Angels and Women (1924)

APPENDIX 259Mankind has been redeemed from the curse of deathby the one ransom sacrifice for all which the greatRedeemer gave. Hence, the falling asleep in deathis not now to be considered death in the full, everlastingsense of the word. In the Millennial morningall humankind will be awakened, for the purpose of anindividual trial and judgment, with its reward of everlastinglife to the obedient, or punishment of everlastingcutting-off from life to the incorrigibly wicked,namely, extinction, second death. See STUDIES INTHE SCRIPTURES, Vol. I, page 129; VoL V, page345; and THE HARP OF GOD, pages 322, 323.NOTE 20. (See page 150)Isaac Vail, author and scientist, corroborates theBiblical account of the Flood in his theory of creation,which is briefly but thoroughly and convincingly reviewedin STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES, Vol.VI, chapter 1. The wise will not attempt to guess thatwhich God has not revealed respecting how he previouslygathered together earth’s atoms. The basic rocksindicate clearly that they were once soft and fluid fromintense heat; and scientists generally agree that not agreat way below the crust, the earth is still hot andmolten.The Vailian theory credits the rings of vapor surroundingthe earth to the fact that all combustible elementswere thrown off by the heat leaving basic rockonly as all else would be changed into gases, formingan impenetrable canopy for miles around the earth inevery direction. The earth at this period must haveresembled Saturn with its "rings." The breaking downof these rings, long periods apart, furnished numerousdeluges. The water, strongly mineralized, covered theentire surface of the earth, just as described in Genesis."We assume from scientific reasons," says Mr. Vail,