Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
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or more nave been selected as the time.
Men and women have sold their posses
SONS. they have put on white robes, and
they nave gone to the neighborng hill
TOYS that they might the better be pre-
pared to meet their Lord. 1t would seem
that these words of Jesus should be
enough to warn US of the folly of such
conduct. Mark tells us 13:32) that Jesus
said that even He was ignorant of that
day This is one of the things that has
been purposely concealed. 1T is not for
us to know the times or the seasons
which the Father hath put in His own
power. acts I'D
But ii is coming. AS certainly as Jeru-
salem was destroyed. and as the Jewish
nation ceased to exist, SO certainly will
Christ come again to Judge the world.
That coming will be sudden "As the
lightning cometl out of the east and
Shineth even unto the west, so shall also
the coming of the Son of Man be.
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This does not mean that there will be
no signs of His coming. IT may be that
quake in Sicily. But. if SO. the signs
were not such AS To convince or To inn
press the people generally. Ana SO Will
ii he at the coming of our Lord AS the
DAYS of Noah were. shall also the
coming IF the Son of Man be-. For as in
the days that were before the food they
were eating and drinking. marrying ana
giving in marriage. until the day that
Noah entered the ark, and knew nor
until the flood came and took them all
away: so shall also the coming of the
Son of Nan be-
The viii be the same whfrl and eX-
element OF business and of pleasure.
Men will be striving for wealth and place
AS i'm the days of Noah. That phrase
is i'm itself A sermon. There VIII then
take place the separation. Then. shall
two be in a field: the one shall be taken
Oh he
grinding the meal for the daily food; the
one shall he taken and the otheT left.
Such is the description of that day that
is given by our Lord. To that descrtp-
ton nothing can he added. The eXhorfa-
ton that follows is for all time. BE
We also ready; for in such an hour as ye
think not the Son of Man cometh'
The closing verses of this lesson have
I'm them a peculiar Significance. IF the
evil servant shall say in his heart. my
lord deayeth his coming: and shall
begin to smite his fellow servants
and to eat and drink with the drunken;
the lord of that servant shall come in
a day when he looketh not for him. and
in an hour that he is not aware of, and
shall cut him asunder and appoint him
his portion with the hypocrtes: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth
This description is terrible But to
whom does ii apply? Confessedly, it is
a description of some who are not only
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of those who have positions of promi
hence in the church. Are there those
who are lording it over Gods heritage?
Are there any who are using their power
as scourge. are they Expressing, and to
devouring those whom it is their duty to
feed and to nourish? If so, they have
need to tremble. The doom of all such
is described in this last verse.
The lesson is an appeal to us all to be
constantly ready for the Lords coming.
1t may be that He will not come as is
here described during our earthly lives;
but Of that none can tell But admitting
the claim: He is coming for each one OF
u.s. and the time of that coming is known
to Him only. In these days of accidents,
Of excitement and of passion. death is
frequently sudden: it is almost always
unexpected. 1t is the first business Of
each one of us. therefore, to be prepared
for His coming.