Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-05-06

some Of the race. IL granted the oppor-
tunity. would gladly return to loyalty
to Bis laws. He has, therefore. made
provision through Jesus for every
member Of the race, great and small.
rich and poor. Worldwide redemp-
tion will be provided and worldwide
opportunity for the coming to knowl-
edge of the Truth and for being up
lifted or resurrected will be afforded.
The right or power to release mankind
from the power of death and from the
prison7house of the tomb. Sheol, hades.
the grave, is represented by the kev in
the hands of Messiah. He gained that
key, that rightful authority to set us
free from the grave, by the redemption
which He accomplished for US at Cal
vary.
This figure Of the prison,house was
used also by the Lord through Isaiah
the Prophet Is it not written that the
Lord was anointed to preach a mes
sage of good tidings to the meek, to
bind up the broken-hearted. to pro-
claim liberty to the captiues of Sin and
Death and the opening of the prison
house of death to those that are bound?
And did not Jesus apply this very
prophecy to Himself? isaiah Xxi. 1;
Luke iv. 1S). Surely our Lord opened
no earthly prison-Goors at His first
advent. But just as surely He fore
told that He would open the prison
doors and set all the capdves free. His
death. 1.-THE Just for the unjust" was
in order that He might have the right
full authority to release the prisoners
by His death He secured the key.
Eventually this glorious work will be
consummated, and in the consumma-
tion of it the elect Church of this Cos
pei Age is invited to have share.
Hence the Church is called out from
the world first under a special Cove
nant of sacrifice that she may with her
Lord, the Redeemer, become part of
the Seed of Abraham on the spirit
plane Galatians lii. 29l.
Hades Cast into Gehenna.
"And death and hell (hades) were
cast into the lake of fire. This is the
Second Death" Revelation Xxx, 1A.
In the symbolic language of Reve-
lation. Messiah's reign is described as
a glorious opportunity for all man
kind to come back into harmony with
the Almighty and to attain everlast-
ing life through the great Mediatorial
Kingdom. The symbolic picture of
which this text is a part, describes
the establishment of Messlah's King
dom, the saints of this Gospel Age be-
ing with Him in His throne, In His
Kingdom, reigning with Him-a Royal
Priesthood Revelation Xxx. 4-6l.
The context further describes that
period, in which all mankind shall
be brought to knowledge of the
Truth, when all will "stand before the
great White Throne" Messlahs Judg-
ment Throne, to be tried. to be tested,
to be proven whether they will ac-
cept or refuse the perfection and eter-
nal life which Divine mercy will then
make possible for them During that
thousand years of Messiah's reign, as
we have seen. death will be gradually
swallowed up in victory. And as the
prisoners of the tomb are gradually re-
leased, the grave will be destroyed.
will be no more.
The statement, death and hddeS were
cast into the lake of fire. which is the
Second Death. Is merely another way
of explaining to us that Adamic death.
and the grave connected Herewith,
will be superseded by the Second
Death, Any of the. race who, by the
close of the Mediatorial reign, will not
have come up to perfection and will
not have gotten entirely free from the
power of siu and the tomb will them
selves be responsible for their wrong
condition, their imperfection. The
great Mediator will have done every
thing right, proper and necessary for
all. Whoever then will come short Of
eternal life will himself only be to
blame. And the trial time over, any
mot, fully delivered, any still held by
sin and death, will be willingly held.
and all such will be turned over to
| the Second Death, destruction, symbol
lied by fire. from which there will be
no recovery
Let it be remembered that the VAL
Low oP CJinnon, optcida re Torueo io,,
the earthly, where only the vile refuse
was destroyed, will find its antitype
In the Second Death, symbolically rep
resented as a lake of fire outside the
New Jerusalem. In 1t will be con-
sumed utterly, completely, everything
out Of harmony with the Divine will.
The Wicked Returned to Sheol.
In the New Testament, as we have
seen. hGdes stands for the grave or
state of death. which results from
Adams transgression; while GehennG
represents the Second Death, which
will come only upon those who shall
first have been delivered from the
Adamic sentence. or shall have had
at least full opportunity for deliv-
erance and who will manifest their
love for sin more than for righteous
ness and who, therefore. will be SEN
fenced to the Second Death.
But in the Old Testament there Is
no distinctive word used TO represent
the Second Death-the extinction which
will be the penalty Of ners0nnl. wilful