Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-02-15

lRASIOR RUSSEllJl thew 25:46.
The speaker de-
clared that mankind recognize two
great facts: "a that all are sinners,
imperfect: and t2) 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 "Underwerld."
Our Baptist friends, in their new
translation of the Bible, use the term
underworld" instead of hell. in trans
lating SheoI and Hades. This Is step
in the right direction All educated
people know that Sheol and Hades sig
nifty the death condition Why should
Christian ministers spend years in
seminaries 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-
InfdeIity, etc. and leading to atheism
and 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 IEaSeuy-ooO years Oh uyiHS- Ills Oe-
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 to death,
during the Millennium
Meantime. this Gospel Age has been
introduced for gathering His Church
When 1t is completed. the Kingdom
will be inaugurated for blessing all
| mankind Then whosoeyer will may
| return to full harmony with God and
| attain everlasting life.
The Parable of The Sheep and the
| Goats belongs to The Millennial 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 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-like 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
| F1S0C manu- Oh FAVOR, Out all udNiHS Lie
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 fire
destruction. Elsewhere they are said
| to go into 1.-The lake of fire." the Sec
| Ond Revelation 2O:14.
Gehenna Fire UnquenehabIe.
| Cah ic for ha
| 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 to illustrate Divine
| Government in the end of His reign.
| Wilful evildoers will perish in the
antitypical 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 go 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 that
| everlasting life is worth any sacrifice.
| II sin seems as precious as hand or
an eye, we should separate from it at
| any cost. to attain everlasting life.
i Into Everlasting Punishment-s
Il Our text declares that the goat class
1 will go into everlasting punishment
4 What is the nature of that punish
i ment? The Scriptures say that the
wages of sin is death"-not eternal tor
4 ment. So the Master really said that
the goat class will go into the Second
death. None will be rescued from it in
any manner
Il The word punishment in our text
H comes from the Greek koldsfn- In class
ical Greek. koiasin means to prune, as
to cut out dead branches from tree.
So Jesus really said that the goat class
will go away into everlasting cutting
off-from Hfe-fnto everlasting death.
/ A pamphlet explaining the parable of
The Rich Man and Lazarus will be
sent free to any making postcard re
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Brooklyn n. Y.