The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

. .Bible as " Geheana," one of the three words trans-* lated " hell " in the English New Testament." Gelienna " is the Greek form of the name" Valley of Hinnorn," the valley situated imanediatelyoutside Jerusalem below Mount Zion. It wasthe refuse destructor of tlie,city. Fires plere keptconskntly burlling in it aild brimstone was addedfor the purpose of aiding the work of destruction.All the garbage of tlie city was cast *to it; alsothe bodies of criminals, so as to signify that theseyere 11ot worthy ' of a resurrection. .'l'hus we see that there is no idea of .tormentassociated with- Gehenna, the second death.' 'Itmeans a cqndition of everlasting destruction. hisis just what the Psalmist said : " The Lord preservethall them that love him : but all the wicked~vill, he destroy," not preserve in any conditionn-l'atsoever-Psalm CXLV., 20.The Reward of the FaithfulThose, oil the other hand, who resist Satan andwho are loyal to God and to righteouslness, who lovethe Lord their God with all their heart, and mind,and soul, and strength;' and the5 neighbour asthemselves, will pass on into the Ages to follow,ntheil there will be " no more death, neither sorrow,nor crying, neither will there be any more pain,for the former things will have passed away." Onlythose who worship God in spirit and in truth willattain to this condition of eternal bliss as perfecthuman beings on a perfect earth. Then, when thepfirst dominion is restored, God's great plan of Salsiatioliwill be complete, and the prayer which ourLord taught his disciples to offer will be answered :' Thy I