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RaSI0R RUssstL said: - This text
has stood In the
wuy 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
thousand newspapers. may hope. Will
clarity the vision OF many. To what
ever extent II shall sweep away the
cobwebs OF error and bring enlighten-
meut Of mind. It will surely bring an
increase Of rest and OF love TO the Gre
ator and a corresponding blessing and
comfort to the believers heart. A.
for the worldly. we cannot expect
them to understand much of the III
vine program now. They must walk
for the dawn Of the New Dispensation
Of Messiah's Kingdom. when all the
blind eyes shall be opened and all the
deaf ears uns;oppcd
ce-hinnom--6ehenea--t,eIi.
A We have heretofore seen. the only
Hebrew word translated he'll. frprn
Genesis TO Malachi. Is sheoi. which 4,
indlscrininately translated grGrc. I'll
and he'll In our common version Of the
Bible-and the grea Ar number OF times
erare-iis proper translation Its Greek
equivalent In the New Testament IL
Aadcs. which likewise IL indsscriminate-
~ translated crrre and hell. but always
should be rendered grcrr. No scholar
In the world will claim that there IL
the slightest thought Of life or suffer
ing connected with these words.
Tho Scriptures declare that there Il
neither wisdom. nor device. nor knoTTi-
edge In sAsoi-to which all. good and
bad. 60 nc death. and remain until the
resurrection. In the New Testament
the word sartsrrs occurs Cacc oaly AMI
Is uistranslated hell. whereas II -houll
BE- rendered oar csrfs's sfzosFhcr-. II
has no reference whatever TO human
fly. but 10 tho fallen sngrls. The
Apostle says that as punishment;
God cas-; them down TO fGrssrrs. r.
served In chains OF darkness until the
Judgment Of the great Day Gl reter
II. A.
Today we will examine the fourth
and last word translated he'll IN our
common English Bible. This word in
the Greek Is gekes.a. II occurs but
twelve times. as fcilows-Matthev y.
2. -. 30; Z. -: xviii. o. XIII. IL. =:
Mark IL. -. -. ~: Luke XII 5: James
III. G. To what does this word 9eAcara
refer? Is IL q name for Purgatory1
Or Is II a name for a still worse place
Of unendlng torture as our Protestant
creeds declare! We answer. no. IL is
figure Of speech used TO symbolic
the Second Deafh-the death from
which there viii be no resurrection-
the everlasting destruction mentioned
By st. Paul
The Greek word 1eaenRc Is the syno-
uym for the Hebrew wori Ge-hinnos.
which means. The valley OF Hinnom--
This valley Is repeatedly mentioned in
the Bible. The first reference 10 IL is
In Joshua ". 4 At time when the
lsraeiites became sadly involved In
idolatry. this valley was used as
sacred place. An image of the hea-
then god. Moloch. was erected and Is
raelites offered their children as sac
rffices TO the idol
Later. lest the people should again
revert TO such atrocious customs. the
valley was desecrated. IL became a
dumping place for the filth Of Jerusu-
lem. Dead animals and II Is claimed
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 u 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 fumss might destroy any
germs Of disease. This vas the geAcn-
M Of our Lords day. He uses II as
illustrating the Second Death. which
will be the portion OF all wilful sin
ners- He used IL also in connection
with other symbols. in the book of
Revelation. where He explains II to
mean the Second Death
This expression. Where their worm
dieth not and the IRE Is not quench-
ed" signifies that the destruction Of
the class represented would he CON-
plete. that nothing would interfere to
save them from destruction. Adamic
death viii he destroyed. a. the Scrip
lures declare. Christ died that He
might have the rightfui authority TO
destroy Adamic death and upllft all
OF Adams race who win accept His
favor back to all that was lost in
Adam. and redeemed at Calvary. But
the Second Death Is q friend to all
who love righteousness. since It VIII
utterly destroy such as have love or
sympathy for sin and refuse to be
obedient to the Divine VIII aftee fun
enlightenment