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iously as they have been morally, and
sentenced, depart from me, We ours
ed, into everlasting punishment pre-
pared for the devil and his angels.
The sentence is executed. Death and
Hades and whosoever was not found
written in the book of life were cast
into the lake of fire. This is the
second death. If there is delivering
up of the dead here mentioned, which
it certainly is, there is no escape from
the conclusion that Gehenna. the lake
of fire and the second death, are all |
beyond the resurrection.
In the next chapter to this we find
the ''lake of fire" recognized in the
immortal state, or in immediate con-
nection with the new creation, when |
mortality and death are past AS the
Goth chapter closes up the history of
this world and notes the passing away
of the visible creation, with the right |
eous saved, the wicked damned, and
God S eternal government approved,
so the 21st chapter opens a new scene
where the former things are done
away--a scene that lies beyond the
limits of time and | saw a new
heaven and a new earth, for the first
heaven and the first earth were passed
away, and there was no more sea.
And |, John, saw the holy city, the
new Jerusalem, coming down from
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband. And heard
great voice out of heaven saying Be-
hold the tabernacle of God is with
men and He will dwell with them and
they shall be His people, and there
shall be no more death, neither sorrow
nor crying; neither shall there be any
more pains, for the former things are
passed away And He that sat upon
the throne said, Behold | make all
things new And He said unto me,
Write, for these words are true and
faithful And He said unto me, it is
done. | am Alpha and Omega the
beginning and the end. | will give
unto him that is athirst of the foun
tain Of the water of life freely. He
that oyercometh shall inherit all things
and | will be his God and he shall be
my son. But the fearful and unbeliev
ing and the abominable and murderers
and whoremongers and sorcerers and
-tidolaters, and all liars shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with
fire and birthstone, which is the sec
ond death. Rev. 81; 18.
This new heaven and new earth are
the inheritance of saints after the res
direction of the dead. 1t is not in
this world but in the world to come
And it is in connection with this new
creation in point of time that the un-
godly, the unsaved "have their part
in the lake that burneth with fire and
birthstone, which is the second death.
As certainly as this blessed state de-
scribed is in the future world, so GER
tainly is the state symbolizad by the
lake of fire in the future world. There
is no second death till after the resur
rectiOn.
, Now, we have found Gehenna, while
it is not yet created, is ordained o.
old in the purpose of God, and wher
J death delivers up the bodies and hades
: delivers up the souls. of the unsaved
then after death, and after the resur
rection and after the judgement "botl
soul and body shall be cast i'll to Ge
henna' that real Gehenna of fire, tn,
) everlasting fire prepared for the devi
: and his angels. The name means lit
! tie to us; the thing is important, ant
: had been Just as real and as terribl
if nameless.
} To the Jew the name was signiti
3 cant 1t carried weight. To us th
! other symbols, the ''lake of fire" i
more impressive. The application i
the same. The final destiny of the un
{ saved is the unsearchable reality
! Finally we are told by the liberalist
: that the lake of fire is a process" o
4 cleansing Then all that are cast in
: to it are sent there for the purpose o
g purifcation. The "beast and the falls
g prophet are there. When will the,
be purifed9 The devil is to be cas-
: into it. Will he be purified? VIII
t not? Death and hades are to be cas-
D into it. Is this for the purpose of pur
t ification2 but these are to be de
stroyed' l hear it said. Then VIII
: cast them into "a sovereign fire fo
: purifcationr Consistency should b
observed in the use of figures of speec
4 and in the disposition of symbols Blu
e if we admit the destruction of these
4 what them The beast and the falls
4 prophet were cast into the lake of fir
2 and destroyed. The devil was cast in
$ to the lake of fire and destroyed
S Death and Hades were cast into tn
t lake of fire and destroyed--abolishe
s forever ''Whosoeyer was not foun
/, written in the book of life was cast in
= TO the lake of fire and-and purified. -
Perhaps some fool will deny the ma
= terial point in this connection, that i:
!. that Gehenna and the lake of fire mea
! the same thing. If denied, the diff
4 culties are not cancelled. The formi6
!, able facts of Scripture confront theI
: still The lake Of fire is there. th
q emblem Of the final state Of the wicl
q ed .beyond the resurrection and th