ISSN 08958327 REPUBLIC OF THE four days and involved both public (2) to register one million citizens PHILIPPINES and private meetings. Believers are to vote in the 1992 elections, The (Christianity Today has reported the urged to pray for God to open NAE program is not designed to release of three female Protestant doors for farther Christian contacts take a patisan stand for any orga missionaries from captivity as_ in that isolated nation nized political group, but to en hostages ina Muslim area of a ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA courage Christian involvement in southern Philippine island. Lynette The “Jesus” film premiered in the addressing the nation’s serious ‘Cook (with her siv-year old daugh- Mongolian People's Republic on problems. Launched earlier this Vorume 94, No. 4 Peer tren: a a ter) and Carol Allen were serving January Il in an event that is year, the Cristian Citizen's Can under the Christian and Missionary though to be the frst time a West-_paign has already received commit: Alliance mission, Tracy Rectanus ern film of any kind has been ments of support from 22 of NAE's was with the Summer Institute of shown in the former Marxist state. 74 member denominations. Linguistics. Although their captors According to Decision magazine, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA had eatlier demanded $80,000 ran-_ the director general of the Mongo- One thousand pastors from 70 de- som, the three missionaries serve lian Film Industry expects that as nominations and Christian groups tunder boards which (like most much as twenty-five percent ofthe met here in January for a Confer evangelical missions) have a policy country’s population may see the ence on Revival and Evangelism of not negotiating with hostage- film as it is presented throughout Sponsored by India Every Home takers. Its suspected that Philip- the nation during 1992. The “Jesus” Crusade and by God's Love in Ac pine authorities did pay a lesser film has been an effective evange- tion (GLIA), the Andlira Pradesh mount in ransom for their release. istic ool in recent years on many conference both provided an evan: NORTH KOREA World mission fields. gelistc outreach (with a thousand American evangelist Dr. Billy Gra» WASHINGTON, D.C. USA, public commitments to Christ) and ham undertook an unannounced The National Association of Evan- urged a strategy for reaching all of and unprecedented visit to North gelicas has launched a new Chris- India by the year 2000. Every Korea at the end of March. That tian Citizens’ Campaign designed Home Crusade promoted its plan Communist country has been one to influence the 1992 political elee- “Final Thrust 5000,” calling for of the most isolated nations, closed tions. The twin goals of this'new 5,000 full-time workers to carry to most people from outside, While emphasis ae (1) to recruit millions Christ to every home in every vik details ofthe Graham vist have not of evangelicals to pray effetively lage and city of India during the re- yet been released, hi trip lasted for for the country andl leadesyand ander of his decade. TR] Pastor's Lintany FOUNDATION ; — Post Office Box 353 users Sterling, Virgina 2170 ao FoRW\ROMG AND RETURN POSTAGE GUMRANTEED romana se ‘sBandssconmeenon necueereo Consider Caleb, Jin Brandy Page 3 |The Spats in ison, Mark ation ase « | Regular Features: When Do We Get Eternal Lilet, Rater L. Whi rage 5 | itor aa 1 Century Agor Outlied ofthe Body. Lan ape & | Our Rader Wie =o “ibute toa Bish Brother, WS. Goer Page 7 | Voleffom the Pst 8 ‘The Gospel to the Dead, J. 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Belen i noe bang otal ya, Te ae’ "om jou Chi 2 1 it confered at the esuretion af ‘hela. 4 write in our coum, eesti Seay that de vews be conten elie detaching of he Satan eat The vere alte ‘Shorea pubis ‘Asien ths ne may be cpl ey for wise. ‘anion that the ou ‘rom whe ey ae ken ay sShnowtedps| [© Copyright 592 Pstrs Library Subscription from the Uned King lm, Strata nd New Zl 6 ‘donations shold be addres Whalebone Ave. ee Romford Esc RM6SDA Panes Alloter sections na donations ‘ould be addreted to "The Fol Library Foundation PO oe 8 Sting VA 22070 USA erecta teeters SiO USA anda) pet year Sent A GREATER EMPHASIS ON Curist’s RESURRECTION recently had the rare opportunity John 20:16). A doubting Thomas to attend a luncheon at hich the faced the sien Christ witha vibrant evangelist De. Billy Graham was the faith to confess Kim as "My Lond and honored guest, Alter the mea, he my God ohm 2028, And Che's ‘emunisced briefly and then agreed to _postresurtection encounter with answer our questions. Saul of Tarsus, the During the following eat pesecutor of the minutes, he gave one Thardh, forced Sul in fanwer I wil nt soon only moments to call : iim “Tord” tact 93) Tomeone had asked Meeting. the risen tien wither if he were Christ not ‘only sarin out in evange ‘hanged their minds lism all over again he tranaformed ther ives ‘would change anythin ‘We need a theology in’his methods Or Me of resurrection to en ‘message. Dr. Graham Fich and enlarge our Fardly Restated before Understanding of bi hevgave a. simple al ruth, But ot Sn he straightforward. an place of or at the x. Swer He said that fhe pense of, our experi ‘were able to start all over again he ence of dally fellowship withthe i ‘would "place a greater empl up. ing Lord of Glory Christ did ise nour Lont's resurrection from the dead ac fhe ives inno Wa lke to propose that placing a tal now-—as Holy Seripture clearly sreater emphasis upon Christ's es- prodaims, how can we do eso than rection would enrich the lives and five dally in loving submission to our ministries of us all The dynamic of Redeemer? the New Testament resides not in an Gusage setract doctrine but ina ving pes Son, Christ Jess ran from the ead "NEW READERS: Plese ae p5 (US/Canada) or pT (UK) When a grieving Mary met him, she acknowledged him as the teacher ‘whose disciple she longed t0 be EDITOR’s EXPLANATION DOUBLE ISSUES “This tu of Reset comes to you as the isto two “double sme ‘(2 pages each includes the Auta, 991 ue se the a a of Winter 1982 The Lord wiling, or net umber wil include the second Fo Wine, 1992 plas the opt pring 19 ane. By he ine you re tev the send “dbl se our publstion schele shoud be back Seat cin yh eri pein rng te same er 8 ‘ket Theo “double tour” wince Ue fal 4 pages which norma: ip comet youn ee alings, When your parttime editor took anew ful-ie poston and moved to 4 diene loon, Resurectin fl behind ne pablstion sche father than contig to publ ia, we re rong to ie unos feet somoe ep to catch up. Thank you for standing with during this period of de ring by CAM Paes lays. You desefve fo mcetve your paper on time; and we're frying 4 se ee thot you do, CONSIDERING CALEB ny JAMES BRANDYBERRY James Brandyberry from Ind anapolis, Indiana USA Is no $anger to Resurrection readers ‘who have enjoyed several previ tus articles from his pen Jin is fe of the younger members of ‘reitoril adiory Board. "Bot My servant Caleb, Bocce ‘he has a different spn nim ard Be awed i iy wil ng into the land where he went an His descendants shall inherit (Numbers 1624 New King James Version) Given the prevalence in Christen dom ofthe tition view of inmor tality, conditonalists find themselves 2 people ofa diferent doctrine Tes ‘rel then that we consider the figure UE Caleb whom Seipeare deserves a5 diferent in his own Fgh, for Read “erent pit” 'No dou par ofthis description i cowed tothe Fat that Caleb brow a feport"acoding to all that wast is Rear” A'man of healthy and mighty Spin, be did nothing hears His pint wos nol one of lukewarmness thd excuses, but of holy heat and noble daring. ear the words of Charles Haddon surgeon in this ep Srpablles fou have seen— doubess you have metpenons without hears The moment 700 Come ito thee company you per Eeive what they are a5 readily 0 the voyager onthe Adan ows when there fs an iceberg in the Teghborhood, by the sudden cil ‘rth comes over Nin You shake the man’s hand —it drops into your hand as cold asa ded fish Tre'man’s blood is cold 33 3 December frost You tak wth vi but no effort on your part ca tit the frozen coment of fs sou, You begin to spe to him about rel fowsehih he professes to ove fo mach-—but his words ae few fis slates aint Yor Nise is notin the mater, ‘mp sated, Calc was ath in towing God he never went before God tut lowed tke a sheep would sh era He followed holy fot wi pl chose obedience scr ot with Faget betens)cheuly (ot ging, vith Go) and consaty (ot in kan described a ifr. The King James Ver ibs fashion. Sion reads “another spint” wasn hi, “The reel of all his was that God This was no run-of-the-mill, generic favre hint He was dvnly ven ret Hebrew To the cotary he Bad bold, or among hs brine fore mate t generous, courageous, fable and heel to Canaan feral to se He was distin: pint Even more, the Spt of God was feed by ng avn te brdest of wii napa ter sTongaed vigor fe he lefts ew are ee re tne Ca as he ‘essing tis cise of resency nthe ter sr. May be sa of ws tht we ae ‘promise ad only people of deen cis, bat What was Cale’ character? It can be fader i as wel ie Our READERS WRITE SFNGEONGEMARARATONCDM WS Gos mene Ct Bg tin Sig at al en sa rh rey Ply on ewe te Fg Co, 9. On eo. pp me Minos el ‘tll A ab tn ici ns BGG ‘father sh atone rit as ta tua esate cpt aby ge be lft situ an ene een ho rae ts ee Gtr he ut wt trl tr ned i Cer Boon ts ine the Gemara Babylonicw (Rav Ashi and Ravina our han me ong ye Ga a an av cane deed os es ln ye el Cr Ban ice ee oar oe RS pt Pe oe Marr ‘ea nea 2 ang New ka Po 587) ana | el a te Gena a Howe ee feu yng a uae sod pil Ge atom Wm eu esovaks aan ‘WO THINGS ANQUT CHRIS RETURN herman de tyr ig nd bees 6 ae he ato irae pal ep cas wast hee eae ie [and oor aura "e en et) ib a ese" rng” ©)" om on oe sal wr sett wane dog ug seed” ‘i daihicos Danka, Wins ISA L's Vork roR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL om 7 ana ho ent aah Chis ec ove 3 tots 502 he epee othe Nand Cn con ‘Sect Cun ang ow wet ney eda sts nee poe eb ete ws ae 1 gy ons nea Ose ve cre" Smt Shea trot wat ee tr ing Sy Nove ak Fr ep ck tk your point pte pape efor iim wilagiopenae is cml Catia somo oe Tatty Car Tor sth e000 Coe SUDDENLY AWARE OF YOUR EXCELLENT MAGAZINE "have been sade sao your exalt magazine the at wed, alg the ‘esata he go suri, 19.23, Lam lad fo eed you etl ply In pay he nfoematoal ale of our magarn is god, the dee holga dics. sions aed elastin on le subj very god, Now I wouk! ke or some ok wari om NoR ios Note Other rade ay be neste nha tht pies of bck sae for ‘ow names of Rerun reste t $200 (U3) per copy by wen te elo lane t 05, South Hanon MA 01982208 USTHE SPIRITS IN PRISON ny MARK MATTISON sn orpritin n Tha fai nt Chi wad FSR eg | Matron cette ones ee Maes Meee is ir The above stories, and others like alive in the spirit” or “by the Spirit” (I Wisdom and Power magazine. | yi“snralltuscd onthe same incolog. Pel. 318) is essential to the Christian Tisarieleescond oapperr | Paes ne fopel for ler 0 you an of Peaarseee yemacane ns | ‘lem, They ah epend opon the Pepto ae tovgifalcormentson dir | Utaoas wn goto fave rhe MCN ran ica Spe chamccmget ete fey eames end at He nat find cittutRebac epson uM ne a ie wniowerewnsmnrs firmus ect dayne he Sp INFRONT ey Oe eee a aamtal baNew sera) Pe ceo a octioe aatcanetes CER melee rae masta coe Fe Ra er er De pangng So me ee eae eee elena) Mei rec eee gats Seen ee sete at He pacge Seneee stpmined nd ac tot See ee ee ete ments Slats pope Lee ae See Westie see tstirents ta tee Tas Be Te glare rm peer ed mewn eater eee ele ae gens PROCLAMATION DIRECTEDE Roope afta ise atte WiesTnciiny dees Phe cry me se ot atTe Se Rion Seance bas mena aout he ently fe se ee ang Poe oe he ape ode cone qua ‘pe pen ur nami sumac ree outs ge Eaegot ery dc nd re lee at Slaiincuck ncaghtheceninesWitEN DD TAKS PRocLAING Seelam Maley ere sien ee crea er ‘ng been made alive in the spirit, “also 4 number of commentators includ- 4. Bo Reicke!! believes that the spirits ‘went and made proclamation to the ing Archibald Hunter Alan Stibbs;> are both angels and the souls of men, ipiosin proon? Atancany sige 6 Sauer no “ye ait seal eto Bible readers supposed that this meant view that according to I Peter 3:19, scholars recognize that immortal souls that Christ visited hell to preach © Christ descended into hell between His cannot be meant here, Stibbs writes: dead men and women whose souls death and resurrection, Others, incud- Many have wished to interpret Ae cesta eet rein Ot cd, May ary ied re ‘ith century Gospel of Nicdemus chap- arntain that Christ "made proclams- tence to departed human spints Se rate fe, ami Cet ese ee raga preceded by John the Baptist, breaks tion, A third suggestion is that the wsage of Scripture, and with the into hell interrupts conversation proclamation took place Tong before. reference tothe days of Nosh, to est he thal nd Sun, QSIRMON OG ac nee hdc ars cea releases the Old Testament saints; sin posal nce an dciedent grange (Gn 12 Pt Savkiombytiekand cadena Damm cosine dient FE ond puna sprit, Se Ade matte mim apeof Noah Bad at ree the thief who died on the cross. Barnes’ Gleason Archer? and Charles not thus used anywhere else in the ‘mmo molc times hears REY, Ciewen yee Ben ecb ep hamen ee ee Seat me this mythical fantasy. In 1918, as Presi- men, who because of their disobedi- _ On the other hand, angels are called pene eres row Tek Se raat te coats mec Se aac ceke “STIS Tee aS gy ‘This ciaeeene cee Soulenahetie ayer cate amr eee griel i eichlriaGuianta nee A ee ee ea or for mage, een ake Se cee Ona ye, a e Uae doatinsiees aie hallinta cee sera sce encer wih hesemcel hug n I Sos ung roman wold Shadows fom Ceeaen ihe nl hen peer tees Ol iil sprite pepicewtoed aulyloweiemmms ne Felts in Sen neon ‘might cary the message of redemption jertSa" fils death and resurrection doned their proper abode, He has kept igh ay be eran flank ern a death ead erste bods ener ace pe he ya ee eee ae ce seetadae Hegel Scthinpsc, iran bp he Cae ne ee Ser niga "ined ona HAVE CHRISTIANS ALREADY RECEIVED ETERNAL LIFE? By ROBERT L. WHITELAW of speech when we say to person, die, sleep in Christin Hades (1 Cor. "Are you fying to Chicago” while we 15588) and be raised by hs cll on Robert) Whitelawisinoy] == te person standing on the ground that day I that were not so, i would ee ae en brt rot beresumetion dy. ‘hod havemethi peranatyin | This then is why Jemusisspokenofas "tn Ephesians 2548, we have another thom have me a | sue tes tat eon the dekicand the examsle of peppers hee ection’ setlnar During | “fst resurection.” because his res Wwere dend in sn meara that we were arose au a college profeser at | recon mustcome frst inorder to guar” under sentence of death though stil Sante katneten and | nice oor. “Because (chal) live ye alive, @) “Hae quickened ws with lechared extensively on bitieal | shall live alo!” isprolepc of Chris's Chit” means tha Christ's pst resur Gestion sed Resireston thes | ferecton Hira tact ours. rection our fature resume ‘logy We vrelcome him Back to Gon views us as tion: (@) “Has vase us up and urges SHAVING'ETERNAL LIFE madeus st inbeavenly pats” has Thus God, onthe basis of Chris's Hota resent meaning in the piu Tes fe phe of Genova ay ZR ton the tats of Chis's Tainan an tre ely regenpation performing anew bth an lok upon each oa cren on MUMECON thin elves and suing internal hs ie on "having sternal ie Gohn FITS GOSPEL AGE MILLENNIUM ie eg, Jon 315,166 52425; 1125). 5:24). And in John 528 when Jesus [find that prolepsis helps me to Jes ao tue tht Paul sys tat being Saye "the hour ie coming and. snow understand the millennia i Revel “in Chit is being “anew creare” Bf when the dead shal ear the voice ion 203-6. We wha have been given (Cor 5:17). At the name time, tough, ofthe Son of God and they that hear “new life in Chit” by power to con both Jesus and the epistles speak shal ie” he clay mean (0) some guer sin in this le, are spoken of unequivocal of te death of hesin, Of thove under Adam's sentence of “wiging with hin now’reach of wt meaning ral death and burials at eath shall be given the spiritual incur allotted span during this Carpel Yehave sen happen toallsincé Adams. “hearing” that leas to saving faith in Age millennia of thousand of Speaking of Larus and of every stint Chat ee Rom 1017), and 2) those years” and are spoken of a5 "risen yet de, Jesus sald “hough he were who give evidence ofthis faith shall with Christ” Becatae Ns resurrection den yt tl he iv Speaking ofthe eve etal ie on rsumection day, Gast) guaraes our on reuretion lend —Iinchading Abraham, lak and guaranteed night now by new he and day. Christi presently ruling over Jacob, He poke ofthe ane “wha they Victory over sin, thecugh Christ's hesvenand earth Wat 2818/19, And Shall se fom the dead” (Mark 1225- indweling in this present He. Ye all we now serve him as "kings and 27), Paul agreed in Romans £:12:1 those spoken of in fon 525 wil truly priest Rev 16 510;300). TR] Corbis 1533 ee 1992 SUBSCRIPTION FORM ence, we mus recone the wo ndenabe aca Adan dal, Sitar guaranteed cera ie (2 YES Picase enter my subscription for one year at $800 USA) to Resurrection magazine, Encore i $8.00 (USA). 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LAING, EDINBURGH Reyne om The Menger, Ape, 1888, pp 4 85 ered “without” Th Pee forma om every a tha san doch i ‘ut Cl) the bay be at cometh Winter mening he Apo acid {betes here eld nt avebeen "do: ‘bodied Ho ease ings ‘Sone by embodied men Every ‘iota tan doth oe] le a fat the Gen in got, "a et cometh friaton stneth Spit hinowntd Tet not pln at he Apts he wont rend “witht the Body The verb of analy? Andie ot ‘robles be unr he ne ee Retame semen 2 Conathane 1237 ‘hae hn aman a Chis wheter etal or Hoty I cant aed {Tray the dr heaven Yo pordse, Ste" The Spt of he Lond eg ey ‘Phi and he wa fan ot As {991 Pip dots war eu sy ‘ey. The Apostle To, when in he eof Pinas ee cid sey the Spi no the wir” tv. 173. ‘he neces theese son at the prophet ws transported metaly {ie aol im the ron of Ga 50 that while in Pastas a meaty to tenures sie ad {Sve fee wonder vse of tinge fat weretoeome ta pa atewans "Anvil ere he visors ad lation" mentioned by Paulsen td Theard Though ef ell ‘her i wt meaty ce ay int Suck we rub rarer Slaning ofthe language in question Sr ame be ty al Insist proof tama alr ne ‘Sond ae peo cng aed aes SS'shes tetres alive Poot Or is mproeste Ve mos be SUN for ewer te By WS. Gower, HONORARY TREASURER “The honorary teaser of Re erection Fellowship UK inorms {sor the death oa longtime ay porter and fellow worker fn ‘vancing the uth of "immorta iy through Christ Alone After treasurer Oower's tribute to Eustace Mil we ad repent of Bro: Mil artle “The Gospel to the Dead,” which appeared in Resuretion's predecsor Wands af tie sims tie year ogo, We fre grateful to editorial asory Bhatt member Peter Spacey for providing a copy ofthe atic, It was not until nissan this ar that the death of cur brother in “ember 989 we conf tu We knew of faling health in both Eustace and Kathleen hs wie, but fad ne farther news fr some whi ‘Ate living in Paignton, they had ‘mowed to fitaham ecapying# house fon hilsie with fie views scross the bay to Torquay, A local friend Informed that Kaien as shove oration ‘Onrlate brother was known forthe several books he bad waten nd fo der of "Won of Li though hi tikes spanning many year The lat ter werent coins an fevotonal. Formerly a strong dip Salona in later yrs he was ve. ~ TRIBUTE To A BriTIsH BROTHER jpyed to have a pentcostl charisma experience Th the twenties his father Wilfred Mills found friendship with a former Honorary Secretary of the then CM. (sow RE) ~ Me FJ. Oding in Fssex ‘before moving fo Devon Te ist tobeome a condionallt and to write forthe magazine his son, Eustace, fo owed him, as noted above ‘hen he last wrote othe Treasure, Bro Mille reflectd on the closing of {hs milena, 3000 AD. concing $x millenium from Adam, and sid il the Lord's milena ge he seventh? Excing to contemplate” He died in faith antcpating the Coming ofthe Lond sal the resection and Plhcein the coming kingdom. TRL THE GosreL To THE DEAD BY THE LATE J. Eustace Miiis "Who shall give accu to him that fs ready to judge the quick and the dead, For this eause ws the gospel Breached also to them thot are dead Eft they might be adged accontng to ten ivi fea Ut fe ecelng Goa inthespiet (Pet 830 “or this ease A consracton that occurs elsewhere in John 1837, and Romane 185, where is tended “To thir end” le speaks of something tat is'done with an object in view The ont seen as "Rend toad. the died Ar its "For thi ent with this object in view that “the goope twas “preached alco to them {at are dead" Breached “that they might Be Idea" judged. by the Lorde Uicendng fo men in te es “To then that ae dead” The esd as dad teen contrasted wh the en I sng." Who sal give act wo fi hat ‘2Meady to fudge the quick and the dead" he ad could have nce who had lived belore-bebe the Coming of the Lo ano he gop of Hi resurrection. The Lond in Spesking ty Hl judgment ofthe dead ade fl lear tat ths would be preceded by their being risadand neces 5, forts ony a ving, concowsbtngt that they ean stand fo give aceunt st themselves before Hi “The HOU Is coming inthe which all that ae in eaves shall ear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, Unto the ressorection of fe an they that ave done evi unto the esurec: tin of damnation” Gohn 3282), “For this cause was the gospel preached to them that are dead” Or, ‘was good ‘news preached to the nat fort is not necessary what oe term the gospel—the gospel of our Tord Jesus Chst—that is here intend "Who shall give account {0 him that is ready to judge the quick ‘and the dead.” 4. Men informer times had hd what to them was. God's gospel Preachedgood nevcs in espect fo which they are to be held responsible Inthe Lord's day of reckoning. “For uno us was the gospel preached as Well gs unto them? but the word preached did not profit them, not Being mised with foth in them that Tear (te, 42) And these were the generation of arael whe, perished in {he wilderness. And the Gene word ‘vas el tobe “wihont exes” since Geta note Himself vethout wi est here being in eetion tel ul cent tetimony to Fis elemal power and Godhead (Rom. 120; Acts 1615 “That they might on the one hand) be judged secording to men inthe flesh" And judgment aconding to ‘whats rel of men inthe esis Drinple which Got has made oper five in every generation and under every administration” Eeclsiastes Stated tthe, “Cou shal Sing even ‘work nto agent with evry se thing whether be good, or whether stheeui" 48). And the Epites Aifirn the samme, “For we mast al Spear betore the jxgment seat ot Ghat that everyone my seve the things dane ne bay coring To tha he hath dane whether be good orbad @car 5; Col 335, But (om the other hand) live acconng to God in the apt” The “hte eves between he ud ent as fo the espns fem st ther earthly He vmea fn the fea thet ile in resurection (Gas god news to men in every age fa had msuecon in view He gate promises the flillment of when oul ony be beyond the pre Ab $m ask Yor tatty at hah he foundations» hope which ed to ‘ew hima asa ranger a sor cron earth. But wile good news of ‘hd Se fo this ts nd a ot Ail the Lord's resurrection that the ‘ne of ht ie wa reves “The Lond was “Put to death inthe fesh, but quickened (made alive) By (eon on page 9THE OLD TESTAMENT AND SIN’S PENALTY ture punishment for the ins of the preset ei universally allowed tobe taughe im Septet ih Sect to ts nature and duration, very Eire opinions are entertained ting each of them the doctrine of God's word. Therefore “tn what il the etral sate the ost const” i hod that il not consist no tema ile spent in pain of body o = ‘more of mind bt Sat eo tr ‘Euthanasia whch sie forever We wil fet [eon athe testimony of te Old Testa: ment This is indeed by no means 50 ‘Ser ether as fo the fre of he se some o the lst a the New Test stent but there ae undoubtedly in ‘anyplace, noni nts ter btn Iivenler portions) which speak of tot DEATH, THE PENALTY GOD "ANNOUNCED Death was the penalty which God ‘originally pronounced againt human She AI that Cod parponed to nit Upon Adam ands posterity in case cof tranagresson i included in that ‘word "death" “ta the day that thou ‘atest, thou shal die (Gen. 22.1 {ofthe utmost consequence then that we should understand what God meant by death; nor is there the Smallest diffieulty in doing 90 if we Sil only attend Yo what recon and Fstice rut and what Seipere Dressly dectares. ls meaning, then, fre contend tobe, when ts that at tached to sin asa penalty, te fs of Ivor exsence Voice from thePast Part I By HENRY CONSTABLE ‘One of the frst principles of justice requires that partes threatened with « Penalty for transgression should have The fulest opportunity of understand. ips fol Ada of Sas iy, spes to Adan of death a ting, ‘howe nature Adam knew Now Ada mew very well what death wes none Sense, and in one senso le knee to be the law of the lower creatures, Sd to const he Ln of ther Bag le existence He knew nothing of any ther senses of death, suchas “death it Sin or “death fo sin for in his inno anew, did not know what sin wast Si suil less Ghd he understand by death an eteralextene in agony He had one sear, wellunderstood serve for death the los of lie ana being When God, therefore trestened death to Adam asthe penalty for diobed nce, Adam could only know that ny to mea that he would become It is of the utmost consequence that we should understand ‘what God meant by “death.” comseeeaas iipeeorarrees genneracrn apeiron te Seer eee Care Sorin eoree Ran eeaa eee 2 come imwarat then fe goes on to lay down the as- ‘ound tion hat ether the isda dealings of God nor man” Sue ot “the extent” of the SNould be "unfolded before the tins of those who may expose thet hve toi they ote Bs pro fesor of theology had consulted fSsor of jsprdnce he woud! ave bee informed tat hen man ‘apable of Knowing the nature of peal, he cannot be subjected tof eu teat have the Opportunity st knowing or human i il not ‘ake hi Lable: he professor had Consulted that divine law which he Sas undertaken to teach, he should have krown that sie eo the slice thatthe divine Lawgiver Mims the fosnation ois ome ‘Theold moray ofthe land of Ur was 1ighe than tha breathed n some the: lopieal seminaries spurned the ‘at at mortal man tld be more fasta Go| “The only meaning which Adam could itach to death asthe Gheat= ed penalty for transgression i tha which God imac expressly at- tached te As soon a8 Adam fant fressed, Cod came to Nin aad re- ested io him in other words the Penalty he had js incor, [Dust how art and wnt dust i how retry (Gen. 3199. God's deiiion Sf death nite forthe fist ras fessson i frequent repeated in the {eter srptores Paul tl ha the dent which all ten actually a dergo, whether they are among the Saved or the lost and therefore an ‘tera existence in pain can He no part of its meaning Such too was {he death which Christ endured for human seine very sme penalty to is fal extent to which man was ox: posed; and therefore spinal death, ‘era ema if in misery ean for so part whatsoever of ts meaning! accept Gos onching, the early Dretaed sense of dsath. Iwas not [pinral death: that was the sinner’ fully 2 but wot the penalty for his “continu on pe Suv’s PENALTY... Part I (continued rm poe 8) sin. was not an eternal existence in pun. I's simply the withdral of le whose tn tim and beet had ‘ben lost God said nothing inthe Fst instance of transgression as. 10 ‘whether his death would be temporal fr etal bt wha the death wa he ily explained both by word and by cxample, He gave life tothe race of san, and he would withdraw tat ie ifman sinned. Such was the simple fcriptural meaning of that word Senn about which Christian the logians have writen hoe Rares of eonfsed argon and hopeles non Sense, ever since the introduction of the Paton dogina ofthe inalienable Immortaty of tan compelled hem fo hol that al men must liveforever. ur ener wh fo ude fr dm selves ofthe effect which the dogma has had upon scriptural exegesis lt them compare the luck comments of the Christan father enaeus (ho ws unacquainted vith {) withthe flowse Alerings of Moses Sta when ath ae dficeusing the same grand subject lent the penalty ofan THE NORMAL MEANING ‘oF beat Teds spd on Gol Ria ne operat ped of fan Ry as as Bt sera eld where a Sie anf de. rs unsyetie pe taryad inthe ce fe pat ‘Adam had one clear understanding of death: it is the loss of life and being. jpriy of humankind, the only—mean- Ing of the word, in every languge and very tribe ofthe earth. “The worl Says Athenagoras, "epand deal 96 {dap sleep aa orgettlnene”® hs primary sense of the word has ‘een tml impressed onthe human sind by the perpetual recurrence of Afath itl among al the cetures, AS ‘result, even though numberless ‘wards inthe progres of te havea fumed senses wholly allen or conta {o their orginal meaning, thir word “death has remained tae to og al init various applications. Thus we aver Scripture the expressions “dead tors and "dead to the law” In our ‘atechism we have the pase "a death lunto sin” And in ordinary life we peak of pemons being “den” to {in posins or afc. Al sich ex Dreatons are derived from physical {cath and are tre tot original See, ‘They imply the departure and conse: ent nonexistene of relations and feelings which were once sont dxh Sin ae ‘earto the renewed mind: he ol eae Hon af the Ia has cence 49 befor the believer: the former frend no anger Tove. n every case, something hs is appeared from existence ‘THEOLOGY REDEFINES DEATHL “To the sense thus imposed on death in all nes and by al uations, in mary and secondary implications, here ison exponen ff Ine oly of potion of Chrno. Compe by a fale dogma and 9 Site eee of punishment aig rn Ita is ate to mount et op Past, fe-eome “condition of being But this late meaning atached by nan Chita to the fers death [a8 Said ies pang Safeco Scomeckems camel eg at SCet eth sie and mey could oe eee ae Seg eee ct pore mal berate peeps aaa miyemecs giles eee Seaeneenet eer neeenee ee ace eveeriena seep pind = at oe a Satyr ione,widine ne = ieee The penalty of denth is simply the withdrazoal of a life whose true aim and object has been lst. ‘hey apply No fate punishment, a ol mat oc ep s tee Inthe Old Testament Thre the Mord mit be fake inte gene Got ies stamped upon it and eft une Changed. itis thereover and over Sain esto asthe end, nthe tire age of bat onogeuor For fl Sach God declares He hae “provid Ca the Ineramons of deat” Divine srindoon decane, “They that hate me ine deni An tothe wished Goa ‘ys "Thou sal surly Br forthe ou tat inet shal ie As pa ip ss words cn express, Serpe di tubes betwen the inl ss ae the state of sinners, te ther moral dent apd tt death whlch God wil Ss fur pro init on ner at Ponishment These to things (hue nants moral dead and Go's Petal ahh perfec confound i he Aspen yoo ‘Say kp lnc the Se pes. Carl thinkers ow tha the death pronounced inte pasage above ap Bes ture punches rather than {othe death we all experience se de GospEL To DeaD... (conte from page) heap (Pet 319. Hen eur tons "the tas Adam a gucken- Inge geingeapit Car {28a And i togh Hn a ding to Cod the: mat ‘cong Col te sua "A SG hue ete ‘whee dey shal era ve ie of Cod in he "Ar Fc thor ath en Nc th Gre tothe Son to have fein Hn SEP ete ving Ether hall set sande nth a ea ‘Sieh me ever he salve by mc" {onsen ‘ur and immorality, clea he" A ‘Socking which has ben granted fuiiment—fulimen ato ther ‘esled foundation ofthe Loss ie, ‘cathand renemeton, Tapes lary Teter 1566 be understood ir in accord with he Scripture’ testimony a8 to the State ofthe dead, that they sleep, (conta on age 10)GospEL TO DEAD. (continu fom pg 9) they know not anything They die Srowerable for wat hey have been Semen inthe flesh” But no more {© know ought unt aued by the Lents command, The pasage as however, been much Confused in thatthe Reference Margin in many Bibtes inks i with Peter 319 Wwhich reads. “He eent and reached uno the spss in prison ‘ansocation of Passages which fas been thought imply thatthe Lond went an preached the gospel $e them that ate dnd” eile ey swore nd That he dead Spins Conscious in some underworld sre ttn en ton ce Second to he opportunity they may Rave repetd inthis ie ‘The answer is that the Lord's reaching after is resection wat ott the dead, as nt to men, but twas to “spints’fallen angels held Sind acttnon or a ey paras reason, “Chat being pot to deal inthe es, but quskenet inthe spr in which sso he went and preached ttt the spins in prison, which afore time were dicbedient. in the days OF Noah (1 Pet 348-9 RVD. Ange ae created “pints” (eb. 17). And "God spared’ not the angele that sinned, but east them down to Ta tatu, and delivered them into chins cf datnas to be served uno jd tent and spared not the od word ‘ved Nate Pet 245). “The Lord “wen and preached tothe isin prison and We word is, pro- Gite as hea The Late on. ‘spl Son of Man, went and heralded Taf persona viclory over death to {hae spins who in the old world had Sorupted the seed of man. itary Hehad acquired by His own sight fsouaness here in this scone of their former dsobedtence, News whith to {hem was no news of hope and sl ‘hom but the ofthe Longe ls ght atthe sien Man, one day to ‘sppearto judge and to condema them "There i therefore no justifation for sszortng thse wo Sep togeter “The pint’ to whom te Lond hosed His uumph were fallen sp angels trio hadsimed, held ade ase sere um aament™ Theme cur pusge on hc ther band, whom Bosh mew wasreached were ‘esd™hey had died wih the respon. sty of ving ear in THE BIBLE SPEAKS TODAY sy Davp A. DEAN, EDITOR 1 his brie but stimating wo sume {0 the Book” Semel (ew Yor, 187,138 pope) Fee a aesteg eit oe fn fam tata cunt ickngham Palace rng ‘of Quen Vitoria. On presenting the ie of thelr prince her mat, Toren the sort of England's lor “Haig produced fapy ote Die het hem ‘earl wo thi oat i ees from her ip “el the pine {ot thin the secret of England's sosinen (p a) “That bile which leant to Eng- tana ts gresines i il alive al Speaks tay Dept the fet ofthe iets gen ge ail spel today There ate many Seniptral ‘hserations about the ving mes Sapecithe Be and woul keto Inve yo loc with men several of tem ep viene Be ae Suncor cecal camenhe eet ongeenareatas eee creas cereanenere teen sie Oe peta simple pont but it 1a one in the Jesus in John 53, for example observes that ‘men search the St {or eternal fe. These seme Seri tures are, in reality, testifying to Jesus. The meaning which Jesus teaches to these words is simply altho ens pointing man to mel a te oly ‘ray to eternal ie The Bible isnot fn end in itsel, but isa directional sien pointing homanty fo Jou 28, Tn its entirety, both Old and |New Testaments Hind he nity in the person af Jesus Christ The O14 Tis coming, descelbes Fis person. and points forward fo His The New Testament io. iuces the One who has come as Saviour, Who has ‘death ad all His fees, the One who will, Pee cect gamectmeneae fates eee Seta rres Seaeeentes eace thatye might believe hat Jesus is fone Seer ave eae Percent eee eee Epica coe Ste Cooma ae et cerita ence ees caaencee erase a ceyetars ‘mary purpose than te paint ment Individual salvation in Chast isto desecrate a Foy Book, | now that ome people use the Bibl for tment clever quatotions, or odd re Sean ecu ‘mankind to fess Chat st Saviour ganigasen ies eeceeiaae era obe oa ceria mn ‘Fy Gaye of asin, et ome eee Sores =e ee Sees: =e eae. ton, The response of fesus? “I is ‘wetien, Ma shall not lve by bead stone, but by every word that roceedeth from the mouth of (Continued on page 12) NEWS FOR OUR UNITED KINGDOM READERS fone ‘This regular feature inchdes a newsletter and onder {orm especially for Resurrection Fellowship (UK) mem bers. 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Gower, 1 Whalebone Avenue, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex, RM6 GDA,THE BIBLE SPEAKS TODAY God The Bibl is strength for dally ie, {God speaks tous tay. ‘A very beaut and unusual Psat tn the OL Testament i Palen 119 which ‘we Know asthe longest chapter inthe Bible This pain cont of fentyt70 tection of ght verse each In ech soe ‘Son every vere Begin with the same letra the Hebrew ape In sera, {his iss mechanical and almost ari ‘vay of assembling group of verse. ‘Ane ye, thor nothing dead about hs Dralm=it is both fegiving and beaut Flas the inspired writer shows that very letter ofthe Hebrew language t= Dituingly witnessing tothe glories of Stare. The esl sa euperbly beat fal tate to the practical valve ofthe Book And wile we cannot lok a hs chaper in deal dere ae several an lar'erses that iustrate how the Bile ives strength for dally le “Tay words tp unt ny fet aight unto my path (Ps 10105) The Bile strengthens aby giving un windomm regarding the toy We ort wll: And wt nee ddom, Yor there are many decison th world gone astray, we rust decide w Eight or wrong what is compromise ‘eth convictions hats the wl of Cd Ferme, Asbomagnin Christians we can ot dstegard these decisions, We cannot sve must not st like te ordinary man ‘Our e man be iferent What stall we fo? Let the pastor decide for us? Not mang pastors or congregations would ean at. God's Word speaks tay a6. revelation of Gu's will and 0 provides ‘Sregth with wisdom ““Wherewithal shall a young man deans his way? by taking ed thereto according to Thy Word = Thy word fave Mid in my heart that T might not sin against Thee” (Ps. 199,10. These ‘erste should interest us who ive in Gays of teenage drugreddiction, of Teale jacketed pangs and of vere ‘tne, For youth, young manhood is ‘Ssocatad withthe Exess of passlon, ic, thi and iniquity In he age of ‘sist driven towards, the Bibles bist oped a strength for daly ving find to austain one fy the temptations foward ain Tauppose not vey dif Sui ep a aged pers rm the Tneliness and bitterness for om Chis {Si sterile tine of ile), no iit oo eu curb the outrage fam nda. ‘Bu when sin eure greatest preesre {nlite God's word is peovising us {continue frm page 10) strength to overcome it.The Bible is Strength ined for ie Inthe thied place, the Bible speaks today ts the Sword ofthe Spit The Sword ofthe Spirit Whats sharvelous of speech ithe ical frm The Ri ot Can the le rn age to ge S Godin Acton When God wither {o'Send His Som nto the word, Hee once of the Holy Ghose When Cod ‘vishes Yo anoint Eis Son athe begin Ting of His ministry is done by the Holy Ghost When God wishes to fase Jesus, He dogs t by the Holy spint When He wishes to endow Ils Church wth powers by the Fay Spit When (God would bang forth the frat of lovee Tess hin Fl chen He does by the fruit of His Holy spirit When He she to commission and empower His workers He provides forthe gts of His SplntAnd, when He wants to speak Swords man ness to hear He gives fe The Scriptures insplzed by the Spin. ‘And, en He woeld save men fom sit ty the new-bich, hey are born by that pint When He seal eit iby the Holy Spit, this showing tothe whole wel He ovmerip of When le wisest jee power in prayer the Spt i S57 meth ineteaeion for ts When Goa wishes to guide ws through His Won't iby te Sp nso jn ont every relationship ofthe Father 0 ‘man i accomplishes by Fis Spin ave the ovark of the Som rom eeation Yo rerention, When God ets ts almost invariabiy by His Holy Spin. “An the Bible say that this Book x the Sword ofthe Spin When God Himself moves by His Spint He moves with this book inthe Tes of men. The Bible ang sword a wovedged sword, dividing asunder Sind sinsing, cutting, probing deeply {nto the sous of ment the instrament by which the Hly Sprit works boeh n {elves ofthe unsaved nd within tone ‘who have execs saving ft Jos Tat ue ot thnk ha ve ay rifle with {his Book Is the Sword of he Spat If ‘we nee io shut God's Spirit out of our Ives {sub all we need to do to lose ths Book and pucitaway. We will ‘hen live empty, powerless, unsatisfied, nl sltcentered lives hat ae strong tate to the ings of ts word "Far te athe Savor ofthe Spit snd we are tld to take a ep on {he whe snout of God todo se for (Chest (phasians 9 tis th one ears ‘St defert and ene in ths great ste tthe Chitin Ife Wi ae take and ‘seit. tsa worthy weapon indeed Tn ie fourth place, we ought to observe thatthe ie speaks as Sed ut Sen ory tha thin a pate fhe Soe in Mathew 1 twit ts parallel inthe cther Gospels. Jesus apee simply ofthe universally owe fact that Go sed oatened dows rot always produce a erop because of rks bird, tn weed Une the soit {god the sr dows not produce reas {fs we all noe whether or nate a farmers and gardeners. The Bibl sk ‘ed that son outs Tteceme to me tha one lesson here ils tenet the fat ta he Ble not 0 atc Today thete ae Tandy mart fn ‘Ses where on can tke a washing pa {na washing machine neta cot and leave: When one return in the alloted time, the laundry i completely washed nd ded, The pros sautomate Notso ‘vith the Bible'as speaks tous. A mas smay st down dually eth his Bible, ‘mechanical hue through the a Fron and ecve non often He ay memocze a pump, oF een sty 3 fortwo the Word sd tl nt secere Flat inthe al analy the value 1th ible you leat upon be cond Fool your hat when you operas If Your heat shad, your wil unveiled, Sour eyes et om thi word, you have no Fight expt Cod to pak to you in ss Word. Gol speaks though and in His ‘Word tt He televised which ae ow present inthis rom, we re ot ned in we dona cre the msg hear His woice His message there 30 Pn cannot be mined and ye fen ons ie out of harmony one ae ‘orto ear bt he bear mo 'o you when you come to this book most Ge wiling to receive it othe very Spicer le Neate tnd Some other iterate, ae ease 1 Obey ‘wha fh ods He wil sil be abet at Te he study. Bu you else to 0 thee ta ou snl bce Yost dod BoD il es eed ling ‘han groune tht has no place to take Toot The Bible weguires am hones lle Medeiros” “The ible pea toy, but we mut wing bey. 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FowLER, ER.CS. ‘The words of out Lard to the mpentant hae equi iced show tthe tens pred feat hetero the day of hs death and that believe oo fever when We sgt ht he nerpetain s caplet kg a that the words th mete an wider Sona wile a tery dire meng. eis fandaental ale ofa erate ‘tty por page mas Be ape by eee to oth the worse and She ate Ts pepe was cette by Me Coverse who pode! he fst ‘np tana of he Bie et Engh in sa hs prologue be wot, oil ly Help yout derstand Septet Sook ht only what wee a of {hom and to whom with wat wend, ‘at tse ere teen eat ‘Simi hg wc Sh what flows ae thereto when Yourmad Sep be wie nd ceanepc.” ‘bet fn conser he worded by cue Lad The words in or English Bes Se of couse, slated fom te Grek ingunge in wich mos he New Tet set wes probaly writen Albough we do fot poses an oft gal wis we do Save very ety copes dating from teh ena These ey Grek Rs woe wr fen wth apa eter una ant ee tree no pce ete the woe tbe any parc The werd ffs {hehe se shown bow a ty appa {helamos Cex Nese mare {he sere ha Ben wring Engle th {he some format would hae Toke ke Aspsauprounregeses viuavromirobsvt rAIMETHOUSHA(THEIARAESE Fam it edn ate le cout of tae worst ps ‘pening cn wher we owe 1 ae he pocustin So fous might haved See Eten ns the dy tbe wath then unde “ey ty a ee, yb sath npr” Sth ee cnr alee sheen ering the re meg of Caron work an ely b deem y tte rom oer prot Sap: One tel equ would be to exami how Uke ede od dyn ther ro SsGarpel and nthe Ack The Ge wort fry ak 2 2 gt nin ae fend Plaid woul Gk et tlt, bt al it iar a pee totam od aopeer sch at (Sart thas tote” Aad NS Paul says “Wherefore take you to rc is a at pre ror the ond of a ten” in bo hese ce the see ines Tt day’ ods the pcg verb td ‘ur Erlich Authored Verso has seted ‘he appropeate punctuation. ‘Othe oer hand ake 199 we ad, and Jes sad uk Mi, T dy come to ths hue, esc abo son of Abraham’ And in Acs 1233, "The at my Som, hs day hate I gain ‘hen ints hoe ces day moses he {slowing wtb and the wor have sen ‘ely puncte bythe walter. “The words ust the tee usual In hat dese aly tance a whch Lake ‘hes the word ern loday) where the ‘alg ofthe teat sn bvius So ee ‘Sal bate obo our ery ad dy the contest o drcamtances which the words of Jess wee spoken Fou quesions ‘rote newer ney 1: What athe het segues? 2 Whatell Jens mean by prada? 2. heed Jug on the dy that be ‘ed? 4. ld hespak of purr day? 1, WHAT WAS THE THIEPS REQUEST? ‘This very inptat bees ts the ese of our Land's tawer The te sido Jo “Lor, remeber se when thou coma io thy Kingdom: “The Lingdom that Jesu procaine was ‘sed om ves unslonmed by i aching (se Mathew 134-8). Athough he Hing dom wns innagorate by Js hie fe cing ee ue 1619 Jesus ala spoke of ‘ago nthe ature in is ‘rerun thee the adgment an tng, rewards Mathew 14-38) Atthe Last Supper fess sad wl ot desk of he Irull of te vie ul the Kingdom of Goo fal come His dips cleaned the fate apt of fs Knglo when they {shad Jur ream, "Wk to hi me estore spain the Kingdom to ‘esa Pal wie ewed the Hgsom (Crit ns ftare event hen he hago Sime” before Cod an the La os Christ who shal judge the ving andthe fan ts appar sd hs ingen (@tinowy ath ‘By dcring that Jou wae Inne the ‘he showed the ke Js Hs rot toe ovanded when Cha ame at is ig mean a ee Bae tp pect ngs, Feeds itl imagination to pare his sus tandingon he ngs ofthe cod tering to Jose prescing the gospel good evs ofthe king of Ged Perhaps he ad been aiong the mullite that Jesus aca fo with bread ad it Per Taps hed tee oe of thse many ples whe tok efense atthe eaching of [esd and “wet bck an weld no more with him" ohn 668) But whoever he Wass request demonstrated now (ip of jut and heen He id ot sxEottetaten to heaven because the aoe he had ard ous preaching was Sot about going to heaven ut abot is ming king sponte eh 2. WHAT DID JESUS MEAN BY PARADISE? ‘The promise of ess thatthe thet would Be with bts in paradise wat 90 {pprupriat renga to peton css paradise an appropriate ame forthe ture Kngsom of Casto eats ‘The word in Grek ra’ eich dived rom Pei word mean dor The sme worded he Ge ttarsaton of the OU Testun he Sep {tag in Genes 28 where we red "the Lon Go pane garden rae) canard in Ede, we consider the changes which i ‘xr at the eum of he ord Jus Chis te shal see ow appropriate was Jes “esrpion of hs kiana padi or (gut Forecanpe lectin ees este tiewhe he goo Tis srrid sre taken over by Ihe Lord Jeu Gia there will be 2 judgment and tewards and God “wl dey the ha ‘en tert” When tis appens the ‘sh ibe enafrmed os former sate sf being “very good and wil ecome 8 ‘ew Biden Hence te promise of out Lard In Revelton 27 “Tom hat overcome ‘il ive fea of thee of which In then of the parade of Gol The arth restored to Eleni Paradise the ‘hima flint of many of the isons tthe Old Testament prophet ce aah Stand Ere 90) “There an interesting referees pa vein? Corinthian 14 ee al Probably speaking of himsell and he Equts prado wth he "td eave Paulie dsing the language of 2 Peter 3 ere eaves repeat he the reo Fhiman hsry The fist heaven was the tor oe Abd eer 3 these Und heaven nthe presenter wesc, Sting eden taatrmation sine wicca wil be esd vr en will begin and here be si Beavers and ne cary wherein elt Fahtonsne ene 1) (conned on pge 15)“DARING TO DIFFER: ADVENTURES IN CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY”, sx sissy Barc REVIEWED BY ‘Tom WARNER, BOOK Eprror ‘The author presents condition- a immortaltyin an ensy-tonend format, by telling of “adventures” be Of mlnatry and interaction with ach ‘related Feder ereeeatismsns tate Sid Hatch began to question the ae Aivonalis view that human beng are ‘naturally immorta while a young Bator in Lan Angele stedylng te Etevidence ofthe bible language, the original text, that changed my slewpolnt- (ph WHATS A LIVING SOUL? there was any one verse in the Bible that had opened up the truth to me, it wat Genesis 29. God Normed man of the dust of the round Then Fle breathed into his oss thereat of ie’ The result of this combination was that man became ‘nliving soul” Man is Tiving reature not an inimora sou Genesis 1] verse 30 tld me in the vigil text that in every animal pon the ar every nthe evens and in very reping thing upon the earth there as sl He’ ing soul The ‘in mph fromthe er psa ing to Benth orto drow 8 deep breath? Hence anes or out 8 bret rete Wen combined with the Here sro fo ing” sin the pase eps ‘haga tmp means ving ret ing being” According tothe Creation fctoun th man a he aa a ing sui or ving brething beng oprah IS RESURRECTION A RE-CREATION? was standing in the hallway of the church when to ladies in he co fregation approached me. "Pastor? eased, how does i work in the resrtetion? The body Is doen here fon cart, but the soul i up in heaven low dothey gt togetier™ "it was a bfling question, even for young immortalsoulis fresh out of fetnnatyt ss Tquicly contrived my wn scenario for the resurrection “Whycubcthe body goes up, and the soul comes dawn, and somewhere in eteen they get together Oh.” the two ladies sad, and such to'my elle, did nx press the matter further, With s smile on our {hess we closed the church and went oT have thought about that inc dent iany tines Fortunately, God is patent with us. Over the year the c= Eimstances of my teaching o expos tory minsry have brought many pos Sages of Scripture to my attention, One of them which T have found helpful fas been John 521 Fora the Father faiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son guickeneth ‘tom he wil Raise ups the King James translation of the Grek word ‘gi which actually means to awaken Someone from sleep, andthe, second: iyrtoaree or sep. “Quickenet fs the King James rendering of spo, "ogee or marae” eis the second ofthese two words concerns me here. Zoos means “Rive! and pose meas make cet for, produce, ete Putting the two words Feptier v hve the ve sno meat ingiteraly to make alive, rede ale oF vento frm alive in he context of Jo San would mean o crete ore po son's buy again and ive ie “On the sth day of creation, God formed Adam andl made Nir alive with ‘oreath of ie inthe resureton, He reforms, or recreates, the person insantancodsy This mon ince the {infusion or iabreathing ofthat life ‘which wl at forever. “Thy, have head snot our recon but rather recretion The other ‘Soothe sowed soul or spiitenity, ‘wherever ith ben sp bck ino 8 dy spain he Sept do inte tthe ure involves rcretion. The dro pa sed in the compound Sak ot inns work of eto Cae er the pancple enna ia Pa 0429.50" takes away hee breath (racy and ets die and return to dist He sender i pit a an “heyarecete eee i). Fay geo dn Roms 7. “There we rend that God Tors ale the dead and cin etenes ng a nate (pp 50. "A SURPRISE IN JOHN 3:16 “t have explained how Genesis 27 helped me to understand the nature of man Ina amir way, familar New Testament verse helped me 10 under- sland the nature of he gospel Tas tenching sh adult Sunday School las and the lesion for the next Sunday included John 316~°For God so loved the word that he gave Ris only begotten Son, that whosoever Delieveth him ahould not pera, Bt have everlasting “ST carefully pored over the passage ‘before me looking up the words again, and considering ther relationships to ‘ach other Inne {came to the word ‘pers 9 ansltion ofthe Greek ‘eb ent which means o destaoy ‘tenor simply "to destroy” Tn the mide voice, as John 316, i means to be destroyed or to be put to sath “Twas somewhat taken aback by what Thad obuerved. This word pai In indicated thatthe wicked woul be Aestroyed or put to death. I did not Say they would be formented forever Tat and thought for 3 long tie. Cou it be that the tebe doe trne of anmiiltion was right eral? Could ibe that the lost wil simple be ‘Seatoyed and not tortured forever in SReyheit The mont dating thought of al was the question, Do dare to tell my dass what T have de ‘covered? Or shall Yake the easy tray out ond give hem venesh ok Iny henverandhel theology? Te was Exes! moment in a young pastor's ie (peas) (continued page 15) First IMPRESSIONS, SECOD iD THOUGHTS... ABOUT BooKs DaRING TO DIFFER: ADVENTURES IN CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY Continued rome yoge 1) GOD-A CONSUMING FIRE? “One Saturday morning, as 1 made my way through the fark, | noticed & group of men clustered ‘ear a small shade te. Obviowsly, they were listening to. soapbox om toror preacher, eT Rear the singing ery “Our God i's consuming fret The voce ‘was not that ofa speker but ofone of the members of Rs congregation FT hal any immediate reaction, was recognition thatthe man was tng From the Biblebut not a fart thought tobe taken erally “the passage of Serpe which he shouted was Hebreves 1229, "Con ‘ming’ isa translation of the Greek werb Latanatsto.Avelisho means to ‘consume’ or “destroy” The prepon- ton i, prefsed to the verb, intene- fee fs meaning: To consume wholly orthoroughy Fra Delietzach, in hit com: smenis of Hebrews 1229, describes fie sha twossided idea 1 inches holy wrath and holy love. Those who Spire to the heaven love manfstn Jenus Chest wil be glorified by the Tight. But those who love darkness rather than ight wil be eonsutred by the fie of God's wrath. By dicting the power of His holy wrath against allhat is unholy, He becomes con: Suming fire “This is what we mean by condi- tional immortality, something I dd hot se the morning {walked rough the park in Long Beach. Those who ‘oleve in Christ wil be glorified by the flery light of God. Those who spur that ight must be consumed, {br who can det in a devouring fe” {ef Teiah 33.14 pp. 1-60, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? In answer to this question, Pastor saten Hts several afeas of doting Witch are affected by whether one Delleves immortality ts conditoned {pon faith in Chr or fea natural Possession of man since creation. “Then he points out that ~ Natu sal oti oper he dot arts of vagaries such as spritual- {sm invocation ofthe sins tans gation of soul, reincarnation, et If the dead are alive somewhere in the Universe, peshape man can commun tate with them? So Feasone natural immoral ‘Conditional immortality os- «= the door onthe vagaries of mara ftamortality The dead are totally unconscious in thelr graves. They “know not anything (Bec 95 thelr thoughts have perished [Ps. 14641 ‘And, since theres no such thing ae an itamoral soul theres no such ting sternal torment ‘Most importantly, i affects how one views God's chavacter "<7. Tha Gost ofthe conditional s Both just tnd meres not = operating a tor ture chamber forall eternity some- were inthe universe” (pp 122.129), ‘CONCLUSION Some readers will be uncomifort= able with the author's materialistic ‘iow of man's nature’ Others will Sisagree with his iden that our beng made in God's image necessitates that God must exist ina anclite “body” spiritual shape These contoversal ints abide, the Dookis.a homey, yt S\olry defense of the Bible! view that only those in Christ will Become immoral atthe ressrection. TR] ENDNOTES 1. LE. room relate Pastor Hates try tn The Cntonalit Fath of Our Fathers (VoL Ih pp, 129-1030 aso reonded In Wi fife he former tie of Rese retin magazin), August 1962 2. Franz Delitasch, Commentary onthe Epo he Heres transit rom the (German By Thomas (- Kingsbury (Ee 5, th 368 2. The author dost mind saying he (psess) 4. CL. pp.28.27. In other writings, the tutor heated naan Fe of Gots ate Dyinc THIEF .. (continued from pge 13) fue Ee voaed or ress orm doc etc S Sacra carats eel wae ceare PS eos Du aeeel ore tei neta ar cae a Sp eee eum ree ARTE Te Satie meanceae eae eee oe aan Ei Meri Kngson of ieee Heit arene aces ante ortega ore pee ed ip Asie aes ae ree et yak sehr nop tacit soa See ees ‘be exceedingly glad: for great is your Seen nes Beier ae ee ae eee Soe ee Sea ae eter eee es ea eurased ee ar ea Tin mera eed Sang scones er spn fen as i el ene Ras heaps ta nee Bache Geto Snare Se Seg Soe eae Se oes ST ee Tac or a cere cen Sera emis ae Sieieias Gn aiacete ane peers fpampabccee et maePALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA USA W. Stanley Mooneyham, former leader in American evangelical cir- cles, died on June 3, 1981 following 8 long and diversified career. He was 65. Dr, Mooneyiam was best [known for his work as president of ‘World Vision from 1969 to 1982, ring which time he effectively directed evangelical efforts to feed and relocate thousands of Viet- ‘amese boat people, Not so well known were his earlier efforts as a special assistant to evangelist Billy Graham and his association with the National Association of Evan- gelicals (NAE). In addition to his editorship of United Evangelical Ace tion (1959-1964), he filled in for a brief period as NAB’ acting direc: tor. At the time of his death he was ‘minister at large for Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Chureh, MONROVIA, LIBERIA Dr Steve Befus, SIM medical mis- sionary, has retumed to the site of the mission’s ELWA radio station coast near Monrovia. As reported ivan earlier issue of Resurrection, TELWA fell victim to Libera’s civil ‘war violence and had to evacuate its personnel and patients. Now the clinic has reopened on a limited ba- sis in its severely damaged facilities surrounded by continued national ‘unrest. Repairs are being made and SIM hopes to reopen the hospital land gradually normalize its mis- sionary efforts there, So badly was the ELWA transmitter building damaged that present plans are not to rebuild, SIM is exploring other alternatives which will decentralize broadcasting, uiize other exsting broadcast facilities, and construct lower power stations in a variety of locations BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, USA The evangelical social agency Samaritan’ Purse has responded t0 the desperate need of those suffer ing in Yugoslavia as a result of the Serbian-Croation military confit, ‘They have dispatched twenty thou (cach accompanied by a Gospel of John and other Christian literature) for use in treating the wounded. These were transmitted through their London-based alate Samar- itan International, From Canada the first two of an intended four forty-foot cargo containers of blan- kets and clothing have already been sent to Yugoslavia, ‘Although it is not widely known, the strife, in Yagoslavia as This nat just anti conflict; it has religious underpinnings... religious overtones. United Evan- ‘gelieal Action reports thatthe evar ‘gelical Yugoslavian theologian Pe ter Kuzmic recently told a Min neapolis audience, "This i not just fan ethnic conflict; it has religious ‘underpinnings. The Serbs are East. fern Orthodox, and the Croats are [Roman] Catholic” Dr. Kuzmic re- Ports that an alliance between Ser bia and staunch communist army generals is a major factor in the ‘and hospital complex on Liberia's sand emergency health care kits strife iki Pastor's LinaRy FOUNDATION Post Office Box 353 ner Pree Sterling, Virginia 22170 8 Passos FORWARONG aNO RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED emt 7 CONTENTS Sin’s Penalty in the Old Testament Part II, Henry Constable ce Page 19 Promise to a Dying Criminal~ Part II, A.W, Fotler on ee .-Page 21 RESURRECTION Omer Ne FOB rs rere et ISSN 0895-8327 $2.50USA) age a)‘EDITOR: David A Doon ASSOCIATE EDITOR: ‘Berane Baten [BDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: eran Eatery, Ini akon Pater Spacey Unite Sates: nes Brandybery, (Ct cine, Chases Crt, oer Mayes To Warner, Robert Preniaron Resumton spb ty the Pos ters Libra Raton fr the Roe ‘tneion Flows fa Amer ae the United Kingtom. These Fallow hips ae par of am interaational movement of Christan within the one Ae ord snd Saree Sates Sart aie eta eras ‘Siveinmoraiy ho Jas Co eee een sinus pepe erties clue Sone Shae tc ner oe Sehariceas ore tf Godan eres Sitcunn shanty The webs of he Coca ea eee See ‘ke appearing nhs mag ain be ly ee ‘Senne ay ae Suen iy Sinowiaigel Scapi r opr brary Sin ig net or ‘aio should baddest “Eton: 00 Ese Set So. Hanalton MAUI Subecplons fos the Unie King: lor, Abstala and New Zsa ae onions shi be added All ote sesenptons na donations ‘hold beaded "The Posters ibrry Foundation PO horse Steting VA 2207 .5A esos quart Subscription pee: SkiDO (USA. funds) pot year Sent fre toll mar donor ‘Prnung by: GAM Ptes BeNoHsee7 Wuat’s AN EDITOR To Do? Have you ever noticed what soft inks some people have? Take editors for xample: Now thas an easy ob you ‘Writing hard work, but exept or tude editorials ike his mm tne) editors don't even fave to write. All they dls receive things thst ‘other people write (ete fg ther all he hard work, perhaps comet Tew typos, and Send the fries oo the printer Beside, editors decide who gets to write and they only have to print tha hey age wile So it you're an editor you can publish a mogadine thateays exact what ‘you want it say. And all that without Aeving do any work Now Ihave to cones that ke be fing your eto and havea Lt of pe il privileges, Thats why never ra iy'hear my wife when she warns me that rm tying to do to many things, tnd perhaps should give up my et torship. Henjoy Being an edo" too much "However, [learned tong ago that cling appears tobe slat eer thant Feally i. Editors may not have to trite go they escape that hard Irons but ers do ave to make de> Cisionsand making them is even ender than writing, Pan usually se food arguments for and against any 4eRSion tut Tam about to make Sof snguish both tfore Ge Wik a temativets bee?) and aterwards Did | ‘ealy do the right thing? “The hardest decisis reat oat cles with which fing. Wilt per Sn our west present poaltion ‘hich petsonallf objet? Or wil {or people who are kind encugh See teu an eas et them say what's burning on theit besrts? What's an editor doin these ‘Resurrection exists to promote the bablcal teaching of Chea’ resurec: tion and the blessing of immorality vehi Rows from tha As edo, Tend to follow that established poi forthe magasine im alvays glad © receive sticles devoted to'these themes even if] dort Spree with some ofthe alas As Tongs these items convey 8 spit of Christian courtesy, an overlook some pret arng attacks ese {hat are important tome. "We sso want all our auticles to promote s high view of Scripture, tovmagoly Jesus 8 the ond of life, and 0 help (ur renders unareand Gos Word. That means eserncton can include articles on a wider range of ops han fist “Lite ony in chs.” Ie til me {Grreceive general interest articles om oer aspects of Christin tutheope Gially since very few ofthese come eros my dese Bat sometimes even this tor oho ants everyone t lke me) has to ay TNO" to proposed articles: | dont reise an atc simply beens it ep Tesens ania ora viewpoint diferent From mine. Go please don't think L {gre with everything you read in Rv trio rank Tofen se things di fereny than some of our writers) im ‘even willing to Tet someone express 3 ‘Seer aac on Reurelin’s ntl fencings Sil there are articles 1 have de Cation that man possesses an inmotal foul. The word immortal only occurs {ance inthe ible ae i appie God (1 Timothy 117). “morality i used five times In Tmothy 6:16 we are eld that God “only hath immortality” andthe ther four passages clearly teach that immortality ony avaiable man as Bil frm God Thas in Romans 27 we Feed, "To them who by paint cantina ance in well doing seek for glo and honour and immortality, eternal ie" ‘And from 1 Connthians 1551-3 clear ‘hat immortaity sto be given by God at ‘the te ofthe resurrection frem the dead, “For this conruprile must put on Incoerupion, and this mostal mast put om imertliy:” ‘That the soul of man snot immortal is evident from the words of Jous in Matthew 102 “And fear not them which Lil the body, but arent ableto {ul the soul: but rather fe him whichis able to destvy ‘ath soul an body in el” From thi it s clear that our sous can fle the same total destruction as out bodies But ehat s meant by destracton in i ln hs verse Mattes 10:28) iS the word ‘Gehanna’ which was the rubbish pit outside Jerusalem where bodies oferiminals were throw. This was always smoldering and Jess wed Part IL By A.W. Fowier, ER.C.S. itas a metaphor for destrction. The concept of hella place of eternal or. ment by fre sa grotesque example of {the flly of giving a literal meaning to a melaphor Etomal eis partiolar ly appropriate metaphor for total destrdction because the outstanding property of fire is that it destroys most everthing tat goes nti. "Whose fan isin his hand, and he will throughly pange his floor and gather his wheat Into the garner; but he will, burn up. the chaff with “unquenchable fie” (Matthew 3:12) ‘This view of the nature of man is reinforced by many passages which {each that death the cesation ofthe life of the whole man—body and sind. For example, in Palm 146338 wend "Pat not your trust in princes, nor inthe son of ma, fn whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he resur- noth to is earth in that very day his thoughts perish,” ‘So we are led tothe conclusion that without Divine intervention man per- fishes in the same way as the animal ‘As the Psalmist declared, “Neverthe ess man being in honour abith not Ihe is ike the beasts that perish” sain 9:12) ‘With these facts fn mind let look at the question of whee Jess went on the day of his death, Thre should be no difcalty in answering this question because Jesus himselt gave a clear answer in Matthew 1240, “For as Jonah was thr days and thre nights Inthe whale’ belyzs0 shall the Son of man be three days and tne nights ‘the heart of he art Jesus ea nthe tomb on the day of his death, how could the thief be in paradise with Jewuson that day? ‘Some may say that Jesus was only referring to his body and that his Sou his essential Being, ascended to heaven. But Jesus didnot say that his body would be three days and rights inthe earth. He said thatthe Som of man would be there. Son of rman’ was used by Jesus to describe himself, (ee Matthew 9:8 and 1627), ‘This agrees with what Peter sid in ‘Acts 2:27 applying the words of Psalm 16 to the Lord Jesus.” because thot wilt not lave my soul {ell neither wilt thow suffer thine rly One tose corruption” "this verse ‘ell the Grook word “hade? which means "hidden place — a word signifying the grave where bodies are iden The Body of Jesus as hidden i the rock tomb of Joseph ‘of Arimathea vehi was ceed with Targe stone. But it was not let there; after three days the stone was rolled way and the women eho visited the tomb wer told "He snot her, bul sen” (Like 246). nthe Old Testament theres sai lar Hebrew word for the grave — ‘sho which means “unscen. Soi is most appropriate that Jonah, whose Sncarceration in the belly of the whale ‘was symbull of Chriss bil should Say," evied by reason of my aiition tnt the Lar, and he beard ne on of the bly ofl (eo cred I, and thow hardest my vole” Jonah 22, “There are therefore good Serptura ‘reasons for believing that Jesus meant ‘exactly what he said when he declared ‘thatthe sign of his authentic mess- ahship was the sign of the prophet Jonah, and that as Jonah was three days and three nights inthe Belly of the whale so he would be thee days jana three nights in the heart of the oth, (On the basis of passage in the fist Epistle of Peter itis widely believed that at his death Jesus descended! into hell (hades) where he preached to Imprisoned souls fram the days of [Noah — the socalled "Deseensts ad or Chris alo hath once su fered fr sins, the just forthe ‘unas that he might bring us (Continua on age 22)i PROMISE TO THE DYING THIEF . . « Part II (continu fom poge 2D ‘unto God, being put to death Inthe flesh, but quickened by the Spirit by which also he went and preached unto the spits in prisons which some- me were disobedient, when ‘once the longsufering of God wraited in the days of Noah, Irie the ark was a prepoing, therein few, that Is, eight oul were saved by water" (@ Peter 3:18.20) How are we to understand this obscure passage? As with all difficult passages we mst sek the meaning of fhe words and how they are used in ‘other ports of Scripture ‘What is meant by sprit and spirits in prison? Spirit is the Greek work ‘pmewma’ which means ‘wind’ But it as many extended meanings in Seep ture, for example breath (Revelation Tit), mind (Mark 8:12), character (Mathew 5:3), mental ines (Matthew 1516 fe (Luke 855), angels (Hebrews 117) and power @ Thessalonians 28). This significant that apart from Luke 24:37 (where i refers #0 a.non- ‘existent ghost) ‘pneu never refers {fo disembodied aman beings. When applied to humans it zlates to the ‘ind and usually refers to spiritual Character as distint from worldly or fleshly character — “But ifthe Spirit of him that raised up Jest from the dead dwell in you, he that salsed up Christ from the dead shal also {quicken your mortal bodies by is Spire that delet in you. ‘Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not othe les, to ive afer the fs For if ye lve alter the Mash, ye shall ie: but ye through the Spirit do mortty the dds of the body, ye shall ive” (Romans #1113) ‘So when John tls his readers to “try the spins whether they are of Gd” (1 Jolin 4:1) he isadvisng them totes the characters of ving people ‘Who ate “the spirits in prison” to ‘whom Peter refers? They are men and women who are in bondage to sin ‘They are the spiritually imprisoned who are being offered salvation as ‘pressed by Isiah the prophet — “the Lond have cll thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand and will keep thee, and give thee fora covenant of the people, fora light ofthe Gentes; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison and them that siti darkness out of the prison owe” ssiah 26-7) 0 how did Chast preach to the spiritually destitute people living before the Aood? A clue wil be found inthe frst chapter of Peters letter where he wtes “Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and earched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that hold come unto you Searching what, of what man- ter of ime the Spirit of Chris) rahi oi them di Signy, ohn it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory that shoul follow” (Peter 110-11) ‘Thus Chiat preached through the ntedtuvian prophet nthe sense that these prophets offered a hope of salva ‘on foun the waters of the Hood which twas similar to Christ's offer of salva {on through the waters af baptism, ‘Who then were the prophets before the lod who preached in the Spirit of (Christ? Noah was clearly one of those land he s described by Peter in his se ‘nd episteos a “preacher of rghteous- fess” Peter 25. Bu ts significant (hatin parallel chaplerin ude we are told that Enoch (the grandfather of [Noah was alzo 2 preacher who ised ‘warnings of impending padgment on “ungodly sinners sho lived before the ‘ood. “And Enoch alo, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold the Lond fomelh with ten thousands of his saims, “To execute gmt pon al, dnd to convince al that are Singoly smong them of al thelr ungodly deeds vehich they have ungodly commited, tnd ofall her hard specs sihich ungodly sianer have {poten agai hi Gude 1419) ‘That Enoch might have Been the prophet fo whom Fete as refering Erte 249 8 support by anne ting theory of Dr Renda Harts who Sorted tat Peter origaly wae “iRwhich also Enock went and Pacha othe pe in prison “in which alo” inthe original UUncat Gres wor writen ENWKAL ‘This is similar tothe name Enoch {which as ENWY. So “in which 0 Enoch” woul originally have been ‘wren us, ENWRATENWA its ens esa hat n copying this sentence acct might have alle to wie the me oe hiking he td areny weten This err of ‘miting repented similar words ot prses& well poised and is com> fron enough have ben given a tech eat une hoa. is nest ingto eats homoeteleton ear fpr inthe fist prating of he 1988 Nbr Wh Bie where Eel 52 te ofthe tre peated pases was ied Whether Peter was refering to [Noah or Enoch doesnt rely mater ‘What we should understand fs that ths pasage ned not be Interpreted ss teaching that ess Ns eat ent © preach demoted Spits ‘4. WHY DID JESUS SPEAK OF A PARTICULAR DAY? We have seen that a study of the ‘wider Scriptural context of the words ‘of Jesusto the tha ead usto the eon lusion thet lat Jesus said was “Tyly, say to you today, you will be wth mein paradise” The Greek word émeron means his day — itis “oontnued on page 23) F PROMISE TO THE DyING THIEF . Part (conte fom page 22) epic So why shoud Jesus pu an tpi on the day when spoke the hie? To undertand this we ned to pire the evelvon scene. There seas Jets ing ikea rial on 8 Charge of treason and on either sie two violent robbers wh, Ie Bra bas, had probably commited murder nookers were mocking Jess You Sy you ae the Som of 6,50 why dont you prove it by coming down from the cs? yo do hs we wl Intive you", The two robber dying ‘eh Jess cast the sme in het {Dough her cane they were espe ely coking ther own rescue But then ene of th robbers changed ein He tured Jou and asked to be remembered when Js xtab> lished his Kingdom. For one dying rman to ask another dying man t0 ‘emember bin inthe fare shows an Smazing degree of faith, This mark Se delration of ath i ewaded by 2 very emplatic promise Jens could fave said "es wil remember you when I come into my Kingdom.” Instead he gave him @ mich more emphatic atranc, “On this ey day Shere and now —T give you my ‘word that you wil be wath ein the Prise of the tore earth” "his empaticuse of today’ (hs day) fs-a common idiom in both Hebrew and Aramaic which are the two Semitic languages in which the (Testament as wen. The orn $s sed to introduce solemn tate. tment "Ts to you today” when the ter s on of deration,testexton, ‘command of oath. Some seventy ocerrences of this formula se found inthe Bible and fortwo are ond the Book of Deuteronomy For exam ple Deutronoaty 428 “Teal heaven and ant to wt ness agit you is dy Bat you wil oon tery petish from the ind which you sre ing over the Jordan to go Ess you will native Leng ‘upon but you wal be ty destroyed” We know that Jesus spoke in Ar rai from the ros. “El, Hol, ama Subachthaniis the Aramaic form of ‘the words of Psalm 22:1 We alo know that Jesus quote from Deuteronomy inis answers tothe temptations in the ‘wildemes.So it sa reasonable infer ence that in hs reply to the thief onthe ‘oss Jesus spoke in the idiom that was. common to both his oven Aramaic an- {guage and the Hebrew Tanguage ofthe Gi Testament ‘The calest tuansation ofthe Greek [New Testament was into the language ‘of Palestinds nearest neighbour, Syria. Syriac isa dialect of Aramaic. Its therefore not surprising that in one of the oldest Syriae manuscripts of the Gospels (Sth. century Curetonianus) the translator recognised the idiom land wanslated the passe, “Amen sy To yo today that with me you wal be in the garden of Eden.” By introducing, ‘the word tha the translator removed the need for any punctuation to deter- mine the sense. We therefor ve avery ‘cin preoen for aur interpretation tahich antedates al the English versions yun of yrs. But the question remains, Why do neay al ltr translators interpret the ‘words of Jesus ina way that is contrary twoall the evidence of Scripture! The answer as suggested inthe introduc ton, is because they have a dep set ft prejudice born of wishful thinking TE may’be comforting to imagine that we goto heaven when we di but this ie pie in the sky” and is no more tue than other myths ofthe after ond inmost religions, True Ble teaching fs nique —itoffere usa wonderful ope ofthe Kingdom of God, transformed earth — the paradise of Eden restored ‘CONCLUSION In suggesting thatthe words of our Lor tothe thief can only be under- stood by rearranging the punctuation Wwe are often accused of tampering frith the text This ea false accusation ‘neon ay pnetoaton is a niin to the text’ The correct punctuation ‘an only be determined by comparing ‘Scripture with Serpre. When consid fered In the wider context ofthe New Testament and of Scripture in general ‘he wonds of our Lord tothe thst open up wonderful wuths concerning the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. We have brought together several related and dificelt passages and found that they are in perfect harmony In this we have followed the advice of Hebmaiet ‘who was burnt a the stake in 158 for preaching adult baptism, “If we put beside obscure or bf passages other ppasages on the same subject and bind them fogethor like wax candles, and ight them all at once, then the clear and pure splendour ofthe Seriprure ‘ust shine forth” lease look Farther into the wonder fal tithe conceming the Gospel of the Kingdom of God on earth. The thiet waited inl the Ist fev hours of his le before confessing his ath in Jess Christ Why wait unt it may be too Inte? Too often we put off coma rent to Christ unl we are desperate ‘or until we see our lives ebbing aay. Ts this the way to teat God's offer of ‘svation? As the poet expressad it, “We wil nt come to Thee ‘TM Thou hast nailed us to some bitercross, ‘And mates look on Tine"? i) NoTEs: (Inthe Authorized Version NIT: the ‘words “hades’ and ‘gehenna’ are both translated ‘hell although they have quite diffrent meanings. "Hades sig- ‘fis the grave where all go at death, ‘Gehenna" signifies the destration which is reserved for those who ae ejected atthe judgment (Matthew 25H). In Luke 1623 Jesas appears to teach that there is torment in hades bt this san allegorical and ironic parable based on a Jewish myth. We have no reason to think that Jes Believed in 2 place called Abraham's bosom. Simi- Tarly when, in Mark 322-27, Jesus refers to another Jewish myth about Beelzebub it dose not me that Jesus Delicved in the exstonce ofthis ‘prince ‘ofthe demons, {2 Our system of punctuation war Introduced by Aldus Manet 16th ‘ontury Venetian schol and printer, (@) Ezekiel and other poems. BM. Nek on 107