The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15
EvERYBODY'S BIBLE BOX.

els "hell' place or a condition?
CT. NJ. R.)
Answer-The word s'helI'' occurs
thirty-one times in the Old Testament,
and in every instance it is sheol in the
Hebrew. The meaning of sheol is, the
hidden state, as applied to mans con-
dition in death in and beyond which
all is hidden, except to the eye of
faith; hence, by proper and close as
ISOLATION, the word was often used
in the sense of grave-the tomb, the
hidden place. Sheol therefore, and its
Greek equivalent, hades. may properly
be considered in both of these senses,
either a condition or place. When
our Anglo-Saxon forefathers helled
their potatoes in the fall of the year
by covering them with dirt. they had
them in a concealed place and in a
hidden condition, If one says that
hell is a state or. condition, and an
other says that it is a place, we need
not necessarily faint away with sur
prise and perplexity, as both are true
and thoroughly orthodox. There are
two other Greek terms which have
been translated hell These are Ge-
henna and tartaroo. Gehenna in it's
true significance, means the place of
destruction. We should not quarrel
with any one who may say that it
represents the condition of destruc-
ton. The word "tartaroo" seems to
refer more to an act than to a place.
The fall of the angels who sinned was
from honor and dignity, into dishonor
and condemnation, and the thought
seems to be that God spared not
the angels who sinned but degraded
them, and delivered them into chains
of darkness" Oblivion and annihila-
ton are terms that apply to those
who enter into the destruction of ge-
henna-the state, condition or place
of "as though they had not BEEN
Obadiah 16.
Q-what is meant by the term
Paradise" and where is it? If Para
disc has been lost, will it ever be re-
Answer-Paradise signifies a gar
den or park, and is applied in the
Scriptures primarily to the Garden of
Eden. The ideal conditions prevailed
in that favored spot, a perfect home
for the perfect man specially pre-
pared by the Lord. Beautiful birds
and flowers with graceful animals
coursing about, and splendid fish in
the crystal streams, with not a single
note of inharmony to mar the peace
and happiness reflected in all nature.
What a magnificent place for the
had formed in His own image and
likeness, This heaven on earth
condition was all forfeited through
disobedience, and not only this, but
life also. Driven out of the garden
into the harsh and barren world
where the thorns and thistles were
thriving under the curse, man has
groaned and struggled as he pursued
his sorrowing course towards the
tomb, dreaming and longing for the
time when paradise would be restored,
for the Lord had given him a faint
ray of hope in the promise that the
serpent's head. Genesis 3:15) The
Seed of the woman is the Lord Jesus
who Will destroy the serpent, Satan,
and deliver mankind from the do
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of restoration of all things (Acts
3:19-21 when the whole earth shall
bloom and blossom as the rose and
paradise will be restored. And they
shall say, This land that was desolate
is become like the Garden of Eden:
and the waste and desoIate and ruin
ed cities, are become fenced and
are inhabited. Ezekiel 36:S5; Isaiah
35:S-10.
Q.-Are you in sympathy with the
thought that the three days mentioned
in Matthew 1910, included The time
from our Lords betrayal in the Garden
of Gethsemane to the time of His res
direction, or was it just the actual
time during which He was in the tomb?
Or NJ. j.
Answer.-The evidence is quite clear
and strong that the Savior died on a
Friday afternoon at three o'clock. and
was placed in the tomb shortly there
after. CMatthew 27:46. $3.50; Mark
15:3442; Luke 23:54) He was raised the
third day, Sunday, early in the morn
ing, possibly at about five or six
o'clock. Matthew PSI; John 20:1.)
Thus the Lord was in the tomb some
thing less than forty hours. We would
not think that Jonah was in the in
terror of the great sea monster any
longer than this. The scribes and the
Pharisees had asked for a sign from
the Master, and His reply was that
there shall no sign be given, but the