The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-06-26
ESSENCE OF THE DEBATE ON
THE DOCTRINE OF ETERN-
TORMENT

'i " "hiNh Jesus Sdlu IApuanruIf
would be brought down to it. Matt
IL: %, reads thus, And thou, Ca
peinaum, which art assaulted unto
Heaven shall be brought down 10
Hell, for If the mighty works which
hove done in thee, had been done
In Sodom it would have remained
unto this day.
Kindly understand me, do not
say that there is not He'll. There
is "a He'll! The Bible Hell. But
the trouble is that the preachers
have put a lot of things into this
Hell, Fire, birthstone, forked-taii
devils, etc. The Bible He'll is the
Grave or Oblivion. The preachers
Hell is a place where one is tor
mented by fire-proof devils through
ou' all eternity. 1t is this creed or
clergy's He'll that | attack and de-
ncunce as absolutely false and with
out any scriptural foundation. Ezek.
2S: 1919 and in Heb. 2: IA, and 1st
John 3: 3, Rev. 20: TO- we are told
that the Devil and all his works
are to be destroyed. | want my
Opponent TO tell me and this in
teligent congregation, who is going
t1 keep the fires burning when the
Devil is destroyed?
Will the wicked be punished?
They certainly will. Gods law is
Interchangeable. In the beginning
God provided penalty for the vio-
lation of his law stating, "In The
day that thou sinneth tholy shall
surely die" Gem. 2: II. "The
wages of sin is death (Not eternal
To"ment), Romans 6: %. God hav-
ing fixed this penalty for the viola
ton of his law while man was per-
feet, and before he sinned, could not |
change the penalty and inflict a diff
fercnt one for the reason that God |
cannot be inconsistent. "He cannot !
deny HIMSELF Second Tim. 2: 13.
The Scriptures show that the wick
ed shall perish like the brute beast,
Second Peter, 2: 9-12. Will my op-
pouent contend that the mule, the
horse, etc. will receive eternal tor
ment? II the doctrine of eternal
torment is true, then according to
the plain statement of the Scrip
lures the brute beast shall perish
same as the wicked.
There are several other Scriptur-
al points that would call your at
teation to but since as | see it, |
have no debate, | will proceed to
tell you some truths concerning
Gods plan.
There is no dispute that the dead,
both the just and the unjust, will
be resurrected. John 5: 1929.
Matt %: 31-46 shows that the dead
will be raised from their graves
and come before Chrisi TO be bless
ed. From where will they be res
VI, ected? Let the prophet of the
Lord answer, "Out of the dust of
the earth," Danl. ~: 2. The Judg-
ment of the world will last one
thousand years and during that time
the Devil will be bound so that he ,
may deceive the nations no more, ,
Rev. 20: 1873. Blessing is to come
to the world of mankind through
the seed of Abraham. In thy seed !
shall all the nations be blessed, I
Gem. ~: 3. Who is the seed of :
Abraham? In Gal. A: 16, we are
told that this seed is Christ And r
in the 29th verse of the same chap
,r, we are informed that those who 9
themselves are who are +,
baptised into Christ are Abraham's I
SEED This blessing to the world OF
will come at the close OF
I!,e Gospel age and after the fulfill ,,
ment of the things mentioned by ,
our Lord in the oath chapter OF
Matt. Which he told us would be
an evidence of his presence to take
over the Kingdoms Of the world
and bless mankind.
All reasonable minded persons a
can now see in process the fulfill
nent of many Of the things spoken p
,y our Lord in this chapter, which $
) known to Bible Students as the $
-ord's great prophecy. "
Thousands of millions have died v
md have gone into the tomb in ig- e
1orance of Jesus great sacrifice. d
Wv opponent would have you be- n
icye that their destiny is eternal +
orture. Thousands of intelligent a
nen and women of good honest U
hearts have lived and died not Il
lnowing anything Of Gods Great d
plan. Thousands are living today,
wen in. this very city of Tulsa, a
who know not the Lord or his Il
treat plans. All these my oppon- Il
nj would consign to the flames OF il
burning He'll. 81
For a moment let us reflect upon h
he great sorrow that has filed the Ii
.arth. We see a fair land drenchei ri
n the blood of is Inhabitants. We j.
all to mind blood thirsty, con- a
Iuering Hero, marching through The r,
ountIy, laying waste to the fields A
md reducing the homes of peace e.
ul people to ashes. The widow, ii
.,other and children driven into O