The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-27

the coming ira
rousia-presencel Of the Son of Man
be: they shall be eating. drinking.
planting and marrying. aud know not"
Matthew 24:31. IS
The Pastor was prompted to select
his text by reading an extract from
recent sermon of Canadian minister.
who declared that 1914 would witness
the Second Coming Of Christ The
statement permitted the inference that
the minister holds the view common
to nearly all creeds-that the earth Is
to be burned up and the human race
blotted out: and that Christ will come.
to see that none Of the Church are
destroyed. All such expectations. the
Pastor claimed are wholly unscrip-
tural, untrue and misleading
Then the Pastor explained In full the
various Scriptures commonly supposed
to support such views. The wrong in
terpretation 50 prevalent. he claimed.
belong to the Dark Ages. when public
teachers seemed to lose all apprecia-
ton OF figurative language: and when
Christ's references to Gehenna Fire.
which burned outside the wall Of Ie-
rusalem. were understood to refer to
an eternity OF torture for all except
the sanity few. He showed that st.
Peters words. 1.-THE heavens shall be
ON fire." and 1.-The earth and the things
therein shall he burned up" refer to
the very period which st. Peter else
where calls Times of Restitution" and
blessing mot woodworking, to follow
Jesus Second Coming.
? Both the Master and His Apostles.
the Pastor asserted. frequently used
the word fire as symbolical of tribnla-
ton. Among the many. Scriptures
quoted to substantiate his assertion
was st. Peters exhOrtation. Think it
mot strange concerning the fiery trial
which shall try you"
The Pastor quoted many Scriptures
to prove that the earth Is not to be de-
stroyed. that 1.-The earth abideth for
ever; that God "created it not In vain.
but formed 1t to be inhabited" This
last prophecy. he claimed. has not yet
been fulfilled: for imnense tracts OF
land are still nnoccnpied.
The speaker then discussed popular
misconceptions respecting the end OF
~ weesl ana sAowsA that tAeas -
based upon q misunderstanding. due
to the fact that our Common veFsi0a
Bible uses Che word world whore the
word age. epOch. order OF things. would
better express the thought OF the ostgi-
nal. According to Scripture, the pres
ent order. Of which Satan Is ruler. Is
to give place to a new order Of things.
under control IT the Prince Of Light
christ's Second Coming.
Next the Pastor demonstrated con-
clusively from Scripture that our Lord
is no longer a human being. Nearly
nineteen centuries ago. the Logos left
Heavenly glory aud was made flesh.
God had pronounced a death sentence
upon man. from which the race could
not be Released unless some one would
become their redeemcr and meet the
penalty for them. This penalty was
ucutus tttiIlut VI ulCu
the Scriptures know nothing. Our
Lord carried ont the Divine Program.
and as reward has been highly ex-
alted-"far above angels
The speaker then showed that the
word coming Is used 10 translate sew
eral very different Greek words. One
Of these is raronsia, meaning pres
ence. aud used In reference to the first
stage of our Lords Second Advent.
lie will be invisibly present For
while none will realize His i'arousia.
except the Church al earthly things
will continue as they haveTbuying.
selling, marrying. etc.-for a while.
LATER on will come the Epipliania
the revelation. OF manifestation-not In
the desb. but In great Time of Trou'
bic, symbolicaiiy represented ns fire.
We read. "Ilc shall he revealed Ia tam
Ing fire. taking vengeance"
The Faster understands the bible TO
teach that Jesus has thus been pres
ent since 1874 The Second Advent be-
gan then. The wonderful progress in
the world since then Bible students
thus expiaia. They understand the
Bible 10 teach that This Parousi;, will
continue for thousand years: bot
that the Epiphania will be due forty
years after the Presence began For
this reason they are looking very in.
scntly 10 see what the year may bring.
Everywhere we see signs OF unrest. a
time Of trouble brewing. II looks rs
though this year would mark the be-
ginning Of th, Naming fire oil juds
ments which viii characterize the in.
auenration Of Messiah's giorions l,eign
VI righteousness aud llfe eternal