The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-12

In part,
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~ Those whe
wrote the Bibi.
did their duty
4 well. The Old
Testament. GOV.
srins the history
OF over -four
thousand years
~ tells us that al
IlfASTOP RUSSGIll ankind At
1870 death 10 20 shso
the tomb. The
New Testament, written In Greek
tells the same story. using the word
liHdes as the equivalent OF the He
brew sheol. But In modern trans
lstions OF the bible difficulty 10 en-.
couniered. particularly In the Eng
lish. Nearly all these translhtion'
have been mad. within the last fiv.
centuries. For thirteen hundred
years before that time the Bible had
been iit,l. known.
In the second Century the theory
prevailed that the bishops were ~
much inspired as Jesus ana the
Apostles. for they were called Apos-
toilc bishops Bible study was con
rideYed unnecessary because these
Apostolic bishops were present ~
give up-to- date information and
communications from God. Then fol-
study. during which time. as the
Apostles had forswarnsd. grievous
wolves came into the flock. fAct-
20 s7s-1iD Gradually the doctrines
became 30 mingled with errors that
the false teachers merely enaiaved
the people with fear. then eKtortsd
money for the relief OF the fears.
when Bible study revived In ne
Fifteenth Century the errors were
80 entrenched In mems Minis. that
those who translated the Bible an
consciously gave little twists In their
endeayor to have the Bible Say what
they thought " meant. "A an H.
iuHtFatton. note John b;2a. There
the tranElators have given us the
expression. Resurrection Of damnA b
tion." when nothing In the Greek
lustifier the word damnation. The
Revised Version renders IL properly.
"Kesurreetion OF iudgment'--trlAl.
when the Hebrew word sbeol was
being translated. Hell was the near
est word 90 81 their ideas Hence
only when this translation was Inn
meRning-the grave. There IL an
other word for srHve--qeher. sepui-
chre. But DO their best 20 make
He'll out Of Sheoi. they could 40
translate - less than one-half the
whole number Of oceurrenees The
hFNAfF1 ffNNAAA NfAEAnF wv Ah'hA
Sheol and the Greek Hades, saying.
Let the reader find out Its mean
ing
Good men. who know better. per-
init their congregations TO think they
believe In a burning He'll Of torture.
when privately they confess TO the
contrary. but they say. Let us not
DO good. les, evil foliow--let us not
tell tho people. lest fewer would
come 20 church. and the power Of
superstition. holding so many. be
broken. Poor mem They seem
blind 10 the fact that these devilish
doctrines are driving Intelligent peo-
pie away from God. from the Bible
and from the churches.
Two Escspe From He'll.
The Bible tells of several who
were released from shcol. but OF two
the very word Is used The Prophet
Jonah. swallowed by the great fish.
was In its belly parts OF three days.
lie calls IL his tomb. kheol. v nile
there entombed he cried unto the
Lord and the Lord delivered him.
Jesus tells US that ionah's expert
cncer typified His own-that as Jo-
nah was buried in the fish. Jesus
would be buried in the earth.
{ Matthew 1919. iop As Jonah came
forth on the third day. so did Jesus.
~ Peter points out that this was
of Jesus. saying, Thou
wilt not leave My soul In 1Shcoi. orr
Hades"-the tomb. He says that God
fulfilled this by raising Jesus from
the dead. Acts 2.sT.
whoever gets tho proper focus VIII
see that all. good and had. go down
TO the tomb---to Sheoi. Hadcs. called
in our Bibles Hell. The Scriptures
very distinctly tell us that the dead
now not anything. that there IL
a. 49, f..l
device. in Sheoi. whittier thou soest"
all go. tEeclesiastes s:5.
% This exactly accords with the
Divine statements The wages OF
sin ~ death. THE soul that sinneth,
IL shall die" tRomans sea; Ezekiel
1876. 2oD There Is no Scripture for
the commonly accepted thought that
hose who die SO to Heaven or Pur-
zRtory or eternal torment. All those
teachings are found In the various
reeds. the Bible alone tells the sim
pie story, reasonable and harmoni-
BUS from start to finish.
G~heupa ITre-s~coud Death.
II Is true that Jesus used the term
sehenna fire. and that our transia-
ors confused the English reader by
this word Hell, the
Iame as Hadcs. But as all scholars
viii admit, Jesus used the word fire
Thus our newspapers tell about the |
treat conflagration in Europe--not |
literal fire. but war. causing great
SO Jesus pointed out
hat. although lie had come to save |
men from death. and eventually by |
! resurrection TO mt up all who had |
rome down to Iiades. nevertheless |
he relief would only he temporary,
kept To those who would conform |
o Divine Law. All condemned un-
Ter that Second Trial would die |
gain. This Second Death would be /
because Christ would |
lot again die for those who would /
In wilfully after being released |
rom the first sentence.
Pointing to the valley outside of |
erusalem. used as garbage FUR.
ace and called the Greek Gehcnna.
nd in Hebrew the Valley OF Hlnnom
nd Tophet. Jesus declared that A |
Illustrated the fate of all wliful sim /
ers. Dead carcasses. etc. Were |
brown into the Valley of uinnom |
'chenna. whore fires were Kent /
lighted. and birthstone was burned |
o KIN the germs.
II is said that criminals OF the
worst type, after execution. were
brown into that valley. as intimat-
Jesus emphasized the
tier destruction, In the Second /
heath, Of any found incorrigihis
fter having fun opportunity OF re-
urn To God through the merit or
hrists sacrifice. The Rible every
here holds out the thought that the
hureh now, and the world In It's
rial Day future. viii be In danger T.
T Gehenna dcstruction-the second
'cath.
Released From sh~oi. Hndrs, the
Tomb.
hible studcnts know that Sheol ana
ladies' could not be places OF eternal
prtufe. Tor the scriptures say that
hey shall be destroyed. III Sheol
nd hades are 10 be destroyed. how
ould anybody be tortured averlnst.
1glyp The clergy know these things
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