ ap--:.
pear in glory, and the Collossian Chris
tians with Him? 1t would be quite diff
ficult, think, to find where, in all the
history of the past, these events are re-
corded, ,.-.-.s.,,o ...,-.,s ,s f.-i.,-.4 ~ X, s
Titus II. IL: .For the grace of God
that bringeth salvation for all men hath
appeared, teaching US that, denying IN
godliness and worldly lusts, we should
live soberly, righteously and Cody in
the present world, looking for that bles-
the great God and our Saviour, Jesus
Christi Who will say the time is past
when I'VE shoald live soberly, righteous
ly and Cody in this present world,
looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing Of the great God and
our Saviour. Jesus Christi I must al.
so think that that blessed hope 50 in
timately connected with 'the glorious
appearing Of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
is still in the future I cannot allow
that the Christians hope. anchored in
the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ
has been realized or thst it has perish-
ed. sc
1 Thes.a ". II: sFor if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again, even SO
them also which sleep in Jesus will God
bring with Him. For this we say unto
you by the word of the Lord, that we
which are alive and remain unto the
coming of the Lord shall not go before
them that are 3 asleep "a For the Lord
himself shall descend from Heaven with
shout. with the voice of the archangel
aud with the trump of God; and the
dead in Christ shall rise first: then we
which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and
s0 shall we ever be with the Lord
Who is ready aye, who is willing-to
say this is all past? Shall we put the
resurrection of the dead and all our
hopes in the past, simply to get the
judgment and punishment of the wicked
behind us
But I read once more:
2 Thes. I Z: And to you who are
troubled, rest with us, when the Lord
Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels, in flaming fire,
taking vengeance on th EN- that know not
God, and obey not the GOSPEL Of our,
Lord Jesus Christ; who shall be pun
ished with everlasting destruction from
the presence Of the Lord. and from the
glory of his power-[ This teaching is
evidently the same as that of the text,
and the Apostle, tells us when all this
shall be in the following words !: aohen
he shall come to be glori6ed in His
saints, and to be admired by all them
that believe oT 90 ~ 7af+5a II groI
PASSAGES of like import might be te-s
diously accumulated, but I deem what
have read all sufficient to show that,
when the Son of Man shall come in
His glory, and all the holy angels with
Him. the dead will be raised, the saints
will be glorifed, and enter into rest
with Him. But the resurrection Of the
dead, the glory of the saints, and their
eternal. rest, are all in the future; there.
fore, the coming Of the Lord is in the
future. Therefore, at a future day, the
dead having been raised, and 'all ma
tions' gathered before Him, the Lord
will Judge and sentence them and then
the wicked shall go away into .everlast-
ing punishment at the same time whea
the righteous shall be glorifed and en-
ter into life eternal. adt91GUaae Ac1
D Now, q word about everlasting the
word which describes the punishm ent
into which the wicked shall go. Ever.
lasting is from the Greek word diomos,
the same word that is in the text rend-
cred eternal, and applies to the life into
which the ighteous shall enter, after the
resurrection That, this word means
eternal, no one who has any reputation
as scholar VIII deny. Etymologically
il signifies dlwdys being, and is, therefore,
very properly rendered 'eyerlasting.'-~
As to duration, it simply means ends
| less. If not, no man can find, I ven
tire to say, word in the Greek Ian
guage that does mean endless duration
Other words there are of qualities that
imply endless 1duration, but this one
simply and clearly expresses that idea
| True, it is not always, in the Bible or
| elsewhere, used in strictly literal
sense. 1t does not always carry all its
chronological force.sAnd this, presume
to say, is equally true Of all other words;
for. SO far as know, all words are
sometimes indeed, often--used in "a
special, an appropriated sense. When
SO used, or when they are accepted in
strictly literal sense, is to be determined
by the circumstances of their use. In
the text this word is applied to the pun
lshment OF the wicked after death, after
the resurrection, and that punishment is
put in antithesis with the life into which
the glorified saints shall enter from the
resurrection, which evidently will be
endless. This, in my Judgment, makes
pretty strong case. can not see how
it can ever be shown that, IN thus passage,
this word is used other than in it's strict
/ ~ literal sense--thata of unlimited dura-
tion. However, that You may see about
/ the best that can be donel in that way
will read an extract from sermon on
on the subject under discussion by Rev.
R. L. Collier, recently delivered in this
city, and reported for the 'Tribune:A
1T is our habit says Mr.. Collier, so
associate the words ofScripture with
the meaning we have heard put into
them! SO there are lnanyatpassages of
|Scripture that do seem in very definite