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ANOTHER VIEW OF HEAVENS;
As OPPOSED TO DR.. MONK'S

Editor Journal: am inspired to write
this article from having read in The
Journal some time ago criticism BY j.
B. Armstrong on some of DR.. Monks
fancy expressions about heaven. And
while I agree with Brother Armstrong
to a certain extent 1 must say that his
ideas of heaven are more or less I'M
scriptural.
Brother Armstrong and DR.. Monk, as
WELL as most professed Christians, be-
lieve that people actually go at death to
some far away place, we don't know
where. far above the starry skies. called
heaven. They believe that Abraham,
Isaac Jacob Solomon and David and
All the old ancient WORTHLESS and the thief
on the cross as we'll as our Saviour. all
went to heaven at death, Not so, II the
scriptures be true. Our Savior SAID
himself a short while before His cruel
fxion that mo man hath assembled 10
heaven" John iii b. He also said 10
Mary on the morning OF the resurrec-
ton: Touch me not, for have not yet
assembled to the Father" Peter said on
the day of Pentacost: David has not
assembled to heaven" The Psalmist
saws: s'The dead praise not the Lord. y
Solomon SAYS: THE dead know not any
thing" Our Saviour said to His discl-
pies Just before His ascension: IF l go
away I will come again and receive you
to myself" He didn't say that he would
send His angels at death or any other
time to take them to heaven. have
been reading and studying the Bible TOT
more than forty-fve years and nave
never vet been able to find where God
has ever promised to reward anyone by
taking them to heaven at death or any
other time There is no such promise In
the Bible. There is NO, such heaven
brought to view in the Bible as that 70
which Christians aspire. and all who hold
q "a CinnnlW FOLLOWING "a
delusion. The reward Of the saints the
elect. the church of body of Christ, is
TO be something more grand and glorious
than a blissful home in an imaginary
heaven. The church is to be rewarded
with a change of nature; II is TO be mace
partaker of the divine nature. cnans go go
from human to divine, from mortar TO
immortal, the same immortal divine ma
ture that the head, Jesus Christ, mas
since His resurrection. For as the
Father hath life In himself He hath CIV
en- to the Son to have life In hlmseI'
that is. inherent nfe's immortality. see
Peter T. 3D. and the 18th chapter OF
pe,,I,s Arst Corfnthian letter? If space
were permitted me / might go on ana
sneak of the great, grand and glorious
work of the church in the future age
as the Joint heir of Christ in His mlllen-
ial reign for the purpose OF plessihg All
the families Of the earth asNGod prom,
ised Abraham; for the Christ mead anu
body united) must reign until all enemies
of God and man are put under foot ana
a. kingdom of righteousness put on EARN,
and Daniel tells us 1t is to I'LL the Whole
world and stand forever; 1t is TO nave no
end. Daniel IT, "a, 49, A. 40; ReVelau9,Ils
e. revelations v. 10. I would also
lead DIR. Monk and Brother Armstrong,
as we'll as other professed Christians, out
into the great ocean Of Gods love, wnere e
tbev can swim instead of splashing about
in the muddy shadows where It Is only
ankle deep. would show them men,, s0 nod
thing of the length. breadth, height ano
5ant6 Of Gods great love and gracious
p pIan of redemption and salvation Of the ne
world from death. met from helsp
tormenO as it is revealed In .hls WIZ ns
and wrought out through the death ana
reSuii '0'' ]. c. C. CARLTON.