Angels and Women (1924)

260 ANGELS AND WOMEN"that the last of these rings was pure water; that it hadnot yet broken and come down in the day of Adam’screation, but that it completely overspread the earthas a translucent veil above the atmosphere. It servedas does the whitened glass of a hothouse to equalizethe temperature ; so that the climate at the poles wouldbe little if any different from that at the equator."Following the Deluge in Noah’s day came greatchanges, accompanied by a great shortening in thespan of life. With the breaking of this canopy in theFlood came a terrific change, almost instantaneous,from a hothouse temperature to arctic coldness. SeeScenario of the PHOTO-DRAMA OF CREATION,pages 2, 3, 19.NoTE 21. (See page 151)The Scriptures say of some that they "seek for glory,honor and immortality." (Romans 2:6, 7) This iscontradiction to some who claim that all men have it,without seeking it. Again, the apostle says of the saintof God that "this mortal must put on immortality."(1 Corinthians 15:53) Except it be granted as a rewardfor faithfulness by him ’who only hath immortality,"the Almighty, there could never result in theentire universe of God an immortal being. See 1Timothy 6:16; and STUDIES IN THE; SCRIP-TURES, Vol. I, page 173, chapter 10.NOTE 22. (See page 158)Will those "spirits in prison," the angels which keptnot their first estate and became fallen ones, ever havean opportunity to repent of their sin and return to theservice of God? St. Peter tells us that they are "reservedunto judgment" (2 Peter 2:4), thus settlingthe matter that they, as well as mankind, will have atrial under the reign of Christ and the church. "Know