gone before, and those are the ones which John described when he said:

"And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing." Rev. 5, 11-12.

We cannot escape the conclusion that John had a thorough knowledge of Roman court procedure, and used the term advocate in describing the official character of Jesus in the eternal kingdom, because he could illustrate it in no other way so comprehensively to mankind. In so doing, he has done us a great service, because we can now visualize the great work Jesus is doing and is yet to do, and appreciate the same. We can comprehend what he means when he says:

"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours alone, but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John 2, 1-2.

And in the same way we can understand Paul when he says:

"Who is he that condemneth? it is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." Rom. 8, 34.

DIVISION X.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAW AS TO JUDGMENT

The official duties of Jesus, the Son, in his Father's kingdom, have been discussed already, and the question now well may be asked: What becomes of the respondent after judgment has been passed upon him? To determine this, we again turn to the law to study its provisions, and apply the same strict rules of construction previously used, in order to determine the intent of the Law-maker. We must take various sections of the law bearing on the question, consider them together, and try to determine that intent.

Commencing with the Ten Commandments, we find that men are prohibited from doing certain things. These would mean nothing at all, as statutes, unless some kind of judgment were to be passed upon those who violate them and some penalty inflicted, and the law states. that such judgment and penalty shall be had. Concerning this, we find the following provisions, to wit:

"I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose, and for every work.

And, moreover, I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there." Ec. 3, 16-17.

"For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil." Ec. 12, 14.

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doeth the will of my father who is in heaven." Matt. 7, 2.

"When the son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all the nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matt. 25, 31-34.

"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." Matt. 25, 41.

"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were

opened and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Rev. 20, 11-15.

From these passages quoted, as well as from many others contained in the document, it must be perfectly apparent, that judgment is to be passed upon all mankind, and that men are to be rewarded according to the record made here; that those who have lived according to the provisions of the law are to be sent to a place called the "kingdom of heaven," and that those who have disobeyed those provisions are to be sent to some other place called "lake of fire," because separation is clearly decreed.

This leads us to inquire: What and where is heaven? If a prisoner is sentenced by a judge to a term of years in prison, for violating some law, the sentence cannot be executed without locating the prison. Neither can he be sent to a place of reward without that place is