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Letter to Editor
February 14, 1913
The Ocala Banner
Ocala, Marion County, Florida
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Letter to the editor of Ocala Banner interpreting Job 19:25-27 from the Revised Bible, asserting Job's belief in seeing God in the spirit world without flesh. References Luke 16 on Hades' compartments, Philippians 1 on departing to be with Christ, and Smith's Bible Dictionary on Sheol/Hades as abode of spirits.
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ANSWER TO BIBLE QUESTION NO. 1
To the Editor Ocala Banner:
The revised version of the Bible (American Standard) renders Job 19:25, 26, 27, thus:
"But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and at last he will stand up upon the earth; and after my skin, even the body, is destroyed, then, without my flesh shall I see God, whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger."
Job believed in God and the promised Redeemer, and knew that even without his flesh he should see God, and that he would not be a stranger, for God had known him here, and he had walked with God in the flesh, and in the spirit world they would not be strangers.
Read Luke 16:19, 26. Christ here reveals something of the spirit world.
In the revised version you will get the correct rendering of this passage.
In Hades are two departments-one where the angels carried Lazarus, to rest and peace; the other where the rich man was.
Here Job, like Lazarus, could behold God, separated from his flesh.
Dr. William Smith, classical examiner of the University of London, and author of Smith's Bible Dictionary, says: "The word, Sheol (Hebrew), like the Greek word, Hades, is never used of the grave proper, or place of burial of the body.
It is always the abode of departed spirits."
Phil. 1:22, 24. Here Paul says it is far better to depart and be with Christ than to abide in the flesh.
And these spirits can behold God, in this abode, even when their bodies have returned to dust.
To the Editor Ocala Banner:
The revised version of the Bible (American Standard) renders Job 19:25, 26, 27, thus:
"But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and at last he will stand up upon the earth; and after my skin, even the body, is destroyed, then, without my flesh shall I see God, whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger."
Job believed in God and the promised Redeemer, and knew that even without his flesh he should see God, and that he would not be a stranger, for God had known him here, and he had walked with God in the flesh, and in the spirit world they would not be strangers.
Read Luke 16:19, 26. Christ here reveals something of the spirit world.
In the revised version you will get the correct rendering of this passage.
In Hades are two departments-one where the angels carried Lazarus, to rest and peace; the other where the rich man was.
Here Job, like Lazarus, could behold God, separated from his flesh.
Dr. William Smith, classical examiner of the University of London, and author of Smith's Bible Dictionary, says: "The word, Sheol (Hebrew), like the Greek word, Hades, is never used of the grave proper, or place of burial of the body.
It is always the abode of departed spirits."
Phil. 1:22, 24. Here Paul says it is far better to depart and be with Christ than to abide in the flesh.
And these spirits can behold God, in this abode, even when their bodies have returned to dust.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Religion
What keywords are associated?
Bible Interpretation
Job Redeemer
Spirit World
Hades Sheol
Paul Christ
What entities or persons were involved?
To The Editor Ocala Banner
Letter to Editor Details
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To The Editor Ocala Banner
Main Argument
job believed in seeing god without his flesh in the spirit world, as supported by biblical passages on the redeemer, hades' compartments, and paul's preference to depart and be with christ.
Notable Details
Quotes Job 19:25 27 From American Standard Version
References Luke 16:19 26 On Spirit World And Hades
Cites Dr. William Smith On Sheol/Hades As Abode Of Spirits
References Philippians 1:22 24