River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-03-04

has been gloriied-that He has been
given a spirit nature again, that He
no longer has the human nature which
He surrendered as a Sin-Sacrifice, then
we see why the world will see Him
no more, and why the Church must
be changed by resurrection power be-
fore she can see Him.
81 Will Come Again"
Jesus left the world, not so much in
the sense Of going so far away that
Ee could not see His disciples and
communicate with them, but rather in
the sense that He q0Ould not see them
or communicate with them. He would
compel them to walk by faith and
not by sight," to search the Scrip
tures," and to receive their spiritual
blessings through the fellowship Of
the Spirit of the Truth. By His Holy
Spirit He would be with them, and not
by personal contact or further mani
festations.
His Second Coming would be at the
end Of the Age, to awaken His sleep
ing saints and to change them to the
Heavenly state. Thus He would come
again and receive them unto Himself
first the sleeping ones and subse-
Quently those alive and remaining,
who would experience their resurrec-
ton change in the moment of death.
Additionally, in the Harvest with
which the Age ends, He promised to
take special supervision of the gath
ering of His Elect.
This stage Of His Coming is called,
in the Greek, His Parousia-His pres
ence. The world is not to know of His
ParOusia. On the contrary, it is de-
scribed as secret-"as a thief in the
night" Jesus described His ParOusia,
saying that at that time the world
would be eating, drinking, planting,
building and know not of His Coming
in the Harvest of the Age, even as the
world in the days OF Noah knew not.
The intimation is. however, that some
Of Gods people would be made aware
of His Parousia; while others Of Gods
people, the Foolish Virgins, would be
overcharged with the cares of this life
and know not
We cannot here discuss fully how
Christ comes as a thief, but we offer
free of charge q booklet which we
have written with view to making
the matter very clear. Whoever will
address me-Pastor Russell, Brooklyn,
N. Y-requesting a copy Of Parousia
Booklet-will receive a copy free.
"Word Seeth Me NO More"
said, "a little while and the world
seeth Me no more" how can humanity
know about the new, invisible King
dom? The Bible answers most dis
tinctly. 1t tells of the shining forth,
the Epiphania, of the Messianic King
DOM 1t tells of His Apokalupsis, mani
festation. or revealment-"He shall be
revealed i'll flaming fire" This flaming
fire signifies severe judgments, as else
where. These are to be so severe that
the clements of society will melt with
the fervency of the heat in a terrible
Time of Trouble. Additionally, 1.-The
heavens" the ecclesiastical systems,
will be involved, and will pass away
with great noise, or commOtion. 1t
is from this revealing in flaming fire.
Divine censure upon the world, that
the great. the high, the mighty, the
poor, all. shall seek to "hide them
selves in the dens and caves Of the
earth"-in the social orders and in
utilization with strong governments.
etc.
Gradually mankind will see that it
is "the wrath of the Lamb" that
causes the "Time Of Trouble such as
was not since there was a nation"
The plowshare Of trouble will go so
deep that the world will effectually
learn the lesson. AS their eyes Of
understanding open still more widely,
they will discern the beauties and
blessings OF the Messianic Kingdom
"the desire of all nations"
But first The Christ, Jesus the Head
and the Church the Body, Bridegroom
and Bride, must enter into the glory
Of the Kingdom. Then will be esta-
blished the earthly phase of the King
dom in the Lands of the Ancient
Worthless The world will "see Abra-
ham. Isaac, Jacob and all the Proph-
cts; but they will not see the King,
nor the Bride. nor "the virgins her
companions" on the spirit plane. These
will be as invisible to humanity as are
Satan and his demon host at the pres
pnt time.
One of our great obstacles in the
past has been the failure to discern
that God has been presenting two dis
tinct salvations-that of the Church to
he spiritual, Heavenly, Divine nature;
md that of the non-elect. through the
elect Church. To them will come the
opportunity Of earthly Restitution to
bunlan perfection. in the image and
likeness of God. as was Adam-in a
worldwide Paradise. Our Savior's
FIRST Advent was necessary for the re-
lenption of mankind. His Second Ad-
vent is for the overthrow of Satan and
-, and for tha release of sinners.