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- -. . I' .of judgment to be punished." Notice! The timewhen the wicked are to be punished is at the dayof judgment when Christ returns. Our Lord, inMatthew XVI., 27, distinctly states : " The Son ofMan shall come in the glory of his Father with hisangels ; and the?z he shall reward every man accordingto his works." How does that square w)h thestatement of the Shorter Catechism that the soulsof believers are at death mado, perfect in holinessand do immediately pass into glory ? Let us believethe Word of God. It will not be until the timewhen Jesus will return in the glory of His Fatherwith His -angels, that he will rewagd every manaccording to his works. . .I I- kCurrent theology teaches that every belie\-ergoes immediately at death to be with Jesus, but theLord did not give this thought to Xis discil.les,those yhom He loved so well. He did not say tothem : I will receive you unto myself the momentyou die." What He did say was : " In may Father'shouse are many mansions; if it were not so Iwould have told you. I go to prepare a place foryou. And if I go and prepare a place for you I willcome again and receive you unto myself, that where Iam, tliere ye may be also "--Jolm XIV., 2, 3. Again,Paul, speaking to thq Colossians, said : " Ye aredead. and your life is hid with Christ in God.When Chris. who is our lifeshall appear, then shallye also appear with him in glory "-Colossians111.) 3, 4.The Thief on the Cross .The objection which is most frequently put fgrwardis the reply of Jesus to the thief on the ,cross-Luke XXIII., 43. According to the usual thought,. 17. L- 7 ,r -I