The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17

direction Of the dead, and Of (hrimatos aionio,
eternal judgment"
81 Jude, verse 1910 whom II reserved tn
blackness Of darkness ton aig,sa) forever
| lid Timothy $40 That they may obtai,
| tho salvation which In In Christ Jesus witt
glory faio,,ionl "eternal."
Hebrews, D.I2-- Having obtained fHionio,
h,trosbpl "sterual redemption" for us. and |,
verse 10, .aionion hleronomias Is rendered
eternal inheritance,
Hebrews. .s-1hy throne, 0 God Is ITO,
aionn lou nionos) forever and ever
Hebrews, 1878 Jesus Christ, the san,e yes
terday, to-day and (foms aion,as) forever
Jst Timothy, II TO the King Eternal 10,
niononl be honor and glory tto,s aio',ns to'
aiV,p0n) forever aud ever"
Revelations D. IL. am He that liveth. ant
was dead. and behold am alive ffoua aio,,n,
tom aionopl "forevermore, and in ST. Matthew
Prayer Thine is the kingdom. and the power
and Tho glory ffoma aio,tna) forever
Thessafe but O few Of the very many passages
from the New Testament in which the Gree,
word OCCURS. aud whore the sense. intended Il
be conveyed hy,it cannot well be disputed
aud we find 1t translated eternal "eserlast.
ing" forever" "forevermore'' and "foreyet
and ever II, then, it Ia not correctly trans
lated n tho text, arc we prepared to conclude
that II Is also Incorrectly translated In oil
eternal life no eternal glory. no eternal spirit
no eternal God2
But LET us proceed. In the torty-Iir verse
Of tho chapter from, which the text Is taken,
The King is represented hs snying. depart
from mo ye cursed into everlasting ftre." and
the Greek is ''pu 10 uionion," the word in the
text. and in our Lords sermon Of tho mount,
He speaks III one who "shall BIO in danger OF
hslltrea. geennan ton puros. These fires. then.
aree not Hades or Pnrgatory; but lesnan the
''laltc Of fire." into which the devil. and the
false prophet. and tho beast shal be cast. and
whore, il is said. they shall DO tornlented
day and night nons aionae ION aionon)
forever and ever" But in the twenty
second ID, eha9ter ftn sh verse II l., is said aid
with the righteous In the text. that
they shall reign (tons aionas tom aiononi for
ever and ever the same words In both verses
and the Identical antithesis that Ia presented
and nth verses we read, they lthe wicked
shall drina uf the wine Of the wrath Of God
aud the smoke Of their torment ascendath up
|eis tiionda dio,,on) forever and ever "The
wine Of tho wrath Of Godr' Hers ID surely
aud "aionns diono" L. eternal.
speaking of tho. blaspken,y against
never le,s ton a;o,,a) forgiveness. neither
IN this world neither IN lMsitontil that which
Is to come And tho Jews understood clearly
suppose tho ''nnpardopabIe sin to be, whether
the attrihnting To the immediate agency Of
Beelzshub the miracles which Christ wrought
with The finger OF God OF the final and OBJ.
iutate CONTINUANCE IN wickedness, despite Of
lesuising OF the condeacenson of tho Holy
Ghost, In any case 1t u man leave this world
and (tia ton aiondl hath not ever
'orgys,ness in the worldoo come. then wrath
But once more. in the Second Epistle to the
first chapter. st. Paul. The in
spired apostle. declares sit is u righteous
hing with God to recompense tribulation to
vii Hoeis:" and that "the Lord Jesus Christ
shall be revealed from Heaven with His
mighty angels. IN flaming fro taking ven
yeanoo on those that know not God. and
nat. obey. not the gospel Of or. Lord
'csus Christ. who shall be punished with
destruction from the presence of
he Lord and tho glory Of his power Now
he Greek word translated punished In
,earioe. tnpunish for crime; hence retributio,n,
,reyous punishment. The word translated
everlasting" Ia the same in our text dfoniou::
nd that translated obstruction il oittiroti,
which means literally ruin. "perdihon.''
,ted F' ' sS 81 ssp ssi' from 1' the
rcsence OF the Lord unto the retrih.ltion Of
perdition" Nor would the force
t the Language be materially weakened II the
tord dionipn were omitted altogether from
no sentence, for we can hardly conceive OF IL
orofearlul demonstration Of abiding wrath
han the Judge descending In flaming fire and
nlting vengeance on the evildoers. who shall
hen be made to sufIeS the grt,yous ret,ibu-
ion of penlition FROM tho presence OF the
ord
But there is still another passage which |
lust ask you to notice In RI Corinthians, |
N, we read: "Our light aillicton, which |
! but for moment worketh out for us u |
" more exceeding and eternal weight Of |
lory." Tho word eternal here In again |
ionion; and the antithesis is between the
tlicions of the present time, which are for u
lomeIt, and the glory which Is lasting and
ornament And In the next verse tisl 1t is
MD while we look not ut the things which
ro seen, but at the things which are not
sen for the things which are seen are tems
oral, but the things which are. not seen are
,io,,tdl eternal The antitheais is the same
, both verses; in the one it is the contrast be-
weenSmomentary at1liction and eternal glory,
nd IN the other between temporal
hoosing the language 70 represent the
nfadhg durability and permhnency Of tho
,ttcr, the apostle employs in both these
laces q word OF whose Specification. in such
connection. we arc thus assured, and that is
his passage Is "proskaira," This suggests
he thought that there is a word which, had
beer. rsvi by ST Matthew, would have OK
tessed exactly the sense for which the OBJ
ctofs contend. -, "ir9gsskahopathc.o" isa word
hch MEANS literally, to suffer erievo,ls
ain, OF distress, on account Of anything:
nd for q limited period Of time, It may be-.
:, then, the suffering Of tho wicked on
,count Of their sins. though g,ievous. IL yet
be temporary, it is pertinent to ask, why
ID not tho inspired writer, who certainly
newohis Lords meaning, employ this word
express ii, instead of kolasin atos,iunsa
might go on to cite just such passages as
,ese to an indefinite extent for the Bible is
IL! Of them but what ! have presented may
liieo for the purpose q, proving that both Of
'xt, and that together they do mean ever
sting punishment" | need not detain you
ngor onothis point Lot me direct your at
ntion to another Wow Of the subject.
! am strongly pursuadel that one great
luse why some men slight the gospel. and
hers wrest the plain meaning of certain
ords of the divine revelation. may be
scovered in the fact TINT they have failed
apprehend the real nature of sin,
. il appears in the sight of au
boly (3pI with fbo pat,,roI |