Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-28

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tellgenty refuse the way Of righteous
ness. We read The wicked shall
be returned TO sheol aud oil the ma
tons that forget God psalm tx, 10
These are not the ignorant and weak,
but the inteligently wicked. They
are not those who have never known
God, but those who, after knowing
Him, forget Him and wlllfully choose
the way OF sin For such God has no
blessing Of lfe everlasting. They
"shal be destroyed from amongst the
people Acts iii, %.
In the New Testament, the word
Gehenna represents the Second Death
the utter destruction OF the class
consigned TO t. As every scholar
knows. Gehenna is the Greek form OF
the Hebrew word Geh.hnnon. II was
the name Of valley outside the wall
Of Jerusalem, long used as a garbage
furnace for the destruction Of the
ofal But II was never recognized by
God as u place for torture or suffer
ings, or for any living creature.
Although the capital punishment OF
the Divine Law is death, annlhlatlon,
God has subordinate punIshments, all
OF which are for reformation, or we
might properly say, all OF which nre
designed TO be purgatorlal. purifying
Amongst the Scriptures referring to
these we might include St Peters
words, Think il not strange concern
Ing the fiery trial which shall try
you"-purify you and test your char
acter to demonstrate your faithfuness
as the people OF God and your worth
ness Of association with Messiah In
His glorious Kingdom to be set up at
His Second Advent Peter iv IL.
st. Paul. writing along the same lines,
calls these eight Affections, which are
but for n moment" and designed to
work out for MS a far more exceed
ing and eternal weight Of glory
Oh Corinthians iy, ~ They thus work
out blessings for the Church by puri-
flying them as New Creatures, eliminat-
ing the drOss from the gold
In Maachrs prophecy 1t is foretold
thnt Jesus would institute purgatorial
experiences amongst the cOnsecrated
people Of God, the antitypical Levites.
He does this to purify them Of dross
and TO enable those who have of
fered their lives to God sacrifcially,
to be acceptable as His members. We
read. "IIe shall sit Ns Rcfiner and
Purifier Of silver, to purify the sons
Of Levi, that they may offer unto the
Lord an acceptable sacrifice"
Jesus has thus been sitting as the
Refner and Purifier Of His Church
for more than eighteen centuries. The
fires Of persecution, tribulation, which
He has permitted to come upon them
are all purgntive-d designed TO purify,
to purge, to make them white. His
people have the assurance that He
will not suffer them to be tempted
above that they are able, but will
with every temptation provide way
Of escape
"The Whole World Lieth In tho Wick
ed One"
All are children Of wrath" and still
under Divine sentence Of condemns
ton, except the Church Of the First
borns-the anttypical Levites. Spirit
begotten. We who have thus been
called out from the world have the
settlement of our prospects for life
everlasting or the Second Death In
this Age, before the blessing of the
Lord comes to mankind in general
The ChurCh's trial and purgatorial ex
periences must all take place during
this Age, before the New Age opens
which in the Divine arrangement Is
provided for the worlds judgment
"God has appointed Day 1.-THE Day
Of Christ, a thousand years. in tht
which He will judge the world II
righteousness lgiye to each fair, full
righteous opportunity for reconcilia
tlonl by that Man whom He hath or
dained THE Christ, Of which Jesus II
the Head and His faithful followers
the members Acts xvii, 81.
The Worlds Pureatory Future.
The Church of Christ constitute thu
Elect. the spiritual Seed Of Abraham
through which all the families Of thu
earth, the nOn-elect, are to be blessed
according to Gods promise Th'
foundation for the worlds BLESSING
was laid in the same sacrifice of Jesu
by which the Church's reconciliation
was made possible. Nevertheless, th
prospects for the Church ana th
world arc quite different The Church
through following her Redeemer vol
UNFAIRLY and sacrihcially, IN suffering
for righteousness sake, is to be crown
ell with glory, homer and immortality
beyond the veil, with the spirit nu
ture
BY this, the glorious resurrection
change. the Church will he prepare,
for association with her Lord in Iii
great work Of blessing Adam and hi
race -regcueratinG them. \ THOUSAND
years have been set apart for tn
2 work by the great Life Giver Tn
- life to be given to the willing an
ohcdlcnt Of mankind viii be earthl