The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-24

| 'o''' VI Iit Non OF Wan ana i've,
when all the dead in their graves
snail be awakened and brought forth
TO be given a full knowledge of the
| truth and trial for life. Uohn ,:
21-2S-29). There was a class of
clcrgymen in Jesus days known aS
Sadducees, who denied the rcsurec.
| lion of the dead. There is a class
OF cler9Nmen today, who BY their
teachings deny in substance, if not
in terms the resurrection of the
ocad. How strange that they have
been unable to see that one must
he dead before he can be raised
from the dead. If alive they could
tot be reSurccted. When Jesus
said that God sent him to earth to
die in order that the others nigh!
have life and might not perish, il
la'anI that they would perish and
could not live except by his death
al q resurrection and any position or
teaching, therefore, that denies the
unconscious state of the dead, ne
Mes the Ransom, and denies the
resurrection. The Apostle Paul
emphasizes this argument when he
says, Nov if Christ be preached
that he rose from the dead, how
say some among YOU that there is
no resurrection of the dead? But if
there is no resurrection of the dead
then is Christ not risen?" Il Cor.
10: 12-l8. The converse of this
proposition must of necessity be
true. If Christ did rise from the
dead, then all others who have died
must also be brought forth. En-
phasizing this fact the Apostle fur
lher says, "lf Christ be not risen,
then is our preaching vain?" Verse
| 1D. In other words, it would be
useless to preach anything about
Gods plan, the condition of the
dead, or anything else if we deny
the resurrection of the dead. If we
took any other position we would
be false witnesses and so says the
APOSTLE. "IeS and we are found
| falSe witnesses of God because we
have testified of God that he raised
up Christ; whom he raised not up.
! IL so be that the dead rise not. For
| If the dead rise not then is Christ
not raised. And if Christ be not
raised, your faith is vain, We are yet
in your sins. Then they also which
are fallen asleep in Christ are per-
ished." (Verses 1919. Is il not
strange that St. Paul did not say
here that even those fallen asleep
in Christ are alive in Purgatory,
waiting to be prayed out by some
priests? Why not take the Apostle
Paul, the Lord Jesus Christ and all
the faithful writers of The Bibles
of the reSurecting the dead? Why
should not the people cast out all
and refuse to listen to those whose
principal object is to get in all the
filthy lucre and undeServed hon
crs that they can? II is no won
tcr that the people are so far in the
dark concerning Gods plan of sal
valion. The people have already
: permitted these false shepherds,
| (false Preachers, Wolves in sleeps
> clothing) TO lead them too far in
darkness. The time has come when
every honest hearted individual
should demand the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth on
matters pertaining to Gods great
plan of salvation.
In the Apostles argument con-
cerning the resurrection of the dead
, id First Cor. 10. After arguing the
negative side of the question he as
sumes the positive side and says,
But now is Christ risen from the
dead and become the first fruit of
them that slept" Verse 20). In
other words, for four thousand
years man had been dying and in
that time none had been resurected.
Now Jesus, the perfect one had
come. He had suffered death and
(, God had raised him up from the
dead and he was the first that ever
was raised up. Continuing his ar
gument st. Paul says, For since by
man came death, by man UesuS)
came also the resurrection of the
deao. For as in Adam all died, even
so all in Christ shall be made alive,
but every man in his own order
Christ the first fruits, afterward
cater the resurrection of the Christi
they that are Christ at his appear
ing" (VerseS 21-23). Thus he eS-
si:blishes the fact that until the
second coming of Christ, the dead
must remain dead, fully unconsci-
ous, out of existence, and at the
second coming of Christ the resurec-
ton takes place. This same Apos-
tie continuing his argument in his
eT stle to the Thessalonians, says,
But | would not have you ignorant
brethren concerning them that
are asleep, (deodD. That We sorrow
rot even as others have no hope
for if we believe that Jesus died
and arose again even so them which
are sleeping, lin DEATH in Jesus
will God bring with him. (Other-