The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18


has stood in the
way of Gods people for centuries.
II. by Gods grace. this sermon shall
help even one here present out of this
horrible nightmare of the Dark Ages, /
shall feel fully repaid And the publ
cation of this sermon in more than a
thousand newspapers. may hope. Will
clarity the vision of many. To what
ever extent it shall sweep away the
cobwebs of error and bring enlighten-
ment Of mind. 1t will surely bring an
increase of rest and of love to the Gre
ator and corresponding blessing and
comfort to the believers heart. As
for the worldly. we cannot expect
them to understand much of the Di-
vine program now. They must wait
for the dawn of the New Dispensation
of Messiah's Kingdom. when all the
blind eyes shall be opened and all the
deaf ears unstopped.
-hinnom-"Gehennar
As we ave heretofore seen, the only
Hebrew word translated hell. from
Genesis TO Malachi. is sheol, which is
indiscriminately translated grcre, Dit
and he'll in our common version of the
Bible-and the greater number of times
oraue-its proper translation. It's Greek
equivalent in the New Testament is
hades, which likewise is fndiscrimlnnte
ly translated grace and hell. but always
should be rendered Craze. No scholar
in the world will claim that there Is
the slightest thought of life or suffer
ing connected with these words.
The Scriptures declare that there is
neither wisdom, nor device. nor knowl-
edge In sheol-to which all. good and
bad. go Mt death. and remain until the
resurrection. In the New Testament
the word tartarus occurs once only and
is mistranslated he'll. whereas 1t should
be rendered our earth's atmosphere. 1t
has no reference whatever to human
ity. but to the fallen angels. The
Apostle says that us punishment
God cast them down to tdrt1rus, re
served in chains of darkness until the
Judgment of the great Day" I'll Peter
II, d..
Today we will examine the fourth
and last word translated hell in our
common English Bible. This word in
the Greek Is Oehennd. 1t occurs but
twelve times, as follows-Matthew v,
%. 20. 80; K, %; xviii. 0; xiii, Is. 33:
Mark tx, 43. As. Al: Luke XII. 8; James
Ill. g. TO what does this word 0ehennd
refer? Is 1t name for Purgatory?
Or is 1t name for still worse place
of unending torture as our Protestant
creeds declare? We answer no. 1t is
a figure of speech used to symbolic
the Second Death-the death from
which there will be no resurrection
the everlasting destruction mentioned
by st. Paul.
The Greek word 0ehennd is the eyno-
nym for the Hebrew word Ge-htnnon,,
which means, The valley OF Hinnom."
This valley is repeatedly mentioned In
the Bible. The first reference to 1t is
In Joshua XIV, 8. At time when the
Israelites became sadly involved In
idolatry. this valley was used as a
sacred place. An image Of the hea-
then god, Moloch. was erected and Is
raelites offered their children as sac
rifces to the idol.
Later. lest the people should again
revert to such atrocious customs, the
valley was desecrated. 1t became a
dumping place for the filth Of Jerusa-
Ian p{v pic to 1ntr n
some of the vilest criminals. after ex-
ecution, were thrown therein, the
worms feeding upon them.
No one sought to hinder the worms
from making complete destruction.
In the bottom of the valley fires were
kindled for the consumption of the
waste debris. and birthstone was add
ed that the fumes might destroy any
germs Of disease This was the 0ehen-
M Of our Lords day. He uses 1t as
| illustrating the Second Death. which
will be the portion Of all wilful SIN
ners He used It also In connection
with other symbols. in the book Of
Revelation. where He explains It to
mean the Second Death.
| Ihls expression. Where their worm
dieth not and the fire Is not quench-
ed" signifies that the destruction Of
the class represented would be com
plete. that nothing would interfere to
save them from destruction. Adamic
death will be destroyed. as the Scrip
lures declare. Christ died that He
might have the r1ghtful authority to
destroy Adamic death and uplift all
i of Adams race who will accept His
favor back to all that was lost in
Adam. and redeemed at Calvary. But
the Second Death is friend to all
who love righteousness. since 1t will
utterly destroy such as have love or
sympathy for sin and refuse to be
obedient to the Divine will after full
enlightenment.