The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-02-09
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 Bless your heart, if the uo.,. doesn't end tonight, some ol you may die tomorrow. And the grim old reaper is creeping up on the rest of us fast.
 For being such a monumental event, the average person knows precious little about what happens after he dies Do we fit away te heaven, or swelter in hel neither?
 Let's set it down once ana f.. all-in as strong a languagt ..4 newsprint will bear there not and never will be an ele. nally burning hell! Mans coM mon sense. love of justice anu the Bible--cry out against suuA an ungOdly arrangement!
 But don't feel too good about it-there will be a hell all right But it will be hot enough to "de- your" the wicked Rev 2O9 Moreover, it will "burn them up and leave them neither root nor UIdIlCH. Mal. 4.l.
 A Logical Conclusion
 If the universe is to be purified completely, that is the loglcal arrangement. Sin and sinners will be forever devOured in the un quenchable fire that puriiies thl> earth before it's recreation
 But, if that is so, where are they nOw-if they have not been popped right into Satan's oven? David says. "let them be silent in the grave" Ps. 31:l7.
 Yes, silent-asleep in the dust ot the earth until the voice of God aWakes them at their resur rectiOn: "The hour is coming. n which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice. and shall come forth; they that have dOHe good, unto the resurrection ol lie and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damna tion." John 5:28. 29.
 Did you notice that Jesus says they that have done good are also in their graves awaiting the res urrection of life? Strange? Nol at all. David had been dead l00U years when Peter declared. David is not ascended into the heavens" Acts. 2:34.
 David himself said. "The dead praise not the Lord. neither an, that go down into silence" rs 1l5:l7 If they were in heav1.., would they not be praising Godl
 A multitude of texts underscore this basic truth: the dead. both good and bad, rest in sleep un- til the Divine voice halls them forth to their reward.
 What earthly use would there be for judgment and a resur- rection if the dead had already slipped away to damnatiOn or bliss? Why bring up the matter again?
 You don't suppose a villain who died 5000 years ago has been sizzling in hell all this time and yet we are going to bring him out at the judgment to see if he has been located properly!
 The CruX of the Matter
 Here is the understanding of problem. You and l do not have eternal life. God "only hath irn- mortality" l Tim. 6:l6. Immor- tality. or eternal life, is the gift of God to those who, by the grace of Jesus. have kept his com mandments to the best of their knowledge and ability it is their reward. A wicked man has not eternal life but eternal death
 Christ brings hIi eward "a the righteous whc he come again: For the S3h of r,a-. shall come in the slOry 0i ia, Father with his angels: and thaI he shall reward every msn ac- cOrding to his works" NatL 1927.
 There is much misundersta. ing about all this The p" concept of heaven and hell [ filtered into the church dur the dark ages has been buttre3s by misconceptions of such ttln as, "soul," spirit" the thiei CT the cross. etc. If you would tx to read a scholarly and intere ing discussion of these points mail the coupon below.
 It is your future. friend. The important thing is what you do before you die. Tt is appointed unto men once to die. but after this the judgment" Heb. 9:27. Eternal life or eternal death which is it for you? (Next Sub ject: The Next World Rulerl.
 This Is No. 10 of 0 series. telling brIef- iy of the beliefs and hopes of 100000 Of your Seventh-doy Adventist nelshbon and friends.