The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-05-31

centuries should cease to be expected
They endeavor to find the fultilment,
the promised second coming OF the
Savior, in the Peutecostal blessing.
But this cannot satisfy those who have
implicit trust in the Lord, and who be-
lieve that the Apostles were his spe7
cially appointed mouthpieces. for did
not the Apostles, long after Pentecost,
tell of the second coming OF the Lord,
and did not Jesus Himself in the last
book of the Bible declare His com
ing and His marriage to the Church,
His acceptance of her and the giving
10 her share in His glory?
The erroneous thought that Jesus is
still a man and that His second com
ing will be as man in glory and pow
or, has done much injury to the
Church. 1t has turned the attention
Of some to looking for and expecting
Messiah's Empire to be purely an
earthly one. 1t has led others to deny
the second coming and the Kingdom
entirely. The proper view of our
Lords ascension to the glory Of the di-
vine nature and honor next to the ga
ther. never more to return to earthly
conditions. lifts us above the difficult
ties mentioned
We now see that the One who will
come In power and great glory Will be
q Spirit Being wholly invisible to man
kind. but nevertheless the very same
Jesus, the same personality, the same
Ego. who was once amongst men;
the same Ego or personality who pre-
viously was with the Father on the
spirit plane, and who BUNDLED Him
self to mans estate in order that lie
might accomplish q work OF redemp-
tion for Adam and his race. The Re
deemer says of Himself, II am He
who was dead, and behold ! am alive
forevermore" And He who was dead,
was He not the same One who pre-
viously was rich and for our sakes
became poor? Can we not. therefore
hold clearly to the distinctions of ma
ture, and yet see through the two
changes the maintenance of the orig
inal personality
He VIII Como In Like Manner.
The angels who appeared to the
Apostles when the Master vanished
from their sight declared that He
would come in like manner as He
went away Did He go In blaze OF
glory witnessed by the whole world
Of mankind? MOI Neither will He
so come. Did He go amidst great con
vulsions and the blast Of trumpets!
No, Neither will He so come Was
His departure seen and known
throughout the world? No! Neither
will His arrival be seen and known;
as He declared. He will come as
theft In the night and will be present,
unknown to the world Only n few
knew of His departure and could tell
Il to others. In like manner second
coming will be known only TO the few
who will declare it to such as have the
hearing ear.
Concerning this secret arrival Of the
Lord. "as a thief in tho night the
Apostle declares. aye. brethren. are not
I'm darkness, that that day should over
take you as a thief" Il Thessalonians
v, A..
The day of revealment will come.
but it will be after the Bride class,
the elect Church, - with the Bride
groom, sharer OF His glory, honor
Ind immortality. When He shall APP
pear, ye also shall appear with Him
in glory" q John Ill., p The reveal
ment will be in flaming fire-a mani
festation of righteousness. opposition
TO all things sinful and approval of
oil things In harmony with the Golden
Rule This will mean at the first a
great time Of trouble, an Oyerturning
and transformation in the worlds at
fairs AS the Prophet declares, The
rich men shall weep bitterly" Many
poor ones doubtless will also weep, for
unrlghteousness Is not confined TO race
or class. All evildoers will suffer, all
well-doers will be blessed
As soon as this new ruling of Mes
siah's Kingdom shah come to be thor
oughly recognized and appreciated,
the inhabitants Of the world Will