The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-19
POPE REPLIES
TO QUESTIONS
Evangelist gives Views
on Queries Printed in
Last Weeks Issue -

An unexpected amount of inter-
est has been evidenced in the list
of questions asked Evangelist Art
Pope by this paper last week. A
great many suggestions were CIV
en- us for questions which were
more difficult to answer than
those we prepared. To one who has
not studied the Bible there are a
great many apparent contradic-
tions and some of them are con-
troversial questions that cannot be
explained except with difficulty.
We did not ask the questions with
any idea of starting a controversy
of any kind, but for the single
purpose of acquainting the people
of this community with the sort OF
religion Rev. Pope is expounding.
Mr.. Pope has prepared his an
swers to the questions printed
last week, we are printing them
in full. 4 +a
Do You believe in Heaven?
Yes, there is such a place as
heaven. The scriptures distinguish
three heavens: first, the lower
heaven; second, the planetary
heaven and third, the heaven Of
heavens, the abode of God. A spirit
departing from this life goes to
heaven, for to be absent from the
body is to be present with the
Lord, but the heaven as we think
is not to be the final place Of
abode, but a new heaven, as re-
corded in Rev. 21:1. In my opinion
this present earth, when the full
mess of the Kingdom Of God comes
in and all sin and unrighteousness
are passed away will be the new
heaven and the new earth.
Do you believe the wicked dead
are burned in a He'll of Everlast-
ing Fire?
The Bible teaches Of a literal
hell and Jesus used the term hell
fire. 1t comes from the Greek word
Hades and is described by Jesus
as place where the worm never
dies and fire never to be quenched.
The expression is identical in
meaning with lake Of fire (Rev.
1920 but hell is not the final a.
bode Of the wicked as Rev. 20:14
says that hell was cast into lake
of fire. 1t is a state Of eternal
. punishment as eternal death is al
ways dying and never dead.
Do yeu believe all the Bible lit
orally?
I believe that the entire Bible
is inspired of God, but in the in
depreciation of it we must keep
in mind that it is written in three
different languages, namely; par
abolic, literal, and spiritual. The
Bible proves itself the inspired
Word Of God when the scripture
,, is put in its proper setting and
.. context.
Do you believe that Christ was
of Virgin birth?
Yes. The Book declares he should
come of virgin birth. lisa. 7:13).
, He is of virgin birth as his gen.
, iology proves that he is the Son
of God through Adam, also the
rightful heir to the Jewish throne
through David, therefore he had a
right to declare himself the Son
of God and the scripture declares
that the Son of God should come
through virgin birth. Isa. 7:l4.
Why is the Church divided into
so many sects and creeds?
The true Church as revealed in
the scripture according to Eph.
2:15, is the Body of Christ and is
not divided. The Church is an or
ganism and not an organization.
Denominations are organizations
of the orgnism and are divided on
doctrinal points such as ordinanc-
, es and doctrinal controversy.
. Abe the Christian people mar
row-minded?
/ do not think so. To the outside
, world the Christian is a peculiar
,, person in the sense that after be-
) coming a Christian he has become
a new creature in Christ, therefore
the things that appeal to the man
, who is not a Christian do not ap-
lpeal to the man who is. The reason
. for the world considering Chris
: tian narrow-minded is because he
: has failed to realize that Chris
tianity is a new life in Christ
: Jesus. Cor. 1:18.
Do you believe in the speaking
in tongues?
The scripture teaches that dur
ling the formative stage of the
Church that great signs followed
, such as healing, and speaking in
> tongues, but the Jew looked for
, a sign and this was one of them
p Paul also, spoke about gift OF
? tongues but this was the least OF
p all gifts. I do not think that the
2 so-called Tongue Movement today
, is the gift of tongues recorded Il
. the Bible.
3 What was Gods reason for ere
. ating man, knowing, as he mus
. surely have known, that a Iarg,
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