The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-03-09
Religious Department.

Religious Department.
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Are We Near the Second Coming OF
Christ?
but of that day and hour knoweth no
man. Matt. "a chapter sc verse.
In my last article upon this subject, I
made what may be regarded by many,
as startling assertion, when I gave the
reasons for thinking that but a few years
will elapse before Christ shall appear
"with healing in His wings"
We must understand that prophecy
is often misunderstood; and so it may be
in this case, but the weight of evidence
is against any mistake. Mark closely
the wording of the text: ''of that day and
hour knoweth no man.
But it is sad mistake to infer that the
year will not be known or the day either.
There are indeed more evidences in the
Bible that it will be known than that it
will not be; but desire to call attention
to few of the facts which 20 to show
that it is not to the watchful, earnest,
faithful christian who is diligently seek
ing to obey the Master that His coming
will be unknown. But to the unbeliever
and to the faithless, careless, worldly
christian who has not given "attendance
to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine"
q Tim. 4-19who has not courage to
face the jeers and prosecutions which
will surely come to him II he follows
closely to the word of God, when it leads
him from the multitude. 1t is to the
christian who has not obeyed the COM
mand to 'be in the world but not of the
world" who hes not meditsted upon
these things" To them only will he
come, "as thief in the night
For one hundred years Noah sought
to turn the people to God; and warned
them Of the coming flood. but they
denied that it would come.
They scoffed at him for being fool
enough to build an ark against flood of |
water when there had never been any
rain. They reviled him, called him a |
teacher Of false doctrine, il you please;
because he and his family, eight persons
only, dared to Withstand the whole world |
because God was with them. sand |
knew not until the flood came, and took |
them all away, so shall the coming of |
the Son of Man be-" Why did they not
know that the flood was coming. seeing
they had been warned of it for hundred
years? Because of their unbelief, 'sthey
had ears to hear, and heard not" be-
cause they did not want to repent and
seek the Lord. They had the same
of Gods intentions which
Noah possessed for he had warned them
aud the fact that he was preparing for
the flood for so long time was evidence
of Noah's firm faith. 1t was more; it
told them that if Noah was right they
were wrong and would be found without
excuse when their destruction came.
There was a definite time to s'Messiah
the Prince" at his first advent. yet in
spite of the fact that many of those who
looked for his appearance mistook John
the Baptist to be Christ, the great major
ity were asleep, spiritually, and did not
awaken until they had crucifled their
and many not then.
From Genesis to Revelations we find
evidences of the fact that no great event
Of vital import to the world in spirit
ual sense was left to happen upon the
world unawares if they but study this
most wonderful word of God.
Read the text at the head of this article
then turn to the following ones Dan.
chapter, 24-27v. Here we see the 20
weeks of years, each week representing
A period of Z years, or 400 years until all
be fulfilled, and to "anoint the most
Holy" i. e. to anoint Christ as ruler
over the world during the Millennium
Daniel II chapter verse "But thou o
Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the
books, even to the time of the end:
many shall run to and fro and knowledge
shall be increased" Dan. 12,S-IO ssAnd
heard, but 1 understood not: then said
o Lord, what shall be the end of these
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