The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28


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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
thousand newspapers. | may hope. will
clarity the vision of many. To what
ever extent 1t shall sweep away the
cobwebs of error and bring enlighten
ment of mind. it will surely bring an
increase of rest and of love to the Gre
ntor and Il corresponding blessing and
comfort to the believers heart. AS
for the worldly. we cannot expect
them to understand much of the Dl.
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.
e-hinnon-"Gehenna
As we have heretofore seen. the only
Hebrew word translated he'll. from
Genesis to Malachi, is shcol. which Is
indiscriminately translated Craze. pit
and hell in our common version of the
Bible-and the greater number of times
0rape-its proper translation. Its Greek
equivalent in the New Testament Is
hades. which likewise is indiscriminate
ly translated Craze 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 shcol-to which oil. good and
bad. go ut DEATH and remain until the
resurrection. In the New Testament
the word tdrfurns occurs once only and
is mistransinted he'll whereas 1t should
be rendered our carth's atmosphere. 1t
| has no reference whatever to human
ity, but to the fallen angels. The
Apostle says that as punishment
God cast them down to tortarus, re-
served In chains of darkness until the
| Judgment of the great Day" Oil Peter
! ii. A..
Today we will examine the fourth
and last word translated hell in our
common English Bible. This word in
the Greek Is gehennd. 1t occurs but
twelve times. as follows-Matthew v,
%, 30, 80; x. %: xviii, 0; xiii. Is, 33;
Mark tx. 43, -. Al: Luke xii, 5: James
lii, 6. TO what does this word gehennd
refer? Is it Il name for Purgatory?
Or Is it name for a still worse place
of unending torture as our Protestant
creeds declare? We answer. no. 1t is
figure of speech used to symbolic
the Second Death-the death from
which there will he no resurrection
the everlasting destruction mentioned
by st. Paul.
The Greek word gehennd is the syno-
nym for the Hebrew word Ge-hinnom,
which means, The valley of Hinnom.' y
This valley is repeatedly mentioned in
the Bible. The first reference to it is
in Joshua XIV. :. AT time when the
Israelites became sadly involved in
idolatry, this valley was used as q
sacred place. An image of the hea-
then god. Moloch. was erected and Is
raelites offered their children as sac.
rifices to the Idol.
Later. lest the people should again
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valley was desecrated. 1t became O
dumping place for the filth of Jerusa
lem Dead animals and it Is claimed
some of the vilest criminals. after ex
ecution. were thrown therein. tie
worms feeding upon them.
No one sought to hinder the worms
from making a 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 gehen
ma of our Lords day He uses 1t al
illustrating the Second Death. which
will be the portion of all wilful sir
ners. He used 1t also In connection
with other symbols. in the book O
Revelation. where He explains 1t t.
mean the Second Death.
This expression. Where their worn
dieth not and the fire Is not quench
ed signifies that the destruction O
the class represented would be com
plete. that nothing would interfere t
save them from destruction. Adami'
death will be destroyed. as the Scrip
lures declare. Christ died that III
might have the rightful authority t,
destroy Adamlc death and uplift al
: Of Adams race who will accept Hi
favor back to all that was lost II
Adam. and redeemed at Calvary. Blu
|, the Second Death ia a friend to n.
who love righteousness. since il vii
utterly destroy such as have low Q
sympathy for sin and refuse to h
| obedient to the Divine will after fu
| enlightenment
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