The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-06-02

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pare a place for
you; and I will come again,
and receive you unto myself, that
where am there ye may be also"
uohn XIV. 2. 81. The speaker saids
Doubtless We all have In mind the
fact that we have just passed the an
piversary Of our Redeemers ascension
to the right hand Of the Father-to
the highest place In all the Universe,
next to the Almighty Father. he a.
cended up where He was beforeNto
the spirit plane Of being. With added
excellence Of glory and honor, the ~
ward .of HIS faithfulness and obedi.
ence to the Fathers win. even to the
sacrificing Of His ME 1t Calvary.
The work for which the Loeos LETT
the heavenly glory has not ~ been
fully accomplished he has suffered,
the Just for the unjust. giving His
life q Ransom-price for an: but this
was merely a means toward an end.
and that end has not yet been accom-
plished-tbe blessing Of Adam and his
fallen q c Thank God. however. that
the great. broad foundation has been
laid. Thanks be to God also that a
great preliminary work has been In
progress during o than eighteen
centuries since His ascension. That
preliminary work IL the preparation
Of the Church Of Christ to follow him
in faithfuiness and seif-sacrince and
exaltation to the divine nature. glory.
honor and immortality. which was His
reward I'll Peter 1. ~.
The Way and the Place.
As the Redeemer was the first to as
cend to the glorious station Of the d.
vine nature. far above angels. princi-
palities and powers. and as the Church
Is to be His associate in that glory. It
was necessary that He should precede
her to prepare the way.
And before the Church could. in any
sense of the word. be made acceptable
in the heavenly courts, 1t was necessa-
~ that the Redeemer appear in the
presence of Cod on her behalf (He-
brews tx. pa
How precious to every child of God
are the words of the Apostle. IF we
sin we have an Advocate with the Fa-
ther. Jesus Christ the Righteous! Let
us. therefore. come with courage to the
Throne Of heavenly Grace that we may
obtain mercy and find grace to help in
every time of need. for we have an
High Priest who can be touched with
the feeling of our inirmities. having
been tempted IN all points like as we
Of the new creation are tempted Il
John ii. l. 2: Hebrews iv. IS. 16).
n Will Como In Like Manner"
There appears to be a disposition on
the part of many to deny that there
will be a second advent of the Redeem
er. They reason that what has not oc-
Cured In more than eighteen centuries
should cease to be expected. They en-
deavor to find the fulilmeN of the
promised second coming Of the Savior
In the Pentecostal blessing. But this
cannot satisfy those who have implicit
trust in the Lord. and who believe that
the Apostles yer His specially ap-
pointed mouthpieces. for did not the
Apostles, long after P%entecost, tell Of
the second coming Of the Lord, and did
not Jesus Himself In the last book Of
the Bible declare His coming and His
marriage to the Church. His acceptance
Of her and the giving to her a share in
His glory?
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 a blaze Of glory
witnessed by the whole world Of man.
hnd1 No! Neither will He so come.
Did He go amidst great commissions
and the blast OF trumpets? No!
Neither viii He 30 come. Was His
departure seen and known throughout
the worid1 No! Neither will His ar.
rival be see and known; as He de-
clared, He will come a. a thief in the
night, and Will be present, unknown to
the world. Only a few knew Of His
departure and could tell It to others.
In like manner His second coming will
be known only to the few. who will de-
clare II to such az have the hearing
a and the eye Of faith. "Ye. brethren,
are not In darkness, that that day
should overtake yov as a thief' Il
Thessalon1ans v, q.
In the harvest time He will be pres
ent to gather the wheat into His gar.
ner. through the change of the Chief
Resurrection, which will take place In
a moment, in the twinkling Of an eye,
because flesh and blood cannot in.
herit the Kingdom Of Cod" During
this period of p~droxsia, preceding the
outward manifestation to the world, the
Heavenly Lord, invisible to men, viii
Judge amongst those who have profess
ed to be His misunderstanding
which may enter into the Kingdom
and share its glories and which have
been Improbable servants.