Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-16
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SsIe judgments.

away with His ccmGg again; that His cunning
!or The saints is preliminary to all the judg
ments to BE- visited upou this earth, a1d to His
MessIaolc ryigt; that the first resurrection,
"nen al 10 Christ ure to be glor6ed occurs at
the moment the living saints are caught I'D
wlth them (thc raised ssiots) to meet the Lord
10 The air. just at this point VIC stand at the
CeglnIlut: Or opening ct 40 entirely new ago or
dlspcosaiion. The Bride of Christ will have
been token UP to be forever with her blessed
LORD ard Master, aud We believe from all We
eah gather from the Word; that the Spirit,
The Comort,r. as Tic has been working 10 the
world sInca Chris!s ascension, will no longer
sil7e With map, so tar as this dag OF grace is
couceropd. No doubt He will in some nepn,r
sill work Tor the glory Of God on the earth,
but orr as tie C,mfurter and in the sauc char
actcr III; Is COW working. "Fo. tho mystery of
iuIquly doh already work: only he vho now
Iet;eth (hioders) will let ltindeI until he b.
taken OPT tt The Wy, aud then shall that
| wlekod lthe au,l Chtisl) be revealed, whom the
Ljrd sial! cVDs ume with the spiit Of his mouth,
aud shall destroy Nth the brightness OF his
| coming: tVrn bin, whose comiug is att,r the
| Working OF Satan With all poW,r and sigLs and
IIylng wonders, aud with s!l deccivablentss OF
| Until htaousu@Gs IL them that perish; because
| they reu.ised not the love of the truth, rha!
they ml4al be saved" . rhess., ,: I, 10.
Even III The dsys of Paul The mystery of it,
iqut; vas OF work; tut BY the njishly power
u Gcd, throush some person, this work has
| hee1 Sudertt, aud vii Dc Murdered uuti. he il
| akrn cut Of the WY; and Vho will saw ,Lut
this pc'&ot is u0t The Holy Ghost, tho Cou
iortsi? His work (aDti Christ's) is to be after
the manner ui Satau with all power and signs
aud I}lug Woudsrs What e,rib'e picture
Tor The reopl" who will be upon the earth when
che day CT the gut! Christ cUmes2 Aud eho
kllw5 how SUun it may b: ushered iu2 "Fur
| there shaii elise tsse chrlsts, and iai,e ptoph~
cts, aad Shall show great signs AID W jnders;
nSoniUch that. ltit werl possible. they shall
dc'":Vu the Very exc" hlatt. 81: "a,
! Oae lnpcrtaut Truth to knDw 10 4: . GU set
is, upon whom aEu these Judgments" or da:s
o; 'rhu'atsou' TO fall Mt upon Believers,
C alulS, far We hsva shown that they. dead
cut llrlus, have beco osught away from TIT,
earth AID arc not here TO paric pate 10 these
lnsi days I'll ~rath aud Vengeance OF Aluishrr
II o. thcu upon whom are they to c,mE
WIN the Je@, ne Israel OF God. have his part
10 then 1cs Tor W, are tod 10 Dan T.: l.:
| 'had Ut that ,lmo the time Of jadymsuls
shal' Michael sand Up, the great PRICE whluu
stat d.'h I1r his children OF thy peolI lie and
there shail Dc a lime oi 'r2ntie, such az Il, V r
Wis NIi c. there Was II nsl!oD even to thut same
tln4e; auu at that nmo tiny people he Jews
shall be delivered. every one tt az shall be fJuLd
written in the book"
For there shall be ;r.at lribulasiou, such az
Was uot siLct the brgIuuiog OF ,he world to
! this Una, 90. uur ever SHALL DO. And except
| tlosr days should bs shortened, th, r. should
10 n!sh h6 saved: but Tor the sl.cts sake tth-
cIct OF l'r"el) 'huss days Shall be shortened"
Matt. "a: 81 %
Ala iVr hat day is great, SO that none is
like II: l. l. tveD tho tme of Jacob's trouble,
but b. shali b, stved out of IT," Jcr. 80: l.
Men hearts failing them Tor far, sud for
locking sttrr thoso thugs whcn ar, coming on
the cath: tGr tho pnwcrs tf heaven Shall b.
shaken Luke p: &c.
1t Is tho ,ltan OF Jac,t's trouble The time
OF tho Gcusics has been fulfilled; God has
chosen Uut people from Rmoog them, and
!hs set lime has cago Tor Israel to be saved.
iocy have already gathered al Jerusalem the
c:ty that has been ucdden Gowo OF the Gem
lies. To reeve the proUiSc madu t. faithful.
Abraham housands OF years bsck. "Uoto thy
s-ed have given this land, from the ,iV,r Of
hsytt uoto the graf river, the river Euphra.
tts. Gen. 10: IS. The daily sacrifices have
oto1 revived aud In tho midst tt the Week the
s@vrnlich ~eek-srxty nioc having been ful
| GeG-,ee Dao. 9: 24 "Lhe Ir.oco that shall
come I'VE DO nat hesitate 10 naming HIM, the
uuti Christi shall cause tho sacr &c, and The
oblatlon TO cease, and for tho oVrrspreediog of
abUmiaa'lons he shall make it desolate, even
| until the cOrSlmmalioD, and that determined
shaIl DC poured upon the desolate." Dao 9: 81.
Is ,>l1es this "pilce that shall come,' who
Is III league with most Of tho Jews, there are
other loes cOugregated about The city of Jeru-
sale N array ed III deadly c'mbat for its spuila-
lou 'Bshold the day Of the Lord cometh.
| an thy spoil shall DC divided in the midst Of
thee. For | viii gather all nations against Je
rusa!crn 10 battle anG tho city shall be- taken.
and the tcus,s r A.d, and tho women Isyished:
aud half Of the ci,y shall 20 forth into CAPTIVITY
aud the residue Of The peurle shall not be cut
off from tho city" Z.cb. II: l-3.
Drecaiu dreadful day for all those who arc
not found written 10 the BIO. K
Now IN this Scripture VIC have the other
parry who Is 10 have part 10 the days OF
trIbuIatinn" ALL nations Gea,iles sre to come
forth to tight against Jerusalem aud terrible,
terrible indcsd will be their end. who thus pnt
| themselves IN battle array against the Lords
annotated Aud this shall be the plague
| '""'S"i'b wv IVi0 VIII SlDll1 Gil tDC Dp0DlG
that have fought against erusalem their f-sh
stall couSuuc away while they stand upon their
| feet, aud heir eyes shall consume away 10 tbeir
holes, and their tongue shall consume away 10
their mouth. And it shsll come to pass in that
day, tina: great tumuit from be Lord shall be
aneug them, aod they shall lay hold every ono
on the hand Ct his Dclg hbor and bis hand shall
r,sa up agsltst the hand of his neighbour"
L ch. Il II l3
But dear believer iu Chris! tako not these
a"tul words 10 yourself, Tor If member of
li's glorious body YOU are not on the earth,
ou. with him srd whea He comes you come
also II Is in the midst Of these trouhuious lines
that the Lord comes, not for but with all his
Eaints Ard his feet shall stand 10 that dsv
when sll the evil on tho e.rth hesd. up in An
t'cnn y upon the Mount Of Olives, which is be.
IRE Jerusalem on ths east and the Mount of
DIVES shall cIeaVe in the midst th cot toward
inc last ard toward tne west, and there shall be
CREST valley end hsf Ct the mouL:,in shsll
remove loHar1 the north and half Of it toward
the south a nd ye hall fse to the valley os
the mountains for the VALLEY Of The mountains
shall reach unto Anal: yea ye shall fee like as