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whereby Jerusalem would Ibe € S left cteablate . " In this ^ p assage our Loi ? d , ff £ etr F $ &E&Qg to the judgment of GeitQ | i na , a ^ a ; fttf £ ire £ veirt of which his , a ^ $ tors had sqme knowledge , proceeds fo { pawtiQulfrrizp a y&qy / heavy temporal
judgment tp befal that same generatwjn , j # hos m he had denominated " a g £ nqratu > n pf vipers , " pad represented gtfttlf&lQ . to J # * e , puaisliment of Gehenna , -fo < & £ cppelusiop , however , he is so JgJtf f fri > in vin ^ LmptiQg that it would be Jw ^^ WV ^ fl by another for more dreadful
JWHg | nei \ t in a 'future atate , that the ( flpppsite mf <^ £ iK ; e is rathe r tobe drawn | r $ m | k | s kV ^ p rcte : " Ye shall no more , % B ? tWy fe ^ e till ye shall say , Blessed is | h [ e ^ Uat pomgth in $ he name of the i& % ? & \ " ^ h iph implies that a time : jfo ^ d p , t length ^ mve whe n the y woul d
. ^^ f > p \ vledge CU 4 st and be received j ^ o . his faypur . Since Gehenna is Mj £# * Uy Aev , altey of Himiom , in which . a judgment by the fire of warfare had iepn pr ^ dipt ^ d by Jeremiah , and our Jbqr $ ' . $ -Pi ^ ictipn , in all its particulars ,
•^ Mi ^^ . « ¦ ¦ ^ m ^ ^^ ^^ V * * m ? " l ^ k . ^^ l « ly ^^ 4- ^* ^ - » i ¦ ¦ | -i , *^ . «« O ¦ - ** k . ^< h . I rf ^ . - — — ^ A •• ^^ ^> a - ^ B&fifs S ^ P il ^ temporal calamities terminating -in the sawe event , the 4 ^ Qfeip n of J ^ iTisaleni , with this adip ^ 9 P ^ i Qircun ^ tsijtice , th ^ t it should i $ ® pie MPP . tUat v $ ry generation , —an Qftent ^}^ ph wa £ > mp £ t s ignal ly accomnot
. Bb g h ^ d , —ris ther ^ every reason to rppjiqj [ ydp * that % h $ judgment intended in both cases w $ s the slaughter of the _ 4 &W ! Sh . p § Pplp by war , whether at the r ^ aij \ e pr at d i | fei : ^ nt periods ? Joel , $ s qi ^ pt ^ d by Peter , Acts ii . 19 , uses $ ] be phrase ' * , blood and fire and vapour
qf ffliQfte" in speaking of the same c ^ amiti <> s ^ s thpse predicted by Christ to Xh . ^ X generation . The judgment by t ^ e ftre of Gehenna seems , therefore , fljjjfiqienjtly explained by Jesus and ^ iis
. ftRft ?^ agreeab ly tp the prediction of J ^ ipiah , and confirmed by its actual ac ^ qmplishment on that very generatj ^ n pf Jthe Jews , without our having r § £ o \ ir 8 , £ to the hypothesis of a judgffipnt of q , Qtili more dreadful nature ,
jpppn Qie same generation , in a future ^ $ rld . We believe that God is not a ji g 4 i £ twe > i > an alkbenefic ^ at Being , jm ^ . &y rply it is mpre accordant with thw belief to interpret the Gehenna of M ? P l ? y its symbolic Bignification in ^( fer RrppJNcies , by the prediction of < tli £ ancient prpphet , by the illustration it , : _ recfimfc from our JUord himself and : ¥ s ftB optfe , ;« a 4 by the unexampled
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miseries and calamities which did come upon those very people who wfbre threatened , than to suppose , certauiL without any evidence from the passage in itself considered , that the expression implies that this wiU be followed up by a far heavier judgment in a future
world ; especially when our Lord ' s jconcluding words , so far from countenanqing it , lead to an opposite inference . As it was in the valley of Hinnom that ** the cruel sacrifices of children were made to Moloch" by ^ fire , it has been thought that from t&s circumstance it was employed as " an emblem of hell , or the place of
torment -reserved for ^ he puni shment of the wicked in a future state ? ' but the Scripture characters , we see , adopted such phrases as enablenis of events more accordant with experience and with the attributes of the traejQod .
If Gehenna in this place signifies a place of destructive warfare , it does not seem likely that any where 4 ls $ in the Gospels it should signify a place of exquisite svrfFerings in & future-woirkL It is the observation of WihitbyiqMMi Matt . viii . 11 , 12 , that " to lie 4 own
\\ ith Abraham , Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven , doth not here signify to ^ enjoy everlasting happiness in heaven with them , tout onl y tp became the sons of Abraham by faith ; to be his heirs according to the promise . This , saith Christ , shall be the
blessing of the believing Gentiles ; whereas the unbelieving Jews , wanting the faith of Abraham , shall be deprived of the blessings promised to his seed /' From them , therefore , " the iingdm qf God ' was to be " taken , " Matt xxi . 43 ; they would by their unbelief be removed from the government of God and his Christ , and the
consequences would be dreadful . Theitstm of ignorance , and the miseries they would undergo in consequence of thdr thus excluding themselves from the Divine protection ; their expulsion from the land of Canaan , and captiwty
among the Gentiles , might be compared to the exclusion of :. quests irom a bridal supper , at which the bo ^ sej ot reception was filled with % hts , ¦ J » those who wfere without we » to « arkness ; and because those wjbP ^^ thus , excluded fiypm the wai ^^© *^ ^ iere not only exposed ttfsfra ^ . w *' pko to bold . mdMm ^ &ei ^ wW
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$ ? 4 ** AH < fg& Sf ScwpiPKP mppWGd io relate to jFitturt Pum ^ h mtn t
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1820, page 274, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2488/page/18/
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