The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-05-29
THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL TORMENT
AND MONEY COLLECTING IN THE
CHURCHES ARE BLASPHfMY
ON GODS CHARACTER


and pit. The word Hell in Old
English usage, before the preach
crS gave il new and special Signl
liCanCe To suit their own selfish pur
poses, simply to conceal, to cover.
The word He'll was therefore pro-
perly used anonymously with the
words grave and pit to translate
the words Sheol and IIadcS and
sigriiying the secret or hidden con
diiion of Death. The word Hell
occurs thirty-one times in the Old
Testament AMI in every iStance il
is Sheol in the Hebrew. 1t does
not mean Lake of Fire and Brim-
stone or any thing resembling That
thought; instead of il being desCrih
ed as a place of blazing fire it is
described in the context as state
of darkness Dob 10: 2D; instead OF
being place where ShrickS and
groanS are heard. it is described in
the Context as place of silence,
PsalmS 1i5: 10; instead of it re
presenting in any sense pain and
Sull ering or remorSe the Context de
scribes ii as one of forgetfulneSS;
PSalmS SO: 11-12); There is no
work nor devise nor knowledge in
the grave (SheoD whittier thou
gocSt Gee. Q: 100.
In Matthew II: % is one case
where the Greek word Hades is
rendered He'll "And thou Capernaum
which are eXaulted unto Heaven,
shall be brought down to He'll" Il
hope there is no one so silly or fool
iSh as to think that the city of Cap
ernaum with all its inhabitants and
buildings are down in He'll roast
ing in agony. The fact is that Cap
ernaum is in the Bible He'll, is il.
condition as if it had never eX-
listed, in fact, the site of where this
city once stood is now hard to To-
cate. In other words il is in a
| condition of non-eXiStenCe and that
is the real meaning of the Bible Hell.
The whole race of mankind, from
creation until the present time, at
death, go to this Bible He'll to wait
the Resurrection Day which is near
even at the door.
In the New Testament two other
words are rendered He'll; namely,
TGrtaroo and Gehenna which we
will consider in the order named.
TCrtaron has reference TO the in
visible condition of the atmosphere
where the Angels that kept not thei'
first estate, before the flood. were
cast to wait the judgment day. &c
henna occurs in all, twelve times
where il is rendered He'll. (Mat. ):
- 29-30; 10: 2S; %: 1898; Mark 9:
43'l7: Luke II: D; James 3: g.. Ge-
henna is the GreeCian rule of spell
ing the Hebrew words which are
translated, "The Valley of Hinnon." ."
This Valley lay just out side of the
city OF Jerusalem and served the
purpose of sewer and garbage burn
er to the city.
;, Every intelligent minister knows
OF should know that the greatest
punishment God has prescribed for
willful sinners is Death Everlasting
the second Death, death from
which there will be no resurrection
They, the preachers, also know thai
Hell and the grave mean one and
the same thing-oblivion a state of
non-eNiStence. They further know
that the Lake of Fire and Birthstone
mentioned in the Scriptures is
symbolic of the second death and is
net literal. They are, or should be
fully aware that the lSraeliteS. their
laws. customs. and principal cities,
were typical of greater things to
come and that the Old and New
Testament writers, including Our
Lord Jesus, many times used the lit
eral city of Jerusalem and its liter
al Cess pool, designated in the Biblr
as the Valley of Hinnon, the Lake
burning with Fire and Birthstone.
to convey the proper thought CON
/ cerning the coming Kingdom of
righteousness. The thought intend
ed to be conveyed is that when the
Lords Kingdom shall have been
established nothing will be allowed
to remain in that kingdom which
will hurt or offend the people. Ac-
COZ ding to the rules for the govern
mcnt of the literal city of Jerusalem.
all filth was to be cast into the liter
al cess pool. term the Lake burning
with Fire and Birthstone. to be con
Sumed. Just so will it be in the
anlitypical city, the New JeruSalcm,
which is not made with hand or
hammer. The antitypical cess pool
OF Lake OF Fire is to consume the
filth of this antitypical city is not
literal place of literal fire and
birthstone but is the second Death.
In other words, the cess pool oI
garbage burner for the New JeruSa-
lem is the Second Death. Rev 10:
20; 20: l4-15; 2l: s.
| hlmhl. minds who IaSira IN do thp