Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-10-24

Of Gods having provision for the
majority Of our race In the future
Somehow the impression has gone
abroad that everlasting destinies are
fixed at death. The only text ever
quoted In support Of this thought is a
statement that where a tree falleth
there shall 1t lie" Ecclesiastes 113)
Sure enough, the fallen tree cannot
raise itself. And sure enough man,
fallen into death, is equally powerless
There he would be forever were 1t not
for the Divine arrangement for his
awakening by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Many Of us have been too free to be-
lleve that the penalty for sin may be
entirely escaped by simple word of
prayer, and yet reversely have believed
that there could be no forgiveness Of
sins after death. The only explana-
tlon Of this persistent thought in the
minds Of the masses is that they were
taught that destinies were fixed at
death by the taking of the dying one
over to fiery He'll, or to blazing
Purgatory, or to blissful Heaven.
After all, In confusion did we not
once say that everybody, for time Mt
least, would be brought out Of Heaven,
Purgatory and Hell to attend Judg-
ment scene-quite contrary to reason
and the Bible-a Judgment to deter
mine whether any mistake had been
made In regard to who had Heaven,
who had He'll and who had Purgatory2
How foolish we have been-how stu
pid, how inconsistent, how unscrip-
tural!
every Knee Shall Bow"
Now we see that the dead are sim
ply sleeping until the Morning, when
all the sleepers will be awakened by
Him who died for all. Now we see
that no changes take place in the moral
status Of the dead nor In the Divine
standards. He who forgave us our
sins when we confessed them and for
sook them is "the same yesterday, to-
day and forever" and will be just as
ready to forgive the world of man
kind, when in due time He shall send
them light and they shall believe and
repent.
Surely there Is no more reason why
n sinner could not be forgiven in the
future than that sinner could not be
forgiven in the present, When sinners
are forgiven now, It does not mean
that they obtain full release from some
proper penalty for their sins sickness,
sorrow, pain. Nor will the forgiveness
Of sins in the future Age mean that no
stripes will be put upon the trans
gressors. Jesus distinctly tells us re-
specting that future Age that then
those who have sinned against lnOwl-
edge, light, will be punished with many
stripes, while those who have snned
with less light will be punished with
fewer stripes 12:47, 4S.
Take for example the son Of the wild
ow Of Main, or others of those awak-
ened by our Lord. We know little re-
spectlng their relationship to God.
This widows son may have been
good man or wicked man; but the
fact that he had been awakened from
the sleep Of death by the Master would
certainly work no Injury to him after
ward In the matter Of forgivlng sins
for which he might repent
Gods entire object in providing the
Kingdom Of Messiah and in restrain
ing Satan and causing the knowledge
Of Gods glory to fill the earth is to
give mankind better opportunity
than is now generally enjoyed for re-
pentance and reconciliation with Him.
self, Now, only the favored few can
see, can hear can understand. Then
ALL from the least to the greatest, shall
be brought to knowledge of the Lord
and His goodness, and unto Him
eventually every knee shall bow and
every tongue confess"
Judgment For a Thousand Years,
Now we see by the light Of the Bible
that good and bad, civilized and heath
en-, all go, at death, to the Bible hell
to Sheol, Ilades, the tomb. Now we
see that nll are waiting for the glorious
Morning, to be ushered In by the Sec
ond Coming Of Jesus. Now we zee
that only the few have yet had the
light and blessing which determines
their everlasting destiny; that the over
comers OF this Gospel Age will lie ny
soclatcd with Jesus as spirit beings In |
the Kingdom, while the overcomer Of |
previous times win be associated with |
the same Kingdom ns rs earthly |
representatives In their cases only |
will the Divine Judgment have been
settled.
The remainder Of mankind, dying In |
more or less ignorance Of God and His |
terms Of acceptance Of sinners, are to
have their Judgment, or trial, during
the thousand years Of Mcssluh's King. |
dom, The willing and obedient shall
be blessed and enter into life eternal
The dlsobcdicnt wilful sinner viii die
the Second Death
More Tolorabe For Sodomites.
Jesus, I'm speaking Of that coming |
Judgment Day Of the world, declared |
that the Sodomitcs will be there, as
we'll as the people to whom lie preach
cd, And Significantly He stated that
II would be moro tolcroble for Sodom
and Gomorrh IN the Day of Judgment |
thnn for Chomzn. Rethsnldn and On. |