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ANSWER TO BIBLE QUESTION
NO. q
To the Editor Ocala Banner:

| NO.
ITO the Editor Ocala Banner:
In answer to question No 4, as it
is written in Luke 21:33, when Christ
said: Heaven and earth shall pass
away; but my words shall not pass
away" there are two points to con.
slider
First, did he mean that Gods
dwelling place was to go out of exist
ence, and this beautiful earth to be
destroyed and pass away?
Again, is it possible that Christ
should make promise as it is found
in Matt. SIS? When he was preaching
his sermon on the mount he said:
Blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the EARTH" and then contra
dict that promise and say this planet
we live on shall pass away?
Well, the question might be asked :
If he did not contradict himself, what
did he mean when Sc said Heaven
and earth shall pass away; but my
word shall not pass away?"
To answer this we must find out
what heaven he was speaking of, as
there are more than one heaven spok-
en- of in the Bible.
Paul was allowed to look into the
third heaven, as it is written in Cor.
1872, Z.
Moses. speaking to the rulers of Is
rael, and to the people (Deut 32:D,
said: Give ear, o We heavens, and |
Will speak; and hear, o earth, the
words of my mouth"
1t will be seen by reading the rest
Of the chapter that Moses was not
speaking to any one else outside of
! the people that God had chosen, and
| they were a kingdom at one time,
which was a kingdom of God, as LIST
Sam. 1912 declares.
And Moses, speaking to the rulers
in Israel, whom he called the heav-
ems, and the people who were ruled
over, whom he called the earth, be-
cause dust thou art, and unto dust
thou shalt return" was the sentence
unto Adam; and all of his posterity
have never escaped that sentence, and
all those who pass away return again
to the earth
Again. if we look at Luke 21:32. it
explains the 33rd verse as Christ was
telling them in the previous part of
the chapter of the destruction of Je-
rusalem, and of that kingdom once
known as Gods kingdom, or the heav-
ems and earth that Moses spoke to.
Christ told them that before the
generation at that time had passed
away, all should be fulfilled. And so
it was, as history shows, that in the
year 20, Titus came with the Roman
army, and after great suffering among
the Jews, the Romans tore down the
temple and plOwed up the place where
it stood, so there was not one stone
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the Jews were led away captive. And
the Jewish heaven and earth passed
away But Christ said that his word
should not pass away.
If his words are not to pass away,
his words must abide forever.
In reading of the ministry of Christ
we find that he preached the gospel
and invited the people to believe it,
and to be baptized unto that belief,
they that might be saved. Mark
1918, 10.
And he said unto them: go We into
all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature.
"He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved, but he that believeth
not shall be damned"
So then, if a person does not be-
lieve the gospel of Christ, and is not
baptized into that belief, Christ has
declared that they are to be con-
demned; and, looking at it from that
point of view, the words that he said
should not pass away are contained
in the gospel. w. H. NJ