The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-04-29

| tomb; and that the
| New Testament tells the same story
| using the Greek word Hades as the
| equivalent Of the Hebrew Sheol; but
that In modern TRANSACTIONS OF the 81
8 BILE difficulty IL encountered. Nearly all
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
In mems minds that the translators Of
the Bible unconsciously gave little
twists In their endeayor to have II say
what they thought II meant Only when
II was impossible To translate the word
Sheol as He'll did they give its true
meaning-the tomb. But do their best,
they could so translate only less than
half the whole number of Its occur
rences. The Revised Version retains
the words Sheol and Hades. leaving the
reader to discover their meaning.
Two Escape From He'll.
The Pastor then told of several who
escaped from Hell. The Prophet Jonah
|
three days. He calls 1t his tomb-belly.
sheol-belly. Jesus tells us that Jo-
nah's experiences typihed His own
that as 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 wilt not leave My soul In
nd hn 10 In hof
God fulfilled this by raising Jesus from
the dead.-Acts 2:27.
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
tlnctly tell that 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 In the Bible
for the commonly accepted thought /
that those who die go to Heaven or
Purgatory or eternal torment. In this
connection the speaker carefully ex-
planned that the term Gehenna, also |
translated Hell, is a Scripture symbol
OF the Second Death.
The Rich Man In He'll.
The remainder OF the discourse was
a very reasonable Interpretation Of the
parable OF The Rich Man and Lazarus.
The Pastor holds that the story is a
parable. NOT literal statement. He
considers II unreasonable to suppose
that. without word being said as TO
his character, man should be roast
I'd eternally simply because he was
well-fed and well-dressed; or. on the
)ther hand. that sores and restitution
ire qualifications for Heaven.
He then suggested that the Rich Man
-epresents the Jewish nation, rich In
Divine promises, Their spiritual table
was bountifully supplied. To them be-
onged the promises of the Kingdom.
represented By the purple OF royalty.
Theirs was the fine linen" OF typical
Justification. accomplished on their an
lunl Atonement Day. In a. ID. 40. the
Jewish nation died. and ever since has
'een In Hades, although the Jews have
'een very much alive and have suffer
d many things especially amongst
Christians Of the Tare class.
Lnzarus represents Gentiles who de-
ired Gods favor, but were "aliens
rom the common wealth Of Israel"
hey had no table Of Divine blessings,
o promise OF royalty, no white linen
( typical Justification. These things
TO the Jew exclusively until
Is national rejection and the subse
ucnt receiving or the Gentiles.
As the Jew died TO His favor. so the
entile died to His disfavor As angels
irried Lazarus to Abraham's bosom.
} the early Jewish Church. Gods mes.
myers, received believing Gentiles
TO full fellowship as brethren. Thus
yuratively Lazarus was taken into
braham's bosom-treated as his child
Galstians 3:8 10. 20.
The Rich Man represented two tribes
Judah and Benjamin. In the same
oportion the five brethren would rep.
sent the other ten tribes That only
raelites could be meant Is shown In
e statement, They have Moses and
e Prophets" The Gentiles had them
It The name dogs" Jews common {
gave to Gentiles. See Mark 7:25-29 d;o
Who cannot see In this beautiful mr. he,
lie teacning In full harmony with Tai
)d's Wisdom. Justice, Love and Pow cou
May our understanding open wide tris
a true knowledge OF Gods World err
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