Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-02-04

keep his commandments. See John
14:3; Rev. 22:14. John, the Revelator
saw in vision, the New Jerusalem all
prepared and descending to the new
earth, where it will remain forever the
capital of Christ's Kingdom, where he
shall dwell with his people. And he
will dwell with them, and they shall
be his people, and God Himself shall
be with them and be their God" Rev.
21:S. Thus everything which man
lost by the fall will be restored by
Christ in the new earth, and the plan
Of God will have been fully carried
out.
But like the disciples OF old, we are
prone to ask, When shall these things
be, and what shall be the sign of thy
coming and Of the end Of the world?"
Matt, 24:3. We find no word of re-
proof from the lips of the Master be-
cause Of this question; but in reply
the Savior made many prophetic state
ments with regard to the future. So
with respect to the events before us,
and the time of their fulfllment, 1t is
our privilege to study and accept all
that the Word of God teaches us. We
read, Surely the Lord God will do
nothing but he revealeth his secret
unto his servants and prophets" Amos
S:7 and again, "The secret things be-
long unto the Lord our God; but those
things which are revealed, belong unto
us and to our children forever" Deut.
1928; 2 Peter 1:19 tells us, I'VE have
also a more sure word of prophecy,
whereunto ye do well that ye take
heed as unto light that shineth in
dark place" The dark place is the fu-
ture' The prophecies are as light
so that we may know just where We
are on the stream Of time.
The hope Of the church in all ages
has been the second coming of the
Savior, and the setting up of his eter-
nal kingdom. All the prophecies, as
well as the teachings of Jesus. point
to this great event. Before leaving his
followers Christ said: 81 20 to nre-
pare a place for you, | will come
again and receive you unto myself,
that where | am, there We may be
Also John 14:2-3. We are also told
Of the manner in which our Savior
will come again. On the Mount of
Olives at the close Of his instruction 10
his disciples, while they beheld, he
was taken up; and cloud received
him out of their sight" Acts 1:9. Two
angels Immediately stood by the disci-
pies to comfort them, and said: "Ye
men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing
up into heaven? This same Jesus
shall so come in like manner as We
have seen him go into heaven" Acts
Ill.
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and
every eye shall see him." Rev. IL.
Christ went away in cloud of glo-
ry. He will come again in the same
manner, and every eye shall see him.
The Son Of Man shall come in his
glory and all the holy angels with him.
Matt. 1927.
There will be two classes of people
living when Christ returns. One will
be saying Peace and safety" They
are expecting his coming. They are
putting the evil day afar off. AS a re-
suit 1t comes to them as thief in the
night" They are taken wholly by sur
prise 1t will be to them as the flood
was to the antediluvian world in the
days Of Noah The result will be the
same sudden and unexpected destruC-
tion. See Luke 17:26-3O. In hopeless
despair they will cry out to the noun
tains and rocks Fall on us and hide
us from the face of Him that sitteth
upon the throne, and from the wrath
of the Lamb; for the great day of his
wrath is come; and who shall be able
to stand" Rev. GIG, II.
Then sudden destruction cometh
upon them . . and they shall not
escape" Thes. 5:3. "They shall be
destroyed with the brightness of his
coming" 2 Thes. 2;S.
Now, let us consider the experience
Of the other class living at this same
time. Paul calls them the brethren.
But ye brethren are not in darkness
that that day should overtake you as
a thief" Thes. 5:4. For unto them
that look for him shall he appear the
second time without sin unto saliva
tion,' Heb. 9:2S. They will greet the
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