The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-19

fdStOT nubSca1s we lSEyott oAtS " AA's'
addresses, based on Revelation *.
a-6. 1t was announced that next Sun
dry he would address similar Con
vention in London.
Christianity Versus PIatonism.
Many Christians whose faith can
not accept the Divine promise have
turned instead to the theory advanc-
ed long before Jesus day by the Gre
clan philosophers, headed by Pinto.
Their teachings respecting death. al
though less logical than the Bible
theory. require less faith. Thus we
have 1t today that Christian faith re,
speeding the future life Is supported
not by the Bible. but by the teachings
Of the heather from Plato down
| Plato and all the heather claim with
out evidence that dying was not the
penalty for sin. that, on the contrary.
lit is another step OF an evolution proc
ess. a passage way to new life. I'M
der new conditions, OF which they
! know nothing. Theirs is merely a
guess. philosophy. and, Of course. has
no use for resurrection Of the dead.
because the fact of death IL denied
md the dead nre said to be more alive
4 than when they were alive.
4 The Bible declares that from the very
beginning God purposed the resurrec-
ton of the dead and that. therefore, all
believers were privileged to speak OF
\ the deceased. not MS dead in an abso-
lutte sense, like the brute, but as being
asleep waiting for the glorious morn
ing of Messiah's Kingdom and the res
direction. Thus the Prophet declares.
, Weeping may endure for the night.
but Joy cometh in the morning. Thus
the Bible tells us that abraham slept
, with his fathers etc. etc.
y st. Paul says. IF there be no resur.
, recton of the dead. then those
j who are fallen asleep in Christ are
: perished' q Corinthians ~. 1873
! How could this be true If they have
: been alive in heaven for centuries?
First or Chief Resurrection.
81 Not all of the dead will have the
j same resurrection. Some will be rails
!. ed to the likeness of the first Adam
). while others, members of the Body o.
! Christ. will be granted a superior res
urrection-to glory, honor, irnmortalit,
and the divine nature. OF the latte
ST. Paul explains, "sown in weakness
!. raised In power: sown in dishonor
4 raised in glory; sown an animal body
. raised a spirit BODY Il Corinthian
r Nv, 43. a., OF the same class on
! text declares, Blessed and holy ar
: all they that have part In the Firs
: Resurrection; = they shall b
!, Priests unto God. and unto Christ. an,
:. shall reign with Him thousand years.
Revelation Xxx, 6: y, 100
\ "But the Res. of the Dead.r
nj All! this part OF our text is sadly mis-
~ understood and has thrown many B
Bile students of the track OF trutf
), They have understood the passage t
i, mean that Christ and His glorifie
: Bride class viii reign for a thousan
= years over such of humanity as wi
= be alive at the time of the setting Il
- of the .Messianic Kingdom. They thin
j that this passage teaches that all til
:. millions OF the world who have die
- during the past six thousand years wi
J. have no share In the blessings of Me-
- siah's Kingdom.
The proper thought is this: Adam BIZ
life and the right to continue it uncea
ingly so long as he was in harmon
j with God. When he sinned he can
o. under the sentence. Dying. thou sha
ne die" Our race. his children. shared
By sentence by heredity. Hence we al
10, all dying. From the Divine standpoI
nd none have life. Those who become di
ciples of Jesus are said to pass fro
be death unto life. although their new Ii
ce will not be completed until the Fir
w Resurrection. But speaking from til
ce standpoint Jesus said. Let the de,
ck bury their dead. but go thou (believe
"a. and preach the Gospel.-Luke tx, co.
ne From this Divine standpoint Il
world in general today is dead. has
right to life and can obtain eternal II
only through accepting Jesus He th
- not the Son hath not e."-I John v,
Thus seen the world. whether In I
," grave or out of the grave. are all fro
~ the Divine standpoint dead. Duri
ne the thousand years Of Messiah's rel
hs these will be helped up up. up. out
he sin and death. back to perfect life a
TN. all that Adam lost The upraising of I
al world during that thousand years
m, the general resurrection. This is t
be meaning of the word Gnasfasisit dc
g's not refer to mere awakening from
ep- tomb. Hence, although the world "
Of be gradually rising out of sin and dea
Lee conditions. they will not live again
the sense of attaining perfection Of |
until the thousand vears nre finished
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