The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-07-01
NEBUCHADNEZZAR AND THE
GREAT WHITE BEAR
Or What viii Come to Pass in the
Latter Days

of the Lord Jesus as we find written
i'm Mark 16:15-16 "And he said unto
them, go yet into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved, but he that believeth not
shall be damned"
Seeing that the belief of the gospel
comes first and then the baptism, we
will consider what is the necessary be-
lief, or in other words, what must we
believe before being baptized.
A person is baptized into whatever
their belief may be; if one believes
the gospel of Christ and is baptized
into it, Christ declares they shall be
saved.
The gospel of Christ is not only to
live good life, but there are certain
promises and looking forward to
their fulfillment by believing what
God has promised he win surely
bring it to pass, and how plainly Paul
has spoken in regard to those who
believed the things concerning that
kingdom that is to have dominion over
all the earth when Jerusalem will be-
come the city of the Great King,
which will be the city of God.
In Hebrews 18th chapter he speaks
of all those from Abel down, and in
verse Is he declares "These all died
in faith, not having received the
promises"
II oo+b or,d A04h ,,a~saS pa,,I Sa;d
"And these all having obtained good
report through faith, received not the
promise; God having provided some
better thing for us, that they without
us should not be made perfect"
Paul was explaining to the Hebrews
that none of whom he mentions have
received their reward although they
were dead and in their graves and
would not be made perfect without
the living being made perfect with
them, neither will they be made per-
feet until they arise from the dead
to stand at the judgment seat of
Christ.
The wise man Solomon in writing
of the death state agrees with Paul,
in Eccl. 3:1S-19-2O verses:
'1 said in mine heart concerning
/ the estate Sof the sons of men, that
God might manifest them, and they
might see that they themselves are
beasts.
tFor that which befalleth the sons
of men befalleth beasts; even one
thing befalleth them; as the one dieth
so dieth the other; yea, they all have
one breath; so that a man hath no
premeinence above a beast: for all is
vanity.
"All go unto one place; all are OF
the dust, and all return to dust
again"
David in Ps. 1864 says, in the very
day that man dies his thoughts perish
But there is hope beyond the grave
for those who believe the gospel ot
Christ and are baptized into thai
faith as he told his disciples, Go into
all the world, and preach the gospe
to every creature. He that believetf
and is baptized shall be saved; but ht
that believeth not shall be damned.
And he has not left us in darkness
in this matter, because he said, "T an
the resurrection and the life: ne thai
believeth In me, though he were dead
yet shall he live." John 11:25.
| So we find the gospel of Christ wa.
not only living good life but hi!
command in connection was to believt
the promises of God concerning {
kingdom that will supersede all othel
kingdoms of this planet and it vii
rule the nations in righteousness anC
equity for a period of one thousand
years which will be a ruling power
that Daniel told Nebuchadnezzal
should be set up in the latter days a!
we find in Dan. 2:41 as it reads:
"And in the days of these kings
shall the God of heaven set up Z
kingdom, which shall never be de
stroyed. And the kingdom shall no
be left to other people, but it shall
break in pieces and consume all thes'
kingdoms, and it shall stand forever
These passages are important help
in understanding the gospel. There i
nothing obscure in the Old Tesla
ment if one has the key Of knowledg,
pertaining to Gods plan of salvation
Paul in writing to Timothy toll
him, "All scripture is given by inspir
alton of God, and is profitable TO
doctrine for reproof, for correction il
righteousness" II. Tim. 3:16. Pau
also puts Timothy in mind that from
child he has known the scripture
which were able to make him wis
unto salvation. III. Tim. 3:15.
So by these passages we canno
deny the Old Testament and say it i
of no use at the present time an.
more than they could in Paul's day.
Timothy knew the truth in regart
to the New Testament by the teaching
of Paul although the New Testamen
was not printed in book form at tina
time, and in connection with all o
Pauls knowledge he exorts Timoth.
to study the scriptures Cor Old Tes
tament) because it was able to maxi
him wise unto salvation and Paul il