Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-09

work ye do" The gons viii be Of Sl
tou's company, because like him, they
choose the way of sin ana opposition to
/ God, Truth aud righteousness our
text might he more literally rendered.
/ These lsutun and his followers, includ-
inR the goats of the parable shall 10
away into everlasting cuttiLE.or from
lifol but the righteous 1.-THE" sheep" OF
the PARALLEL shall be ushered into lie
everlasting
Tho Lord does not say that either
Satan or the Poots VIII Dee sent 10 ever
lasting torment, but into everlasting
punishment everlasting doath-a death
from which there will be no resurrec-
tlon They shall perish like natural
brute beasts.-2 Peter 2.l2.
The Greek word here rendered pun
ishment Is koiasiR, which means prun.
ing, as a husbandman prunes the dead
wood from his orchard or vineyard.
| SO Satan and all his hosts will bee cut
of finally from Gods blessings, and he
destroyed in the Second Deuth An.
other use OF the word kOlGaiH In classic
Greek is to reStralD; as. ''The chariot
GERS restrain koiasinl their berry
steeds" So God through Christ, de
clares TINT the Second Death shall ever.
lastingly restrain Satan aud all who
have his goat like, wayward disposition
after having had full knowledge and
opportunity TO develop opposite dispo-
sition.
In previous verse the same parable
puts the results Of the trial OF the na
tions for life or death, during the Mes
siah's Kingdom, in different language
II declares that the reward TO the sheep
will be, Come, ye blessed OF My Fa-
ther, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation Of the world
This IL the kingdom which was orig
nally given to Adam. but lost through
disobedience.
This is the kingdom which Jesus by
obedience to the Law had a right to
claim for Himself, but which He sacri-
feed for the benefit Of humanity. The
Father gave to Him and. to the Church.
His Bride, Heavenly Kingdom, not
founded when the earth was founded
but from before the foundation Of the
world" Messiah, during the Mlllen-
ninl Age, VIII prove who OF mankind
are worthy of everlasting human Iife
nj hA nf tbnng0 nh rai itru
The Lord wiil deliver to God the do
minion, or the kingdom Of earth. Man
kind will thenceforth be responsible d.
rectly to the Heavenly Father, as we
read In I Corinthians 1924
The fate Of the goats is described in
these words: "Then shall He say to
them on His left hand 1.-THE gOatsl, De
part from Me, ye cursed Iunftl. into
everlasting hre, prepared for the Devil
and his angels" The fact that this is
parable forces the conclusion that the
fire is ny symbolica as are the sheep
and the goats. Fire here, as every
where In the Bible, IL used as symbol
OF destruction. Everything evil and
unfit, including Satan and all who fol
low his perverse ways. are to be de
stroyed "in the lake Of fire, which Is
lsymbolizesl the Second Death. -
Revelation 20:14.
Cutting OF Right Hand or Foot.
On another occasion Jesus. describ-
ing how much the future life should
bc appreciated, declared that a man
had better cut of his right hand or his
right foot or pluck out his right eye,
rather than otherwise be cast into the
fire that shall never be Quenched and
whore tue worm di,th not MARK 9;4i
a., 49, The Master did not mpan His
words to be taken literally, and nu
Christian would be justified in maim
Ing himself.
What the Master meant, evidently,
was that the pleasures and appetites OF
the present, though precious to us a.
are our most useful members. should
be sacrificed rather than that maintain
ing present blessings we should fall
to attain the promised Kingdom.
So, likewise. we must interpret His
words respecting the worm dying not
and the FIRE not being quenched The
disciples knew OF only one place where
these words could be applicable That
place was "the valley Of Hinnom'-
Gehenna-w the refuse Of Jerusa-
lem was thrown as into garbage fur
mace for destruction Fires OF brlm-
stone were kept burning in the bottom
to destroy the germs Of disease. and
no one extinguished those fires Rath.
er. they were perpetuated And II, per.
chance, some carcass fell outside the
fire line. the worms devoured II No
one wished to destroy the worms and !
preserve the carcass.
Gehenna thus became type, or fg
ure, OF the utter destruction awaiting
the finally rebellious, who must perish
''as natural brute beasts" that the
earth may be cleansed Our Lords
references to the worms and to the tre
were doubtless appreciated by those
who heard It would signify to them
that, as the otfal was destroyed. so the
wicked would be clNssed as the offaI OF
humanity and be finally destroyed In
tho gacond Death