The Spirit of God as Fire; the Globe Within the Sun Our HeavenMortimore, D.
Religion
The Spirit of God as Fire; the Globe Within the Sun Our Heaven
Mortimore, D.
Heaven; Sun
_Remember._ It is said of the wicked "These shall go away into outer
darkness, there shall be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth."
When death and hell shall give up their dead (for the souls of the
wicked--who are dead in trespasses and in sin--are still enduring that
death that never dies), and all appear before the Judgment seat of
Christ, where "every one shall receive according to the deeds done in
the body," and the wicked are "driven from God, and from the glory of
His power," to reach again their eternal destiny, they will doubtless
pass through that dark void, even that "great gulph fixed between,"
and there _will_ be weeping and wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
* * * * *
Although we believe the evidence furnished is conclusive beyond cavil
or doubt to every intelligent mind, yet we will still add more
affirmative arguments which we desire that all should consider.
First, Let us refer again to the declarations--we have several times
repeated--of the Prophets and Apostles. That heaven, and the Holy City
in it, hath no need of the light of the _Sun_. That the "glory of God
doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." That there is no
night there, but one eternal day.
Now let us call to your mind the _extent_ of that empire wherein _the
Sun does not shine_. From astronomical measurement, we may form in our
minds an approximation of its dimensions. To fix for it a low
estimate, we may safely conclude that the domain proper, is at least
_five hundred thousand miles_ in diameter, and _one million five
hundred thousand miles around it_. The empire is vast indeed, so great
that, by comparison, we can form no correct idea of it. We can only
approximate by saying that it would require about _one million of
earths_, the size of this, to make a globe of equal magnitude.
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