Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-22

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lbeen willing to destroy the earthly NE
az the samaritans. the Heavenly Fa-
ther. of still more demoniaeal dispo-
dtion. would treat practically all man
lind ten million times worse than that
and use Divine Power to all eternity
to perpetuate the suferlngs OF HIS
.arthly creatures. which His own Word
declares were born IN sin. shapen In
!niquIty, in sin did their mothers con-
eeIye them - earthly creatures, too,
whose environment was unfavOrable
and whose Adversary, the Devil. God
neither destroyed nor boundf
"oehenns"-Hell.
As we have heretofore seen, the only
Hebrew word translated hell, from
Genesis to Malachi IS sheol, which is
unfortunately translated craze, pit
and hell in our Common Version OF
the English Bible-the greater number
Of times grare-its proper translation.
Its Greek equivalent in the New Testa'
ment, we have seen, is hades, which
likewise Is indlscrLmlnately translated
grare and hell. but should always be
rendered grdre. We repeat again that
no scholar in the world will claim that
there is the slightest thought OF life
Or suffering or JOY connected with these
words
The Scriptures distinctly declare that
there is neither wisdom, nor device
nor knowledge in sheOl"-to which all,
both good and bad. go at death, and
where they remain until the resurrec-
ton In the New Testament the word
tdrtdruB occurs once only and Is mis-
translated he'll. whereas 1t should be
rendered our Cdrths atmosphere. 1t has
no reference to humanity In any way,
but TO the fallen angels. The Apostle
says that az a punishment God cast
them down TO tdrtGrus" and they are
reserved In chains Of darkness until
the Judgment Of the great Day"
But today we will examine the fourth
and last word translated hell In our
common English Bible. This word In
the Greek Is 0eheHnd. 1t occurs but
twelve times. as follows: Matthew V,
22. 20, 80; x. %; xviii. o; Nxlii 10, 80;
Mark TX, 43. 45. AZ; Luke xii, o; James
III, 0. One Of the occurrences is In con-
nectiOn with our text todny. The ques-
tion IL. To what does this word gehennG
refer2 Is It name for Purgatory2
Or a name for a still worse place Of
unending torture, as our Protestant
creeds declare2 We answer, No. It
Is a figure Of speech used to symbolic
the Second Death-the death from
which there will be no resurrection,
no resuscitatlon-the everlasting de
Btruction mentioned by St Paul, and
Of which st. Peter says that they
which experience 1t perish like the
brute beast I'll Thessalonlans |, o; IL Pc
ter II. 12l. This Is very plainly stated In
Revelation Xxx, H. where Of this lake
Of fire. 1t Is declared this is the Sec
ond Death"
Tho Valley Of Hnnom-Tophet.
The Greek word Oeh6nRd Is the syn
Onym for the Hebrew word Ge-hinHOm,
which means "The valley Of Hin
NOM" This valley is repeatedly men
toned In the Bible. 1t was owned by
q family named Hlnnom. The first
reference to II il In Joshua xv, g..
Looking at any Bible map of the city
Of Jerusalem, the valley will be seen
to the southwest Of the city wall At
a time when the Israelites became
sadly involved In ldolatry, this valley
was used as sacred place An Image
Of the heather god, Moloch, made of
brass, and hollow, was erected. 1t
was 80 constructed that the chair,
which was part Of the image, con-
sttuted furnace fred from the rear,
and the head Of the image was the
top OF Il nue,
The image held out its arms as
though to receive something and,
heated red hot by the tlre, was a re-
ceptace In which deuded Israelites
placed their children as sacrifices,
, while trumpets were blown, drums
, beaten and the people shouted, sitting
t, the cries OF the tortured infants Ql
, Kings xiii, l0D. When the good King
, Josiah came to the throne all this idol
. airy was abolished and the proper
! worship OF God In the temple was re.
! sumed. Then, lest the people should
. ever again resort to such atrocious
customs, the valley was desecrated
II became valley Of abomlnatlon
!, 1t was used as n dumping place fol
> the llth OF Jerusalem. Dead dogs and
: dead cats were thrown there, and Il
: Is claimed that some OF the vile erin
. lnals, after execution, were thrown
: therein Instead Of being given burial
!, to typically Illustrate that there is NJ
future life for such obnoxious beings
that they win be refuse
The valley OF llnnom IL now nlleC
= up and an orchard grows there; bu
= originally II was quite deep. The car
!, casses Of animals We're thrown ther,
: intended for destruction, the worms
: feeding upon them. No one sought I.
" hinder the worms from making n com
: plete destruction. In tho bottom o
y the valley fires were kindled for thJ
consumption OF the waste debris, ant
birthstone was added that tho fume
/ OF 1t might destroy any germs Of dis
y ease No one thought Of Quenchinl
p that hre; II was one that was desired
$ This was the gchcayd Of our Lord
$ day, lie uses 1t IN a dgurative o
8 pictorial sense as illustrating the Sec
y ond Death, which will be the portion
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