Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-04

esses of Restitution during Messiah's
reign. Acts IA, 1870 10 them viii .
como the domialon which Adam lost .
aud which Jesus redeemed NJ Calvary .
and which lie VIII gire 20 the worthy .
ones at tho conclusion NJ Ills thou
und.yeal reign Next, the fate Of the .
goat class Is stated-not IN literal Ian f.
guage. but symbollcally Indeed, the .
Prophet and tho Apostle declared Of
Jesus that lie opened His mouth IN
parables,' and that without q para
bic spake lie not unto the people
In other words, everything that Jesus
said TO the people in general was hg
urauve, IN order that only those OF
right condition Of heart might be able
TO understand Him.
The message OF the great King TO the
goat class viii be, Depart from Me
ye cursed, into everlasting fire pre-
pared for the Devil and his angels"
Matthew XIV, AZ We might as well
insist that the parable applies to literal
goats az to claim that this penalty Is
literal fire. All who have studied the
subject will freely admit that fire
throughout the Bible is used fguratiye-
" 10 represent destruction Fire Is
not used as a symbol for Adamic death.
the sentence upon all Of the race, be-
cause God from the beginning purposed
the setting aside OF that sentence
through the redemptve work OF Jesus;
hence Adamic death is not destruc'
tion. but IN the Bible is styled, sym
bolically, falling asleep" and resur-
rectlon is styled awakening from
sleep"
But when picturlng the Second
Death. the Bible uses strong terms
representing destruction in the fullest
and most absolute sense Mark the
words used: "Perish," "iSecond Dedth -
"Ererlqsting Destruction" We even
overlooked, the plain explanation which
Jesus gave us when He said "the lake
Of fire, which Is the Second Death.
| Revelation Xxx, 14) St Peter, sum
ming mp the fate Of the incorrigiby
wicked says that they shall be destroy
ed like natural brute beasts. dl Peter
If, l2) Only bugaboo Of eternal tor
ment, hundreds Of years old. could have
30 alarmed us that we failed TO note
these matters long ago.
Meanwhile, alas, while many OF the
learned have abandoned the doctrine or
eternal torment. they have practically
abandoned everything else in the Bible,
because they supposed the Bible to
teach this inconsistency. Let us not
follow them into Higher Criticism
infdelty and total rejection of the In
splration of Gods Word, but LET US
COMPARE Scripture with Scripture and
use our God-given reason within the
boundaries of Gods Message SO doing
we are seeing more and more the glor-
ious perfection Of our Fathers charac-
ter and Of His inspired Word.
Reasoning by Contrast.
: Some shallow thinkers have been
thrown Off the track Of religious inves-
tlgation, reasoning that If there Is a
! heaven, there must Of necessity be a
hell Of torment. But the contrast
, which the Bible establishes in respect
? to the sinner and the saint Is life and
deafh-and not hedren and nell. AS a
. matter Of fact the Bible nowhere
2 promises heaven to any except the
Church of the First borns, who are
5 now being called out Of the world for
D association with Messiah in His King
T. dom. The world of mankind never
$ lost heaven and Is nowhere promised
Q heaven.
e Adams loss was an earthly Eden,
c human perfection. Jesus declares that
e He "came to seek and to Sdre that
e which was lost" The work Of His
:. Kingdom for thousand years will be
t the bringing Of earth to a Paradise
'' condition. And He will restore all the
q willing and obedient Of mankind to al
= that tras lost. bringing them back
J. again to the image and likeness OF
/ God in the flesh Adam possessed
g these qualities when he was declared
n by his Creator very good and wa'
Q given the dominion of earth.
When Adam was placed on trial II
' Eden he was endowed with perfection
o Of life and organism as a man. Goo
l. said not one word to him about HEAVIER
4 or hell. but did set before him life dn'
is DEATH If he would be obedicnt h'
/. should be privileged to maintain hi
t life and all his perfectlons and bless
It ings everlastingly. II he would rebe
ii against his Creators laws and be dis
v obedlent thereto he should die-be Gu
u or from life He was disobedient, an'
d was expelled from Eden into the &C
a cursed or unfit earth. where he died
$ slow death. battling with thorns an'
e thstles. This has been the fate Of hi
y entire race -death-mental. moral AM
le physical decay TO completion.
n "Life or osath--5Iessing or cursns.
Addressing the people Of Old throug
, the Prophet God declares, Il have Sc
' before you life and death. blessing an
20 rurslng choose Hfe that ye may live