The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23

Acts Cd chapter, goth verse "Men and
brethren. let me speak unto you OF tue
patriarch David that be is dead and bu-
ried, anI his sepulchre ID with us unto
this day /; therefore, being u prophet ana
knowing. that God had sworn with an oath
10 him that of Nhe fruit of bis lOins nc
cording to the flesh he would raise up
Christ to sit on his throne" Now, David's
throne was On this earth, Peter so UNI
derstOOd it. ! eau say with all love ana
glory TO Christ that David's throne IS the
only one promised Him aud from that
throne He will rule aud judge the earth.
Bro. Drake quoted Revelations, 10th
and 2lst chapters, in which it speaks OF a
new heaven and new earth, aud the de-
struetiOn of the old eaFth and heaven. l
will remark that thu Bible speaks IN
about the same way in reference to the
destruction of the world by the food.
That this earth is not destroyed is proven
by the same chapter, 21st and oath verses,
for it says in speaking of the New Jeru-
salem, Gods city, that, "The nations of
them that are saved shall walk in the
light of it, and the kings of the earth do
bring their glory aud honor unto it,"
That there Is u middle s~tate-a Paradise
where the spirits or souls of the saved go
IN proven ny CuIlSb 3 OWL WOiuos ChilSp
said to the thief on. the cross ITO day
thou shall be with me IN Paradise" which
was an assurance to him that Christ
would remember him when He came unto
His Kingdom. 1t .alse proves that Christ
had not then. nor even now come unto
His Kingdom, nor will He until His Sec
ond coming, when He will sit on His
Father DaVid'S throne in jerusalem.
lie said to the thief: To-day thou shall
ho with me in PdradiseD Three days after
wards He said to Mary, John, Goth chap
ter, 18th verse "Touch me not, for / am
not get aSceaded to my father" This
proves the middle stnte, aud that it was
Paradise, for chrIst's spirit was there
while absent from the body, yet He says
it was not heaven. Paul says, 18th chap
ter LIST Cor, 23d and 24th verses, that
Christ is the only one yet resarrected,
and the next will be those who are. His at
His coming (Which, OF course, means His
second personal coming). So we see
clearly that all who have died in the
Lord are only resting from their labors,
and that their spirits, while absent from
their bodies, are in the same place and
condition that Christ's spirit was, which
lie says was Paradise, and not heaven
where God the Father was.
Now, Christ said mono but the pure in
heart shall SEQ God (of course this means
God the Father, for all bad men at Jeru-
salem saw and crucified Christi Now, if
Abraham and Lazarus were in heaven
where God was, then the rich man could
have seen God and Christ's words would
be untrue, 81. +re
The truth is Christ. was the meek and
lowly Jesus on this earth. He is now the
mediator. At His second coming,
which will be personal and to this earth
more to leave us. He will be the
righteous Judge and Mighty God who
will avenge Himself aud His loved oneS
all who oppose Him, and will dwell
with His loved ones On this redeemed
earth. 49,
will close by saying hat the whole
redemption of mau is y fight between
Christ, who is the Love and Mercy of
God, and the devil, who was cast out of
Gods heaven because be opposed mau's
redemption. See Revocation, 18th chap
ter, 9th verse. Infthis chapter and pic
ture of the devil l think seven heads de-
note wisdom; ton horns denote power;
crowns denote authority, and his
tail denote his following, by which one
third of the angels in heaven agreed with
the devil to oppose mans redemption,
ana WIN, MIN were cast ont OF heaven,
and they are now and ever have been
since their fall the demons, devils and
evil spirits who oppose ChrisG aud trou-
Bile man. l was sorry to see that Bro.
thinks that Saul, first king of Is
rael, WINS lest and is now among the
damned, because he was rejected AS king
of Israel. r
ChrIst's love and mercy has and will
save many souls whose acts in this life
He cannot approve. III this connection |
will remind the good brother that Moses,
the leader of Israel, because of his sins
was neglected of God Us "a leader to con-
duct Israel into the promised land, was
Moses lost And David, the man after
Gods own heart, was rejected as a build
of Gods house Solomon, the type Of
Christ, died under a curse or punishment
of God, because OF his sins, and while
Gods mercy allowed him to die before his
kingdom was divided, yet it was made
known to him aud occurred Immediately
after his death. No, my brother, God
will chasten His children, but never dis
inE crit them or destroy them, for if He
did they cOuld say to Him as Moses did
Exodus, 80 chapter and 18th to 18th
verse $. NJ A. DEES.
Moss Point. Miss, Nov. 1883.