The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical ExpositionGaebelein, Arno Clemens
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The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical Exposition
Gaebelein, Arno Clemens
Bible. Ezekiel -- Commentaries
By this, of course, we do not say that the Old Testament needs
correction by the revelation of the New, nor do we say that the Old is
inferior to the New; all _is_ the Word of God. However, as the Old
Testament does not show man's condition after death, any passage which
appears to relate to such a condition must be interpreted by the full
light as given in the New Testament.
_III. If such passages as Ezekiel xvi:53 and Ezekiel xxxvii:1-14, etc.,
teach the restitution of the wicked by resurrection for another chance,
we must then find such a doctrine of the restoration of the wicked dead
for another chance to accept salvation most clearly and fully revealed
as one of the great doctrines of the New Testament._
In vain, however, do we look in the New Testament for such a
restoration--second probation doctrine. Such a doctrine is not even
hinted at in the New. However, the New Testament gives the fullest
revelation concerning resurrection and the future state. It tells us
that there is indeed a resurrection of the body for every human being.
This revelation of resurrection as contained in the New Testament leaves
no room whatever for the Sodomites and all the wicked idolatrous
Israelites, to be raised up for another chance. Our Lord in John v:29
reveals a two-fold resurrection, a resurrection unto life and a
resurrection unto damnation. The human race, those who have died, are
therefore in resurrection divided into two classes: they must come forth
either unto life or unto damnation; there is no middle class. Later the
New Testament teaches a first resurrection, an out resurrection from the
dead. Only those who have believed and died in Christ will have a share
in this resurrection. Both Old and New Testament saints belong to it,
but none have a part in it who died in their sins. The rest of the dead,
meaning of course, the wicked dead, are not raised up till after the
thousand years. This is a second resurrection and this takes place not
when the Lord comes the second time, but after His millennial reign
(Rev. xx). The subjects of this second resurrection appear before the
great white throne and are cast into the lake of fire. Now, these
teachers claim that the return of Sodom and Samaria to their former
estate means their resurrection for another chance when the Lord comes.
But as these departed wicked people are wicked still, how can they have
part in the first resurrection when the Lord comes, which is the
resurrection of the righteous?
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