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it will never be de-
((1AS0R RUsSE[D) stroyed by literal
fire. According to
him the great event Of Christ's Com
Ing will bring blessings such as we
all desire. He seems to have the Bible
and logic on his side too!
Pastor Russell declared that false
concepts Of the Second Coming Of
Christ had done great injury. The
view set forth in all orthodox creeds
is that Christ will come again in the
flesh. The resurrection will take place
within twenty-four hours. The sanity
will rise in the air to meet the Lord.
Then fire will come down from heav-
On, and consume the whole earth. Pre-
millennialists claim that Christ will
reign in fleshly glory a thousand years
to bless the living. The majority Of
Christians disown this as ridiculous
nonsense because they believe little of
creed or Bible. A minority perceive
tn Inconsistency with the Bible.
What Bible Students Now See.
The fire Of that day" is symbolical.
already kindling in society, the ele-
ments of which, Capital and Labor,
are getting hotter. Soon they will
melt, the symbolical earth" will be
consumed with the heavens" also, the
ecclesiastical powers. Their passing
away will usher in new EARTH" or
social order, and new heavens" the
Church in glory.
The Second Coming Of Christ is as
ISOLATED with blessings. Messiah will
abolish the curse and bring in wonder
ful blessings. The Day of Christ will
be ''the last Day,"-the great Seventh
Thousand-year Day. All humanity
will be blessed, including the dead
who will then be awakened.
Christ Comes to Reign.
As the redemption was necessary
for mans salvation SO Messiah's King
dom Is necessary to accomplish restitu-
don. The delay of more than eighteen
centuries is Scripturally explained:
a. God designed Six Great One Thou
sand Year Days to teach mankind the
exceeding sinfulness Of sin. He pur-
posed that on the Seventh Day the
blessing Of Messiah should come. e.
An important work has been done
aince Calvary. An Elect Church has
been gathered out Of all nations
saints made perfect through suffering,
Z Little Flock, the Church Of the
Tirst-borns" These are to become the
Bride Of Christ at His Second Advent.
The Second Coming Of Jesus is to
claim His Bride class, and to exalt
them. As regards the world, He comes
60 bind Satan, to overthrow sin, and
to uplift fallen humanity. St. Peter
tells that Restitution work, not literal
burning of the world, awaits the Sec
ond Coming Of Jesus: '"Times Of re-
freshing shall come from the presence
Of the Lord."-Acts iii, 1921.
christ's Kingdom to Be Spiritual.
One great mistake we have all made
- In not noticing that Jesus was hu-
man for only thirty-three and a half
years. He was a glorious spirit being
before He was made flesh; and He
was resurrected to a spirit condition
higher than His original one. How
foolish we were to think Of Jesus as
man "a little lower than angels) in the
midst of the Heavenly host! He is now
partaker Of the Divine nature; His
Church Is to be "changed' and made
like Him." AS His descent was from
Q higher to a lower, so His ascent was
from lower nature to higher. "far
above angels" His is the exceeding glo-
(which mo man hath seen nor can see"
(which no man can approach unto"
It is this glorious Being whose King
dom is about to be established. He
and His Church will be as invisible
to men as are Satan and the fallen
angels. The appearances Of Jesus in
che flesh after His resurrection were
naterializations, to prove: O that
Jesus was no longer dead; e. that He
was changed, born Of the Spirit, able
to 90 and come like the wind.
Parousia, Epiphania, Apokalupsis.
Messiah's Kingdom will have earthly
representatives-the faithful saints Of
previous ages, raised to human perfec-
ton instantly. Through these the in
visible Messianic Kingdom will op-
crate. Jesus said, "Ye shall see Abra-
ham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets
In the Kingdom"
The par0usiG Of Jesus will come first
present but invisible. The world will
continue with the ordinary affairs Of
life (while He is gathering the Church,.
~ In tho davS IF Noah
After the gathering Of the Church,
there will be an epiphania and an apo
kalwpsis of Jesus. He will shine forth,
He will be revealed-not in flesh, but
I'm flaming fire." the trouble Of that
Day, in which the present order will
b consumed in anarchy, giving place
to the Kingdom Dispensation.