Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-09-16

After the eartn mas been purified NV
fire and all the wicked destroyed what
does Peter say will follow2
Nevertheless, we according to his
promise look for new heavens and a
new earth wherein dwelleth right.
ness. . Peter 3;13. The new earth is
created out of the ruins of the old
See Rev. 21:5.
When the righteous inhabit tho new
earth where will the wicked be-
Ye shall tread down the wicked for
they shall be as ashes under the soles
of your feet, in the day that | shall do
this, saith the Lord of Hosts. NAL
Alb. The wicked are to be burned IN
root and branch. here on earth in the
purifying fires of the last day. After
this is accomplished the Lord creates
a new earth out of the material of the
old. This new earth becomes the
home of the saved and as they tread
the earth the ashes of the wicked will
be mingled with the dust of the earth
under their feet. Thus when God
says the soul that sinneth it shall die,
EEL. 1S:4) and the wages of sin is
death, and that those who do not be.
lieve in Christ shall perish, He means
to convey to our minds the fact that
the wages for sin when executed upon
the sinner will be such that it will
put an end to his existence and thus
deprive him forever thereafter of the
power to sin. Without this God could
not punish sin, for if for the offences
in this life God consigns them to an
endless conscious suffering in the lake
of fire, how would He punish them
for their sins which they would CON
tinue to commit in the lake of fire
throughout eternity. Sin is sin no
matter where committed and the pen
atty must be such as to deprive the
sinner of the power of rebellion or
else God would never be able to stamp
out sin and rebellion from the uni
verse.
Will the time ever come when there
will be no more pain and DEATH
And there shall be no more death;
neither sorrow nor crying; neither
shall there be any more pain for the
former things are passed away. Rev.
21:4 Death, sorrow and sin are the
result of sin, but when sin and sinners
are destroyed, the former things,
death sorrow and pain which accom-
pany sin and rebellion, are passed a.
way, but this could not be true If the
great majority of persons who have
been born into the world were still a.
live and enduring terrible suffering in
the lake of fire. All, no, God will not
permit his fair universe to be dishon-
ored by such loathsome place of suf
| fering as many people imagine. When
God destroys this present world in the
lake of fire, it will be or the purpose
of putting an end to sin and suffering
and bringing forth new heaven and
a new earth, which will be forever
free from their former things When
this is accomplished Gods will viii
be done here on earth as it is in hea
ven. There will not be one discord
ant note in the universe, but all crea
ton in one grand and harmonious
whole will give honor to God. Rev
5:13. We find in Matt. 25:46 read
AS follows: There shall go away int
everlasting punishment, but the right
ious into life eternal This punish
ment is the wages of sin which il
death This is the second death an(
will be everlasting in its consequence
because they forever remain dead
From this death there will be no re
surrection. In verse Al the fire int,
which they go is spoken of as ever
lasting The cities of Sodom and Go
morrah suffered the vengence of eter
nah fire, Jude Z. In Peter 2:6 we ar
told that those cities were turned un
to ashes. Today the dead sea roll
over the very spot where those. cite
once stood. We know that the eterna
fire by which those cities were de
stroyed is not now burning Did yo1
ever see building consumed ava,
into smoke or the angry flames lick
up. Often when speaking of fire W
say such and such building went u
in smoke and instead of conveying t
our minds the idea of everlastin
burning it denotes irreparable de
struction. A new building may b
erected on the same spot but it woul
not be the same. The former struC
ture assembled in smoke and is gon
forever.
Now, dear editor and readers, W
ask you all to search the Scriptures
Search them for light and truth. Sc
John 5:39 Search the Scriptures fC
in them ye think ye havs eternal life
and they are which testify of me.
is truthful remark that the Ne
Testament was hid in the Old, and I'll
Old Testament is revealed in the New
By searching both testaments togeth,
we may become enlightened regardir
the Plan of Salvation, for without Il
Old Testament the claims of Christ
the Messiahship cannot be substanti
: ted The New Testament mere