The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-07-25

Revelation Xxx, II, where of this flake
of fire. it Is declared. this is the Sec
ond Death"
The Valley Of Hlnnom-Tcphet.
The Greek word Oehenno is the syn
onym for the Hebrew word Ge-hinnon,,
which means 1.-THE valley OF Hin
nom" This valley is repeatedly men
toned in the Bible. 1t was owned by
a family named Hinnom- The first
reference TO it is In Joshua Nv, 8.
Looking at any Bible map of the city
Of Jerusalem. the valley will be seen
to the southwest of the city wall. At
a time when the Israelites became
sadly involved In idolatry. this valley
was used as sacred place An image
of the heather god, Moloch, made Of
brass, and hollow, was erected. 1t
was 80 constructed that the chair,
which was a part of the image, con-
stituted furnace fired from the rear,
and the head Of the image was the
top of fiue.
The image held out its arms as
though to receive something and,
heated red hot by the fire, was re-
ceptacle in which deluded Israelites
placed their children as sacrifices,
while trumpets were blown, drums
beaten and the people shouted, sitting
the cries Of the tortured infants Oh
Kings xiii, 1O). When the good King
Josiah came to the throne all this idol
airy was abolished and the proper
worship Of God In the temple was re-
sumed. Then, lest the people should
ever again resort to such atrocious
customs, the valley was desecrated.
1t became a valley of abomination.
1t was used as dumping place for
the filth of Jerusalem. Dead dogs and
dead cats were thrown there, and it
is claimed that some of the vile GRIM
inals, after execution, were thrown
therein instead Of being given burial
to typically illustrate that there is no
future life for such obnoxious beings
that they win be refuse.
The valley Of Hinnom Is now filed
up and an orchard grows there; but
originally It was quite deep. The car
casses Of animals were thrown there
intended for destruction, the worms
feeding upon them. No one sought to
hinder the worms from making COM
plete destruction. In the bottom of
the valley fires were kindled for the
consumption Of the waste debris, and
brimstone was added that >the fumes
Of it might destroy any germs Of dis
ease. No one thought of quenching
that ere; 1t was one that was desired.
This was the 0cheHna of our Lords
day. He uses 1t In a figurative or
pictorial sense as illustrating the Sec
Dnd Death, which viii be the portion
IF all wilful sinners. He used it also
symbolically, In connection with other
symbols, In the book of Revelation,
where as already seen He explains 1t
to mean the Second Death.
The worms Of that valley were no
more immortal than any other worms
or maggots and the fires enkindled
there are not burning now. This ex-
preston, Where their worm dieth NOT
and the fire Is not quenched," merely
signifies that the destruction OF the
class represented would be complete,
that nothing would interfere to save
them from destruction. Adamic death
will be destroyed, as the Scriptures de-
clare Christ died that He might have
the rightful authority to destroy Adam
&c death and uplift all Of Adams rae.
who viii accept His favor back to all
that was lost in Adam, and redeemed
at Calvary. But the Second Death ID
a friend to God and to all who love
righteousness, since it viii utterly and
forever destroy such as have love OF
sympathy for sin and refuse to be
obedient to the Divine will after full
enlightenment.
The Antitypieal "cehenna.w
AS the earthly Jerusalem was q fig
ure of the Jerusalem from above, the
heavenly jerusalem, the Kingdom OF
God that is to be established In ali
the earth, 30 0ehenna and its fire" and
'sworms' prehgured the destruction OF
the Second Death upon every wilful
sinner, during or shortly after the ter.
mination Of Christ's Mediatorial King
dom and reign and the delivery Of the
Kingdom back to God, with righteous
ness fully established
As the New Jerusalem will not be 9
literal city, with literal streets Of gold
and gates Of pearls and walls Of jew.
els, neither the valley of HinnOm nor
the lake Of fire outside the city Of
Jerusalem will be literal-both are
symbolicaL The one represents har.
mony with God, the Divine blessing and
everlasting life; the other represents
separation from God, everlasting de.
struction, the Seconf Death.
Fire is never used 40 a symbol OF
preservation, far from Z. It is always
symbol Of destruction. The add.
ton Of birthstone intensifles the figure
because burning birthstone is one OF
the most deadly influences known In
the world 1t is not only deadly to
humanity and the larger animals but
also to insects and microbes and every.
thing that has life.
An Old Testament Reference.
This same lesson Of the destruction
Of wilful transgressors. as represented
In the destructiveness of the valley Of
Hinnom (GeheDna), is furnished by the
Prophet Isaiah (lxvi. 22-24). A famil.
lar sight in Isaiah's day was the lit
eral valley Of Hinnom, used as figure
by the Holy Spirit speaking through
him. pointing to the antitype and tell
ing Of the New Heavens and New
Earth-the new religious and secular
organizations Of mankind which VIII
be accomplished by Messiah's reign
and that then evil doors shall not es-
cape but shall be completely, utterly
destroyed. NThey shall go forth and
look upon the carcasses Of the men
who have transgressed against Me, for
their worm shall not die, neither shall
their fire be quenched; and they shall
be an adherence unto all flesh" Moth
ing Is said about looking at living be-
ings suffering torture, nor is this the
thought. God never approved Of tor
ture, but always condemned it. A car
cass Is dead body.
How glad we should be to realize
that Gods great Plan win not include
great torture chamber containing
countless myriads of His creatures but,
as the Scriptures declare, "Every crea-
ture in heaven and in earth and under
the earth win be heard saying, Praise
and glory and honor and dominion and
might be unto Him that stitch upon
the throne and unto the Lamb forever -
Let Honesty and Truth Prevail.
Having demonstrated that neither
the Bible nor reason offers the slight
est support to the doctrine that eter-
nal torment is the penalty for sin, we
note the fact that the various church
creeds. and confessions. and hymn
hooks and fhonloUfcal froa fiaoS ara Ire