The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-01
'PASTOR RUSSELL'S
SERMON
The Keys of Death and Hades

strYction and uplifting is declared to be
tnousand tttian :. years; , The p9Ter for The
Rulers Of which will be Messiah and His
Bride-toint heir with Him In His King
dom During the past nineteen centuries
| God by His word and providences. has
been calling and drawing a little flock
to Christ to be His Bride
! And not until all of these shall be
! called. drawn. tested. proven faithful
| unto death as followers In the Master s
| footsteps. will the elect Body he com
| plete and the slayinG of the great mon
complished. For that day the saints
are waiting and praying, Come. Lord
Jesus, come quickly And for that day
the whole creation is waiting, although
not clearly informed respecting the
blessings in store for them CRomans will
10. 2D.
1.-The Last Enemy Death.
st. Paul points us to the great De-
liverer. the glorified Messiah. AT the time
when He shall take the kingdom under
the whole heavens and begin the fulfill
ment OF the prayer He taught US. Thy
kingdom come: Thy will be done on
earth as In henven en- saf ale bsWs ses nt us En Fi
enemies under His feet-"The last en- :.
emy that shall be DESTROYED is death
q Corinthians XIV. 26). The meaning is
Itself promptly to the rectihcation of ev-
cry form OF unrRhteousness, financial,
political. social. religious. He will rule
the world with a rod of iron and every
nation and every system or element con-
trary to the Divine standards of right
eousness will be broken to shivers with
His iron rod. Thus will righteousness
be established in the earth in the midst
of "a time of trouble such as never was
since there was d nation"
But the putting down OF sin Will be
Satan being bound, and the reign of sin
thus estopped, each transsressiop VIII
receive a just recompense and each good
endeavor Just reward. Gradually man
proportionately come from under the
power of death, until all the willing and
obedient shall be fully delivered from
all danger as respects the monster which
turies. Not only so. but those twenty
thousand millions who have gone into the
prison house OF death will be reiensed-
not all at once, but gradually, as the
apostle declares. Every man in his own
order" or band,
BY the close of the thousand years OF
Messiah.s reign. His victory over sin
her of Adams race will have been lifted
from the prison-hcuse Of death. II will
be a prison house no longer, for there
have been lifted out OF the clutches OF
sin and death. weakness and depravty,
by the processes OF restitution. resur-
recton. Uplifting (Ac's Ill, 1929. The
cause all who love sin and are willingly
its servants. after being released from
the condemnation of the Adamic death.
Will be DESTROYED In the second death
Thus Adamic sin and death will finally
be completely routed and the prison
house of death be broken up. And Adam
and his family. not willingly sinners,
will al be set AT liherty-restored to
human perfection the earth will he
brought TO Edenic perfection.
80, Death, Where Is Thy Sting?'
Then will he brought TO pass the Di-
vine prophecy. "Oh, death, where Is thy
sting? q. grave where is thy victory"
u Corinthians Nv, $50.
We must notice when this is to be
brought 10 pass. H. is not now true.
The sting OF death is in us all, for, Is
the apostle explains, sin is the sting Of
death. And because all have been stung
by sin. all are dying. IT will require the
entire Messanic age to fully extract from
humanity the virus. the sting. of sin by
bringing mankind 10 perfection. Only as
the sting nf death Is removed will the
power OF death relax. because il is
part Of the Divine law that The soul
that snneth. IL shall die" Death now
has its sting. But when that which is
perfect shall have come. the sting will
be gone, The impcrfccton and weakness
VIII he gone, the cause for sin will also
be gone,
Not now but then. will be brought to
pass the saving. 20. Hades. where is
thy victory?'' Hades. sheol, the grave.
race for over sixty centuries. And its
victory will not be entirely overthrown
until the Redeemer shall have delv-
cred from the power OF the grave the
all of whom che died. the just for the
unjust. to bring us back TO Cod"
Thus as the apostle SAYS. with the
elimination of Christs kingdom. with