Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-03
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Fallen Angels.

MT. Editor: In answer to H.. R. Cooke's letter of the 27th, will say that the spirits referred to. have nothing whatever to do with our dead. They are the fallen angels reserved in chains of darkness unto the iudg- ment, the angels who left their own estate or habitation. The. Apostle Peter mentions these e Pet. 2:4), saying, God spared not the angels that sinneth but cast them down to hell (Tartarus) and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto Judgment Jude t6l also men tions this class, saying, "The angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitatioh (proper con ditionl He hath reserved in everlast= ing chains of darkness unto Judgment points with reference to these fallen angels made by the Bible student in l 1897, who first opened my eyes to Gods Truth:
 1 F'irst-They are imprisoned in Tar tarus, restrained, but not destroyed 1 (Tartarus is no where else rendered 1 ''heIl" but in this one passage0 It does not signify the grave, neither does it signify the second death svrn- 1 bolized by the Take of fire and brim-
 stone;" but it does signify the air or i atmosphere of earth 1 Second: They have some liberties ] in. this imprisoned condition, yet they are chained or restrained, in one re- | spect. They. are not permitted' to 1 exercise their powers in the light, be- ing under chains of darkness
 ! Third: This restrictnon was to con- f tinue until "the judgment of the great
 day-in all a period of 4,ooe years. As We are now in the dawning of the ,l millennial day-the- great dayn--it is lI possible that this should mean that
 some of these limitations as to
 darkness" may long be removed
 gradually. If so. if the chains of darkness" should be released, it would
 permit these evil spirits to work de
 captions or lying wonders in the day. light Gas they are new attenop+i1ae r.
 do), to the delusion of mankind more than ever has been known since the food
 There is something moro from his
 pen:
 Spiritisn, as a deceiving infuenc, 5 under the control of satan is foretoi( by the Apostle Paul After telling O 3 the work of satan in the great apos-
 tacy of which we know is th' Ithe head and center. the man o sin, the mystery of iniquity. the apos
 tie draws his subject to ssclose h7 ] pointing out that satan, toward tn | end of the age, will he granted spe q cial license to deceive by peculiar arts oF all who. having been highly favoret fl with the word of God. hut who hay failed to appreciate and use it. H
 says for this cause God will sen,
 them strong delusions Ia working de
 ception). that they may believe a lie
 that they may all be opndemned, wh Y. believe not the truth but. had .nIna z Q ure in cnriShteeusness (doctorina'
 or practicaD..2 ? Tim 2.11, 12. I than
 N. s. for the nice letter, and will. sa s I think there has been proof enoug = for any reasoaab mind to grasn. al
 ready given. One must study the wor
 to be thoroughly furnished. Tn @ Bible. eea~. d H. R. Cooke must be hard to cor
 vince if all that has been proven doe
 not open the eyes to the truth and LS things go and turn to the word of Go 1T for again I write the text, when the
 shall say unto you, Seek unto thei
 that have familiar spirits, and. urt le wizards that peep and n1utter: Shou 10 not a people seek unto their God2- c l. behalf of the living shn'11d they sec
 unto the dead? Isa. S:19-2e.
 All Bible students know that tn
 soul is not immortal. One text; alol ss is needed to prove that. .:@The soul tn l. sinneth it shall die" Anything in l. mortal cannot die. Brother. Uchtms
 is right, although [ am not an AdYen
 ist, but I am pleased to hear any ol in stand for the. truth, no matter wh .. their creed.