Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-16
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said, Forgive your enemies, love them,
pray for them" Which of these ut
terances most truly represents God?
@. How do you explain the saying
that at the resurrection 1.-The dead III
Christ shall rise frst?" Do you be-
lieve we shall recognize our loved ones
in heaven?
A. st. Paul's statement, to which you
refer, is found in the well known fif-.
tenth chapter of his first letter to the
Corinthians, which deals with the
resurrection. He uses the trumpet as
symbol Of the immediate summons
TO the dead. The rest of his language
Is also fgurative and is chosen to ex..
press the solemn finality of the impend-
ing transformation. Compare st. Mat.
thew, xxiv.31, and the first epistle to
the ThesSalonians iv.16.
Naturally, those who have accepted
Christ have priority in the result of
His victory over death But He has
many sheep of other folds. These He
will also bring to their desired place,
that there may be one fold and one
shepherd"
Our recognition of loved ones in the
life beyond Is always taken for granted
in Holy Scripture. Did not the Master
say If / go and prepare a place for
you, Will come again and receive you
unto Myself, that where / am there
We may be also? The fellowship OF
souls is life's chief good Enriched and
purified by heavens intimacies, 1t con-
stitutes the essential glory Of humanity
both here and hereafter.
Q. % Please tell me why you keep
the first day instead of the seventh as
the Lords day?
% What is the meaning of the
signs stamped on the foreheads OF be-
levers In the Book of Revelation?
I'D What Is the exact duration OF
the Jewish Sabbath?
A. Cd The resurrection of Jesus was
an event OF the first magnitude to the
early Christians. 1t created the
church, inspired her manifold activi-
ties and furnished the spiritual power
which evangelical the Roman Empire.
| st. Paul declared that he and his fell
low believers were crucifled to sin with
| Christ and raised with Him to new
ness OF life, This astounding change,
! historically warranted, induced His fol-
lowers to set apart the first day of the
week as the day on which their Lord
arose from the dead, leading captivity
captive. Thus originated Gods new
Israel, with Its own sacred seasons,
! festivals and fasts. And the Holy
Spirits Pentacostal baptism on that
| same Gay connrnleu the observance you
mention.
90 In primitive times people inn
| printed certain signs on their fore
heads and hands TO protect themselves
! against evil spirits and malignant
perils. You may recall that in the
Prophet Ezekiel's vision the man with
the inkhorn went through the city 70
| place a mark on those who sighed and
cried for its welfare. When 1t fell the
| toe could not injure those thus marked.
| The passage in Revelation to which
you refer spiritualizes this custom. st.
Paul also speaks of bearing the brand
Of his Master on his body as the seal
Of his conservation.
CD The Greek word "babbaton''
means a night and a day lasting from
8 o'clock Friday night until the same
hour on Saturday; or again, "the day
following the Sabbath" lasting from
pm. Saturday until pm. on sun
day. Both periods have been observes.
by our Jewish brethren.