Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-02

some OF the race. III SFdHte0 tue OppOT-
tunity. would gladly return to loyalty
to His laws He has. therefore. made
provision through Jesus for every
meuber Of the race. great and small.
rich and poor. Worldwide redemp-
ton will be provided and worldwide
opportunity for the coming to a 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
prison-house of the tomb. sheol. hddes.
the grave. is represented by the Key in
the hands of Messiah He gained that
key, that rightfuI 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 mes
sage of good tidings to the meek, to
bind up the hroken-hearted, to pro-
claim liberty to the captires 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. l.;
Luke iv, 49,. 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 captives 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
contaminated. and in the consumma-
ton of it the elect Church of this Cos
pei Age is invited to have a 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
plane Galatians iii. 29).
Hades Cast Into Gehenna.
"And death and hell (hades) were
cast into the lake of fire. This is the
Second Death" Revelation Xxx, 14).
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 Messiahs 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, 40.
The context further describes that
period, in which all mankind shall
be brought to a knowledge of the
Truth, when all will stand before the
great White Throne" Messiah's 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 Messiahs 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 hadeS 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 sin and the tomb, viii 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
not 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
| no recovery.
Let it be remembered that the VAL
| ley of Hinnom outside of Jerusalem
| 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 it will be con-
sumed utterly, completely, everything
out of harmony with the Divine will
The Wicked Returned to SheoI.
In the New Testament. as we have
seen, hadeS stands for the grave or
state of death. which results from
Adams transgression; while GehennG
represents the Second Death which
viii come only upon those who shall
| first have been delivered from the
Adamic sentence. or shall have had
at least a 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 IL
I no QiSlluCliNG NOiQ uStu W ISpIcSeuA
the Second Death-the extinction which
will be the penalty of personal. wilful
transgression To meet the difficulty
the word sheol is used a second time.
| For instance. we read of some who
will be wilfully wicked after enjoying
knowledge of the Truth-not merely
inheritors of imperfection and weak
nesses which they have not overcome.
| but intelligently wilful sinners-"The
| wicked shall be returned TO sheol to-
gether with all people who forget God"
| psalm tx, III. In our Common Yer
sion the prefix re is Improperly omitted.
/ The "ioickef' are only those who sin
AGAINST light. knowledge and opportu-
nifty. and only those can be said TO