The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-18

imperfect conditions as habitation for
] mankind yet eventually it is TO be
made glorious and perfect and in its
beautifed state Will form an everlast-
ing dwelling place for the regeuerated
human race. See Isaiah xiv. Is
Q--How shall we understand the
Savfor's wordS-'Iet the dead bury
their dead - (Matthew viii, z1,22-)
AnSWer--When our first parent,
father Adam. disobeyN the Divine
commands the death sentence passed
upon him, and in the legal sense and
from the Creators standpoint, he was
dead although he lived for nine hun
dred and thirty years afterwards The
dying process began and was consuu-
mated when Adam passed into the
tomb The entire race was involved
with Adam in this death sentence as
the Scriptures declare-"As by one
man sin entered into the world and
death by sin and so death passed upon
all men, LAS in Adam all die Gro
mans V. L.: Corinthians XIV, 22).
From this view of the matter We may
understand the Lords word Let the
dead (the legally dead) bury the dead
(the actually dead)-" II is because all
were condemned TO death in Adam
that all viii be made alive in Christ
(see Romans V. is, 49, CoToborating
the words of the Lord Jesus the Apos-
tie says, For the love of Christ con-
strained US. because we thus judge
that if one died for all then were all
dead" (II Corinthians V. 1D- Jesus,
in the laying down of His life was
giving Himself "a ransom for au''-l
those under the sentence of death and
those who have entered into the great
prison house of death, the tomb.
Q-Since Jesus is to reign until all
enemies are put under His feet, and
the last enemy to be destroyed is death
Il Corinthians XIV 25, 26) would it not !
prove that Satan and his hosts would |
be destroyed before death is destroyed, |
and that both would be destroyed dur |
ing the reign of Jesus2
Answer.-The Apostles argument is |
so clear and convNeing in this f1f-
teenth chapter of First Corinthians
relative to the reign of our Lord Jesus
and the object or purpose to be &C
compIished by that reign, that there
is but one answer to the question and /
that one in the affirmative 1t is ap-
parent to all thinking minds that
Christ's reign has not yet begun, for
the Scriptures declare that during the
reign of the Lord, the great adversary |
of the race Satan, will be bound, and I
that in the close of that reign he VIII
be Ioosed for a little season. A sin
gle glance over the conditions exlsuns
in the world will serve TO convince
anyone that Satan is still very active
personality. However, conditions IN
the next Age, the period OF Chr1sts
reign. will experience a radical change
as gradually the evil, selfish elements
are eliminated The last of the ev1
things that have so long afflicted the
race, death. land him that had the
power of death" shall be destroyed
hebrews ii, II; Revelation xxi, a.
Of the Seventh Day of the week Is
the Sabbath Day of the Lord thy COD:
why is it that everybody keeps TIE Irst
day of the week. Sunday. as the Sabbath
OSotSucn.)
Answer-It is true there is no scr1pturai
authority for the Christian TO observe
1t IL also true that Saturday is the day
set apart in the Jewish Law, which the
Lore gave to the nation or Israel, 10 pe
kept as. q day of rest or sabbath day Buf
that which was binding upon the JeW1SA
people Is not necessarily binding upon lie
Christian There is vast difference be-
tween the conditions existing in the Jew
ism Dispensatfon, and those existing IN ire
Christian Dispensatfon- For instance the
goats Neither does he practice cfrcuH-
oision- Nor does he observe the Passover
festival The Jews regarded every seventh
year as a sabbath year; and also tae
lee Year If the sabbath system Is oinO-
ing upon the Christian he should ucc
only observe the sabbath day but also he
should keep the sabbath years. Why not?
1t would be fine to lay off an entire year
and enjoy an easy time There is &c
Command given to the Christian to keep |
any day as holy day. II there are any
who think that the Christian is command
ed to observe some special day as a sab
lowing Seripture-Romau xiv. 4 >;
CoIossians H. Is; Galatians iv. 10, H. 81.
The custom of observing Sunday as spe-
ciaI day of worship originated in the days
Of the Apostles when the early Christians
met together on the first day of the
week to break bread in COMMUNICATION
Of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, who
was raised On that day See Luke XIV,
D. 81; Acts Xxx, Z