The fool-killer., 1919-10-01

lguTaC1Vely speaking. lnaI Is,
they ceased to exist in their
former condition. The Jews
were no longer a nation, and
hence they were dead national
ly. AS a nation they were in
Hades (Which means the grave
the dead condition-and not
q place of burning). But as in
dividuals they were still alive,
and they were driven out and
scattered among the nations,
and they were prosecuted (tor-
mented) throughout the earth.
That is the only way that a peo-
pie could be dead and in the
grave (Hades) and still be alive
and tormented. Nationally dead,
but Individually alive. The Jews
were the real children Of Abra-
ham, and hence they very ma
turally occupied a place in
"Abraham's BOSOM" But when
they became disobedient and
were cast off, they temporarily
lost that relation of sonship with
Abraham. So we see Lazarus
being carried to Abraham's
bosom, which represents the
Gentiles as taking the place of
the Jews in the Abrahamic favor
with God.
You notice that the rich man,
calling out of hell unto Abraham
addresses him as ."Father Abra-
ham," And you notice that Alb
raham acknowledges the kim
ship by addressing the rich man
in hell as Son" Now anybody
knows that a lost soul forever
doomed in orthodox hell would
not dare call Abraham Father"
and it is still more certain that
Abraham would not acknoW-
ledge such a creature to be his
"son."
But if we take the rich man
to represent the Jewish people
and Lazarus to represent the
Gentiles, we can readily see the
harmony of it all. Even though
the Jews are temporarily cast
off and rejected, yet in Gods due
time they are going to be restor-
ed again, and so it is permissi-
BILE to call them ''sons' even
while they are. in the cast-of
condition. The Interpretation [
have here given makes every
part fit and harmonic with
every other part, and it is the
only possible way that the para
BILE of the Rich Man and Lazarus
can be made to mean ANY
THING.
The second verse referring to
torment is in Rev. 14:11-"And
the smoke of their torment as
cendeth up forever and ever"
The orthodox creeds rely upon
that verse to positively prove
the existence Of a hell Of eternal
woe. But people who hold that
view certainly do not know much
about the meaning of language.
The words forever" and "for-
ever and ever" do not necessari-
ly mean endless duration. Rath-
er, they hold within themselves
the thought of limitation. How
long? Forever. There is the
thought of a FINISHED PER
TOD. And when the period is
finished it stops. If the time
were endless you could not des'
ignate any stopping place for it
Now let me prove to you by the
Bible that forever does mo-
mean endless and eternal. "Ant
his master shall bore his eal
through with an awl, and HI
shall serve him forever."-Exo
dus 21:6. Do you suppose an.
of the servants that were living
back there in the beginning O
Bible times are still living AM
serving those same masters
Certainly not. Then that "for
ever" must have meant merel,
as long as the slave or maste
llved-the natural lifetime
There are various other place
in the Bible where forever"
used in a plainly limited sense
one of which is found in the 34t
! chapter of Isaiah, where ]
: speaks of a great slaughter l
the land of Idumea. Speaking Q
: how that land should be burne
! and destroyed it says: at sha
= not be quenched day nor night
; the smoke thereof shall go up fC
= ever; from generation to geners
, ton shall it lie waste; none sha
pass through it forever an
. ever."-Isa. 34:10. Now it
. plain to see that forever" hel
= also means a limited time, fe