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ed into heaven; from thence he shall come
10 Judge the quick and the dead"
It is impossible to understand why pro
Tossing Christians as body object to the
personal coming of Christ To one who
carries no theological chips on his shoulders
to be guarded, and whose religious law
consists in loving God with all the soul,
mind and strength, and his neighbor as
himself, it would seem fit and proper
thing that Christ should come again to the
EARTH where he was reviled, scourged, spit
upon and crucifed, and should come in
triumph with all his holy angels with him,
should come as the acknowledged son of
God. A noted divine was asked, not long
since,if he did not believe in the speedy per-
sonal coming of Christ. He replied, mo,
1 do not. 1 regard that idea as a device
of the devil" That mans opinion is of
little account, only as he voiced the belief
of many protesting Christians who
have settled in their own minds
what Christ will do, doing so
in the majority of cases, because the
church to which they belong believes so
and any other doctrine they call heretical.
That he will come to judge the world the
Bible most emphatically declares. David
sang long before this birth, For he COM
eth, he cometh to judge the EARTH" Zacha-
riah prophesied, "Sing and rejoice, 0
daughter of Zion, for 10, come, and will
<l-A 80 h. NToI0obi said
'But who may abide the day of his com
ing? and who shall stand when he appear
eth?" David declared, "Our God shall
come and shall not keep silence; a
fire shall devour before him,
and it shall be very tempestuous
round about him. He shall call to the
heavens from above, and to the earth, that
he may judge his people"
Christ said to his disciples, "And then
shall'' appear the sign of the Son of man
in heaven; and then shall all tribes of the
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son OF
man coming in the clouds of heaven with
power and greatness" ''And Jesus said
ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the
right hand of power, and coming In the
clouds of heaven" "And then shall they
see the Son of man coming in cloud
with power and great glory" eye have
heard how I said unto you, go away
and come again unto you" SucE
was Christs oft-repeated promises
to his disciples, Il will come to you" No
once did he speak of their coming to hin
at death. Paul wrote to the Corinthians
$50 that ye come behind in no gift; wait
ing for the coming of our Lord Jesu
Christ" He wrote to the Philippians
''For our conversation is in heaven, from
whence also we look for the Savior, the Lore
Jesus Christ" To the Thessalonians h
said, ''And to wait for his Son from heaven
which he raised from the dead, even Jesus.
For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of tn
archangel, and with the trump of God, an,
the dead in Christ shall rise first" T.
Timothy he wrote, Il charge thee therefor
before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, VIII
shall judge the quick and the dead at hi
appearing and kingdom"
Peter said, 'When the chief shepher,
shall appear ye shall receive crown O
glory that fadeth not away" John, tn
beloved disciple, wrote, Beloved, now ar
we the sons of God, and it doth not yet ap
pear what we shall be, but we know tina
when he shall appear we shall be like him
for we shall see him as he is" "Behold h
cometh with clouds, and every eye shall Sc
him, and they also which pierce'
him, and all kindreds of tn
earth shall wall because of him.
Not only do the scriptures teach the sec
ond coming of Christ, but they also enjoil
upon his disciples the duty of waiting TO
him, of watching for him, ''as they tina
watch for the morning." The promise i
only to those who are waiting for thei
Lord. GAS it is appointed unto men one
to die, but after this the judgment; 81
Christ was once offered to bear the sins o
many; and unto them that look for him
shall he appear the second time withou
sin unto salvation"
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