The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-10
RESURRECTION Of THE DEAD
FROM UNUSUAL STANDPOINT

49,, h.,roro bo vas created" To ask the
question is but to show its r'"''u,""S-
ness. How then could he return az ",'",''
to a conscious state without """H
was Tho thou" the personality mat ''"u
addressed. No statement OF Goa "n'n
properly understood. nor d'u"'|'"",
from science. contradict the Stat''n'"'
Of the law. Dying. thou shalt hi'' "r"'
FL margin. Ii was the d'v'! IN inc
form Of the serpent who said. ~" shall
not surely die" Gen. ga. Is it no'
strange that even today NOR" people DE-
!ieve that lie than believe God Jesus
said Satan told the first lie and mat ne
has been lying ever since. That lie ""H
Satan'S masterpiece Of deception an"
from then Till now he has been PEI "
ing people who seek 10 uninaSk MIN
John S:44. So-called messages from t'e
dead are but lying representations oH tue
devils.
Rssurrechon to Human Per1ec1aon'
The primary meaning OF the w"ru re-
surrection is standing up again.
Resurrection from death. II ther" WelF
no death there would BE- no reSurreCtlo"'
AS soon as We see clearly the '""u '''''
OF the dead. that they have no N""M
edge or wisdom. consciousness OF ne:
we Immediately can see tho nec"SS''! "a
a resurrection if there be any future ~
Adam lost Paradise on earth. Jesus
came TO find the lost sheep -Nu"tu
Iuke l5:p. AMI his lost possession
CI.ukc 1870. Having found hoth ne
will soon offer TO 'rrStor" both HE anu
home 10 whatsoever will in the times
OF restitution. spoken by tn" mouth OIL
all the holy prophets lACtS i:l9-Il''
Heavenly possessions were not 4oS''
hrnce could not be restored. Human pos
sessions and life were lost and they can
BE- restored. and the last three chapters
OF Rcyclat ION describe Paradise restored
TO the human race. Before the deaa can
come into possession Of their portion
they must be awakened from IN" sleep
Of death This is clearly stated IN l
Tim. -. which reads. "God Will nave
all men to be saved (from the grave
John 3:2S-29). and come 10 Nno"I"oEe
Of the truth TOT the way TO salratlon)'
Gods agency TO this end Will d"
kingdom on earth. ruled by CHRIST anu
the saints Matt. 6:10. Daniel ':l4-li-
%. That kingdom is at the door ana
the foretold signs OF its approach
abound on every hand. The automobiles
CEaham $3.50. tho rushing I" and fro
and the multiplied increase OF knowledge
Daniel l@:1-4p: the distress and perp-
lexity of the nations co-incident with the
spasims OF "birth-pangs" as the world
Groans in travail of the birth or the
world TO come GLuke 2l:25-26. Mark
1873 margin: deserts becoming gardens
lisa. 25I-a Eek. 36:24-35): the Jews
getting ready 10 return To their home
land, Palestine (Jer. %":Al-4b: world
wars, world famines. world peStilenceS
and earthquakes MATT. 2i:D: the pride.
selfiShncSS. lawlessness and unnatural
conditions foretold by st. Paul g. Tim.
3:2). and many others.
The newspapers will soon be carrying
the resurrection list instead OF the ohlt-
uary list. and how much more JOY 1t VIII
bring to tho world.
Within few years We may expect the
faithful servants Of old TO appear and be
appointed as princes in all the earth
(Psa. 45:1h. Daniel 12:13. acts 1:ol ::
Jerusalem the capital OF the world and
all nations receiving laws thcrefrom
lisa. 2:a-4. Zech. 14:1O; all wars cease
micah. Aid: peace and plenty every
where (Psa. 37:9-l1. I2:6-S): all enjoy
ing their own homes and prosperous
lisa 65:o1-25). Many now living VIII
live to see thesn things come to pass.
Preparations are going on rapidly on
every hand. Not long after the estab-
lishment Of the kingdom We are told to
expect "All in the graves Will come
forth" your friends and mine; ceme-
teries and the sea viii give up their
dead (Rev. 20:121: the wilfully wicked
will be utterly destroyed. annihilated. as
continued life for such would be curse
10 themselves and others lRev. -1:l5'