Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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76 BIBLE REVIEW Nov.#
In the universe where creation is finished there is no
darkness at all, and the at-one- ment is fully accomplished.
There is no at-one-ment for a man until all the words of
Jesus have been kept; and for those who have kept all
the words of Jesus there is no death.
As with an eye of retrospection,
we look back across
the centuries, we find the Creator commanding our progenitors
to be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth, and subdue it. Had this command been obeyed in
alawful manner, sin would not have entered into the
world.
Paul declared to the Corinthians that it was not
sin to marry, but the inference is reasonable that the sin
consisted in lewdness, indulgence in lust, or unlawful sexual
desire.
Our progenitors in their primitive state were
pure, but not mature; and in obedience to the mandate, be
fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth, they failed in
the act of subduing, or coming to maturity, whereby they
set a pace that kills; "for it is appointed unto all men
once to die" because of this first transgression, the penalty
of which was past upon the race as an inherited possession.
While the race was unisexual it was in tune
with the Infinite; but immediately upon its becoming bifurcated
or disintegrated, it was plunged into a vortex of
carnal desire and unchastity.
The current of involution
was so strong that the wickedness of man became so
great, all the thoughts of his heart was evil continually,
and only Noah and his family were found to be perfect
or blameless in there generations, while all the earth beside
were disorderly in their generations; and to such an
extent that a crisis of destruction was quickly precipitated
upon them. Thus we see that the pace that kills is
characterized by carnal desire and unchastity. We might
amplify upon this thought, but a word to the wise is
sufiicient.
The carnal mind is a monstrosity, abnormal, and un-