The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-27


II ETERNAL - Mat.
(gASN8 0lssIIgO thew 1913
= : -' The speaker de-
clared that mankind recognize two
great facts: "a that all are sinners,
imperfect: and - that a just penalty
for sins Is proper. This can be admit.
ted even by those who deny that the
Bible is inspired He believes that our
forefathers added TO Scriptures, with
out realizing it,
The Baptist "underworld.'
Our Baptist friends. In their new
translation of the Bible, use the term
underworld" instead of he'll. in trans
lating Sheol and Hades. This is step
In the right direction. All educated
people know that Sheol and Hades sic.
Nifty the death condition. Why should
Christian ministers spend years In
semiuaries TO learn these things. and
then fear to tell people the facts? Do
they not realize that the misunder.
standing of this subject is stumbling
thinking people into Higher-Criticism-
mfdelity. etc. aud leading to atheism
aud anarchy?
What the Bible Does Teach.
The Bible declares death to be the
extreme penalty of the Divine Law-as
OF human law. Adams execution was
a tragedy-930 years Of dying. His de-
scendants share bis condemnation. The
death sentence would have ended our
race. had not Divine Mercy provided
Jesus as our Redeemer He is TO de-
liver mankind from bondage to death,
during the Millennium,
Meantime, this Gospel Age has been
introduced for gathering His Church,
When it is completed. the Kingdom
will be inaugurated for blessing all
mankind Then whatsoever will may
return to full harmony with God and
attain everlasting life.
The Parable Of The Sheep and the
Goats belongs to the Miilennial Age.
We recall the Scriptural promises that
when Jesus shall appear in glory, His
Church will appear with Him; and
thus we know that the parable Is not
YET fulfilled After the completion of
the Church, Messiah will establish His
Kingdom.
Mankind will then be on trial to de-
ternine who desire to be the Lords
sheep, and who will manifest the way
ward, goat-like disposition. A thou
sand years have been spportioned to
separate sheep from goats At its
close. all having the sheep disposition
Of meekness will be at the Mediator's
right hand of favor. but all having the
goat disposition will be at His left
place of disfavor.
The sheep will receive the kingdom
originally given to Adam. The goats
will be sentenced to everlasting 6re-
destruction, Elsewhere they are said
to go into 'the lake Of Gre" the Sec
ond Death Revelation 20:i4.
Gehenna Fire unquenchable.
Gehenna is the Greek uame for the
| valley outside Jerusalem. where o1al
was destroyed Fires were burned
there to KIN the germs OF putrefaction.
Into that valley were cast dead dogs,
cats. ETC. upon which worms fed. This
picture Jesus used to illustrate Divine
| Government In the end of His reign.
Wilful evil-doers will perish in the
antitypical Gehenna-the Second Deatn.
| Another suggestion by the Master
was that hands. feet and eyes had bet
ter be destroyed than that the lndivid-
| Ral 70 into the Second Death. No one
thinks that tue Lord meant us literally
to cut OFF our hands and feet; nor
/ should we think that He referred to Ut
eral fre The lesson taught Is that
everlasting life is worth any sacrifice.
! II sin seems rs precious az a hand or
an eye. we should separate from 1t at
any cost. 70 attain everlasting life
Unto Everlasting Punishment"
Our text declares that the goat clsss
will go into everlasting punishment.
What is the nature of that punish
ment? The Scriptures say that the
wages of sin is death"-not eternal tor
ment So the Master really said that
the goat class win 90 into the Second
death. None will be rescued from It In
any manner
! The word punishment In our text
comes from the Greek kofasin In class
zeal Greek. koiosiH means to prune, as
TO cut out dend branches from a tree
SO Jesus really said that the goat class
will 20 away into everlasting cutting
off-from life-into everlasting death.
A pamphlet explaining the parable OF
The Rich Man and lazarus win be
sent free to any making postcard re-
quest. Address Brooklyn Tabernacle,
BrocLly n. y. 7.