The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-27

- eternal" Mat
llASIQR RHSsEll) thew 25:46.
The speaker de !
cIared that mankind recognize two .
great facts. 1l 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 10 Scriptures. WITH .
out realizing IT.
The Baptist sUnder~orid.s
Our Baptist friends. IN their new
translation Of the Bible use the term
underworld. instead Of hell. III trans
lating Sheoi and HadeS. This is a step
IN the right direction. All educated
people know that She0l and Hades sig .
Nifty the death condition. Why should
Christian ministers spend years 10
semInaries to learn these things. and
then fear TO tell people the facts2 DO
they not realize that the misunder
standing Of this subject IS stumbling
thinking people into Higher-Criticism-
Inddeliry. etc. and leading 10 atheism
and anarchy?
What the Bible Does Teach.
The Bible declares death to be the
extreme penalty Of the Divine Lawns
Of human law. Adams execution was
q tragedy-930 years Of dying His de-
scendants share his 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 % death.
during the Millennium.
Meantime. this Gospel age has been
introduced for gathering His Church
When it is completed. the Kingdom
VIII be inaggurated for blessing an
mankind Then whatsoever VIII may
return TO fpll harmony with God aRd
attain everlasting lie
The Parable OF The Sheep and the
Goats belongs % rhe AiHlenuia. Age
We recall the Scripture promises that
when Jesus shall appear IN glory. His
Church viii appear with Him. and
thus we know that tie parable is NOT
yet fulfilled. After the completion OF
the Church. Messiah win esta blish His
Kingdom.
Mankind will then be on trial to de
termine who desire to be the Lords
sheep. and who will manifest the way
ward. goat-iike disposition. A thou
sand years have been apportioned 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 viii receive the kingdom
originally given to Adam. The goats
destruction. Elsewhere they are said
to go into 1.-The lake of fire." the Sec
ond Death.-Revelation 2O:14.
Gahenna Fire unquenchabie.
Gehenna is the Greek name for the
valley outside Jerusalem. where offal
was destroyed. Fires were burned
there to kill the germs Of putrefaction
Into that valley were cast dead dogs.
cats. etc, upon which worms fed. This
picture Jesus used 10 illustrate Divine
Government in the end OF His reign.
Wilful evi-doers viii perish III thc
anritypical Gehenna-the Second Death
Another suggestion by the Master
was that hands feet and eyes had bet
ter be destroyed than that the individ
, ual 20 into the Second Death No one
thinks that the Lord meant US literally
to cut off our hands and feet. nor
should We think that He referred to lit
eral FIRE. The lesson taught Is tina,
everlasting life is worth any sacrihce
IF q sin seems as precious as a hand Of
an eye. we should separate from il n
any cost, to attain everlasting life.
Unto Everlasting Punishment
Our text declares that the goat elias
VIII go into everlasting punishment
What IS the nature Of that punish
ment? The Scriptures say that .stbe
wages Of sin is death"-not eternal tor
ment. So the Master really said thai
the goat class viii 20 into the Second
: death. None win be rescued from if In
any manner
The word puHishmens in our tex-
comes from the Greek kolasin. In class
zeal Greek. Eolasin means to prune. a.
TO cut out dead branches from a trea
So Jesus really said that the goat elias.
viii go away into everlasting cut+ine
of-from life-into everlasting death
a pamphlet explaining the parable a.
The Rich Man and Lazarus win +,
sent free to any making a postcard re
quest Address Brooklyn Tabernacia
5 Brooklyn, y. Y