The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-02-02

Jesus said that Lazarus slept; and He
awakened the daughter of Jairus from
the sleep. st. Paul declared that all
the Church would sleep except those
who would be alive at the time of our
Lords Second Coming. Ii 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
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 a resur-
rectton to the whole world of mankind.
at the cost of His life, which He free
ly sacrificed, dying 1.-The Just for the
unjust" tasting death for every man"
Coming Back From Sheoi, From Hades,
From He'll.
In symbolic language the Scriptures
picture Jesus MS leading forth a multi
tude of captives. (Ephesians 49, 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 me 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 a%ntitypical Priest to
bless, He will be a Priest upon His
Throne, to deliver from the power of
sin and death all who wish to come
back into harmony with God, Halle
lujahi What a SaviorI
The result of these thousand years
win be not merely the awakening Of
the sleepers, but subsequently, their
raising up mentally, morally, physical
Iy, to full perfection Of human nature.
from which they fell In Father Adams
| d~isobedience. Then, when all the will
fully wicked shall have been destroy
ed In the Second Death, from which
there will be no recovery. no redemp-
| ton, no resurrection-"then shall be
brought to pass the saying that Is
written, Death is swallowed up in vic
tory. o Death. where Is thy sting? o
Hades ~[grave1. where is thy victory?-
The grave indeed has q victory now
v all mankind; but ultimately the
Redeemer viii have the victory, during
the thousand years of His Reign. He
will deliver all from the power Of the
present death. and only the wilfully
wicked shall die the Second Death.
from which there will be no recovery.
1t fills our hearts with joy to think
of the poor worlds return from the
prison-house of death and from their
weaknesses and imperfections. With
the eye of faith. looking through the
telescope of Gods Word. we see in the
lea future. thank Godl the binding of
Satan. the awakening Of the sleepers.
the blessing OF the whole world, the
uplifting Of all the willing and obedi-
ent. We see them coming back to full
physical power. to full mental vigor.
to full moral tone-the image and like
ness of God. lost In Eden, redeemed
for all at Calvary.