The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25

prove 10 De The desire OF all NATIONS.
How Christ Will Come.
How unreasonable, how unscriptural,
we now see were the theories respect
ing the Second Coming of Christ hand
ed down from a darker time! We were
informed that the Redeemer would
come again in the flesh, whose only
glory would be kind of shining OF the
skin. We overlooked entirely the great
change which came to our Master aft
er He had finished the sacrificial work
given Him to do. His ascension Signi-
fed a return not only to Heaven, but
also to the Heavenly condition which
He left when He humbled Himself to
be made flesh for the purpose of being
mans Redeemer
We overlooked the statement that He
was put to death in flesh, but quick
ened in spirit" We overlooked the
fact that the Master declared, My
flesh l give for the life of the world >
We overlooked the fact that the Scrip
lures assure us that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.
and that consequently the elect Church.
before entering the Kingdom condi-
ton, must be changed by the power
of the First Resurrection-made Heay-
emily, or spirit beings. like our glorified
Redeemer.
From the foregoing is it not evident
that the presence of the Lord will not
be discerned except by the few? The
masses will not know, even as the
masses knew not in the time of Noah.
But as Noah and his family knew
about the coming Deluge, SO the saints
Of God will know approximately the
time of the great trouble with which
this Age will close and the Kingdom
Age be inaugurated. Thus the Apostle
says, Eye, brethren, are not in dark
ness, that that Day should overtake
you as thief" though it shall come
as a snare upon the whole world
Thessalonians 5:1-6.
The period of Christ's presence 'as
a thief in the night unknown to the
world, will be a time of special
scrutiny and judgment in the Church
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faithful This dealing with the Church
includes, we believe, the Resurrection
reward that will be given to the
Apostles and all the faithful ones of
the Church who have fallen asleep and
have been waiting for this very houl
and its blessings.
So the Apostle tells us that those of
the Church alive and remaining until
that time will not hinder, or prevent.
those who have gone before. THE
dead in Christ shall rise first" They
will enter into the joys of their Lord
first, and will experience the resurrec-
ton change first. Later on, the breth-
rem then living will be dealt. with.
down to the last member. Then the
Church having been glorified, the next
step of the Divine Program will be In
order-the Epiphania. or shining forth
of the Lord in glory.
When speaking of Christs Epiphania.
or revealing. we are not to understand
that His Parousia has ceased. Rather.
as at the First Advent. Christ's pres
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Mt His Second Advent His Parousia.
His presence, will be for the entire
thousand years of His Reign. At the
first. however. the Parousia will be
known only to the Church, and to them
merely by the eye of faith. Subse
quently. changed by the First Resur
rection, they will see their present
Lord as He is-a spirit Being. Then
will come His Epiphania TO the world
His shining forth in power and great
glory. But this shining forth Epi
phania) will bring quite Il shock OF
surprise to the world 1t will mean a
sudden blazing forth of Gods righteous
Indignation against everything SINFUL
against everything unjust.
The poetess caught the proper thought
when writing respecting the Epiphania
IF Christ:
ct see His flaming judgments
AS they circle all the earth,
The signs and groanings promised
To precede a second birth.
read His righteous sentence
In tho crumbling thrones of earth
Our King is marching on
Nevertheless, this flaming forth of
Messiah's judgments, severely awful
as they will be, will be manifestations
Of the Love of God and of Christ. By
the consuming of the dross in the fire
of that tribulation. mankind will be
blessed, transformed, uplifted devel-
Oped This flaming fire in which
Christ and His Church, Gods Kingdom
in glory, will be revealed to mankind,
Is elsewhere in the Bible spoken of as
the fire of Gods anger OF it we read
that the proud and all that do wickedly
will be as stubble, and that the fire of
that time will consume them, root and
branch. The hope. of course, is that as
they realize the changed conditions
they will drop their pride and their
wickedness, and turn unto the Lord.
He will send the flaming fire of judg-
ments for the very purpose of consum-
Ing the worlds impurities, and thus of
blessing and purifying all who will
learn to love righteousness.
When Christ Will Come.
h6Q1l We MtiC lillSlcu by OuI CEceuS
In respectful the time of Christ's Sec
Ond Coming. Some of US declared that
He already had come the second time
and that His Kingdom was set up long
ago. Our Catholic friends claim that
the establishment of the Kingdom took
place In the year 500. under Pope Leo
Ill, and that the thousand years of
Christ's Reign are in the past We
sincerely hope that they are in error:
for, If that theory be correct, Christ's
Kingdom has accomplished far less for
the world than the Bible statement
would lead US to expect. Protestants
have also held that Christ's Kingdom
has been established, that His Reign
began centuries ago; that the Church
Of England has been reigning, also the
Church of Germany, the Church of
Sweden and the Church of Russia
each claiming authority in the earth.
The majority of Christian people are
much confused, bewiIdered; but Bible
students are of late getting Il better
focus upon this subject They arr
seeing that, according to the Bible, we
should still pray, "Thy Kingdom come:
Thy will be done on earth. as it is done
in Heaven" that we should still wish
for the Son of God from Heaven, and
that we should still remember st.
Peters words respecting the Times of
Restitution, blessing and favor, which
will come to the world at the Second
Advent of Christ.-Acts 3:19-21.
Admitting that those who interpret
the prophecies to teach that we are
now living in the time of the Second
Advent Of Christ are not infallible in
their Interpretation, we must, neverthe
less, concede that there are signs all
about us today which closely tally
o.