The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-06-07
THE WORD OF RUSSELL:
(Volume 5, Page 315)


ECCLESIASTES 3:19:-21-Who knoweth
(who can prove) that the spirit (RUACH -
spirit of life) of man gOeth upward?
That which befalleth the sons of men
(death) befalleth beasts; even one (the same)
thing befalleth them. AS the one dieth, so
dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath
(of life); so that a man hath no prominence
above a beast
PSALM 31:5 = Into Thy hands commit
my spirit Esprit of life vital energy, which
our Lord Jesus gave up in death).
nor person, but merely power Or priv
lege, which has been forfeited by sin, and
totally disappears in death.
(Volume 5, Page 800 A human organism
has no life until it receives the breath of
life which is common to all animals.
{Volume 5, Page 317) The Spirit or
power of life given to Adam was his to
keep forever if obedient. He disobeyed, and
lost it - became dead = and all his posteri-
ty with, and in, him.
Volume 5, Page 319) The Spirit is not
the man, but the 1ife-spark, vital energy
which is common to all animals.
Volume 5, Page 800 The cattle and
men die alike, except that the Divine pur-
pose proposes to bring man back again by
a resurrection of his being, soul, life, energy,
vital-spark, etc.
Volume 5, Page 1922
MATTHEW 1928 Fear him (God) who
is able to destroy both soul Cife, being) and
body in Gehenna.
Here the power to destroy, annihiliate,
the entire man is positively asserted
The word "Gehenna" means the Second
Death - utter destruction of all who will
not hear Gods Great Prophet when, in due
time, he shall speak to every person raised
up in the Millennium
Volume 5, Page 341) What then, dies?
1t is the soul the sentient being = the
'7ChOle man ceases to eriSt
This is true of the lower animals, all
admit. 1t is equally true Of man, (Itahcs
mine
Volume ). Page 343) By Divine ar
rangement the human body, bereft of the
spark of life, returns to dust, from which
it was taken The spark of life cannot be
rekindled except by Divine power, mira
Gle
The promise of resurrection is promise
of relighting Cor recreating) an animal
existence, or soul Since there can be no
being, or soul, without body, it follows
that a promised resurrection of soul, or
being, implies the resurrection of ne7V
bodies, new organisms.
Thus the Scriptures assure us that human
bodies which return to dust will not be re-
stored, but in the resurrection the recreG-
ting, God will give new bodies as it pleases
Him. Corinthians Is $40
Manv suppose that the bodies buried are
to be restored but on the contrary the Apos-
tie declares, "Thou sowest not that body
that shall be-" It is the soul, the sentient
being, that God restores by resurrection
power He will give to each person such
a body as pleases him; to the church, Sc
lected in this age, spirit bodies; to the resti-
tuition (Milennial) class, human bodies,
but not the ones lost in death.
God thus makes provision for our living
again
Volume 5, Page 344) Scripture speaks
Of the unconscious interim between death
and the resurrection morning, in which SEN
sibility, sentient being, is suspended
Our Lord said John I'D, Lazarus
is dead" Were the theory of conscious
ness in death correct, is it not remarkable
that Lazarus never related his experiences?
He was not in hell of torment for our
Lord called him "Ow Friend" He was not
in heaven, or the calling of him back would
have been an mfriendly act.
Lazarus slept, and our Lord awakened
him (recreated him) to life, to his sentient
being