The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-09

ly routed and the prison-house of death
be broken up. And Adam and his
family, not willingly sinners, will all
be set at liberty-restored to human
perfection, as the earth will be brought
to Edenic perfection.
40 Death. Where Is Thy sine2"
Then toiH be brought to pass the Divine
prophecy, 20, death. where is thy
sting? o, grave, where is thy victory?"
q Corinthians XIV. 55I.
We must notice when this is to be
brought to pass. 1t is not now true.
The sting of death is In us all, for.
as the Apostle explains. Sin is the
sting of death. And because all have
been stung by sin, all are dying. 1t
will require the entire Messianic Age
to fully extract from humanity the
virus. the sting. of sin by bringing
mankind to perfection. Only as the
sting of death is removed will the pow
er of death relax. because it is a part
of the Divine Law that 1.-THE soul that
sinneth, 1t shall die" Death now has
its sting. But when that which is
perfect shall have come, the sting will
be gone. the imperfection and weak
ness will be gone, the cause for sin
will also be gone
Not now, bat then, will be brought to
pass the saying, 20, Hades. where Is
thy yictoryY' Hades. sheol the grGre,
has been having victory over Adams
race for over sixty centuries. And its
victory will not be entirely overthrown
until the Redeemer shall have deliv.
cred from the power of the grave the
last member of the human family-for
all Of whom He died, the Just for the
unjust, to bring us back to God"
Thus. as the Apostle says. with the
elimination of Christ's Kingdom, with
the deliverance of all mankind from
the power of Sin and Death death will
be swallowed up in victory. The Apos-
tie probably quoted from Hosea Kill.
IA. where we read. Il will ransom them
from the power of the grave (sheoD;
will redeem them from death; o death,
will be thy plaques gradual destruc-
tom; o grave (sheon, will be thy de-
struction; repentance shall be hid from
mine eyes," The Almighty will never
change or turn from this decision.
Death and the grave, sheol. h0des (the
Bible helh. are to be destroyed. Every
member of Adams race is to be deliv-
cred by Him Who redeems all.
Keys of Death and Hades.
A key is a symbol of authority and
symbolizes a legal power to open the
prison-house and to release the prison
ers. Adamic death has been a legal
penalty upon our race-a just penalty.
But although all shared the condemna-
ton and weakness. God foresaw that
some of the race. If granted the oppor-
tunity, would gladly return to loyalty
to Ills laws He has, therefore. made
provision through Jesus for every
member of the race, great and small.
rich and poor Worldwide redemp-
ton will be provided and worldwide
opportunity for the coming to knowl-
lifted or resurrected will be afforded.
The right or power to release mankind
from the power of death and from the
prison-house of the tomb, sheol. hGdes.
the grave, is represented by the Key in
the hands of Messiah. He gained that
key. that rightful authority to set us
free from the grave. by the redemption
which He accomplished for us at Cal
vary.
This figure of the prison-house was
used also by the Lord through Isaiah
the Prophet Is 1t not written that the
sage of good tidings to the meek, to
bind up the broken-hearted. to pro-
claim liberty to the captires Of Sin and
Death and the opening Of the prison
house of death to those that are bound7
And did not Jesus apply this very
prophecy to Himself? isaiah lxi, 4:
Luke iv, 49,. Surely our Lord opened
no earthly prison-doors at His first
advent. But just as surely He fore
told that He would open the prison
doors and set all the captives free. His
death, 1.-The Just for the unjust" was
in order that He might have the right
full authority to release the prisoners
by His death He secured the key.
Eventually this glorious work will be
consummated. and in the consumma-
ton of it the elect Church Of this Cos
pei Age is invited to have a share.
Hence the Church is called out from
the world first under a special Cove
nant of sacrifice that she may with her
Lord. the Redeemer. become part Of
the Seed of Abraham on the spirit
plane Galatians lii. 29).
Hades Cast Into 0ehenna.
"And death and hell (hades) were
cast into the lake of fire. This is the
Second Death" Revelation xx, 14).
In the symbolic language Of Reve-
lation. Messiah's reign Is described as
a glorious opportunity for all man
kind to come back into harmony with
the Almighty and to attain everlast-
ing life through the great Mediatorial
Kingdom. The symbolic picture Of
which this text is a part, describes
the establishment of Messiah's King
dom. the saints of this Gospel Age be-
ing with Him in His throne. In His
Kingdom. reigning with Him-a Royal
Priesthood Revelation XIX. 40.
The context further describes that
period. in which all mankind shall
be brought to a knowledge of the
Truth. when all will "stand before the
great White Throne" Messiah's Judg-
ment Throne. to be tried, to be tested,
to be proven whether they will ac-
cept or refuse the perfection and eter-
nal life which Divine mercy will then
make possible for them. During that
thousand years of Messiah's reign. as
we have seen. death will be gradually
swallowed up in victory. And as the
prisoners of the tomb are gradually re-
leased. the grave will be destroyed.
will be no more.
The statement, death and hades were
cast into the lake Of fire. which is the
Second Death. is merely another way
of explaining to us that Adamic death.
and the grave connected Herewith.
will be superseded by the Second
Death. Any Of the race who, by the
close of the Mediatorial reign, will not
have come up to perfection and will
not have gotten entirely free from the
power of sin and the tomb, will thl 4
selves be responsible for their wr
condition. their imperfection. TIE
great Mediator will have done every
thing right, proper and necessary for
all. Whoever then will come short of
eternal life will himself only be to
blame. And the trial time over, any
not fully delivered, any still held by
sin and death. will be willingly held.
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