Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-30

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heaven said. This same Jesus which
J is taken up from you into heaven shall
so come in like manner. as ye have
; seen him go into heaven" in like
manner that is In visible form in
the clouds. Jesus had a real body
after his resurrection, so he. went into
heaven, and so he is now at the right
hand of God and will come again in
person in the clouds of heaven. (Rev
I'D. Behold He cometh with clouds
and every eye shall see him, and they
also which pierced him, and all kin.
dreds of the earth shall wall because
OF Him" Jesus comforted his disci-
Piles with this great truth. John 14:3)
| And III | go and prepare a place for
you. | will come again. and receive
you unto Myself, that where | am,
there ye may be also Here in this
verse Christ comforts his disciples
by telling them that He. Himself Will
| come again to receive them. He does
not promise to send an angel or some
one else but says, II will come again"
The best commentary that have ever
found on this passage is given in
| Tbess. 4:16), THE Lord himself
shall descend from heaven with
shout with the voice of the arch-angel
and with the trump OF God, and the
dead in Christ shall rise first. then
we which are alive and remain shall
be caught up together with them in
clouds to meet the Lord in the air"
You notice that he said 'That the
Lord himself shall descend from heav-
en-" The second coming of Christ
is mentioned three hundred and eigh.
Leen times in the new testament and
Il occupies one In every twenty-five
verses from Matthew to Revelation.
In the Old Testament prophesies con.
cerning Christ by far the larger num-
ber of them are concerning his sec.
ond coming rather than the first. So
prominently true is this that many
Of the old Jewish writer's thought |
there were to be two Messiahs, a suf
fering Christ and gloriied Christ |
rhis is one of the reasons why the |
Jewish nation rejected Christ was be- |
'ause he came in humiliation they re- |
iected him. One of the most promi |
nent doctrines Of the whole Scrip |
lure is the promised coming of Christ |
and His glorious reign here upon
earth.
Condition OF the World.
want to call attention to the con.
fftion OF the world at the coming of |
he Lord Jesus Christ We find 1t
VII be in a state of Indifference and |
concern. (AIatt. 24:37-3S. But as the
lays of Noah were, 80 shall also the
coming OF the Son OF Man be: for In
the days that were before the flood
hey were eating and drinking, marry
ing and giving in marriage until the
lay that Noah entered into the Ark"
Men- and women viii be revelling In |
sin just the same as they are today |
Some Will be at a grand dress parade |
some Will be at a grand ball; some |
md women will be at their usual pur-
suits of business: the husband will |
Oe at his office; the wife busy about |
ler home: some will be on journey; |
some will be awake; some will be
asleep; some will be making their
fortune, while others are losing theirs |
rhe coming of the flood was unexpect-
I'd by the masses of the earth In spite |
ing of Jesus Christ. q Thess. $50,
For when they shall say peace and
safety then sudden destruction com
eth upon them as travail upon wom-
an with child and they shall not |
escape" The coming of the Lord |
will be a glad day for the Christian.
nut the saddest of all days for the un.
saved. Matt 25:31-32), 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 nations and he shall sepa
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iheep from the goats Then |
shall he say unto them on the left |
nand depart from me, ye cursed. into
everlasting fire. prepared for the devil
and his angels" Morally 1t will he al
time when sin and iniquity Is on
the Increase. See this awful picture
hat Paul gives US of the last days.
III Tim 2:l4, For this know also
hat in the last day perilous times
shall come, for men shall be lovers oil
heir own selves, covetous, boosters,
proud, blasphemers. disobedient to par
ents, unthankful, unholy, without nat
ural affection. truce breakers, false ac-
cusers, incontinent fierce, despisers of
hose that are good, traitors. heavy,
ligh-minded, lovers of pleasures more
han lovers of God having form of
;odliness but denying the power there
IT," Paul could not have described
iur own times better than these verses
described them. had he been living In
his day and generation.
The Church Asleep.