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y1sssae1.aNns9 = aseasS death all mankind
llRASl0R RUSSElly 90 to Sheol-the
tomb; and that the
New Testament tells the same story,
using the Greek word Hadcs as the
equivalent of the Hebrew Sheol; but
that In modern TRANSACTIONS of the 81
Bile difficulty is encountered. Nearly all
modern tlunSlatiOns have been made
within the last five centuries. For thir-
teen centuries before, the Bible had
been little known,
When Bible study revived, the errors
which had crept in were so entrenched
IN mems minds that the translators OF
the Bible mconsc0usly gave little
twists in their endcavor to have it say
what they thought 1t meant. Only when
1t was impossible to translate the word
Sheo MS Hell did they give its true
meanlng-the tomb. But do their best,
they could so translate only less than
half the whole number Of its occur
rcnces. The Revised Version retains
the words Shcol and Hades leaving the
reader to discover their meaning.
Two Escape From He'll.
The Pastor then told Of several who
escaped from He'll The Prophet Jonah
was in the nsh's belly for parts of
three days. He calls it his tomb-bclly
sheol-belly Jesus tells US that Jo-
nah's experiences typifed His own
that as Jonah was in the sheol-belly
Of the fish, so Jesus would be in the
sheol OF earth, st. Peter shows that
this was prophescd Of Jesus, saying,
Thou wilt not leave My soul in
Hades'-tho tomb, He declares that
God fulfilled ibis by raising Jesus from
the dead. Acts 2:2T.
Whoever gets the proper focus will
see that alL good and bad, so down TO
the tomb-to Sheol, IIades called in
our Bibles Hell. The Scriptures dis.
tincty tell that "the dead know not
anything; that "thcre is neither wis
DOM nor knowledge, nor device, in
ShcoI whittier thou goest'-whithcr all
90; that the wages Of sin is death;
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
Purgalory or eternal torment In this
connection the speaker carefully eS-
planned that the term Gehenna, also
translated Hell, is Scripture symbol
Of the Second Death.
The Rich Man In He'll,
The remainder OF the discourse was
a very reasonable Interpretation Of the
parable Of The Rich Man and Lazarus
The Pastor holds that the story is
parable, not literal statement He
considers It unreasonable to suppose
that, without n word being said MS TO
his character, n man shOnld be roast.
ed ctcmaily simply because he was
wcll.rcl and well.dressed; or, on the
other hand, that sores and desttution
are 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-
Iongcd the promises OF the Kingdom,
represented by the purple OF royalty.
Theirs was the Zine linen OF typical
Justification, accomplished on their an.
nu0l Atonement Day. In A. d. 20, the
Jewish nation died, and ever since has
been In H0dcs, although the Jews have
been very much alive and have suffer.
ed many things, especially amongst
profcsSed Christians Of the Tare class.
Lazarus represents Gentiles who de.
sired Gods favor but were "aiens
from the commonwealth Of Israel"
They had no table OF Divine blessings,
no promise Of royalty, no white linen
or typical Justification. These things
belonged to the jew exclusively until
MS national rejection ana the subse.
quent receiving OF the Gentncs.
AS the Jew died TO His favor SO the
Gentle died 10 His dlsnlvor As angels
carried Lazarus TO Abrnhams bosom.
no the early Jewish Church, Gods mcp.
Sehgcrs received believing Gcntiles
INTO fnll fellowship as brethren. Thus
nguratiycly Lazarus was taken into
Aprahnm'S husom-trcutcd MS his child.
-Gnhtons 3;s, 10, %.
the Rich Man represented two tribes
Judah and Benjamin In the same
proportion the Eve brethren would rem
resent the other ten tribes, That only
lSVaeIltcs could be molnt Is shown I'm
Ihe statement "rhcy have Moses and
the Prophets The Genties had them
not The namo dogs" Jews common.
" gave to Gentlles See Mark 7.o5.90
who cannot see In this beautiful por.
aolc a teaching In full harmony with
nou'S Wisdom, Justice, Love aud Row.
or! May our understanding open wide
to a true knowledge OF Gods worIl
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