Sickle of Truth

DID THE RANSOM SECURE FULL RESURRECTION? We ask then, what did our Lord mean by limiting his answer to “they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that age and the resurrection”? Will not the whole world be accounted worthy to obtain full resurrection? Did not our Lord’s death purchase full resurrection for all the race? We answer, No. Our Lord’s death was the propitiation, the satisfaction, whereby the sins of the whole world shall be cancelled, and whereby, therefore,…

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Amongst the Jews were three particular parties. The largest and in every way most important of these were known as Pharisees, who believed in a future life, to be attained by a resurrection at some future time, for which they waited. Second to these in importance, yet very much smaller, were the Sadducees, who boasted of their intellectual acumen, claiming that a man when he died had no preeminence above a brute, except in the honors done to his corpse…

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We continue with the subject of, The Millennium and the End of Sin The Resurrection of Condemnation According to our Adventist friends following the earth having been purified by fire and left desolate for a thousand years they say: “Now the moment has arrived that will complete the fulfillment of Christ’s promise that “‘all who are in the graves will hear His voice’” (John 5:28). At His second advent Christ brought the righteous dead from their graves in the first…

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We continue with the subject of, The Millennium and the End of Sin The Resurrection of Condemnation A little review of what Seventh Day Adventist have to say will take place leading up to our final segment on the Millennium and the End of Sin. “The “saints” will live with God in the New Earth. In Isaiah 35:9-10 we are told, “But only the redeemed will walk there, and those who the Lord has rescued will return.” Seventh Day Adventist…

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We continue once again with our subject, Death and Resurrection Our Adventist friends go on to state: What happens to God’s faithful people? After the final death of the unfaithful, God will create a new earth free of sin and death. God’s people will live free of pain and sorrow. They will enjoy a life of eternal happiness where sin is no more. “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth…

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We continue once again with our subject, Death and Resurrection Seventh Day Adventist state: What is the Second Death? Those who are raised in the second resurrection will face judgement. They will die a final death that lasts forever. “Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:14, ESV). We have already addressed the fact that we agree the “lake of fire” is symbolic of second death,…

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