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The Gospel Crown of Life; A System of Philosophical Theology
The Gospel Crown of Life A System of Philosophical Theology Author:Thomas Mitchell General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1851 Original Publisher: J. Munsell, printer Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic Religion / Christianity / General Religion / Theology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the ori... more »ginal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTERII. ON THE INTERMEDIATE STATE OF THE DEAD. Our position in regard to this doctrine, is that the dead are in an unconscious state between death and the resurrection ; and that all future existence, of either saints or sinners, depends upon the transpiration of that event. This idea is not only suggested by the views advanced of many of the doctrines in this work, as we shall see as we advance in its perusal, but it is inseparably connected with them, and more especially with such as the following : That there is to be no reward until the resurrection ; that the earth and all the heavens that now exist, are laboring under the curse, and are hence doomed to destruction, and to pass away with a great noise at the winding-up scene of human affairs; that the eternal locality of the saints is to be on this very earth which we now inhabit, after having been restored, purified, and refined by the fires of the last day; and that the hell of the wicked, or the place where they are to receive the reward of their transgression, is not now in existence, its fires being reserved to be kindled at the conflagration of the world, which shall not be quenched until an utter consummation of all the wicked, and all traces of the curse, is effected, including death, the devil its author, and the entire catalogue of his works perpetrated during the reign of revolt and usurpation from first to last, presenting ...« less