The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-04-17

tomb: and that th,
New Testament tells tue same story
using the Greek word IIades as III,
equivalent of the Hebrew SheoI: bul
that in modern translations of the hi
bic difficulty is encountered Nearly al
mOdern TRANSACTIONS have been made
within the last five centuries. For thir.
teen centuries before. the Bible had
been little known.
When Bible study revived. the errors
which had crept in were so entrenched
Ia mems minds that the trnnslators of
the Bible uncOnSt'iUusly gave little
| twists in their end2uvor to have IL saw
what they thought il meant Only when
II was IMPOSSIBLE Ia translate the word
SheoI az Hell did they give its true
meaning-tbe tomb But 90 their best.
they could so translate only less than
half the whole number of its occur
reices. The Revised Version returns
the words Sheol and Hides. leaving the
reader 10 discover their meaning.
Two Escape From He'll.
The Pastor then told of several who
escaped from He'll The Prophet Jonah
was in the fish's belly for parts of
three days He calls 1t his tomb-belly.
a sheol belly. Jesus tells us that 10
nahs experiences typified His own
that rs Jonah was in the sheol- belly
of the fish. so Jesus would be in the
sheol of earth. ST. Peter shows that
this was prophesied of Jesus. saying.
Thou will not leave My soul in
Hades" the tomb He declares that
God fulfilled this by raising Jesus from
the de;ld--Acfs Dot
whoever gets the proper focus will |
see that all. good and bad. go down TO
the tomb-to Sheol. Hades. called In /
our Bibles He'll. The Scriptures dis
tincily tell that 1.-THE dead know not
anything; that There Is neither wis
dom. nor knowledge. nor device. in
Sheol. whittier thou goest'' whittier all
go: that 1.-The wages of sin is DEATH:
and that ''the soul that sinneth shall
die There is nothing i'm the Bible
FOR the commonly accepted thought
that those who die go 10 Heaven or
Ptrgatory or eternal torment. In this
the speaker carefully. ex
planned that the term Gehenna. also
translated He'll. Is Scripture symbol
Of tile Second Death.
The Rich Man In He'll.
The remainde of the discourse was
very reasonable Interpretation of the
Of The Rich Man and Lazarus
Che Pastor holds that the story is a
not literal statement He
il unreasonable 10 suppose ,
hat. without word being said as to i
rs character. man should he roast /
q externally simply because he was /
vell-fed and well-dressed: or. on the I
Their hand. that sores and destifution I
re qualifications for Heaven I
He then suggested tlat the Rich Man !
epresents the Jewish nation. rich In L
Irvine promises Their spiritual table \.
'ns bountifully supplied To them be-
'ngei' the promises of the Kingdom. q
'presented by the purple of ROYALTY. B
heirs w;s the "tinc linen" of typical {
istif1catiun. accomplished on their an s
uni Atonement Day In a. ID. 20. the AZ
pwisl nation died and ever since has 4
zen In Hades. although the Jews have
zen very much alive and have suffer
] many things. especially amongst 4
-ofessed Christians Of the Tarp class. 4
LAZARUS represents Grntiles who de-
red Gods favor. but were .aljens
/
hey had no table Of Divine blessings. <,
promise of royalty. no white linen Il
typical Justification These things
''"nged to the Je~ exclusively until
national rejection and the subse
lent receiving OF the Gentiles.
As the Jew died To His favor. so tbe
'ntile died to His disfavor. As angels ,
rried Lazarus to Abraham's bosom.
the early Jewish Church. Gods mes
myers. received believing GentiIes !,
10 full fellowship as brethren. Thus c
uratively Lazarus wns taken tpto
'rahams bosom-treated as his child
Galatians 3:S 10. %. \
rhe Rich Man represented two tribes i
judah and benjamin In the same
'portion the i've brethren would rep-
tent the other ten tribes Thai ONLY
aelites could be meant Is shown In
statement. They have Moses and
Prophets" The Gentiles had them
: The name dogs" Jews common
gave TO Gentiles. See Mark 1920
Who cannot see I'm this beautiful mar.
e teaching in full harmony with r
DIS Wisdom. Justice. Love and Pow- =
May our understanding open wide
true knowledge of Gods Word. ~
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