Graham guardian., 1915-04-16

,vw Testament tells the same story
.rsin" the Greek word Hades as tn,
equivalent of the Hebrew Sheol; bu
hHi III modern translatiOnS of the Bi
tic di!ivulty Is encountered. Nearly al
H"Grrn lruuslatiOns have been made
,vvu centuries before. the Bible bat
n,ru little known.
VIII. II Bible study revived. the error!
which had Crept in were so entrencbet
IN mems minds that the tranSlators Oi
the Bible uncOnsciOusly gave little
twists in their endeavor to have 1t say
what they thought 1t meant Only wher
1t was impossible to translate the WORD
ShpoI ~ Hell did they give it's true
meaning-tbe tomb. But do their best
they could so translate only less thar
half the whole number Of its occur
rCnceS. 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
was iu the iSh's belly for parts OF
three days. He calls 1t his tomb-beIly
shrU.belly Jesus tells us that 10
nah'S experiences typified His own
that as Jonah was in the sheOl- belly
of the fish. 50 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
!IadeS" tomb He declares that
God fulfilled this by raising Jesus from
the dead. Acts 2:27
Whoever -ets the proper focus will
see that all. good and bad. 90 down to
he tUmb-t0 SheOl. Hades. called In
our Bibles Hell. The Scriptures dis.
tinrily tell that the dead know not
anything: that there is neither wis
dom. nor knowledge. nor device, in
Shc0l, whittier thou goes" whittier all
20: that the wages Of sin IL death: D.:
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
i'urgutOry 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
Il 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 il unreasonable to suppose
that. without word being said as to
his character. man should be roast
ed etermlly simply because he was
weII.fed and well-dressed: or. on the
other hand. that sores and destitution
lrc qualifications for Heaven
He then suggested that the Rich Man
represents the Jewish nation. rich in
Divine promises Their spiritual table
was bountifully supplied. To them be-
lOngph the promises Of the Kingdom.
represented by the purple OF royalty.
Theirs was the fine linen" Of typical
Justification. accomplished on their an
mual Atnnpmpnt Day. In a. d. 20. the
Jewish nation died. and ever since has
been in ElHdps. although the Jews have
been very much alive and have suffer.
I'd many things. especially amongst
prOfrsSrd Christians Of the Tare class.
Lazarus represents GentileS who de-
sired Gods favor. but were aliens
from the common wealth OF Israel"
They had no table Of Divine blessings,
no promise OF royalty. no white linen
OF typical justification These things
belonged to the Jew exclusively until
his national rejection and the subse
quPut receiving of the Genties
AZ the Jew died to His favor. so the
GENTLE died to His disfavOr As angels
rnrlird Lazarus TO Abraham's bosom,
~ the early Jewish Church. Gods mes
*"ngrrS. received believing Gentiles
INTO full fellowship as brethren. Thus
IiHHrativrly Lazarus was taken into
AhrahHm's BOSOM treated as his child
Galatians 3:S. I6. 20
The Rich Man represented two tribes
- Judah and Benjamin In the same
proportion the five brethren would rep
resent the other ten tribes. That only
iSrHritc> could he meant Is shown in
the statement. They have Moses and
the Prophets" The Gentiles had them
uot The name dogs" Jews common.
y gave to GCntiIeS. See Mark 7:25-29
Who cannot see In this beautiful par.
able teaching in full harmony with
Gods Wisdom. Justice. Love and Pow
er! May our understanding open wide
70 a true knowledge Of Gods Word!
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