The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-03-30
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PULPIT. -.
C1RlST'S
ASCENSION FROM
HADES
He led forth a multitude Of
captives and gave gifts unto men
Ephesians iv. g..

rise from the dead" acts XVI, 23), In
this full sense. And he was a first
fruits, or proof, that others still sleep
ing VIII come forth by Divine Power
to be exercised by him In the resur-
rection morning-the Millennial morn
ing. The Church will be the next In
order-she Is to be the Bride Consort
Of the Great King and to participate
with him In his glorious work Of up
lifting the race which fell from the
Divine image into sin and death
through father Adam. The redemp-
tion-price has been provided in the
death of Jesus; and the time for be-
ginning the great work Of restitution
Of all things" merely waits until the
completion Of the election Of the saint
iy Church (Aets ill, 1920.
Christ Arose From Hades.
Preaching on the Day Of PentecOst,
st. Peter declares that God raised
Christ from the dead. Then in proof
that this was the Divine intention
from the beginning, he quotes from
the prophetic Psalm of David, '"Thou
shalt not leave my soul in hell" The
Apostles quotation Acts Ii, 90 is In
the Greek, in which the word he'll is
hades. His quotation Is from the He
brew, in which the word hell Is sheol-
the only word rendered hell through
out the entire Old Testament.
/ am not stating this as something
new, although | am confident that 1t
is new to many of my hearers and .
many of the eighteen millions who will
read my discourse In tomorrow morn
ing's papers For the sake Of such,
note the fact that In the morning of
our Lords resurrection, he said to
Mary, "Toueh me not; for I am not
yet assembled to my Father and your
Father; to my God, and your God"
John XIX, 10. l remind them further
of the language Of the so-called Apos-
ties Greed, which is coming more AMI
more into vogue with all denomina-
lions and which declares. He de-
scended into hell and rose again the
third day" In version of this creed
published by the Presbyterian Board
of Publication Of Philadelphia, a foot
note very properly explains that the
word hell here used is, In the Greek,
hades, which signifies the state or con-
dition of death.
l consider this Il very important mat
ter, which should be made widely
known, because of the false conception
of hell handed down TO us through our
ereeds formulated In the dark ages"
and since misinterpretation OF Shc0l
and hades has been given to the pub
lie mind-the impression that these
words signify place Of torture. All
this Is wholly false, as every Greek
and Hebrew scholar knows, and, IL
ross-questioned. will admit. 1t is an
important question to the public be
cause this miseonception of the mean
ing of the word he'll is driving hun
dreds, yea. thousands, away from God
and away from the Bible. They cor
rectly reason that the teaching that
our Creator foreknew and intended Il
hell of torture for his creatures Is be-
You'd conception. beyond belief, and
manifestly untrue, as no holy being
could be so unjust, unkind, unloving
1t Is time that all such should see that
the fault lies with the creeds and not
with the Bible-that the Bible teaches
a hell, sheoi hades. into which all go
both good and bad and from which
Will be called forth In the resurrection
morning by the great Redeemer
Leading Captivity Captive"
A better translation reads, Our Lord
assembled on high leading u multitude Of
captives." These words are pen pic
ture representing II great King as n
Conqueror returning from II victory
over an opponent. The victor rode in
chariot at the head of the process
sion, surrounded by trumpets and ac-
Chalmers, and behind him followed the
evidences, the proofs OF his victory
either those whom he had captured
and enslaved or, as in this case, those
who had been captured and enslaved
and whom the Conquerer had set free.
The picture is graphic and wonder
ful. Notwithstanding the fact that .
considerable space has interviewed be-
| tNCCu Jul lJotu triumphant lCouk-
rectlon and ascension and the evil
dences of his victory. which are fol-
lowing after him. or the great King
of Glory himself. let us remember that
after he had suffered by the will of
God, 1.-The Just for the unjust" that
he might set mankind free from sin
and death, he was highly exalted and
given u name above every name" He
was made "partaker of the divine ma
ture." He was no longer a man. for
"Flesh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom of God" Il Corinthians XIV,
50l. True. he still has as one OF his
many titles, The Son OF man, which
Identifies him with our race ana the
work which he is in the process of .le-
complishing for 1t and which he Will
finish during his Millennial reign. We
are reminded by the Apostle that he
was put to death In the flesh and
made alive In spirit--a spirit being He
died as a man this side the veil. He
arose New Creature the other side
the veil-a spirit being. He was "sown
In corruption, raised In interruption;
| SWIM NiSuohois iuioeN al kiVly
sown u nataral1ody. raised spiritual
body" As the Church's Head and
Fore-runner he passed beyond the
yeil and now shortly. as participants
with him and as the second battalion
Of the glorious triumphal procession.
will follow the Church which is his
Body" sharers with him In the First
Resurrection. his Bride.
Next in professional order following
the Bride class, the very elect" will
come the great company" from every
nation, people. kindred and tongue, the
honored servants Of the heavenl,
Bridegroom and Bride The virgins
her companions" psalm xiv. ~, will
follow after the Bride into the pres
ence of the great King Jehovah. Next
In professional order will come the
Ancient Worthless from faithful Abel
down to John the Baptist. the greatest
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