The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-06-07
THE WORD OF GOD:

HaOnng bIoHed ont the resurrection of
GodS Son by explaining it all away, and
having thus anflijtiIated our One and Onlv
Lord Jesus Christ and taken away our only
possible hope of salvation = for eve are
saved by His life" in His resurrection. and
not alone by His death on the cross land
1t Christ be not raised your faith is vain ::
We are yet in your sins Russellism next
proceeds to settle infallibly the future and
eternal destiny of every human being.
over and over, again and again, it as
serts that death meger means ANYTIME but
extinction Of being, annihiIatiom This.
with Jesus the Christ now a Spirit-being
exalted to the Divine nature at the resurrec-
ton, is its trump card.
The BIBLE OVERWHELMINGLY
DESTROYS THE THEORY.
GENESIS 25:S - Abraham gave up the
spirit, and died in good old age and was
gathered to his people
Abraham dismissed his spirit. as Tesus
did His on the cross, and as Stephen did
his. Compare Matthew 27:5O and Acts
7:59. -
And died in good old age
Where were his people? Not in their
graves - the graves only held their bodies.
GENESIS 25:17 = Ishmael gave up the
spirit and was gathered unto his neonIe
GENESIS 1929 And Isaac gave nm tho
spirit, and died, and was gathered unto his
people.
GENESIS 1929 And Jacob charged
them, and said unto them, am to be gather
ed unto my people: bury me.
Verse 33 And when Jacob had made an
END OF commanding his sons, he gathered up
MS feet into the bed, and yielded I'D the
spirit, and was gathered unto his people.
Numbers H:13 = God told Moses to get
up into the Mount and view the Promised
Land, and thou also shalt be gathered unto
thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gath
cred"
| KINGS 17:21,22 - Elijah cried unto the
Lord, and said, 0 Lord my God, T pray Thee.
Let this childs spirit come into him AGAIN
And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah;
and THE SPIRIT OF THE CHILD CAME
INTO HIM AGAIN
LUKE 8:55 And her spirit came again.
and she arose straightway: and He command
ed to give her meat.
LUKE $3.50 Let the dead bury their
dead.
The first "dead' were alive in the body.
The second dead" were alive but not in
the body. The first dead" were dead in
trespasses and sins, though much alive
physically. Neither the first dead" nor the
second dead" 7Cere annihIated, had ceased
to be, acre extinct.
John 5:24 with I John 3 IA = all real
believers have passed out of death into life
and can never die Not he who believeth
and liveth, but "he who A7eth and believeth
in Me shall never die They are made
alive, continue to- believe, and shall never
die. So physical death does not = cannot
= take the believer out of existence.
Moses and Elijah On the Mount of Trans
hguratlon prove existence, not annihila-
tlOH = not even temporary nonexistence.
The rich man, Lazarus, and Father Abra-
ham were all in Hades, though their bodies
may have been buried In Hades thew er-
tSted, 7cere conscious, c0n7,ersed. and the
rich man prayed earnestly No matter
what that story represents, it contains these
lndlsDutable facts 1t is called a parable
but that cannot be for individuals are new
er named in parallels Luke 16:19-31)
Russell says the rich man" is the Jewish
nation. and Hades is oblivion = the Jews
buried among the nations The torment"
is what they experience among the Gentiles
What an absurd Interpretation
The rich man represents all the lost. un-
regenerate, unsaved. Physical death lays
their bodies in the grave and their spirits
IN Hades. There they are conscious for
Abraham, who represents God, said to the