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


darkness. Job 21:13 'Sheol' &c. V.
the grave) 24:19, 'sheol' (E. V. the
grave.) But space will not permit US
to give all cases of the Bible use Of
sheol, as, thus far, consecutively. In
those already quoted, it is evident that
sheol is the grave, and not hell So
apparent is this that it can hardly be
possible our translators would have
had any difficulty with the word, had
it not been for the need of some sup
port for the popular idea of hell. The
place of the future punishment Of the
wicked is represented by quite diff
ferent word That word is Ge Henna.
We will now give a few quotations,
showing where sheol- is. Eek. 31:16
and II. i made the mountains to
shake at the sound of his fall, when I
cast him down to sheol, E. V. hell I
with them that descend into the pit,
and all the trees Of Eden shall be COM
forted in the neither parts Of the earth
90 They also in the neither parts Of
the earth, mark you went down into
sheol [ E:V. hell with him Eek.
32:18,21. Son Of man wall for the
multitude of Egypt, and cast them
down unto the neither parts Of the
earth, unto them that go down to the
pit. The strong among the mighty,
shall speak to him out Of the midst Of
sheol the grave, E. V. hell; they are
gone down; they lie uncircumcised,
slain with the sword i. e., they are
lying, slain, in. the grave. We per-
ceive that sheol means not the sepa-
rate grave Of each individual "a differ
ent Hebrew word expresses that
thought but that it is a general term
for the state Of all the dead, whether
they lie in careful sepulture, or, as
Jacob imagined Of Joseph, they are
torn and devoured by beasts of the
field. And this general state Of the
dead was considered Of as vast pit in
the darkness Of the lower parts Of the
earth;' vast burying place, or as we
call it a cemetery, where are gathered
the dead of all past time. Thus it is
made apparent that the grave is the
correct rendering of the Heb. sheole.
But before taking up the word Hades,
we will notice one more passage
Psalm. 9:17. The wicked shall be
turned into hell, and all the nations
that forget God The word here rem
dered hell. is sheol, the grave; turned
is in the Heb. returned
In thus establishing the Bible mean
ing of sheol, establishes also the Bible
meaning of its CIR. substitute, Hades.
This is evident on consideration of
the few cases where the latter is used
in the New Testament, Matthew
1923. Thou, Capernaum, which, art
exalted to heaven, shalt be brought
down to hades' (the grave, E. V. hell)
This prophecy has been fulfilled in so
bringing that city to destruction, to
the grave, that the place Of its selul-
cher can scarcely be determined. Luke
1915. Same as preceding. Matt
1918. On this rock [ will build my
church, and the gates of hades the
grave, e. V. hell shall not prevail
against it. The gate, to the Hebrew,
was the emblem of power or domin-
ion, as God says to Abraham, Gen.
22:17, Thy seed shall possess the gate
Of his enemies. In Job 3S:1T, Psalms
9:13, and 1O7:18, we find the express
sion, gates of death, which the Sep
tuagint renders gates of hades.' In
Rev. 1:18, the Lord Jesus, announcing
his submission to death, and his SUBJ
sequent resurrection and Immortality,
declares that he has the keys of hades
and of death. And so his people, now
or yet to be under the power of grave,
within the gates Of hades. shall not be
permanently held there The grave
cannot prevail against his church, for
at the appointed time Dob 14:13,14.)
he who holds the keys will open the
gates, and from their graves bring
forth his people to glory. He has
said Hosea 1914, 1 will ransom them
from the power Of the grave Heb.
sheol, Sept. CIR hades. In Eek.
37:12,14: Thus saith the Lord God.
Behold, O my people, | will open Your
graves, and cause you to come up out
of your graves. And We shall know
that | am the Lord, when have OPEN
ed your graves, o. my people, and
brought you up out of your graves,
and put my spirit in you, and ye shall
live Luke 1921. The rich man
died, and was buried, and in hades E.
V. hell he lifted up his eyes, being in
torment Here we have a similar po-
etic figure as in Eek. chap. l. 81,
where the dead in hadcs We're repre-
sented as 'comfortedin in the lower parts
of the earth. Oyer the fall of the
mighty one who had brought them to