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RELIGOUS leaders of the various deno-atoal churches for my cenures e

swered he above questos d aught hpeople s folows:

Hell s the pce ad stte of pushmet orthe wcked. God prepred ths pace befre thecreto o ma, o sucen cpac to ccommodate all sers That .ll who have ded aser� are there Tht the re of hell are fedcostatly wth broe a bu wthoutceag That thse mes he wced resuerg coscous pushmt; th ther pu·shme s torme eter drato, dthat there s o hope for those who are thereevr to ge out.

These sme relgou eader eestly coted tat he Bble suppors ther cclusos

I her aswer s rue ad correct he everylegm regardes of whether hs saary spd or ot should busy hmsef by cottlyeig the people what awats hem f wced,d should adse them how hey c vodog there f ay relgous echer assertshe aove aswers to be true oes ad then

'ets the matter wh drece ad de

mads hs salary fore he wil preach to thpeole ehe he s dhoest or else he doenot ee what he c o eee e

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oe nswers to he questons, gen by egios teaches c le the every honet person should use h eeors to enightehe peole concenin h ht the vngih he mind oncening heslves nd o or h eoe

The poe he to exmne the Scrpeexs n n

jc n then let each

erson who d (lce self t wlbe of ga to you oo the arme n th h c l'ipurcs

The Bible o'W d. is the th

It wa witen by hol n o old s Goddected them o writc. Ohse stated iwas writen und on Some pars of

i ae expresed in ltl nd oe n sbolichrase Al peole ue olc ressons of speec. te they mix lterl nd sybolchrae n the same entee. To lustae, an says: "The polt h gettng edhot, eaning thereby th he contest betweethe caddates or poltcl oce s creaingrea ineres nd conention Lkeie he

ibe eploys smbolc n l ase Fonsace: "Be(l of dece wet o an;t ateards h mo shal b lled wihve Proverb 0 17) none wold knoh hs s a sbolc e The grehe, Jess of Nzreth, tught n parablsd dark o sbolc ayng-Mthew 3 3

Wn we reada

Scrpl how ma we( hehe t s o b doo n terao sl sene e to us our eason clties Go d o expect s o


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ever saeme he e s ea! e -ve us o use reaso o ose who woear how he mgh escape ro s a fromhe pushme ce hereo e sas Comeow a e us reaso ogeer sah he orhough our ss e as scare he sh e as

whe as sow hough he e re ke crmsohe sha e as woo! (saa 1 18) sappare o e reasog perso ha oh -era smoc phase are empoe hsex he e saes ha a o os creaowas mae hm wsom (sam 104 : 4) ha sce s h haao of hs hroesam8 : 14) ; an ha o s ove 1 oh

4 8 erwse sae, o s erfec chacer Hs wsom jusce ove a poe e eqa a exac aace

ow app or resong face s ohas ve o a a oursef hese qesos s reasoae ha he awse Ceaowo creae a creaure nong ha he wousn an arrage avance for s eea o-

me n re an rmsoe? s reasoaeha a s a rgheos o wou ceaema eng hm ha f he sne he sho ea he arrage ha hs pnshme shoe eer orure aes of re s rea-soae ha e o of ove cou e so creas o orure eea a foae serha goo co resu from so og? o

co he eera cosos suerg of a creure rg gor o sasaco o he ogreaor s ovos ha a hese qesms e swere he eave eso


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k kable pron, hough very impefect, od toe ete ee a dub brt f t at werose e tr must be some grae doubtt te Bie's suotg e swers md o e oregog ues os b lgous leaders.At least a suet dout s ased to warrateer onest eo o me dlget searcd eamato o t Sces

lons o ol e ame ofod ol w t e d od fear e auseof te ecgs of t deoaoal ledersoncer g e. God sas fer toward

me agt ect o e. ( saa 2 13) Cldren ae ade o ae a mord

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rea of e tee ales toltem coceng a ug ell. ile grw o attended Sud sc ool w s se erteacer Ma wat l ou do w e o gett eaen Se el e s ig Iwl do wll e to ru d de so at Gd can'te me. s a serous g us o

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esons as gleaed fo s ord a Hl s e oditio of e dead t s e grae ortom ere te dead est w o t

knowl d,

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o proe a e Bbe armon weason ad in perfec aon wi e carac-er of e grea Creao, jus, wse and ongEer one wo as an eres in is ow desin and oe for is dead freds i eagerne eer pargrap erenafer wren.

Te Bbe wc we ae wa ansaed o

e Engs e Od Tesamen fom e Hebrew aguage, e New Tesamen from eree angage. Te Hebrew word hl e on word n a orignal angue ransaed hll Te Gree word h as e samemeang as e Hebrew word l Two oerree wods n e New Tesme, o wi,hM ad are ranaed hll Te

Hebrew word hl and e Gree word re ransaed aso v and Hl s an E ngis word. Te Engs word

mean k l l 0 od E ngisman woud sa " u m poaoesn hll for e ner, meang ereb ae ad bured is poaoes n e groud opresere em durg e wne season No

one woud undersand a e pu em in oroas winer and sure ne coud, for amomen, epec m o orure s poaoes

Regous eacers, er n e Crisan ea,oug we o frgen e peope. Saan

nduced em o do is. Hene e brougor e docine o eernal oue orrowedfrom eaen pi osopes. Wen e Resederson of e Bibe was prepared oweere ransaors were wise enou o now ahl nd h an n be ror rans


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e u he were no one enog sa wha hese wors rea me encehe ef hem unranae

n some paces wh h anae wd , l hey pu n he magn eorec menng q

e Hebrew wor hl mea an

n some nsances cou mean a laof cnscos n oher sces v nhe ransors o he Kng erson ranagans s cu n sopaen on e ace o ha f mean heconon o eah he cne o anae b he wor h an ansae o pioe some pe en xaps o s

sam 55 5 e hem go on qc o'magn reag he gaveonceng ob s wen h he

man perec an uprgh an n ha feaGo ehewe ev He was sc an cd orsa


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cou no have been uch e o bisonhee else ob woul o have soke of aa ace of daess

os 2 houh ey di o hl ecehal ie hand e he. [he only hell haa ca d o is he i o ae.]

Psal 1 "ho l o leave my soul

ll ee wl hou sue he Hoy Oe osee coon [he ose Pee says hahis efes o ou ods ee days he ob.(cs 2 332) Ou od cae ou of hel, ohe ob If hll is a lace of eeal oehow coud he e ouj]

l 18 "he soows o h coassee abo [hs is a Si ee ha

soos haen oe o he ave]Deeooy 32 22 "Fo a e s ile

n e ae ad shall bu uo he oweshll. [ e eeso cu hue o he aio of sae .]

Psal 39 8 If I ke be in o hee [eai ha hov h ca d eecse hs we oe hose who e i hi, he o he e of e dead]

_ ob 11 8 I [God's isdo s a hih a

heave ha cs hou d deee han h.[lealy ei h i o veProverbs 5: 5 "H er feet g o c own o d eah,

e ses ake hold o hll [Smbolicallea he cose eads uo he ave.

. , Povh s 15 1: uI el am! d tuc ion re oe h od [ l he oeced \. J" .q estru( ion, ot wh o scious torture]


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saiah 5 "heefoe e hah eaeheself, ad oeed he oh wihou ease sybo of deuco, deah, ihich he h c ha o.

z l 32 2 "d hey shl o lie whhe ihy h e o h cicucisedhich e oe o h hei weaosof w; ad hy h lid i sods ude

hei heds u hi i shal e uohei os hoh y we h eo of heghy i h d o he ii [he ae i she oy ell whee fe soies ae edih hei weos o w.

The followi ohe exs i whch he He-ew wod s occs d s deed ad by he saos eesi

Geess 3 3 wil o do io eo[he e uo y so oui [heseee he wods of co eieed ha hiseloed so Josh s ded uely he dido eec ha h s lo so ws i eeoe fo he ws oi o Joseh.

ae cob's ohe sos uh o dhe fahe o sed ih he the youebohe, Beai io E Jcob loedhs so deoely He eied y so shao o dow h you; fo hs bo h [Josehs ded, ad he Bea is lef loe schief bef y he way i he hch e

o, he shll ye dow y y his whsoow o se Geesis 42 38 se heeat hel e ad so Jacobs y haiwoud o s o i such a ace, o oulthe hai sue uch cosciou oe It .

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-'plain to be seen that e exected �o go do: mto the tob. T transators edenty saws, and ence tey bked t tanstng e

ord hel. In e Kng Jaes Veson tytransated t mv but te Rvsed ersoleaves t untransated

Kngs : 6·9 Let not s or ead goon to e m eace" [Here s

gan ended roey]Jb 4 19 Drougt nd et conse te

sno ates; so do shol toe avesnned I one s coned, t s no ossbefo tat one to b n tote

Ps 31 1 Let te ced be asaedn et te be sent n e grave"

Isa 3 10 I s go to te gates o

te grave I derved o te redeo ears"

uft od be uttery ossb o ny one to

be n conscous torent uness at creatue a t e e o oent s a consous sate It soud aear ro e Scrtres tat e

erson des e s nonscous en t counot be reasonaby ossbe tt s conscously trented anyere Ooncerng ts on e Scrues sy

For te vg kno tat tey s de bt ded kno no anytng"-Eccessts 5 Watsoeve y n ndet to do, do it

t ty t o te s no o, nor de vce, no noge or do i sal [,

e grave hter tou goest."Ecc.


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h nFo n eat tere no emerce

e: in [the gave] ho hl g thks1"Psalm 6 5Like sheep they are a h the grave;

eath sh feed on them. No one wod con-end for a moment that shee ae n conscoent] Psalm 4 4

ut our regius teachers ould say Thesecriptrs refer to the ody t is the so that conscious and ave the ol is inherentyortal and cannot die. Agai the relgosachers have no spport in thc Bibe for theirntnton except oe text. hey woud say atnce that the one e is sucet t we repyt that text is the anguage of the dev whoa to Eve: Ye sha not rely e Gen

is 3 4 ; an conceing thi statement Jsid at it as the rst lie that Saan as r and the father of ies. (Joh 8 44 Jeigious teachers inist on stading by ach ng of the devi they thereby admt thatey are his ales or hs children.

he sou is a synonymous term for being create. Every ma

a sou no ma

oss ss s a sou. A anmal are sous ThScriptur s refer to the dumb beasts as sousumers 3 8

he Scriptures ve the proper enon ou as foos: The or formed man ofe st of the ground and breathed o ot th eath of lfe an man bec g sol (Gneis Go ten n sb-tane sa to that soul that an: In the d t to ht se ene


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. ;17) Did he mean tha on the od shonld ut that e sou shou lve on forever? hScriptes aswer "he soul hat sinneth shall die (Eekel 8: 4 W man s he thalveth nd sha no see deh' shall he delvehs soul fom the hand of the grave? (Ps 9 4 he dead prase not te od eithe

that go dow n slencePsam 5 17.In ot a singe nsance in the Old Testamencan he word sheal represent a place of con·sciousess n whch the dead ae suerg to-ment On the cota, n ever instace hScripures show hat sheal meas the � rvehell the condition of the dead, he conditn osience where there s neither knowledge or

wisdom .'

he reek word hdes, trslated hell in New estent is exat the sme as heHerew ord seal Acts 2 27 he aposlePeter quotes fom Psa 0 povg spoin Other proof ex of hs poin are

ornthans 5 54,55 reerrg to he samethig as meoed i aiah 25 and Hosea3: 4 Without dou hen te words shealad des mea the uncoscios condio ohe dead n he om aaig Gods appoitetime to awaen them il the resrection.

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ess aght the Jews ll his dscples weJews he uderstood hat a some time - r Jeus would set up is kingdom ad thex pected to be a part of it. On one occasio


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e ised aos heelves as o wo ld be he eaes his ido Jes o his called he o hi ad ah

e ad he cose f his iscio hesaid o he "d if hie eye oed heec i o s bee fo ee o ee ohe ido of God wih oe eye ha, haio ees, o be cas io hel e whee hei

o dieh o ad he e s o echeda 7 8 s ex as lo bee ao e w te hel-e seeches iey hi hey havecoclive oof hahe sies ae shed

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e w i c i s e v e ehd hey ae

h ea wah hate wos die o Bbe i oed ha he olhi eioed as d o ae he wos.heee i s wos

ha t a oal ovewQi os said abo ha

�"O as ale ad conscos i ha e.

e wod hell i hs ext s aslaed foe Gee wod gchena. is e Geca odeof ex essi he ae of he Hebew heVlly of HQ." i o he soheb

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Hnm, ometime cled Q Vey of een:� Te ol grge odie of ded animc were rougt out of te ciy nd trO\over te g emnent don nt" e ley. }'ire were kept ning cotnully to dtroy ti ol No lve ceture w permtteduder te Jewi lw t ct nto ti vyor pced on te re Wn ct over te g

ent e ed odi wud ometimell o ledge nd were detoyed y ormAnyone would udertnd tt te Vlley oHinnom w pe of detruction nd terfore mo o etruction. Every Jew nder-tood it tu. Surely Ju ad t meougt in mnd

Te Scriture point ou t te Ireltere typicl peopl. }'or intce t tempnd e prietly eie of J elem reprted te royl prietood in glry te temp of od Jrulem w te cty from wcutorty went fo t w te city of governet e ngdom of God i reprented inte molc ook of Reveation unde te g

ure of cty te Nw Jeuem. (Revelton21 2) euem terefor w inteded to pc-ture Crit kgdo out wc tee dicie were dipung e Vley of Hnomued in conection wt te city cremtoryictured te dtucton of toe wo were ctout of te kngdom Te Scripture decringte leing and enet of te oly ci te

e Jelem (te gdom of God declrat evert tt deet or woret noination ll e kept out of te· e


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'(Reveaion 21 27) The Valley of Hinnom or

ehenna, undersood by all Jews as a place ofdrucion, represens he condiion of dearom whch here is no resurrecio ad whichis described i he Scripures as he seconddeah

n his �x Mark 9 : 4 esus wa layg down o h dsciples he requremens oener ino e kgdom he holy ciy. ride

and ambion woud be hindrnces o ones en-ering heren Jesus was nsucing hem hae ngdom was of greaer vlue o hem hayhing ese n order herefore o make hisiusraions poined and srog he referred ohe eye. Surely Jesus did no mean o el heisciples h if hey epeced o ge ino he

ngdom hey mus goge ou an eye! I dareay ha no advocae o hell re is wlig ogouge ou hs eye volunarly as a condonreceden o enering o he kingdom If we re o ke hese saemens as liera hen would have o conclde according o he eccleasical eahers, ha oly oneeyed eopeould ge o heaven .

Wha en did Jeus mean? o paraphasehis anuage we underand o ean hisha eerna life as a member of he gdomf God is h greaes prize a can e eceiedy y one. Only hose who are wig o make sacrce of hings earhly could be counedorhy of i f, herefore ay earhy hinghoud oend one or preven hm from prepar

g for he kngdom ha he mgh eer oh ha be as dea as e


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wo be wel o esroy ha bing. ha so say, i woul be beer for o saiesoehing ear o hi han o lose his greaprize of life an be as o Gehenna a onition of eeasing an opee uion.his esruion was piue by boh he ean he wos; an he esruon was sooplee hat hee was nohin lef, hus foe

shaowng ha fo hese wif ones eewou l no resuion

Eery ext in he New etaent wherehe wor e appeas, an is ranslae frothe Greek wor geen7, eans eerlasng anopee esruion. ne of he srong poofes on his poin is he foloing An feano he whih k he boy, bu are no abto kil he soul bu rabe fe hi whih sae o esroy oh ol an boy n hel.Mhew 10: 28 esus as nung his s

iples ha hey woul hae perseution froheir eneie, an ha heir eneies h he A istinion here is ae beween boan sou Boy eang only e huan organ

is; soul eaning he eing, the eaure, ung he rgh to lfe The eneies of hdsipes of ou Lo oul o nohig orehan esoy heir bodes They ou no aehei fuure r ht to ife ehah one hosha powe.

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esus sai o eDo no fear hese en who an estroy onyour boies bu fea h eoah Go w

has power to eroy boh boy an sou Gehenna The wor dt!·oy here use is ousie roo ha the ey of Gehen was'


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of deucto d h e o trsted therefom es destructo from which there is o esuec t shows heefoe, the fte of the wiu ser fte fuoppotut for fe gven b the Lord

Agi esus sd Ye serpets e geer-to of pes how c e escpe the dm-tio of he tthew 23: 33) Gehe s th

wod hee trsted hell The words of thester were dessed to the scbes d hisees who, though beig egheed wifld wcked msepeentd d pesecutedthe Lord. Becuse the wee deceng hepeope d bndg them coceg the truthesus sd to them substne You bost ofour pet d mke get outwd how of

ghteousness but ues ou chng ocouse ou sure be desoed i GehenThe couterpt of these Phsees re the reigious teches of mode tmes who pose pious creures d s eesettve of heLod nd who et deibetel msreprese hs Word e might tke eon o boe

TTFrom e me of Eden u the re eg

he ges of eve hd uh o do wth noe of these becme wcked d God eforcedh judgmet gis them t the te of theget ood. Concrg the St. Peer sor if God spred ot he ge ht sed

bu cs the dow to he d deered heto chs of drkes to be resered udet Pe 2 4 Te word

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tet s ansated rom the Gree word trooJust why the trasators rendered ths wordhel s somewhat dcut to derstand Theyevidenty thought that these ced anges ordemons were in he hepng e devi to eepup the re and to put o the brimstone adthey read the tet more carefy tey wodhave seen however that these anges are co-

ned in darness and darness thereoud not be muh re aboutThe word , as used by the poste

this tet cosey resembes te wod da word used in Grecan mythogy as the namefor k byss 0 Scentists te that beyond a certn distace rom earths sr-face there s compete daress and there is

much proof to ead to the consion tht theseevi sprits or demons who sind n the tmeror to the ood are restrained n ths darkness owever the word oo as used ntis tet seems more particary to refer toan act than to a pace The tet mght properye rendered God spared ot the ges whosined but eg he, d devered themnto hains o darness he degradon esented the deprivn th f privieges dthe daress the codition i whch they conned We have not space here to dscusste hstory o these demons but espectureer the reader to the pubcatons at Sathe Scptures about Sptism and a ivng Ta wth the Dead

Ths tet s

y pace n the Bbe tat tis Gree odapears ad o sense s eeec to


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I It? o ese Sctua tets, theefo e, te

oof s coclse that hell s ot a lace ofcoscous sueg but that seo d esaslated ea te codto of the dead fo whh the dead shall be awaeed at theesuecto that ee eas the codtoof the wll wcked who de ad have o hoeof a esuecto, but who ae theefoe coletel destoed ; ad that oo eesets

he codto of degaded e sts U

he avocates of the coscous etea toet theo wl quckl ow ask If the deadae ot coscous, ad f hel eas the codto o slece, how about the ch a helwho lfted u hs ees beg toet? ow

about the thef aadse? ow about theshee ad the goats the latte gog awa toevelatg ushet

th uch satsfacto the helle advocateests hs case uo these thee ots e cosdes hself leable hat the aswea be oe kee aecated t s deeedell t to outle be the de la o

eg a as stated the ctUes thths cleal d the advocte of etenal toe wll ot feel so cofotabe hs otoe hoe that he a be led to see the absud of that osto howeve

od ceated the st a a efect ceatue hs ow age ad leess Geess 1 euteoo 3 ehovah set befoe a be, ad haess uo a codto of


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beiece The pe eha precribe i hi la r ibeece a deathhu halt re ie (eei 2: Th

Scripture plail tate that the pet r i eath (a 6 23) This i lad chageable (Malach 3: 6) Havgae thi la bere a e i ehvaetece t eteral tret ater aha ied the chage the pealt hi la Thi ul be a e·pt·act laEve perect e rcgie a eptcta a rghteu That i t a gveig per culd righull chage the petr a crie ad ict that pet a perter he ha cite the cri I etece a t eteal tret he i t deairl ith a etece a t eatthe he c t citetl trtre a eterall r he ul be lig t carr ut hi etece therere ul be icie

N UNNThe eccleiaica teacher ue he ter "

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thi the are clearl rg e auer eeral puihet bu t eteal trture e cud t be eteall trtured ithut cciue bt i hi puihet i everatig eath hat puhet u be eerar everai e puih the cead hat puhet i eath There are degree pihet

a a te a chice

he be puihe b priet r hda i priet ast l ig thaerid ie he te a ate


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may punishd for yars prison If hcommits dirat murdr hs punishmnt may dath n th attr cas hs punshmnt isasting thrfor rasting nsofar as man isconcrnd

Jhoa consistnt with th pnaty mn-tond n his aw sntncd Adam to dath notto trna tortur hat ugmnt or sntncrads: caus thou hast hard nto thoc of thy wi and hast atn of th tr ofwhich I co=andd th sayng hou shtnot at of it: cursd is th gound for thy sain sorrow shat thou at of it a th ays of thyf horns aso and thists sha it bng forthto h and thou shat at th hrb of th d :

in th swat of thy fac sht thou at bradti thou rtu unto th grond for out of itwast hou takn : for dust hou art and ntodust shat thou urn (Gnsis 3 79 ywhat procss of rasoning can a crgmanstand with a pous fac for an intigntaudnc and th ght of th pain statmntof th judgmnt abo st forth say to thm

that God sntncd Adm to trna tormntGod nforcd ths udgmnt y pingdam rom dn causng h t fd upon thpoisonous mnts which th arth outsd odn brought forth h dath sntc continud upon him for 30 yars aftr which timh was compty dad (Gnss 5 5) Duringthat tim his cidrn wr born h fathring undr sntnc was imprfct ad yason of th sntnc of dath his cidrnr orn as sirs ad wihout t right to


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fe (Psam 5 5 ; Romans 5 2) Adam whenhe ded went to he the grave the tomb Hepd the penay of he aw Hs chden whohave snce then ded kewse went to he, thetomb the grave They have sered as a resutof ther fathers dsobedence Ths death ponAdam ad hs chdren woud e everastgess God mes some poson for redeem-

ng ma o of death ad gg hm an oppor-tu for fe Theeoe ehovah made hefoowg cear and dee promse

I w rasom them from the power of thegrave I w redeem hem from death : 0 deahI w be thy pages 0 grave I w be hydestructon repentance sh be hd from mneeyes" (Hosea : The word ve n tste s fom the Hebrew word heol the sameword ransaed hell. The promse therefore, tha God w redeem mnd from he

t was a perfect man hat sned and Godsaw provded that nohng bt perfect macoud redem mand from death There wasno perfect man o earth who cod accompss rposesm 7

Then Jehovah n hs grea ove for mndes g o gve hem f opon or fese fom heaven hs beoved So ess whosee was transfered from the spr to the h-m pae ess was begoten by Jehovahtherefore he was born erfect oy and wthot s (atthew : Hebrews 7 2) e

ad one of the conanaed bod from AdamJ e pany saed at he came to ansommand from the grave and to f the prom


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W W se o a ae o ts eect att 08; John 100 e e upon the cross ano ase hm out of eath there by povnghe ransom or remptve prce for manknJohn 3 Te eath an resurecton oJesus s a gurantee tat ll the ea n helhe grave, n ue me sho be aakene out eah ohn 29 Acts 7 3; 24

HS T TYf te resurrecton of the ea s true thehs octrne of eteal torment s as flse asthe evl hmsef If the cn be resecte tat ft s proof coclusve that theyl not be ket i eternal torture they areere eternay they cou not be brought outesurrecton means an akenng n restora-

ton to lfe f the resurecton of the e sthe truth an s aught n God's Wor then theoctrne of nerent mortaty s a lberatee esus ply says that herent moralty of man as the rst le tol ohn 8 44 nherently mmort then en ae not eaut alve somehere an f lve t oul bempossbl to aaken them to lfe ence ethe

he octrne of nherent motty or that ofesurrecton of the ea mut fal hch ssu

port d by the BbleS. aul ansers ts ueson n the ollo

ng conclusve ament : For I elvre untoou rst of al that hch I also rece hotat hrs e or our ns accorng to

scrres an that he as bre an tha h

rse agan he thr ay accorn to h sc es No f hrs bpr ch d ta he r

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ro te dead how say some mong yo thathere is no resrection of the dead Bt ifhere no resrrection of he dea then isChist ot rsen ad st be not isenthen is or preaching vain nd yor faith isso vain e and we are fond fase nesses o God becase we have tesied of Godh he raised p Christ whom he raised not

p if so be that the dead rise not For i thedad rise not then s not Chris raised nd Chr st be not rised yor faih is vain ; ye aeye in yor sins Then te aso which areen aseep in Chris are perised If in thisife ony we have hope in Cris we e of amen most miserabe Bt now s Christ rsenfrom the dead and become the rstfris of

hem that sept Fo since by man ce deathb man came so the resrrection of the deadFor as dam die so in Chist s ade aive Bt every man his own oderChrist the rstfits ; afterwd the that aeChrists at his coming Then cometh the endwhen he sh have deiveed p he ingdom toGod even the Father when he sha have

down e and a thori ty and power Fohe reg ti he th pt enemes nderis fee The st ney th sha be estroes deh Corithans 1 3, 4 122

Parphrsig the Apostes ords he saJess was resrrected This sttement sithe rue or fase If he as resrected

a gurntee ta a the dead sh

bresr

recte e s no resretion then the are fe asee i Cris are e


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ihed To persh meas to cease to est oone coud persh and be in etenal torment atthe same time Thus te postl sows thatnstead of beng onscos toment te deadare in the tomb te el of he Bbe tat nGods due tme they sal be awaened out odeath ey man n s on oder and thatdurng the eg of Cst e wil destoy eedeat wc s mans geat enemy Thus isconclusiely oed the fact that he dead nhel wil b boug out toug te power ote resurecto tough Cst esus Tsgreat boon and blessng to mand s to beganted dung te egn of Christ after isecond comng

compete dscusson of te plosopy o

e ansom sacce and te awaenng ot ofdeath s to be oud in oumes I and V oTS N TH RTRH R MMR

motaly means ot suject to death means eent lfe \Ve hae see tat man not imotal The del s ot motal foSt Paul panly says hat Cst n due time

ll destoy te del Heews 2 Teteaches o candescent brmstone as the ateof te wced ae told s tat e del s theeman of hel Upon te auoity of teseposte statments that the eil s to be de-stoyed we espectuly as em \Vho tenwhen Satan s destoyed wll eep p te e?

St Pal tells us that God nly ath mmor

taity 1 Timothy 6 6) Jess state at teFather ould at tis onor e Ao


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e els us that God did gra it unto Msoh 5 : 26 ; Phlippas 2 911 Those whoompose the members o Chriss body and aregranted membershp i s ngdom liewsewl receive the prize of immortality but nonether. Cornthians 5 53 54 Rev. 2 10 .

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urng the reign o Chrst the vng sha erst grated an oppotuty or e d the

obeet oes h be restoed to perecon omnd a body and dwel on the earth orever .The dead shal be awaeed and liewise givena tra or lie (2 Timothy 4 1 ; cts 7 : 31 3 1924) n this trial time, durig the rein ofChrist, those who wully disbey the Lordh be punished by everlasting destrucion.(Acts 3 23; Psam 14 : 20) Ts destructiowas pictued by Gehena ( our Bibles nsated hell) ro! whh here is no resurrectio.

HE RC M �" LARU

Te scribes and Pharsees wee the prncipamen o srael They were leaders in the relig ous as well as the poltical, par of that nation.On one occason, when our ord was speang

to the, he uttered the wods whch are eeraly recognized as the prabe o the Rch aad Lazarus The compete tet o s tterce is as follows

There was a eran rch ma hich wasothed i purple and ne lnen and fredsumpuousy eve day: and here was a cetaineggar nad Lazarus h as laid at hisate ul of ores ad derin to be ed wth

,


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the rumbs hch fe from the rch mans ae moreover the dogs cme ad ced hs sores

d t came to pass hat the beggar ded andas carred by the ages nto braham'sbosom the rch man aso ded and as bured and he he ft up hs eyes beng n torments and seeth braham afar o ad azarus hs bosom nd he cred ad sadFather braam have mercy on me an sedazarus that he my dp he tp of hs e

n ater and coo my togue ; for am or-mented n ths ame But braham sad Sonremember that thou th fetme recveds thy good thngs ad se azarus evithngs but o he s comorted and thou arttormented nd besde a ths beee us adyou there s a great gu e so that theyhch oud pass from hece o you cannot;ether ca they pass o us that oud comerom thence hen he sad pay hee therefore father hat hou oudest send hm to myfathers house for have ve brethre ; that hemay testfy to them est they aso come itoths pace of torment braam sath unto hmThey have Moses and he prophets e themhear them nd he sad Nay father baam but f one ent unto them from he dead theyw repent d he sad uto hm f they hearot Mses ad he prophets eiher theye persuaded though one rose from the deadue 16: 193.

cesasta tehes nsst tat ts crpra statement s not a parabe but must be

teray construe Tey condent rey uon


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roof conclsive that he enaly f thewicked is conscious torment ames of reetera draio fom which hee s no ossible elief the Scritural statement is ounnot to suort the theory of eern totuthen ht docrne is whout Scrial suoywhee and must fai

Consider crefully the word of o Lor

here used iew hem as hogh leral an seto wha reasonle conclusion e are ed.Dives e ch mn wore good clthing an

ad ley o e eh day o anther hingis chged gn him so r he ecord ds-los. s weath hat he ossssed ne r d lendid ood my hae beengiven o hi. f he ossessio o sch s suf

cient reson o send one to etel orturehen uly niney ercent of e clegmen ofour dy re dger of eternal tment Theyre rch n vo ongst men, f o so rich n)use ; and mos of them recee a omforableslay They wer he very best o clohngn have ey o e and mange to eat i,I orment i n mes of re is he enaly to be

sred by mn because he Qssesses sucthings, wh hen cod we ec o bll theulra rch, such as ocefeller an renry Fod Surely no one is so unreasonabeas o beieve that these mn should be tortureeernally beuse hey hve mh money le-t of good clohes, and sendid food o eatuely n o one is so unreasonble s to belevea a jut n ise Go wud send a ma oeterna ore because he i fruga, eneet


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el-Wat s It ? Who Are Thee an amasses a rge mo of mone wears

good cohes ad eas weoo for a momen e oher man, a-s, ad wh is cmed or him Eccesasicsanswer He died nd wen o heave adawakene i bahams bsom" f heave isony e e o Abrhams bosom, hen veyfew w b hee and mos o he eccesiascechers wod be e ou B wh had a-

us doe o waan he givng o hm he gerie o heavey goy d ase he Siuenwers e ws a oor beggar hd o egurfood, was aios o ea e cumbs h ffrom he rich mans abe, ws f o soes, ay he ch ms gae, and he dogs cme dicked his sores ha is he xed rue o heheveny wy he eveyone who hoes o go o

heven mus become a beggr, ie he gae osome h man, a ubs h f fomhe ch mans abe be o oes, nd havehe dogs com and ic hm s here a senbman on eah who beiees h sch re hedvne equemens o ge one ino heavenw may ge ad dvoces of eeore, ho hoe o go o heaven are wiig orove heir beie h hs is he way, by be-oming beggrs, hang sores oer hyig some ich mas gae d hen eghe dogs hem o a ing one aem ; fo no a sige one honesy bieves i

heoe, hese eccesisca eachers syh Dives, he rich man, ded and in h fed

u his eyes Were is he mn who eve saw aad man i s ees


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robly the ost bsur pat of he ternterpetation of ths te s tht Des in s of a bunng le o e an bistoeres to aus to coe a long stce to hth a single op of wte on hs nger put it on hs tonge to cool his tongue n thee. ow absoutely unreasonble ! f the res such as t is e by thee otes of

hell re a bstone, then aus coul notget with twenty feet of the e wth a bueof water n surey a single op of te onhs nge woul eapote befoe he was withinforty yrs of Des

A ltel ntepretaton of ts scptue shocing to eso. t s oe than shocing tojstice n loe. A lte nteetton canot

be true. Beses the Scptues concuselyroe that he ea e conscous hence nnot be in toent. Wat then oe this sayngof ou o ean?

he folowng epton s onently subtte s appealng to the eaonble ofhe peson who nows the histoical fcts

hs Scptual sttent s a parble. he an yboies o epesets the nation ofsel he begga aaus syboles or repesents the Genies of eath who for a onge wee whout Go n whout hope anho esre to be in hny th Go. saelws the ony nation wth which Go ee aea oennt. e gve to ha people a oyoise. Eous 19 5 ) e gae to the hea he sen to the the popht. e equehe to be augh of the w. e establishe


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tem om othe ntons nd eoles oundbout e omsed them ht they shoud nooly he the oston o oyay but tht tey ket hs oennt hey shoud beoe hegeatest non o eh ad hough them aothe natons shoud be b�ssed

Long yes theee when tey hd de-

ed om the oenant ad wen Jeoa uosed to unsh tem he sad to sael Youony he nown o the aes o theeth: theeoe w unsh you o a youutes (os 3 2 Tt nton, theeoeenjoyed hes he hnds o Jehoah. Theoyal obes, o ue d ne en, symboeoyalty nd ghteosness whh omse thenaton hd. They eeed geat o aboeeeyhng ese t Jehoahs hnd when Jesume to them, d to no othe eoe (Joh The Jews s a nton wee oeeey wy (omans 3 : , 2 The sbes andPhasee he edes o se, ejeed theLod theeoe the naton ws t o, just

Jesus oetod Te oyal omses wee enom em as Jesus s: he ngdom o God be taen om yo nd gen o naonngg oth he s eeo (Matthe 3 Oy, Jesus whde Gods ore he we oe Jesem nd sad eold ou hose s et uo you desolte

tthew 23 38 Teeate he nton oael s ometey deoyed The h mnthe non o sael heeoe ded ut teeole omosn tht non ed o


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afer generaion have come an one

ha eole have been i n a cndiion of orenever since; for hey ave ben hned ike animas uned o her dens. They have eenersecued for cenuries. Te rch man, herefore, reresens o he ewis naio aoiy an e eoe mag u ha naionAfer the naion was dea, e eoe of srelhave been suering grea ormen ad ime

and agi ave cried uno he Geniles for eLaarus aso ied. eah eans a change ofcondiion. For an indvidua i means a changeof condon from eniy o noneniy. o anaion or eoe i may men a change fromnoneniy o eniy. may mean a change fromno favor o soe favor The dea of aars,herefore icured he od condiions nderwhich the Genes had exise as assn over.God's favor came o e Genes fro he dayof Coelius. To s day he Lord has beenfavoring he Genes he rosecs of engdom.

braa, many es in he Scriures, isse a s a ye of Jehovah Te boso s aicure of a condiion f favor herefore Laaus in aas bosom crs he Genes he favor of God. When e ews refsed toacce he ose and hereore rejeced heromises for he royy of heaven S aai: was necessary ha he wod of Godhod rs have been soken o yo [Jews : seeing ye i from you, and judge o

eves unworhy of everasing life rno e enesAcs 3 4


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The emnder of he ble e nere yarsng e gge e Scs soos The J es, erseced by eoe ofevery non, ve ced o d for he dhve ryd Jehovh o send Genes o herad o reeve em n er dress They hveased or er, h symbozes he rhh hey mgh be eeved God hs sd

hem n sbsnce Rmembe h hen yoee my fvo yo d e good hings,ad he Genes he Lzrs clss] he bdhgs B o he Genles re comfordh he

omis

of he gdm, d yo eorm n

by yor enemes Besdes here s agre gf ed beeen yo d he Gees

d h gf s hs o reje he ord JessChrs s yo Redemer nd essh nd e-fse o beome rsns; erefoe yo lo ad cnno be hrsns nd become Genes A Gee co become Je nd hmself ndr he L nor ev em o doso for he od eeby dey hrs Jess she essh

As o e ve behren The eoe of de he me s rble s ered eredvded of em on s he rbe ofJdh he oher s he rbe o Bejmi, hle mny hd ever rerned from Bbyo hech m reresened e Jeish o com-osed no geery of he be of Benmn

d Jd, e oe ve od el reenhe Jes ho ere sered brod mongse oher eoles The rees s nrodce


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n s arable oubtless to show th osfor ha cease towr the ten tbes we towar those more recy n contact he or esus he ten trbs ha srgreMoses an the rohets. They not retunto the lan of rose an now the other wotrbes through ther eaers ha rejecte teLor therey gnorng Mose the rohetswho teste of the or eus. Therefoe tote reuest tht soe one be sent to the erethren the rely s gen : The hae Mosesn the rohets. If hey wl not her thesetey wou not be ersue een f one weese from the ea

Those lg n the resent te n wtnsng the fact that Gos for s returnng to theew as esus rose by fth s well s betaneous eence can cerly see tht thsget guf beteen th ews a Geniles seing brge hat the secton of he Churchs about comlete tht the new coet wsoon be n oo n tht then ll teIsraeltes hal he the eyes of unerstan-ig oene n be ermtte to come to kowege of the trth cce Cst the Mes

an rcee the blessngs of lfe

Ths was what St au etly ha n nwhen wrtng to e Gentile Chrstns at omee si : For I wou not brethren that yeshoul be gnort of ths mystery lest yeshou be se i n your on concets ht blness n rt s hene to srel unt the ess of the Geni es

bcome n. n al

se shal e sae s t wrtten The


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a come o o io e eiveer an sa aa odess rom Jcob For is i covna uo em e s ae aaeir sins." Romans 11 5 e osere cear sos a e e ess o ees be ome in en ooruni or srao be esoed be due

is oderu esso e Lord esus ere eacing araboc rase o e arees o because o eir arrogance seseem and seimoance od no eOers ca earn a esso rom is, a ·avors o God soud no be g ed buaeciaon ereo soud be maesed Tiaraoc saemen o ou Lord isead o

soring e docrie o eerna orure, or ados e sice o Jeova eecued agaia nai a eeced is avors and s uice is adminisered in merc ad ove oono a e en e Lod oud e aaer bidness and bring o em e bessng ie everasing. aso sos e eoe oae a e missed e greaes ie oeave oa because o e icednes eir eaders

isns can ge a sson rom is eir eaders are ignorig e Lord ad abunda esimo o is resece ad eessigs a is ingdom i bring. Ts ue o e ac a e moder arisees a

oer eaders are sadig e a o no oud acce e ru Tere i a ceraiesosibii uon a in rooio o eoedge ence e o as soud use s


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eonng e n reh concon ef n no be bny e by he bn ge

Thee ee ee hve ee hnme of Jehoh by ncng mny o beeh Go h e ce of eern ormenor h ree, hen h or y h no h wcke ng evr enere h mnThe rego eer o e ew rne o worh, n be r o b her

on wh re, mng h hey were orze by Go h o o. Th ev worhne by he nen ree, h beenhe b for he orne of eern orre byher coerr. Coneng hem Gohrogh he rohe, They ve bao he hgh e of a o brn her onh re or b oerng no a whc

commne no, or e , neher ame o my mn." (Jeremh n heyb he hgh e o , whh re n heey he on of nom, o e her onan her agher o hrogh he reno oeh, whh I one hem no,neher me no my mn h hey hoo h bomno o ae h o n

Jeremh

f h never eere he m o Jehovao reor o h wke g, how o oby hve enere h mn, ong beorea or ne o e of e n brmon ch h on a h er m bormene y n ngh who ny hoe ee ern ormen who o e ae o he a a aa


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dvoaes of hee tomet nd anothvoite tet which the am sustas theosition t s that of the thef in paadise

(Luk 3 393 he cotention s that thethef died and went that sme da to heaennd that heaen is hee caed Paadise theeb povg that the dead ae conscious immediate afte death and continue so. he age

ith foce that if ths is tue, then the wkeddead must be in oscious toment. Some ofthem wi sa that though the ked be not actua e et beng onsious the ae sueng menta angish. e fee admit that the Siptues pove that h ded ae conscouhe dea nd befoe the euetion then

the postion of these contendes s sustained bhis text But the Siptues sho that thedead ae unconscious s it possbe, then thahe ods of the Maste ae contadito ofve pan statement of the Bibe r n xamaton o he od esus wohee conceng the hef estabshes beond dubt that hs statement is ente n hamonwth eve text and does not in the ghtested to sho that the thef was ave the dathat he died o at an time se esus aued on the coss between to theve neof the o mefactos who we hanged tm aed on hi, sag, f thou be histsave thsef and us But the othe aneing

ebuked m sig Dost not thou fea Godseeing thou at in the same ondemnaton ne deed ust f e eeve te de ea


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our deeds : but ths mn hth done nothgmss And he sd unto Jeus, Lod, remember me when tho omest to thy ngdomhe thef thus showed tht he beeed Jesus tobe the ess tht Jesus oud he ng-dom hene he sed ths for. And Jesussd unto m Vey sy unto thee todsht thou be wth me i prdse

Adotes o onsous torment nsst thts text proes tht the thef went to rdsetht s to sy, to heen tht ery dy andws h Jeus or, s they sy, Jesus sttedtht he shoud be wth im h y ThSrptures proe onusey tht ths wrong. Jesus ded, went he, and styed nhe, the g or three dys. He ws ded

sm 6 : 0 ; Ats 2 27) he poste fterds speng of the od Jesus, sdAnd tht he ws hured tht he rosegn the thrd y ordng to the srptures. Corntns 5 4 t s soutey ertntht Jesus hd not hee to heen durngthose three dys for when he rose from theded Jesus sd to ry : oh me not fo

I not yet sende to my Fther {John 2 ) Forty dys theeter Jeus stood wths dspes on the ont of e nd spoeto them And when h hd spon these thngshe they behed, he ws ten up Andhe they ooed stesty tord heen, she went up, behod two men sood by them nwhte ppre." Ats : 9) hus the Srp-tre dentey proe tht frythree dster Jesus hd spoen these words to the the


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e scended nto heaven. If the thef wen eaven the same day that Jesus and the thiefere cruced, hen the thf got to heavenfortythree days ahead o he ord

Thus we see that s uttry mpossbe toeconce the construction that the here ad-ocates pce upon his et th the act thatJesus did not ascend to heav for fortythreedays fter hs crucio. W)at hen s he � reason for ths misundesangY is a sme matter. The confusion as a come about

A by men trg to tist the Word of God omae appear that the dead are consciouDouess hey dd hs n good conscienceavng temseves rst bee taught that the

ead are conscious somewher. When they came to the transation of ths et t was an eayater to mae t appear ta he facts con-enng the thief suppor teir eory

The New Tesamen was transated fom theree into e Egsh anguge. n the Grekanguage there wee no puntuaton mars t

the time these words were wtten. Punctuaton mrks wee nvented n th eary art ofe teenh centuy. The transators had outhori ty whatRoeer to pu a coma arthe word thee" and the emphass o the wodtoday. Now read he tet th ths foowigtought n mind sus was dyng upo thecross. The hef was yig upo he coss he

tef ased a favor and ht fvor was thaJeus shoud remember him the thef, wen hecame no hs ngom. The epy was to paa-ase Jesus words hae head what


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ha a. I note yo ruest. say to yonow.' I say to hee ths ay, Thou shat be e n paase." Paae s rom te wormei It s an n wor. It meansa p n Een, so rnee by a the besahoes. It os not mean hee It ene restore eart urng he en ge

en Jesus went to heave e bae hs s

cpes pay hy ngom come. hy w beoe n et as t s n haven. atthew6 0 Chrstans hve een ng for thecomng of hs ngom sne that ay. So t ser that the ngom re to by the tef

was ong way n h futur. at eaymeant by pase s the gom of Go oearth une te contro of Chst, the essa

ug hs enna gn s estrethe earh to an en, Parase. sah wrotehe wernss an he soary pace ha

be ga for them an the e sh reocean ossom as the ose. I sh bosom abuaty, eoce even wth oy an snggthe gory of ebanon sh be gen unto t theeceency of Cae Shon they sh

see the gor of the or n he eceency ofour Go. Strengten the we has, an con- the feebe ees. Say o tem ht ar of afearfu eart Be strong fa ot ; bho yourGo come h vengeace even Go a recopence he coe an save you. Thenthe eyes of he b sha be opened, an thees o he eaf sh be unstoppe. Then sa

the ae a eap as an hat an the oguef he umb ng for e erness h


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a a ou a steams he een the pach goun shal become a poon the thsy lan spngs of wat : n theaon of agons whee ach lay sha begas th es an uhs A an hghwaysh be heean a way an t sha be caehe way of honess; he unclean shal not pss

oe ; but t shal b fo those e wayfangmen hough fos shl no e then. oon shal be the no any aenou beast shago up theeon t sha not be foun hee but the eeme shal wak hee An the n som of th Lo shal etun an come oZon wth songs an elastng oy upon heheas : they shal obtan joy an ganess anoow an sgng sh ee away"saah 5

h popht Ezl conceng the eahung tha me says he lan tha wasesolate s becom l the gaen of Een.Eeel 6: ) ung hat Mnnal egnof Chst th hef w b awakne ou ofeah. He s n the gae now. He has the

pome fom Jesus that he sha be n paa-s Ue the supeson of t o usan unesanng of the ne plan caesths scpu tha ha ong toule many hon-est people ey sa Jsus sa to thethef m yng now. am gong to ha akngom eso the eah shall become e the gaen of Een a paase. utI say uno you toay that at a tme you shalbe aso n paase. An thus te ast ppfas fom une the hee sceeche an name of Jehoah sans ncat


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Hllhat

nhD A h

O EE OEn esperaton te aoctes of eternal to

et w repy there s a heae herst be a hel a pace of torure or the wceBt yo neer hear o one o these aocateswho wante sch a plac for hsef or for anyf s loe ones or ee fr hs og or other

ub anas He aways wants such a aceor soe he oes not k He oes not stoto thk that he ho woul ese o see aoth etenal agony wo b so eo of any senseof justce or loe that e hself wo be unworthy of lfe or of ay faors that ow otro lf he apostle Joh says that he thatateth hs broher s a ur an srely

ny one who wou want aoth creature torture woul hae notng n hs heart for tatreature but hatre. John here snot a honest an uer te sun who wouast ub bute to a bog caon o whowoul slowly bu one to eath wth a rehotpoker t s only a perte n ae so byte wcke ence of the el one that o

ocate sch toure of any creatureP Gur or gae tterance to anoter aae

on generally as the parable of the Sheep Goats st at tt ths s a para

ble fo suely he or wo not eote hste to t ng of ltera heep fro lteragots e paable eates to the te of th

en cong of the Lo he sheep eoe by h wthout oubt sbolze a cass pepe who ha e a esre for rghteoses


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and a gness to ad ose wo are strvngto do rgt wereas te goats repreent a casof peope wo wfu negect rstans andersecute em ecause te are stane two anms ver ttng represent te twocses. seep s an oensve anma tatwould not arm an oe wereas te goat s

rude unru dsobedent and crue ttngeverod as oppotut s aorded. It ste eas to ocate tese o cases of peopeat s da Jesus concudes ts parae wtte statement tat te goat cas receve evertng punsment ut tat te rgteous goto fe eter

re stated te parale as we understandt means ts e Lord's nse presence dates from 1874 or fort ears tereafter ste perod of preparaton for s ngdom asstated n te Scrptues. s rngs us to 1914,at wc tme te Lord too to msef spower to egn s regn and e natons werangr vaton 1 18 Se f and com

pete roof set fort n oos ons owLvng ever e and e ap ofod e goat cass pretend to e rstans and et te negect oters w are hrstansand not on refuse to mnster uto tem uto oence toward tem

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ccurred fro 91 and snce e maort ote cergme of te varous denomatos te countres nvoved n te war advoatedwar and not on negected ut persecuted ter rstans wo ad consentous scrupe


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ganst kiing ther fellow ma hese clergmen a the pncpal of thr ock mgnea msrepresete humbe Chrstas heeee o a cospracy a tue theseaway fom ther oos cause them to e treate put mn of them to pso the whle they were n pron fae to mnste uo he ees. hey wet een further

a e to eep these pso ths ethey clame to eprese he Lor an tpea Chrsts kgom. t the same tethere ws anoher class of Chsta me awme who treate ther feow Chstl. f ey foun some ho hel coscetos srupes aganst war he were k tthem f the fou them n prso the m-

ere unto them. hey hs kess because the beee these humble oes to folO\es of he or Jesus st

he or sows a so of tese proeg Chrsans to two classes He shows thahs faor s wth tose wh hae a spos tow ghteousess a f hese ancen to hteouness they shl hae etea fe

ung hs e. He shos hs sapproa ofose O ossss a ce heart a a perseug oston a caes that all whOl] persst n manfesg ths uk oppresse a persecutg sposto towrhe followes of esus because the are htans shoul be puse. Concerg suc hesad hese shal go nto eerlastg puns

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mean torment he aws of the an wou npermit an creature to be tormene. ur awers are not more rghteous than Go ehave shown heetofoe from the Scriptures thatconscious tomet in e neve etre the minof ehovah. he geatest punihment mn cainct upon another who a cimina eathhe Lor pointe out that the geatest punsh-ment that he inicts upon an of his ceatures isea th or estrction, from whch ee is to beno resurtion. s to the in of punishmenthere meant b the Lor thee ca be o oubtfor the reasn that he sai epat from mee curse, into eveasing re pepre fo theevi an his gs" th 25 1 Now

it must aitt that the goat cass here suer te same punshent that te ev suf-fers an hs pnishent the poste cearstates wi be estction Hebrews 2 14Hence the unshment inicte upon te cassmentione this parae is esruction annce the etction is evestng thereforehe punishet is everasing _

he everastng re here mentoe oes nmean everasting torment for re never pre-serves ntg that has ife. In ore to bpreserve in e an artce must have a thcbestos coat It won foow then that if ourpose to put the ev an hs nges in pace e hat in ore to eep them fromig estoe h wou hve

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. he apose Pal kse shos tatthis pushme means ducio e says Who ha be puished ih eveasg deucio fom he pesec of he Lord a he or o is owe hess 9

O aKe o re ad bioe is sevea i

eoned in he book of Rvaio Reveaio 9 0 ; 20 0 4 5 2 8) adi haReveaio i wre i mos Fe hee isd as a symbo desruo ea reeas a desucio from which here is esurecio a compe anhiaion Ve ead Deah ad he we dered up he deadwhic were i hem hu e we sw ha

he dead in h sha b bough ou i hesurecio Ad hen we read Deah andhe [he] wee cas io e ake of rehis s he second deah nd whooever wao fud wie i he book of ie as cano he ake of e. Reeaio 0 3ihou quesion he ake o re epesesdesuo. Dea s osciou ; ye

e desoed by h sig of e peoe p ouof dah ad giig h he a sregh ha a again say a sick. sa 3 24) Wen pope qui dyig deah wiereby be desroyd

e grave he sae of ea o esroyd aso ; ad every oe of h wickedo are o woy of fe vrasig are cas

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n od ha pomsed to deto de anhe gave. Hosea 3 4) He l mae goodhat pomse. Al the ced he desto.Psalm 45 20) A the obednt ones l beganted lfe evelastng Then shall be boghtt pass the sayng hat s tten eath saloed p n vctoy.

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tng 0 gave, hee t vcto othans 5 55 o

e Psalmst sas that the e sh ened nto he, and l the naons tht fogetod. Ths means that those ho ae ced

ha be tned nto the condton of death, andall the natons hch foget od shal de asatons. And hen the od' gdom s nontol, these cked natons shal neve aanome foh.

God cold not be t, and fa o efse toa ot the pealt of hs on la. annned and mst se the penat of deat.

od cod not set sde that jment, bt hed consstentl povde fo s sasfacton pettng. anothe pefect man to take theace of the pefect one ho had snned. Thsove povded the geat plan of edemptonhe gft of God s lfe thogh Jess Chst ood, ho edeemed the ace and ho oes

fe evelastg to all ho accept and om.Romans 6 23.o moe than s thosand eas -

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come aa o he o bode hoe hohae heeded he Wod of he od and eecsd ih Yod h bee comfoedy h ods o Pa ho oe :

B old no have o o be oanehen concen hem hh ae aseeh ye soo o even as ohes hich haveo hope o i e believe ha Jess ded andose aa eve so hem also ih slee ess God bn h hessans 4 : 13 1

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" hve hope owr Go . . . hehl be reurecon of he e boh of heju n unju c 15 ope e

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he hath gve assurace to me thahe h rised hm rom the dead.Acts 7 1

S. Peter says imes of reesg shcome rom the ace o ehovh ad he shased Jesus Christ which befoe was preacheuto you wm the heave must receve uti !te times o resitutio of a tgs whch Godhath oe by the mouth of a his ho prots sce e word beg.Acs 3 9

Agi St Pau writes he ord esushist who sha judge the c [the vgad he dead t hs appearig ad hs igdom imohy 1

hese ad may other cooboratve scri

tue prove cocusivey hat eore the resurrecto of the dead sh tae pace the oJ ess must come a secod time tha he mustbeg jUdgg the vg ad ta after udg

g those vg at his comg the duri thegdom the dead sh come for. Some haveuderstood that a e ecod comg of theord te graves woud be suddey opeed

d the dead mediate come foth butis ad other scpures pove that such s otossie First he comes th he estasheshs igom. Firs he judges he ivg adhe he cas forth the dead r judget

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m hs qesion

Te s when sha hese his e dwhat sha he sg [po o hy cogand o he end o the wor ahew 2 : 3)The dersood o hs wer ha it wode a ong tie Jess ew hat those iig oarth wod recoge he ie o hs cogproded he wee searcig the Scipue

ad wachig he e o pophec. hosewh hae een watchg a are ow watchgn es o hs ac

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ders pacs these are he beng o£

sorrows ahew 2 78 ha o sahe happeng o these eens woud ar theginig o the sorrows o he od ord adhe ie o he ed o he word ad o hresence These gs hae aeady been ed The bega hae her en 94 d other eents staed he Lord a rocess o t e sd, add

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Seeg that ths tstmony is so cear cogentand convincing, estaisig the act o teords second resence, it can th condnce

be said tat the resrrection o the dead soon begin y the ord soon e do not meanext yar, bt, e condenty beieve beorenother century asses aay hat the restoa-tion jdgments o the ing are jst at handthe evdences are convncg beyond a dobt [For a more exhastive roo this ee tboos iions No ing ever ind he ar o Gode are iving oa n he mos onderu tme drig the s thosand ears o manhtory. he great Sn o Righteoses, eord the great King is ising th heng ihs beams h ight is beng shed orth andthe vai o darless and sersitio hat ha

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