The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-01-21

depend upon an Interpretation so litera
they must see the result.
The. force of this argument is greatly
increased if we examine The passage i'm
mediately following: For every one
shall be salted with fire, and every sacri
fee shall be sailed with salt" The last
phrase shows the meaning of the first.
To be salted with salt is to be seasoned
or impregnated with it. and its use here
is plainly suggestion from the practice
of the Jews offering salt with their sacrI-
fees as required by their ceremonial law.
Though not strictly IN keeping with the
wording of the original we do no violence
to the thought TO render it thus-as ersry
sacrifice is Sa!ted 1oith salt, 50 ecery one Of
these shall be saltec ,cith fire.
With this view we have these facts.
The two prominent reasons for using salt
with the Jewish sacrifice Were: 1st. As
preservative especially required ii the
warm climate of Palestine TO prevent de-
cay. I'd. As token of the everlasting
character of the covenant God had made
with the Jew Under this precise view
Christ calls His disciples the salt of the
earth. Here he substitutes .Hre for salt
and presents the same typical meaning
as is evident from its intimate associa-
rion with the Jewish sacrifice. What
then is the inevitable conclusion That
this everlasting fire so far rom Annihi-
lating those who are in it, it possesses
preserving quality, and in its character is
itself typical OF the everlasting enmity
existing between God and these damned
souls; all in perfect keeping with the
language Their worm dieth not and
their fire is not quenched"
Not less positive is the testimony de-
rived from the fact that the Greek words
aion, (eternity,) and atonias (eternal,) are
used to represent unending duration. |
The phrase els tous aiOnas ton aiOnon (for |
ever and ever,) occurs eighteen times in
the New Testament alone. The only az
gument against these terms is, that they
may be employed to represent an age, or
simply time. But will any one contend
that els GioncS is ever so used in the Bible
where there is any positive evidence that
this is its meaning? 1t is employed thus
sixty-one times in the New Testament
and in at least fifty-five of these places,
that it means endless duration there is
the clearest evidence; in the other in
stances it is used in describing future
punishment, and here is where our op-
ponents try to explain it away, by sub
stituting indefinite time, or the word
age That it should be used more than
fifty times out of sixty to mean unlimited
extent in duration. and then the other
ten to mean age without the slightest
indication of change in its use, is simply
The only thing remarka-
BILE in these criticisms is the persistency
10 dissect words. That critics who can
be so easily satisfied with their rendering
Of death, destroy, and perish, by which
they reach Annihilation, should suddenly
become so sensitive here, is indeed won
derful The reason is obvious; their
theory vibrates from one extreme to the
other. and it is only by a most loosely
false rendering at one part, and hyper
critical one at the other that it receives
4 shadow of support from the Bible.
In the New Testament aioniaS, (eter-
1al,) is used seventy-one tiues; by it we :
describe the attributes of God the char
lcter of His Government, the duration of d
His Kingdom, the provisions of the
Atonement, the work of the Holy Spirit, I
md the final state of both the righteous
nd Ala ,uiol-al To admit H. truo ran,
lering everywhere save when applied TO q
he future condition of the impenitent,
md here in the absence of all authority
or the change, except the plea that the
word may be used to represent an age or
some indefinite time,-substitute another
meaning, is an Interpolation of the sacred
,ecord which if admitted can with the
same show of consistency blot divinity
rom the Bible. Suppose the word
may" be used to represent age, is this
nay evidence that this is its meaning
when applied to the future of the wick
ed? The word Theos, (God) is used to
represent an idol, but who doubts its use
when applied to Pharoah? The word Z
Jasous, (Jesus,) means Savior and is ap-
olied to several persons besides Christ,
md yet who would explain its use as ap-
olied to Christ by any other use made il?
Paeuna, Spirit means wind and great
many other things, as temper, disposi-
ion, sentiment and perception; we have
n the Bible spirit of prayer" Spirits
n prison" and the statement that "God {
5 Spirit" Who will contend that God
s wind, or temper, or a perception, or
sentiment? and yet we have the same
ground for this rendering that Annihila-
ionists urge as a reason for denying
eternal punishment The argument is t
imply ridiculous and unworthy to be I
ldvanced in support of any honorable c
,ause; that it is SO persistently urged by t
hose who hold to the doctrine of Ami
lilation, is proof positive of their hope I
ess condition.
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alias I. 7. s
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