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that He make app1cutlOn Vi ihipu-
tation Of the merit of His sacrifice
OH behalf of the Church before their
sacrifices could be "holy and accepta-
BILE unto God; and only by their sacrl'
fees and the Divine acceptance Of
them could they be begotten of the
Holy Spirit to the new nature. the di-
vine nature which they will fully re
celve. if faithful, in the chief resur'
rection.
What force we thus see is attached
to the Masters words. 81 go to prepare
place for you! Unless He had thus
prepared the way. unless He had be-
come our Surety, we never could have
become acceptable in the Fathers
sight, and the Redeemer's associates
on the spirit plane. But there is still
tnother sense in which the Redeemer
Is preparing for His Church. His fol-
lowers. He has. as their great High
Priest. not only opened up the way to
God, but He continues to be their In
tercessor and TO appropriate to them OF
His merit to cover their continual tres
passes and shortcomings, which are
the result, not of wilfulness, but or
weakness and heredity-shortcomings
against which they strive. but by which
at times they are overtaken-sins or
omission If not of commission.
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 touch
ed with the feeling Of our infirmities.
having been tempted in all points like
az we of the new creation are tempted
II John Il. 1, 2; Hebrews iv. Is. 16).
al Will Come Again."
There appears to be a disposition on
the part Of many to deny that there
will be second advent of the Re-
deemer. They reason that what has
not occurred in more than eighteen
centuries should cease to be expected,
They endeavor to find the fulhlment,
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 be-
lieye that the Apostles were his spe-
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
to her share In His glory?
The erroneous thought that Jesus is
still man and that His second com
ing will be as u man in glory and pow
err, has done much injury to the
Church. 1t has turned the attention
of some to looking for and expecting
Messiahs Empire to be purely an
earthly one. 1t has led ot2ers to deny
the second coming and the Kingdom
entirely. The proper view OF our
Lords ascension to the glory Of the d.
vine nature and honor next to the ia
ther, never more to return to earthly
conditions. lifts us above the difiicul-
ties mentioned.
We now see that the One who VIII
come In power and great glory VIII be
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-
| yiously was with the Father on the
spirit plane. and who humbled Him
self to mans estate In order that lie
might accomplish n 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
! foreyermore. And He who was dead
was He not the same One who pre-
vlously 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 personalityf
He viii Come 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 a blaze OF
glory witnessed by the whole worlc
of mankind! No. Neither will He
40 come. Did He go amidst great con
vulslons and the blast of trumpets
No! Neither win He 80 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 1
theft In the night and will be present
unknown to the world. Only few
knew OF His departure and could tel
It 20 others In like manner secont
coming win he known only to the few
who will declare II to such as have thu
hearing ear,
Conccrning this secret arrival of th'
Lord. ms thief In the night" tn,
Apostle declares. "Ye. brethren, are no
o. darkness. TINT that day should over
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