Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-03-04
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Both God and Christ Incorporated
the Death Penalty into the New
Testament Christian DispensatiOn
to All NatiOEs, in All Ages, Down
to the Hour Of Final Judgement.
Second Article Continually

Second Article Contlnued.)
~. Paul, ITO all that be in Rome
| beloved of God, called 10 Be Saints,
| from. 1:7), said: Let every soul be
subject unto the higher powers. Fol
there is no power but of God: the pow.
ers that be are ordained of God. Who
soever therefore resIsteth the power re.
| slsteth the ordinance of God: and they
that resist shall receive to themselves
damnatlon. For rulers are not terror
to good works, but to the evil. Wilt
thou then net be afraid of the power? do
that which is good and thou shalt have
praise OF same: For he is the minister
OF God to thee for good. But if thou
do that which is evil, be afraid, for he
beareth not the sword in vain: for he is
the minister of God, revenger to eEe-
ate wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Wherefore ye must needs be ubiect not
only for wrath, but also for conscience
sake For this cause pay ye tribute also:
for they are Gods ministers, attending
continually upon this very thing" =
For this, Thou shalt not commit adul-
terry, Thou shalt not kill"(commit MUIR
der, etc. from. 1919, from all of
which, and history, we learn: /. That
at the time Paul wrote these Romans
that the Roman Republic was mistress
of the world, same as England is now
mistress of the seas" in that she then
governed all of Palestine, Jerusal EN-,
Judea and all, with all other parts of
the world, hence she was 1.-The powers
that be are of Cod" as Paul here says,
as the civil powers, to enforce the civil
ana criminal laws to all offenders. 2.
Other scriptures and historical extracts
too lengthy to quote here, show that
Rome and her civil government were
founded by descendants of Abraham's
sons by his second wife, Keturah, whom
God drove out down there to found His
civil government, so as that her avenRer
OF blood could be, and was, Gods min
lister to continually avenge God on the
murders, as long as time lasted. by her
and her successor, which is the American
Republic. 8. We all know that Pom
titus PLATE was the Roman Republican
governor over Jerusalem, and Christ
makes it clear that he got his power
from God, in these words: Thou
couldest have no power at all against
me except it were given thee from
above" (St. Jno. 19:1D, or rather as
the Greek has it: Thou couldest have
no authority down against me, if IT had
not been given to thee from above"
and this clearly shows that Pilates civil
government was from God, and her
avenger of blood was Gods own blood
aVenger and minister, but be did not
shed Christs blood as the Jews them
selves did it. 4. That Paul had direct
reference unto the law blood avenger in
case of murder, as found in the Law, as
already cited in my former article, is
already clear, and 10 made more clear by
10 tAy1TN RI linn 4 do.
shalt not commit murder, Thou shalt
not commit adultery" as the Greek
shows he said, "For this" Greek,
gar toy, showing that the preceding
facts of Gods blood avenger minister,
and that he would slay murderers CON
stituted the reason why Thou shalt
com nit no murder" and therefore We
know that Paul knew the Old Testa-
nent death penalty had been brought
into the New Testament, as next item
will more fully show. s. Stephen,
just before being stoned to death, know
ing that the tabernacle OF WITNESS was |
not the TRUE tabernacle which the |
Lord pitched, and not man." (H b. S:2) |
but only witness to it, rightly trans
ated, said: This is He Christi who |
was in the Church in the wilderness |
with the angel who spake to Him in the |
Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who |
received the Living Oracles to give unto
49," "Our fathers had the Ia Der
,rnacle of WITNESS in the WILDERNESS"
which also our fathers who af- |
,erward succeeded into the govern
nent, brought in with Jesus into the
possession of the Gentiles, whom God
irove out before the face of our fathers
into the days Of David" (Acts 1888, A,
~, which proves that Stephen saw it
Ill exactly as Paul did, for this taber-
lacle of WITNESS was none other than
he Roman Repu blcan government, of
which our American government is a
air copy, in many things, and her Or
finances We're of God, carried down
here, with her tabernacle WITNESS by
~ descendants of Abraham's sons by
whom God drove down there
o days of David to found Her, hence
hey are Gods ordinances, and one of
hese was the death penalty ordinance,
onsequently Paul says; "Whoever re-
isteth the power reslsteth the oRDIN-
NICE of God" as above set forth. 6.
PAUL here used resisteth in the sense
I opposeth, i. 8. opposeth the death
enalty for murder, just exactly what
luke C. Bowers and all his satellites
rs now uOluB, anu Edul buuS' anu
hey that resist (oppose) shall receive
0 themselves damnation." Rom. 1872.
Well, we all know that damnation to
themselves is received only in hell, in
ELL, in hell fire damnation, just ex-
city what Bowers and his "fellers"
ill receive for opposing capital punish
lent if they persist in it, for the reas-
n that they are opposing the ord nance
God, and have set themselves up as
lore wise, more civilized and better
nan the Most High and Holy God
hat is exactly the right size" of their
ppositio to capital punishment, and
Mess they abandon their wicked op-
osition to Gods ordinance and repent
it they are certain to receive to them
,lves Gods eternal hell fire damna-
on. So will every legislator who
otes to abolish capital punishment re-
live to himself the same damnation
Mess he obtains Gods forgiveness ere
3 dies. OF this | am positively SURE,
Gods word is too clear on it to be
istaken.
May God save our legislature from
His capital punishment, is
y prayer.
[ELDERl N. w. BLALOCK,
unlap, Tenn.