The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-28

from twenty to thirty feet in height ard
from sixty to eighty feet in length, amply
large enough to house a man in comfort
for several days! New species and new
varieties of fish are constantly being dis
covered in the depths of the ocean, AMI
possibly there may be some of these mon
Sters still in existence.
On due time Christ died for our
sins" (Romans V. 81 In what sense did
Christ die for our sins? 1 cannot under
stand how a person is made any better
morally by the death of another, even
though the one dying is more righteous
than the one for whom the condition OF
death was entered in upon by the one
making the sacrifice. CTruth Seeker.)
Answer.-The ordinary view of the life
and death of our Lord Jesus. is that He
was sent forth to be merely an example of
morality and of devotion to the principles
of righteousness even to the extent of
martyrdom. If this were all that was to
be accomplished by His sufferIngs and
death, then His example was largely in
vain, for many examples had already been
furnished in the lives of the faithful ser
warts and prophets IF God who lived prior
to our time and WIG are specifically lnen-
toned in the 18th chapter of Hebrews. The
necessity for the death of our Lord is
splendIdly reasoned out by the Apostle in
this same 5th chapter Of Romans In
as p%rentheticaI statement and apply to
his argument addressed to the Jews), lie
into the world. and death as the penalty
for sin; and that this sentence of death
passed upon all men because all had
stnned-not all individually, but as rcpre-
scented in Adam, in whose loins we all
were. Therefore, he adds, (verse 1S)
las by the offense of one (Adam) sentence
came upon all men to condemnation; even
so Cby the same law of heredity) by the
righteousness of enc (of the one who gave
upon all men unto Justification of life; for
as by one mans dfsobedience many were
made sinners so by the obedience OF one
shall many (all of the race who will ao-
cent itO he made righteous
OWL you yindly explain what is
meant by the following expression in Rev
elation xiv, Sand no man could learn
that song but the hundred and forty and
four thousand, which were redeemed from
the earth" Does it mean that only 144.ooO
Answer.--A perfect man sinned and
passed under the sentence of death AS
the result of this disc bedience and con-
demnation, the entire race was born in sin
and shapen in iniquity and likewise passed
under the sentence of death And thus the
Apostle assures US sayfng-"As by one
man (Adam) sin entered into the world
and death by sin and SO (because OF thts)
death passed upon all men''-(Rornans V,
I2.) To satisfy the claims of Divine jus
tice and release the entire race from the
sentence of death, 1t was necessary that
a perfect man should give his life as g.
ransom price. No imperfect, fallen MEM
Der of the race could do this. Therefore,
our Lord Jesus, left the glory that He had
with the Father. was made flesh and be
came the perfect man, and as such, laid
down His life to redeem the worId-He-
brews ii, 9; Timothy ii. As; John 1, q;
I John IT, 2. While our Lord died for all.
yet He is redeeming specially certain
class-"The elect according to the fore
knowledge of Cod These. the 144.00o. are
the footstep followers of the Lamb, and
ere redeemed (gathered ouO from among
men to be the first fruits unto God"
After these have been gathered out then
the world of mankind will be delivered
from death, and '"whosoever will may
have eternal life at the hands Of the one
hundred and forty-four thousand, our
Lord Jesus and His ''joint-heirs."