Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-23
Correspondence.
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sion between Rev, A, Daman and myself
|, have made no display Of my ow
knowledge Of the Greek language,
have given as authority for the meanin
Of Greek words the Lexlcons and orthodo
Commentators, have explained SCRIP
ture by scripture.
2, The question OF Universal Sayatlo
has not been the Issue between US, as h
qow prctends, Incidentally said In m
first letter that the people here had beeI
resting In the faith that all souls vii
eventually obey God, lie quoted two o
three passages, which said nothing abou
the subject Of obedience to God, 10 prov,
that part Of mankind will never obey
We cited Romans Q; 10, to show that al
VIII become righteous "For as by on,
mans dlSobcdlencc he many were mad,
sinners: 80 by the obedience Of one
Christ shall Me many be made right.
eous." There are rs many In the one ease
as In the other. To this Mr.. ID. makes no
reply, This was only side issue
8. There have been only two points OF
doctrine squary at Issue between us. lie
maintains that the second coming OF
Christ Is yet future, at the end of the
world, aud /, that 1t took place at the
close Of the Jewish age and the conf
mcncement Of the gospel age, that 1t was,
In fine, ellis coming In His kingdom"
|. G. his mcdlatorlal aud judicial reign on
the earth. Mr.. d. cited several passages,
which said nothing Of THE TIME of Chrsts
coming to judge the world, but only Of
the fact. believe the fact as much as he
does. Christ did come, as l believe, to
judge mankind and began that work
nearly 1900 years ago. lie did not cite a
single text as TO the time when Christ
should come In his kingdom to judge.
put into the case five explicit declarations
Of Jesus Christ himself to show that he
declared positively and plainly that he
would come to begin judging the world,
during the generation In which he lived in
the flesh, viz: Luke II: 80, SO; Matt. 10
%; Matt. lG: 27, 2S; Matt. "a :3, "a. l
also referred to Christ's declarations in
Matt 3:2, 4, III Mark s 80, 30-I; Mark
Is "a, 80; Luke 0: 27,-l7: go, 80; Luke
el:G, 81; John 0: 39-2l: 90; IL: 81, 81.
Mr.. ID. makes no reply to any Of these
passages. Here he Is "dumb." also
referred to Acts 2: lG, 20; I'd Tim. 4 II
Heb. 1925, 81; James 5:7, s., o; lst Pet.
4 5, II, Is; also Pet. | 90; Heb. l:2;
lst John 2: IS. TO all this array of scrip
turc testimony, as to the time to Christ's
judging the world. Mr.. d. makes not
word of reply! The people will judge
why he is thus silent with reference to all
the passages.
4. Please notice that Mr.. Daman has
not offered particle Of proof that the
Greek term dion ever signifies or means
"the world" in the New Testament. We
deny that this term meaus "the material
world" in any and every place where it
occurs in the New Testament.
5. The only other point on which we
have Joined issue is: DO the scriptures
teach that there will be any sin, woe, per-
ishing or destruction, after all who die in
Adam are made alive in Christ death,
the last enemy is destroyed, and G God be-
comes call in ALL" as taught in 1st Cor.
l5 90, 2S? Mr.. d. cited Daniel l2:2, and
John :2S, 20, to prove sin, wo and per-
ishing after Christ gives up the king dom
to the Father and God becomes all in all.
We noticed these passages at length, aud
showed, as we thought, that they pertain
to spiritual rising up in this world. Mr..
D. makes no reply to US on these texts
Thus endeth the second lesson!
We have not discussed the resurrection
of our material bodies nor the immortality
'f the soul, or spirit in man. We hold t
'he human soul or spirit to be an immor- =,
al child Of God. He denies this.
have not denied the personal visible
coming Of Christ in his kingdom at the
lose Of the Jewish age and the destruc- t
ion Of Jerusalem. s
DIR. Adam Clark shows that the gospel /
lad been preached to all nations, and that 4,
very sign Of Christ's coming mentioned
latt. "a ch. had taken place before the y
estruction of Jerusalem came. The Ia st
ay Is the whole duration of Chrlst's y,
eign. l believe the judgement mentioned
"a Cor 8: 10, extends into the future
tate, but not after the completion of the ,
oi
No stars fell from heaven in 1880, nor Ga
1888. They were nothing but meteors Ike
oating in our atmosphere. 81
The phrase "heaven and earth shall -
ass away but my word shall not pass
way" simply means that it is easier for
'aven and earth to pass away than for an
DDS word to fail-not that heaven and ho
nth shall ever really pass away or be
'stroyed. See Luke 16 H. hi
Rev. IL: /, 2, proves that Jerusalem
as not destroyed when the book Of Rev.
alton was written, and this is the opin- ~
n, too, of all the best commentators MI
d learned men Of the present time. tut
Sodom was literally destroyed by fire. su,
course Luke II: 80 was fulfilled at the
struction of Jerusalem.
There Is marrying in this world by
ose who have experienced the spiritual
moral resurrection here-a new birth Ter
10 the resurrection in the future world gu