The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-05-19

the destruction Of
sAeol. Aodcs, the
500 grove. the state Of
&A$1e2Eq1Sfi4J death. BE said
Death d spoken
Of throughout the Bible a. an enemy.
Merely ~hymn-book theology presents
It 10 a friend. an angel sent OF God.
Death IL introduced to our attention in
the Bible as the penalty for sin, with
the distinct understanding that had
Adam not t~sansgressed Tho Divine
commands b need nst have died. NOT
ever have been cast out Of his Eden
home. St. Paul emphasisss the fact
that death y the penalty q sin and
that the resurrection Of the dead with
come to mankind a. the result 81 the
fedemptive work Of Christ. He says.
"Since BY man comes death. BY man
also comes the resurrection Of the
dead. For a. all in Adam die, even 90
al In Christ shall be made alive: but
every man In his own order" band or
cohort Il Corinthians xv. 21-28).
osath . Ravsneus hasnstses
Az Genesis introduces death AZ a
penalty for sin. Revelation concludes
the great drama by pointing out
Christs victory and the destruction, of
sin and death, the release Of. all the
members Of Adams family from his
sentence and eventually the bringing
Of all the willing back to Fellowship
with God and to eternal life. Between
these two extremes OF Divine Reyela-
ton are the assurances Of the Prophets
and the words OF Jesus and Hfs Apos-
ties explaining the processes Of redemp-
ton and reconciliation. st. Paul sum
marizes these with the statement, "By
one mant's disobediencel sin entered
into the world. and death as the result
Of sin. and thus death passed upon all
men. because all are sinners. AS
by one mans d~isobedience tthe1 MANY
were made sinners. so by the obedi-
ence Of n shall tthel many be made
righteous" Romans v, II. 49, 2
In the poetic language Of Scripture
death is symbolically represented is a
; great monster which has been ssval-
lowing up the human family. never
satisfied. The Divine proposition ID
that whoever would meet the require
ments Of Justice against Adam and his
race might purchase or Raason them
and have full right to deliver them
from the prison-houss, the tomb.
"rhs Lest Ensmy~-0sath.
81. Paul points rs to the great De-
liveref. the glori1ed Messiah. at the
time when He shall take the Kingdom
under the whole heavens and begin the
fulnllment Of the prayer He taught %.
Thy Kingdom come: thy will Be done
o. eortA a. n AeeveW." He tells 10 He
must reign until He shall have put all
enemies under His fest-"rhe last enc
my that shall b. Destroyed b deith"
Il Corinthians ". %.
% osath, WAses 10 Thy eti~ss"
1A~ en- b hrs~eAs 70 psss TIE Divine
prophecy. 70. dsath. where b thy
sttne1 O. grave. where h thy VIC
toryr Hoses KIN n; l Coz. ". 81
We must notice when this WIZ b
brought TO WsA II = not now Uua.
The sting Of death b IN NJ ali. for. -
the Apostle expiainA e1n h the sting
Of death And bscauss an have bsen
stuns BY s1n. III sre dying. II WI
require n entirs Messiantc Age b
fully extruct from humanity the vhubI
ne sting. Of stn By bringing mankind
10 perfection Only a. the Sting ID
death b renewed VIII the power d
death Petax because It b q part Of N
Divine law that The soul that nm
meth. Il shall DIE" Death now has ID
sting. But when that which Is perfec,
shall have come the sting will be gone
the importation and weakness vii
b gone, the cause for SIN viii als6 b
gone.
Not now, bot then, VIII be brought ;,
pass the saying, 70. Hodea where /
thy victory" Rades, sAeok tAe otous
has been having a victory over Adami
a race for over sixty centuries And Il
victory will not be entirely overthrow,
until the Redeemer shall have deity
cred from the power Of the grave II
= last member Of the human family-fo
all Of whom HE died, the Just for tn
unjust, to bring US back to God"
Thus, al the Apostle says, with tn
elimination Of Christ's Kingdom, wit
the del~iverance Of all mankind fror
n the power Of Sin and Death. death VII
n be swallowed up in victory. The Apoi
n lie probably quoted from Hosea xiii, II
where we read, Il will ransom ther
= from the power Of the grave (sheof
n Twill redeem them from death: o dealt
J. I will be thy plaques gradual destrus
tion); o grave (sheoD. I will be tn
(complete) destruction; repentance aha
b. hid from mine eyes," The Almight
. WIN never change Of turn from this d
. clsion. Death and the grave, sAso
Aa6es. the Bible bell, are to b destro,
"a. Nvsey member Of Adams raee
b b dsiiveeed By Him Who rsdeems
I'll. sxeept tAese who a1tsr abundal
saDoeesalty wlli not obsy ~ 0ssaE D
=. 1vsesg; 49, WI b Destroyed ~
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