Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31

btdCn, OF, IL ne mas q conscious an
blissful existence in an intermediat
state called "hades," there awaitinI
the resurrection of the body, a
others teach; or, if ne goes to
place called purgatory TO have hi
sins purged away by fire, why d
not the Scriptures say so? Instea,
of such teaching hear what the Lor,
Jehovah says i'm His inspired Word
Gen. 81 records the Lords inten
ton to destroy all flesh, with a few
exceptions and everything in The
earth shall die"
Gen. PIT, margin, records the pen.
atty placed upon Adam Dying shalt
thou die" Gen. 3:22-24 records that
Adam was driven from the Garden
and an angel placed on guard, lest he
gain access 10 the Trees of Life and
live forever.
III, as all denominations teach, man
has an immortal soul, and that the
death mentioned in Gen. 2:l7 is a
spiritual death, why did the Lord say
to Moses in TX. 1920: Thou canst
not look on my face and live I?
Would the death of Moses have been
a spiritual death? How can a man
die spiritual death when he is flesh
and not spirit? If Jehovah had in
tended that the righteous should, az
the death of the body, come immedi-
ately into his presence, why did he
give the above warning 20 NOses2
Does the soul die when the body
dies? Let the Scriptures answer:
Samson said Judges 1880, mar
GIN: let my soul die with the
Philistines.'
Ps. 1O4:29, 80: Thou takest away
their breath, they die and return to
dust. The word breath" is from the
Hebrew "ruach' signifying the spir-
il Of life, life energy, an invisible
power, This IS the spirit that goes
TO God who gave ii. (See margin Of
Gen, 7:22; Eccle. 1877; Pc. S9:4Sl
If the soul Is immortal, why does
the Lord say in Ezekiel 1872, i, 20
that he soul that sins shall die?
And why does Ps. 49:l5 say, God
III redeem my soul from (sheol R.
V.) the grave" if he is not in the
grave? (See margin King James.)
If man has a conscious existence
after death, why does Paul in l Thess.
4:15, 10 speak Of those who sleep In
Jesus and say that the Dead in Christ
shall rise first? And if the dead are
not dead but alive and with the Lord
in heaven why did Jesus say that
where he was going his audience
could not then go, but that he would
90 and prepare a place and then re-
turn for them John 1888; l4:3.
Now if, as many believe, the right
eOus go TO heaven at death, and since
st. Paul says in / Cor. 1888 that
this is not the body that shall be,
but that God will give 1T body as
il shall please him, what is it that is
resurrected? What is the THEY IN
V. 35 and the 1T in V. 3S, if these
words do not refer to the soul?
According to the prevailing idea,
we should have expected the apostles
TO receive their reward at death. Yet
Paul, in Col. ga says that when
Christ who is our life shall appear
THEN shall We also appear with him
in glory. (See l John 3:2.l These
apostles further stated that none are
crowned at death but must await the
Lords return: Behold | come quick
~ and my reward is with me-" REV.
22:12.) "Henceforth there is LAID
UP for me a crown of righteousness /
which the Lord, the righteous judge
shall give me AT THAT DAY-nOt
to me only, but to all them that love
his appearing. q Tim. AS. See l
Pet. IA, 5; 5:4D
Only those who believe on the Lord
Jesus will be saved John 3:16D, but
those who believe not are still under
condemnation-to eternal torment?
No, eternal death, as the following
Scriptures indicate and as hereinafter
shOwn-in Gods due time.
The devil Is to be destroyed. Read
Heb. PA; Ezekiel 2S:l2, 10; lsa. IA:
", 20.
The wicked shall be as though they
had not been. (Obad. 49,
The wages Of sin is death. Rom.
s6:23)
The wicked and all the nations that
forget God shall be returned to sheol
(hell, the grayeD if, after the resur-
rection during the Messianic reign Of
Christ, they fail to heed that Prophet
spoken Of in Acts 3:19-21. (See Ps.
9:lI, x. w.
Ps. 1920 says God will DESTROY
all the wicked. See what destroy
means in the dictionary.
Job 2l:32 says the wicked shall be
brought to the grave and remain in
the tomb. Chose who remain" in
the tomb have once been raised from
the dead, and because of inteligently
disObeying the Laws of God have
been ''returned.D
Rev. 2l:s says this is the second
DEATH and Jude y emphasizes this
condition by saying they are twice
dead, plucked up by the roots. This,
then, is the everlasting punishment
of the Bible, eternal death, from
which there is no recovery.
The first death Is the Adamic--"all
in Adam die l Cor. l5:22. Through
one mans disobedience sin entered
the world and death by (or as a re-
suit of sim Rom. ZIP. Now the
fathers have eaten a sour grape and
the children teeth are set on edge.
In the resurrection there will be no
occasion TO say this. ezekiel lS:2,
10, 2OD
Ps. 49:7 says that none can redeem
his brother nor give TO God a ransom
for him. V. 10 says God will re-
deem my soul from the power of the
grave" / Tim. 2:6 says that Christ
gave himself a ransom, to be testified
Ito alb in due time. Suppose our
Lord had not come! Since no one
can give a ransom for his brother,