- I H I - < A I M o r H A B f T ” By R ev. W illiam E dw ard C lark W e a re glad to recomm end th is sm all volum e dealing w ith th e s ta te of th e dead, to th e careful co n sid eratio n of B ible stu d en ts. M uch confusion h as existed o v er th e su b jects of hell, sheol (o r h a d es), a n d th e grave, because of u n fo rtu n ate renderings in th e E nglish. P a sto r R ussell took a d v an tag e of th e situ a tio n to c a rry o u t his teach in g s of annihilation a n d denial of fu tu re punishm ent. M r. C lark goes b ack to th e o rig in al te x t so fa r as possible a n d show s th e m eaning of th e w ords ‘‘sheol’* a n d “h ad es.” H e follow s these w ords th ro u g h th e en tire Bible an d m akes c lear th e connections in w hich th ey a re used. T he answ ers to m any q uestions th a t have puzzled godly souls, will be found in th is book. H ades is show n to be th e eq u iv alen t of th e O ld T estam en t w ord “ sheol,** d esig n atin g th e place to w hich all d ep artin g sp irits w ent p rio r to th e Saviour’s resu rrectio n . B oth w ords, u n fo rtu n ately , a re rendered “hell” in th e K ing Jam es version, w hereas hell, a s th e fu tu re place of punishm ent, is clearly d istin g u ish ed by o th e r w ords. M r. C lark show s th a t v ario u s a ctiv itie s a re rep resen ted a s ta k in g p lace in hades, w hereas in th e g rav e th ere is no know ledge. The ascension of C h rist em ptied h ades of th e s p irits of th e redeem ed w ho h ad aw aited th e ato n em en t in th e P a ra d ise sectio n of th e sp irit w orld, So th a t henceforth th e sp irits of th e saved go im m ediately to P a ra d ise above, w hile th e un sav ed aw ait th e ju dgm ent in hades.— Book Review, M ay, 1928, K. B.
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