The Encyclopedia of Death and Life in the Spirit-World, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Encyclopedia of Death and Life in the Spirit-World, Vol. 1The myths Of the origin of death are indeed numerous, and many of them are regarded as sacred, even in this nine teenth century. Christians, if they desire to thoroughly un derstand the mysteries of Divine Providence, have recourse to the Bible, considering it in all respects as infallible authority. Its statements, however, with reference to the introduction of sin into the world and the origin of death, are not very satis factory, even to those who tacitly admit its truthfulness, While to many others they only constitute a simple myth, and are in no sense regarded as of divine origin. Thus we are told in the Union Bible Dictionary that by the transgression Of God's commandments our first parents became liable to death. The dire threatening was. In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. The unfortunate pair, however, did not succumb immediately to the calamitous prediction, but their eventful earth life was so prolonged that they were en abled to rear two sons - Cain and Abel. Of course, the un happy introduction of death into the world, as blandly set forth in the Bible, would not be a pleasant myth to contem plate unless frequent allusions were made thereto. Hence the question is asked: Have the gates of Death been opened unto thee? (job Have mercy unto me, O Lord, consider my trouble which I suffer of them' that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of Death (psalms ix. I 3) Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat, and they draw near unto the gates of death (psalms cvii.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.