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161hand, until I make your enemiesa stool for your feet.' "' "Even Faithful Christians Had toSleep Until Christ's Return1 Thess . 4 :15, 16 "We the livingwho survive to the presenceof the Lord shall in no way precedethose who have fallen asleepin death, because the Lord himselfwill descend from heaven . . .and those who are dead in unionwith Christ will rise first ."2 Tim . 4 :7, 8 "I have foughtthe right fight, I have run thecourse to the finish, I have observedthe faith . From this timeon there is reserved for me thecrown of righteousness, which theLord, the righteous judge, willgive me as a reward in that day,yet not only to me, but also toall those who have loved hismanifestation."Jesus Used Hades, Not Gehenna,in Order to Show DeathlikeCondition of Rich ManLuke 16 :22, 23 "Now in courseof time the beggar died and hewas carried off by the angels tothe bosom position of Abraham .Also the rich man died and wasburied . And in Hades ["hell," AV ;Dy] he lifted up his eyes, heexisting in torments ["and wasburied in Hades he," Sinaitic MS. ;"and he was buried in the infernus. But he," Vulgate MS.] ."Gehenna Was the Literal Valleyof Hinnom (Topheth) Outside theWalls of JerusalemJosh . 15 :8 "And the borderwent up by the valley of the sonof Hinnom unto the side of theJebusite southward (the same isJerusalem) ."Josh . 18 :16 "And the borderwent down to the uttermost partof the mountain that lieth beforethe valley of the son of Hinnom,which is in the vale of Rephaimnorthward ; and it went down tothe valley of Hinnom, to the sideof the Jebusite southward ."Jer . 19:2, 6 "And go forth untothe valley of the son of Hinnom,Hellwhich is by the entry of the gateHarsith, and proclaim there thewords that I shall tell thee ; . . .therefore, behold, the days come,saith Jehovah, that this placeshall no more be called Topheth,nor The valley of the son ofHinnom, but The valley ofSlaughter ."Under Later Kings of Judah Gehennaor Valley of Hinnom BecameUsed for IdolatrousWorship2 Chron . 28 :3 "Moreover heburnt incense in the valley of theson of Hinnom, and burnt hischildren in the fire, according tothe abominations of the nationswhom Jehovah cast out beforethe children of Israel ."2 Chron. 33 :6 "He also madehis children to pass through thefire in the valley of the son ofHinnom ."Jer. 32:35 "And they built thehigh places of Baal, which are inthe valley of the son of Hinnom,to cause their sons and theirdaughters to pass through thefire unto Molech ; which I commandedthem not, neither cameit into my mind, that they shoulddo this abomination, to causeJudah to sin ."1 Ki . 11 :5-7 "Then did Solomonbuild a high place for Chemoshthe abomination of Moab, in themount that is before Jerusalem,and for Molech the abominationof the children of Ammon."King Josiah Had the Valley Pollutedand Turned intoDumping Place2 Ki. 23 :10, 14 "And he defiledTopheth, which is in the valley ofthe children of Hinnom, that noman might make his son or hisdaughter to pass through the fireto Molech. And he brake in piecesthe pillars, and cut down theAsherim, and filled their placeswith the bones of men ."2 Chron. 34 :4, 5 "And theybrake down the altars of theBaalim in his presence ; and thesun-images that were on high