Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-04

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(el5A51oalSl is5ELLl death. He said:-
Death is spoken
of throughout the Bible as an enemy.
Merely hymn-boolS theology presents
it as a friend. an angel sent of God.
Death is introduced to our attention in
the Bible as the penalty for sin. with
the distinct understanding that had
Adam not transgressed the Divine
commands he need not have died. nor
ever have been cast out Of his Eden
home ST. Paul emphasizes the fact
that death is the penalty Of sin and
that the resurrection Of the dead will
come 10 mankind as the result of the
redemptive work of Christ He says.
"Since by man comes death. by man
also comes the resurrection Of the
dead. For as all in Adam die. even so
all in Christ shall be made alive: but
every man in his own order" band or
cohort Il Corinthians Nv, 2l-23)
Death a Ravenous Monster.
AS Genesis introduces death as a
penalty for sin. Revelation concludes
the great drama by pointing out
Christ's 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 Revela-
ton are the assurances of the Prophets
and the words Of Jesus and His Apos-
Ties explaining the processes of redemp-
ton and reconciliation. st. Paul sum-
marizes these with the statement. by
one man['s disObedience 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 disobedience 1.-THE many
were made sinners. so by the obedi-
ence of one shall Ithel many be made
righteous" (Romans V. -. 19l.
In the poetic language Of Scripture
death is symbolically represented as a
great monster which has been swal-
lowing up the human family. never
satisfied The Divine proposition is
that whoever would meet the require
ments Of Justice against Adam and his
race might purchase or Ransom them
and have full right to deliver them
from the prison house. the tomb.
1.-THE Last Enemy"-Death.
st. Paul points us to the great De-
liverer, the gloriied Messiah. at the
time when He shall take the Kingdom
under the whole heavens and begin the
fulfllment Of the prayer He taught us,
H. mill dono
on earth as in heGUen." He tells us He
must reign until He shall have put all
enemies under His feet-"The last enc
my that shall be destroyed Is death
Il Corinthians XIV. 26D.
20 Death Where Is Thy stins7"
Then tcil be brought to pass the Divine
prophecy. 20. death. where is thy
sting? o. grave. where is thy vic
toryg" QIosea xiii, IA; Cor. XIV. So
We must notice when this will be
brought to pass. 1t is not now true.
The sting of death is In us all. for. as
the Apostle explains. Sin is the sting
d. of death. And because all have been
stung by sin. all are dying. 1t will
require the entire Messianic Age to
fully extract from humanity the virus,
the sting. of sin by bringing mankind
to perfection. Only as the sting of
death is removed will the power of
death relax. because II is part of the
Divine law that 1.-THE soul that sin
meth. it shall die" Death now has It's
sting. But when that which is perfect
shall have come. the sting will be gone
the imperfection and weakness will
be gone, the cause for sin will also be
gone.
Not now, but then, will be brought &c
pass the saying. 30. Hades where Is
thy victory" Hades. sheOl, the Craze
has been having a victory over ADAM
race for over sixty centuries. And It's
victory will not be entirely overthrow
until the Redeemer shall have deliv
cred from the power Of the grave TN
last member of the human family-fol
all Of whom "He died. the Just for the
unjust, TO bring us back to God
Thus. as the Apostle says. with the
elimination of Christ's Kingdom. viii
the deliverance Of all mankind IRON
the power Of Sin and Death. death VII
be swallowed up In victory. The Apos
lie probably quoted from Hosea XIII IA
where we read. Il will ransom then
from the power Of the grave CsheoD
Twill redeem them from death; o death
I will be thy plaques gradual destruc
tom: o grave (sheoD. l will be IN.
(completel destruction; repentance snai
be hid from mine eyes" The Almighty
viii never change or turn from this de
cision. Death and the grave, sheol
hades. the Bible hell. are to be destroy
ed Every member Of Adams race
TO be delivered by Him Who redeemed
all. except those who after abundan
opportunity will not obey the great DE