River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-01-28

Or Jonah; Tor on the third day the
great fish vomited him forth. Jonah.
describing his experiences while buried
alive in the belly Of the fish. says, "Out
Of the belly Of Hell cried l, and Thou
heardest my voice" etc The fish vOm-
tied him upon the dry land. de was
rescued from the Hell-belly; Tor the
belly Of the fish was his He'll. or grave
The Billie is very explicit in declar
ing that all die not mercy seem to
lie, but really die and that there
would be no future life whatever for
mankind. unless God provides d resur-
recti0n God has provided for u resur
rectj0n Ills provision is made in
CHRIST who died for our sins. st. Paul
declares If there be no resurrection
II tie dead Ill our Christian faith and
hole are icrfshed; We have nothing TO
i've for we nave 10 hopes. But he
assures us t.at Christ has diel and
risen Tht Ietore ultimately, all will
he delivered from the power CT SheOl
IIades. the grave.
a few were awakened in Olden times,
merely 10 relapse into death again. Ii
was not possible that any could be
fully recovered from the power OF
death until Christ first had provided
the Redemption-pr price on mans behaH.
God speaks of things from this view
point. Looking down from the begin
ming, He tells us that He had prOVld
ed Jesus as the Lamb of GOD III Ills
purpose before the foundation OF the
4 Il
He did not speak Of the world as be-
ing dead in the sense of dead brute
beasts, but as those who have hope
He spoke of the things not yet accom-
plished as though they had already
been accomplished. and declared Him
self the God of Abraham. Isaac and
Jacob. who were dead, but for whom
resurrection had been provided
Gathered to Their Fathers-Asieep.
OF both the good and the bad we
read that they were gathered to their
fathers Their fathers were not in
Heaven; for that is not sleeping
place; their fathers were not i'll the
fiery He'll Of orthodoxy and the creeds
vet imagined They did not sleep i'll
a Catholic I'urgatory for the same rea-
son; but they slept. and are sleeping
still and will continue to sleep until
they Shall be awakened.
This same thought is given in the
New Testamen as well as i'll the Old
Jesus said that Lazarus slept; and He
a. IF Vol
the sleep St Paul declared tizit all
the Church would sleep eXcepf those
who would be alive at the time of our
Lords Second Coming. 1t is from
this viewpoint that the great work of
Christ and His Millennial Kingdom is
described as specifically and especially
an awakening Of the sleeping dead
In the Old Testament, Sheol is de-
Scribed as a great prisOn-hOuse into
which the people have gone, and out
Of which none could make his way to
liberty from death. The same thought
is given us in the New Testament
Our Lord tells Of how He will unlock
Hades, Sheol, the tomb, and deliver
the prisoners. He tells us that He
has the keys Of death and Of Hades.
He got the key, or authority, or pow
er, to open the grave, to give resur-
rection to the whole world of mankind
at the cost Of His life, which He free
~ sacrificed. dying ''the Just for the
unjust" tasting death for every man.
Coming Back From Sheol, From Hades,
From He'll.
In symbolic language the Scriptures
picture Jesus as leading forth a multi
tude of captives (Ephesians 4:8.) The
first company of captives delivered will
be the Church, the Bride. the Lambs
Wife. they who will have part in the
First Resurrection Truly the Scrip
lures declare, The gates of He'll shall
not prevail against thee" Christ is
stronger than the power Of death, and
He has met the death penalty that was
against us He has redeemed us. He
will deliver us early in the Morning Of
the New DispensatiOn.
And that is only part Of the wonder
full Story. The Apostle declares that
The Christ will be the First-fruits, Je
suS the Head. and the Church His
Body. Afterward will be those who
become Christ's during His Presence.
His Presence will last for the thou
sand years, as the King over all the
earth: and as the antitypical Priest to
bless, He will be a Priest upon Ills
Throne. to deliver from the power OF
sin and death ali who wish to come
back into harmony with God. Halle
uiah! What a Savior!
The result Of these thousand years
will be not merely the awakening of
the sIeepers but subsequently, their
raising UP mentally. morally, physical
~. to full perfection of human nature.
from which they fell in Father Adams
disobedience Then. when all the vii
fully wicked shall have been destroy
ID in the Second Death. from which
here will be no recovery, no redemp-
Cion. no resurrection then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is