Evening journal., 1911-03-04
OLD TESTAMENT TH1ES
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G1lABERNACEE
BIBLE STUDIES.
LIFTED BY wHIRLWIND OUT OF
SIGHT.
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"EnOch walked with God and he WAS
n0t."-GenesiS 5;2i.
rhe Bible tells OF three notable
men who disappeared-Go took them.
One Of these. Enoch. We are told,
did not die. Another OF them, Moses,
we are told, died and was buried. or
me third one, The special subject OF
our lesson, it is not stated whether
he died or not. But It Is our under
standing that he did die
The heaven to which Elijah was
taken by a whirlwind was the aerial
heaven. I'm which the birds fly. His
taking away after this manner was in
order to complete the typical features
/ of his life, as We shall see That
! neither he nor EnOch went to heaven,
ia the sense 0fpassing into the hcav-
emily or spiritual state and into the
/ presence of God, is clearly testified TO
by Jesus, who declared, mo man hath
ascended up TO heaven, save he who
came down from heaven, even the
Son of man." (John 3:13) Although
of Enoch It is declared that he was
translated that he should not see
death. II is not stated that he was
translated to heaven And our Lords
words assure as that he was not.
Where he now Is no man knows. We
can merely by faith accept the fact.
The object served I'm the transla-
ton of Enoch probably Is TO show by
and by that It was quite possible for
God TO have maintained our race in
u life perpetually-tha only because of
sin was II necessary for Adam and
his family to die; that when sin and
death shall be abolished by Messiah
, during his Kingdom. and when the
. willing and obedient OF mankind shall
have been brought to human perfec-
tion again, they will never need to
die. The preservation of Enoch. an
imperfect man. for five thousand
years, by Divine power, will be an
evidence to mankind and an assist.
ance to their faith while the work oi
restitution will be progressing. Enocl
himself ia ono OF thc"r Ancient
- Worthless who. during tn illen.
2 mum. viii be one OF the princes" oi
b rulers In the earth, representatives O
I Messiah's invisible Kingdom. "In,
stead Of thy fathers shall be tn,
children. whom thou mayest maxi
princes i'm the earth"
Elijah Type Of the Church.
As Melchisedec Ga King and Prizes
at the timel represented or typifei
the Church in glory. so Bible students
! understand that Elijah, the Prophet
ypifed or represented the Church n
b the fiesh--this side the veil--fron
] Jesus 20 the present Thus. long afte
g Elijah's death God, through tn
+, Prophet, declared TO Israel, Behol
y ] send you Elijah the Prophet hefor
. the great and notable day of the Lord
v and If he do not turn the hearts o
the Fathers to the children, and IN
Z children 10 the fathers. then the cart
shall be smitten with a curse-a tim
Of trouble such as never was sine
there was nation.--Malachi AS, 6.
john the Baptist, as the iorerunns
OF Jesus in the flesh. typifed IN
greater Elijah (the Church In Il
\ ticshl, the forerunncr OF the Messis
u OF glory As John the Baptist did n
succeed in bringing the people in
harmony with the fathers (Abrahal
or Isaac and Jacob. ctc), so likewi
In the Church i'm the flesh. as God forcsa
has not been successful in bringir
peace to the world
," AS John tho Baptist's failure wit
Israel was followed by the overtime
T" of their national policy in A. ID. 20. 81
y we believe. the failure OF his antityp'
II the Church i'm the flesh. to bring
harmony and righteousness, is by ID
y vine attention 10 be followed by IN
worldwide trouble which will hun
: bic man and prepare the way for tn
e establishment of the Messianic King
dom In power and great glory.
E Caught In in n Mhirlwind.
Many Christians have not notice
n that there is not only a difference bs
tween the heavenly salvation. whic
God has provided for the Church, an
the earthly restitution Acts 3:19-21
which God has provided for the worli
but additionally there are two distini
r. classes of the Church brought to on
\ attention in the Bible First, we hay
II the faithful Royal Priesthood styl,
"The Body of Christ" OF which Jesl
is the Head. These have the promi
l. that they shall sit with Christ
le his throne and be judges OF Il
'e world during the Messianic Kingdoi
ol The other class of saved ones on q
is spirit plane the Scriptures designa
great company, whose number !
d one knows. Rev. 7:9.
4 While the elect will sit upon II
r. Throne with Christ. this secondal
class of the saved will serve befo
A. the Throne. While the sanity fe
VIII veal iIOMNo VI ElOlNs lut kItdl
company of their brethren before u
Throne Will have no crowns, but Il
stead have palms Of victory. Viii
the elect" are the living stones
the temple of God soon to be broug
4, together in the first resurrection
4 J, to be the meeting-place between G.,
and men for a thousand years, d
great company" the Levitlcal clas
ae are neither living stones nor polla
in In this Temple, though they will
.al blessed with the glorious Opportuni
IL OF serving God IN this Temple.
ny ChariOts and HOrsemen OF Fire.
er Having located Elijah as the type
the elect" class. Bible students a
be inclined to consider Elisha as prob
X. bly, a typical character; also q repi
en- sentative of the greater spiritual cla
the antitypical Leyites. II was iowa
ri, The close Of Iliiah's experience u
Is elisha became his servant and co
he panion. The various instances
which Elijah suggested TO Elisha u
he should tarry behind are suppol
10 represent the trials and difficult
in the pathway of the Church he
which will suggest TO the great co
pany," the Elisha class, that II
Z continue not TO follow their more 20
~ Gus brethren of the Elijah class.
II these interpretations Of Elijah
a type be correct, the lesson is u
al the close OF the Church's career in
at flesh will come suddenly, abruptly. I
on fiery chariot may prove to be NJ
ted trials or sharp prosecutions, separi