The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-02

house Of death tothosc iliat nre count
And did not Jesua apply his vcry
prophecy 50 Himself? isaiah lxi. Il
Luke ". Isl surcly our Lord opened
no earthly pllscn-eoors at His lirsi
advent. But just as surely lie fore
told that He would open the Prison
doors and set all the cardtes free His
death. "thc Just for the unjust" was
IN order that lie mlsht have the right
ful authority 20 reichse the prisoners
Nv His death He secured the hey.
Eventually his elorirs work will be
consummatcd. ANA % the consumma.
tlon Of IT the elect CHURCH Of this Cos
pei Age is Invited TO have a share.
Hence the Church ls called out from
the world FIRST under q special Cove
nant ~ sacrifice thai she may with her
Lord. the Redeemer. become part OF
the Seed Of Abraham on the spirit
plane Galatians Iii, 2U
Hedes Cast Into Gehenna.
."And death and he'll 0iades) were
east into the lake Of fire This IL the
Second DEATH Revelation xx. 1lD.
In the symbolic mnguage OF Reve.
latlon. Afesslah's reign is described as
glorious opportunity for all man
Kind 10 come back into harmony with
the Almighty and to attain everlast-
ing life through the great MedlatoIial
Kingdom. The symbolic picture oi
which ttls text IS part, describes
the establishment Of Messiah's King.
dom, the saints ofths Gospel Age be.
ing with Him IN His throhe. IN His
Kingdom. rcigning with fIim-a Royal
Priesthood Revelatlon xx. 4-G).
The context further Describes that
period, in which an mankind shall
hc brought 90 knowledge Of the
Truth. when al will "stand before tho
grcat White Throne" NIessiah's Judg.
mcnt Throne, 20 be tried. to BE tested,
TO he proven Whether they win ac.
ccpt or refuse the perfection aud cter.
nal life which Divine mercy will then
make possible for them. During that
thousand years Of NIcssiah's reign. as
we have seen, death win be gradually
swallowed mp IN victory And MS the
prisoners of the tomb are gradually re-
leased the grave win be destroyed,
will he no more. tg
The statement. death and hqdcs were
cast into the lake If fire. which Is the
Second Death, is Werely another way
Of explaining to ms that Adamic death.
ana the grave connected Herewith.
will be superseded Icy. the Second
Death. Any Of thVeraoe who, by the
close OF the Mcdlatsial reign. will not
have come ny tot perfection AMI will
not have gotten enibPly free from tile
power Of sin and the tomb. win them
selves he rcsponsilble Tor their wrong
condition. their inpcrfectiom The
great Mediator wild have done every
thing right proper ard necessary fo'
ell. Whoever then will come short o.
eternal hfe will lhlAsolf ONLY be tu
blame Aud tue iElnl time over. anr
not fully delivered. ahy sim held b.
sin and death win be willingly held
and all soch viii be turned over tr
the Second Death. destruction. symbol.
i2ed by fire, from which there VIII b,
no recovery
Let II be remembered Chat The Val.
ley Of Hinn0m outside Of Jerusalem
the earthly where only the vile refuse
was destroyed, viii find It's antltype
in the Second Death fgmbo.ically rep
resented as Il lake Of fire. outside The
New Jerusalem IN II will be- con.
sumed utterly, completely. everything
out OF harmony with the Divine win
-. The Wicked Returned to sheol.
In the New Testament, as we have
seen, hqdes stands for the grave or
state Of death, which results from
Adams transgression: While Gchennu
represents Tie Second Death, which
viii come only upon. those who shah
first have been delivered from the
Adamic sentence, or shall have had
at lenst n full opportunity for Gellv
erance and who will manifest their
love for sin more than for righteous
ness and who, therefore, will be sen
fenced TO the Second Death.
But in the Old Testament there IS