The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-10

Authorized and Douay Versions of the
lamentations, The Revised versions, both
| English and American have corrected
| many of these errors but not all No one
would claim that the tranSlatorS were IN
spired. Another fruitful cause for SEEM
| ing contradictions is. that many Scrip
! ture text have been taken from their
proper connections by Bible eXpos1tofs
and interpreted to mean just opposite tc
what they do signify. In this way the
Bible can be made to support any theory.
For instance. in one place it says Judas
went out and hanged himself" and then
in another place ''go thou and do like
word truth QI Timothy ii. 15) there is
not a single contradiction in all the sacred
writings.
Q.-I confess to being a trifle skeptical
as to the declaration of the angel (Revelay-
ton X, @ to the effect that there should
be time no longerH' In the very nature of
things this could not be true time is
eternity measured off into sections. There
event to another. Can you adjust this lit
tie difficulty to permit the light 10
shine through it? CW. A. t.
Answer.-In all languages there are
terms, expressions, and phrases occurring
in which the meaning is only partly con-
veyed. This is a fact generally recGS-
Hebrew and Greek in which the Old
Testament Scriptures were originally
written. All through the Authorized Yer
sion of the Bible will be found italicized
words which signify that these were sup
piled by the English tranSlatorS in order
to complete the meaning of the texts. Also
there are instances where the translators
did not supply the necessary word or
words to complete the meaning, and some
misunderstanding has reSultd- Such, foo
example, is the case with the expression
of the ReVelator under consideration
How simple the matter becomes when Tie
words are properly arranged and me
missing one supplied! The passage should
read THAT the time shall be no longer
(delayed)."
OFF Adam was perfect; how could he
have sinned? 1t seems to me that per
feet man would have acted in perfect
manner. 1t is the imperfect individual
| that sins or acts imperfectly. Kindly eX-
plain this matter as am frequently
| brought face to face with this PROPOSE
ton. Q1ve.)
| Answer-From the Scriptural narrative
| of the creation of man, it is eveident that
| God, the Creator. designed to have an in
telligent creature made in His own likeness
| with individual will capable of decld-
ing for good or evil Man has the power
| of willing to do as he. h1mSef desires
| Had he been created otherwise he would
not have been in the likeness of God, b Il
| mere machine controlled and directed
suppose that Adam chose to disobey the
Lord because of his love for Eve. She
Satan, and had partaken of the forbidden
fruit the penalty for which was death
Adam. realizing that she must die, delib-
| erateIy chose to share her fate, as ne
| without her would not be worth living
We are distinctly told that Adam was MT
deceived q Timothy il, 14, and we could
! conceive of no other motive on the part
of a perfect man in disobeying the
vine mandate, than that of love for mis-
| bride.
| OWN you please explain in Matthew
XII, 12-"And from the days of John The
/ Baptist until now. the Kingdom of Heav-
en- suffereth violence, and the violent take
/ it by force?" IT. c. W)
] Answer.-This is a prophecy relating to
| the church, the Kingdom class, the King
| dom of Heaven in its embryonic state. II
! has been remarkably fulfilled in the his
tory of the true Church of Christ FROM
the days of John to the present. The
violent" those of the IShmael and Esau
disposition, have always bitterly opposed
and prosecuted the Lords true people,
and apparently, have triumphed over the
Kingdom of Heaven. Many Scriptures
teach that this would be the condition o.
affairs when the Lord Jesus, at His sec
ond coming. would take unto Himself His
great power and authority and establish
His own righteous rule in the earth. over
throwing Satan'S empire and setting up
the Kingdom of Heaven. The Apostle adj
monishes the Lords people TO be subject 10
the powers that be (Romans xiii. I'D, the
worldly governments and do1ninions, but
the time would come when these would
be turned over to the Lord Jesus and H
joint-heirs and on the ruins of the old
selfish, evil, kingdoms and governments,
Gods Kingdom would be established,
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