Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-25

Why does Christ Gomez Having found
last Sunday,that the TACT of Christ 5 com
ing a second time has good and abundant
scriptural authority, We are now ready
to inquire why He comes. First, how
ever, let us briefly glance at our last
sundays conclusions. We found that
with regard To this scriptural fact, there
are many ideas among Christian people;
mainly six. Four of these slllrituallze,
and two make literal the Second Coming
of Christ.
LIST. Among the former we find the
chief to he, that death is the coming OF
Christ. The holders of this view scarcely
know why they think So. Simply, they
have that idea. This is the most un-
scriptural of all views, Tor while not
single text supports it, there are hun
drehs which contradict such thought.
The church is everywhere taught to look
for and Glove His appearing, while
death is pronounced an enemy. me
last enemy which shall he DESTROYED Is
death" For this purpose Christ was
manifested, that He might destroy
DEATH" Substitute =
SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
for the word death in this passage and
what would YOU have?
"a. That the power manifested on the
day oi Pentecost evidenced Chrlsts re-
turn as having taken place, and to be
coming in spiritual power and energy
to his people. Such forget that jesus
characterized this as another, conse-
ouently not himself, when He said; Il
will pray the Father and lie shall send
YOU another comforter, even the spirit
of truth.
al. That Christ came at the de
structjon of Jerusalem, because Jesus
mentions His coming i'll the same con-
yersation i'm which he refers tn the de-
structiou of Jerusalem. Overlooking
the fact that three distinct questions are
asked by the disciples, Matt. 2l:3' these
received separate answers answers
Jesus gave them to understand tnat His
coming was not imminent; there Wouiu
he wars. &c, hut the end Is not yet.
Then hementiOns certain signs ana sai"'
..When We see these things then know
that il is nigh, even at the door. his
generation 1.-THE one seeing these signs
Shall not pass away until allthese things
he fulfilled.
Further. John the Revelator, who
wrote some 20 years after the destrue.
ton If Jerusalem, was ignorant Hi
Christ having come, and Jesus himself
also, for while one SAYS, "Behoid. |
come quickly" the other answers
Even So come Lord Jesus, ...-
4th. That Christ comes IN CONVEX
sion of sinners, SO continually coming,
more and more. This cannot be what
,Jesus referred to when he said AN
the tribes of the earth shall mourn anu
wall because OF him when they see MN
coming" Do they mourn and wall
when a sinner is converted? Besides
all this, We object to all thess Ideas OF
Christ coming again spiritually. Be
cause spiritually he never went away.
$50 am with you always, even to the
end of the world"
THE posr-NIILENSIAL DOCTRINE.
Of the two views of the personal COM
ING of Christ, the one termed POSTUM
lannial has the most advocates. lhey
EXPECT that through the efforts Oh the
church the world will be converted, and
fins usner in the millennial age, ut the
close of which the Lord will come, wind
up earthly affairs, reward the believers
and condemn sinners. They havemesh
scripture which, taken disconnectediy,
seems to favor this view: But even
this we believe, when God worn anu
plan are looked at as whole, VIII DE
found to favor the other view, VIZ: thai
Christ comes before the conversion oI
,ha x,nrld that the church is now being
,r;ed and that the reward promised the
"vercomers is: that they shall share in
that reign: "To him that overcometh,,
will give to sit with me in my throne 3.t.,,
| Revelations 3:2l.) And the! nseG
and reigned with Christ thousand
pears." tRev. a0:4. ,,o,
There are tive tests 10 particular ' use. S;eS
by our post-miIlennial brethren to which ,
! we would refer; This gospei ha"''