The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-12
PASTOR RUSSELL'S
SERMON
J Lew;sh Paradise Not the Chy,st,an's 5 Heaven

tation of the divine character and plan
! is soon to be scattered The morning is
az hand, the prince OF light. the Savior.
Messiah and His glorious church. Will
| soon SHINE torth as the sun in the king :
dom OF the Father. while Satan will be
| bound for that thousand years that he
may deceive the people no more. 'Then
| az The blind eyes shall be opened and
| az the deaf ears shall be unstopped"; and
| thH knowledge of the glory OF the Lord
shall IN the whole earth" and Ito Jesus
every knee shall bow and every tongue
confess 10 the glory OF Cod
Slept With His Fathers"
An through the Scriptures natural
s;eep Is used as figure for death. as
!.e present time OF the reign OF sin is
represented as a night time. and the
| coming reign OF Messiah is prophetically
described as the morning of new day,
a night but JOY cometh in the morning, -
wrote David. The night has lasted for
SIX thousand years; the new day is the
seventh thousand. the Sabbath of the
great week. II viii be the awakening
time, as the six thousand wears OF the
reign OF sin and sorrow are the time in
which our race has been going down into
death-into the deep sleep from which
none Will come forth except by the call
Of Messiah
The penalty of death upon our race
would have blotted us out OF existence
gke the brute beasts had not Gods mercy
from the beginning made provision for a
ilsedeemer and for His church and joint
heir: and for the Messianfc kingdom
and for the resurrection the awakening
OF all mankind. through this kingdom.
1t was in view of that hope of a resur-
rection OF the dead that believers spoke
asleep.
This expression is used frequently in
the New Testament. ST. stephen fell
the great work of Christ on behalf OF
the world and the eventual awakening
OF all. declared that believers need not
friends and neighbors. but might u realize sI
that all sleep in Jesus" and that
eventually God, through Him. will bring
to pass tho general awakening of the
dead. all Of whom are yet to be brought
to knowledge of the truth that they
may be saved from sin and death and
obtain restitution (Acts H.. 1929.
declared that Abraham's fathers were
heather men. He called attention to the
fact fac that good and bad. kings and
lures, declared to have fallen asleep. So
II was with David. These all slept in
the Bible helNin the tomb. They are all
unconscious a as the Scriptures declare,
THE dead know not anything; their
sons come 10 honor and they know II
not; they come to dishonor and they
vice in sheol (hell. the gravel, whittier
thou goest'-whither all go Cob xiv.
q; Ecclesiastes TX, 10).
"Thou Wilt Not Leave My Soul in
Sheol.''
The prophet David declared his faith
In a resurrection of the dead when he
in hell 9sheol the grave), nor suffer
psalm XVI, 1oj. St Peter tuSs'0f ACTS Il.
25-SD calls our attention to the fact
ton. and hence that this statement was
not in regard to himself but Jesus
that the soul OF Jesus was not left in
sheol Greek, hades): and. additionally,
the flesh Of Jesus was not allowed TO
corrupt.
st. Peter was pointing out the full
hllment Of this prophecy of the resur
third day. when he made use of our
text. David Is not ascended into the
anto this day ST. sepushFs Peters is syT wlh
ment Is that David was in his sep
ulchre and was still dead, but that his
words were prophetic reference TO
Jesus resurrection.
Many Christian people repeat every
Sunday what is styled the apostles creed
which declares the cl7ucifxion and death
Of Jesus and His DESCENT into hell
from the dead on the third day" All
intelligent Christians understand that the
he'll TO which Jesus went was not purga-
but the grave, sbeol. tho tomb. the state
OF death. This Is proved TO be the apos-
ties thought by the words. God raised
Him from the dead, for II was not pos
sible that He should be holden" Of death.
David Will Not Go to Heaven,
King David will not go TO heaven,
said Pastor Russell, and he will not de-
sire 10 go to heaven. for the same rea-
son that fish has no desire to perch
upon the limb Of a tree nor a bird TO
make its home under the water. As
these animals nave natures distinct and
are adapted TO the conditions which God
has provided, so the nature OF man even
when brought 10 human perfection, will
enjoy and appreciate more the earthly
blessings which God has provided for him
than he would enjoy the heavenly bless
lngs which God has provided for the
elect little f1ock"-"the church of the
firstborns G5ebrews xii 23).
The reason for this Is plain when we
remember the apostles words. He de-
clares, The natural man receiveth not
the things Of the Spirit Of God neither
can he know Tappreciatel them for
they are spiritually discerned" II Ccrin-