The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-11-11

ceptacle of the dead, because the Bibl'
says so. Death and hades delivered
up the dead, &c." It is claimed by
some, that the body only dies w
ask then, what part is judged? Th'
All agree that those who remain alive
till Christ comes will be judged a:
whole men. But what of the dead
VIII they be judged as whole men
Not unless they are dead as whole
men. Because the dead were judged.
If the body only dies, the body only
will be judged and rewarded. If the
soul does not die, it will neither be
judged nor rewarded; hence it will be
left ont of the business. Then heav-
en- and hell will he filed with soulless
bodies But the Bible says man dies.
man is judged and man is rewarded.
The breath Of life is no constitu-
ent part Of man: but it is essential to
a living man. The Bible says man
was formed Of the dust Of the ground.
The breath Of life" was given him
after he was man. The breath was
the vitalizing element that caused the
man to become a living soul OF being.
What then is the soul? The Bible
answers; man was made Of the dust of
the ground; and man became a soul.
The soul then, is dust organized, and
a living soul is that organism vital
lied by the breath Of life. Or, in 9TH
Ell words, the word soul, primarily
means organism, or an organized be-
ing susceptible Of respiration, and as
a secondary meaning, it means life
We will next notice what and
where is paradise. The word paradise
is said to be of Persian origin, and
means a garden. The Septuagint
version renders Gen. 2:0, as follows:
God planted a paradise in Eden"
The word paradise only occurs a few
times in the Bible. But further in
vestigation will doubtless aid in dis
covering what and where it is located.
In 2 Cor 1911, Paul is speaking
about visions and revelations which
he had fourteen years previous, and
states that he was caught up to the
third heaven" and caught up into
paradise" Of course, the inference is
very deducible here, that paradise is in
the third heaven. It is claimed by
good scholars, that the words here
rendered caught up" in other passa-
ges are rendered caught away" as
follows: Matt. 1919. "When any one
heareth the word of the kingdom, and
understandeth it not, then cometh the
wicked one and catcheth away that
which was sown in his heart" Also
Acts $50, when Philip baptized the
Eunuch-"And when they were come
up out Of the water, the spirit Of the
Lord caught away Philip Thus we
see Paul was not necessarily caught
up" but caught away in vision
What about the third heaven?" 1t
seems very clear that paradise is 10
Gated there, Paul's language does not
sound much like paradise is in hades.
the grave, neither does it sound like it |
was in Abraham's bosom as Josephus
says. That would be rather a singu-
lar location for paradise. We can on
ly find one other place where any ref
arence is made to the third heaven,
that is in 2 Pet. 3:5-7,13. Referring
to the antediluvian world, Peter says:
The heavens were Of old, and the
earth, standing out Of the water and |
in the water-being oyerflowed with |
water. perished." This is the first
heaven. ''But the heavens and the
earth which are now,-reserved unto |
fire against the day Of judgment and
oerdition Of ungodliness. This is the
second heaven. Nevertheless we, ac-
;ording to his promise, look for new
heaven and new earth. wherein
lwelleth righteousness" ." This is the
,hird heaven.
Now we can see how Paul was
caught away in vision, to the new
earth, just as John was, on the isle Of
Datmos. Next, paradise occurs in
Rev. 81. ITO him that overcometh
viii give to eat Of the tree Of life,
which Is in the midst of the paradise
IF God" If we do not learn from the
lbove passage the location of paradise,
We do learn one Of its features, name
V. 1.-The tree of life" is there. Now if
We can find the ''tree Of life, " we shall
oe able to locate paradise. We first
ind the ''tree Of life in the garden
# Eden, at the beginning. Again,
We find it beyond the resurrection and
he Judgment, in the new earth state,
IS recorded in Rev. 22:2,14. As we
lave found the ''tree of life" located
n the new earth, and as the tree of
ife" is to be ''in the midst of the
paradise of God therefore, paradise
s to be located in the new earth.
Then paradise is not in Abraham's
BOSOM, as taught by Josephus and
1recian mythology. Again, some
,laim man is the image of God in this
wise; God is a trinity, composed of
Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and man
s trinity, composed OF soul, body
md spirit. hence man is i'll the image
# God. But we do not understand
1od to be so composed. We believe
nan to be the personal or corporeal
mage Of God, and cite you to the fol-
owing passages as proof Of our posi-
ion. Gen. 1:26. Gen. 9:6, Phil. 2:6,
Col. 1:15, here Christ is in the image
IF God, and certainly man and Christ
ire alike in personality, Heb. l:3:
Here Christ is the express image OF
Gods person. If mans personality
md Christ's personality are alike,
hen man is personally in the image
IF God. "Christ took not upon HIM
self the nature of angels, but the seed
IF Abraham.
We will here close this treatise and
perhaps in the next, take up the
TRANSFORMATION, Parable of the Rich
man and Lazarus, and the case where
the Souls were seen under the altar.
And in discussing these points, we
Will endeavor to make the Bible our
guide. Yours Respectfully,
L IAcnRS