The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-03

| etc. If any of these fell upon the
lodges of the rock. no one thought
worth while to interfere, and the mag
! gots and worms destroyed them. Fires
also were lighted occasionally to burn
| the combustible rubbish, and brim-
stone was added so that the fumes
| might destroy any malaria1 tendency
| in the interest of the health of the
| city.
The Lesson Jesus Taught.
We have before our minds now the
gehenna fire which no one ever at
tempted to quench, but which was de-
signed to consume utterly everything
cast into it. We have in mind also the
worms of which he spake-worms
which were permitted to feed upon the
carcasses undisturbed until the car
cases were consumed and the worms
themselves died. Another item here
should be noticed, namely. that say
ing amongst the Jews was, WhosoeVer
in danger of going from bad to worse
until he will be brought before the
tribunal of the Sanhedrin, a culprit.
Jesus took the same line of proverbs
and declared that anyone violating the
Golden Rule to the extent of calling
his brother a fool would be in danger
eventually of such DEPRESSION from
righteousness as to bring him under
sentence of the greater tribunal of
Messiah's Kingdom, and, whatsoever
shall say unto his brother. Thou art
fool, shall be in danger of gehenna
fire. (Matthew v, 22)..
What the Great Teacher meant was
that the earthly Jerusalem was pic
ture or type of the heavenly Jerusa-
lem, which represents the Divine Gov
eminent or Kingdom-the New Jeru-
down to earth.when Gods viii shall
be done on earth as it is done in
heaven.
AS gehenna lay outside of the wall
of Jerusalem, SO our Lord intimated
there would be an antitypical gehenna
outside the New Jerusalem. AS the
trash and offal of the typical city were
consumed in the Valley of Hinnom, so
the offal and trash of humanity who
will refuse all of Gods favors, mercies,
blessings and opportunities, will be
treated as disgraceful wretches and be
consumed, destroyed, in the antityp-
zeal gehenna-which is the Second
Death. Concerning this antitypical ge-
henna, the Second Death, we are def
nftely informed of the characters
which will there be destroyed utter
ly, as Peter says, "as natural brute
beasts
We have a description of this SYM
bolical New Jerusalem or Divine King
dom (Revelation xd), composed pri-
marily of the church, and secondarily
of all from the world who, during
its gates and enjoy the blessings of
Divine favor and life eternal And
then we read, verse 8, "But the fear
full, and unbelievfng. and the abomina-
BILE, and murderers, and whoremong-
ers, and sorcerers, and idolaters. and
all liars, shall have their part in the
lake which burneth with fire and
birthstone, which Is the Second Death"
Note that this lake of fire and brim-
stone into which all the offscouring of
humanity will be cast is a symbol, and
the meaning of the symbol is plainly
stated in the words. (which is the Sec
ond Death" The first death passed
upon all mankind on account of father
Adams disobedience. Our Lord Jesus
was appointed the Savior of Adam and
his race and gave his life a ransom for
all, to rescue all from death, to give
to each and every member of Adams
race one full, fair opportunity for a