Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-02
Sunday breaches on the Second
Coming of Christ to This Earth

ernoon and last night on the topic, The
Second Coming" He said:
Text: ''Then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds. to meet the Lord In
the air; and 30 shall we ever be with the
Lord. wherefore comfort one another
with these word."-I Thes. iv: 17-B.
The meeting here mentioned is TO be
the greatest meeting the Bible tells us
anything about.
There have been some wonderful meet
ings. but never has there been one TO
compare with this Il was a wonderful
meeting the children Of Israel had on the
shore of the Red sea, after Pharaoh's .
host had been destroyed in the angry
waters. ana Miriam, the prophecies, with
her timbrel, led the people in singing.
Sing ye to the Lord, for lie hath tri-
umphed gloriously; the horse and his rider
hath He thrown into the sea.'-Ex. XIV:
a
And IL was another great meeting they
had at the foot of Mount Sinai, when the
law OF God was given to them amid
thunders and lightnings and fire and
smoke.
That was great meeting. too. on
Mount Carmel. when Elijah, the sturdy
Tlshbite defied the prophets of Bsal
and that was a great meeting where
David danced before the ark of God
as it was borne into Jerusalem.
It was a great meeting when Solomon
dedicated the temple, and the glory OF
the Lord came upon the people, and
those wero great meetings that were
held on the banks OF the Jordan, when
Jerusalem and all Judea went out to hear
the man who dressed in camers hair
and wore linen girdle, and lived on
locusts and wild honey.
1t was a wonderful meeting when Jesus
preached the Sermon on the Mount, and
another when He fed the multitude with
five loaNes and two fishes. And that
was a great meeting on the day of Pen
tecost, when the Spirit came like a
rushing mighty wind. and under Peters
preaching about 1900 were converted.
All these were great meetings. and any
number Of others have been held, both
in former times and in our own day.
But no meeting has ever been held
anywhere or in any time that could be-
gin TO compare in importance with the
greatest OF all meetings that Is to be
held in the air, when our Lord comes
TO make up His Jewels.
All History Prepares for Meeting.
That meeting In the one for which ell
others have been preparing the way. 1t
will be the crowning meeting Of all his
tory. The purpose of all that has been
done In this world up to the present time
has been to prepare for that great meet
ing in the air.
From Adam, mankind has been march
ing, step by step, UP a grand stairway
leading direct to that meeting in the air.
The call of Abraham was one step toward
1t, and Jacob ana his twelve sons were
another; the conquest of Canaan under
Joshua another, and 80 on with every
event In sacred history.
1t was for this Jesus suffered on the
cross to make atonement for sin. 1t was
for this He arose from the dead and
ascended into heaven, where He took His
place at the right hand OF the Father.
1t was for this the Holy Spirit came al
Pentecost, and it was for this that
churches have been organized and mis-
sionaries sent to the ends OF the earth,
These things have ell been done to pre-
pare the way, and lead up to the meeting
which is 30 graphically described in the
text.
1t wasi for this meeting God made HI.
plans before He laid the foundations Of
the earth. and It was for this meeting Ht
was thinking before the morning stars
sang together.
We are not told when Jesus will come
but we are told that His coming lie sure
and we are charged to watch for it.
| Anybody who says that he knows wher
Jesus is coming Is a liar. When they
say they know when He is coming they
lie.
Only Jesus and the Father know wher
the Savior is coming again.
Yet the church today shows as little
concern about His coming again as His
disciples did about His going away Al
this is fully in accord with Peter. There
shall come in the last days scoffers
walking after their own lusts saying
Where Is the promise Of Ihs coming, foI
since the fathers fell asleep all things
continue as they were from the beginning
until now?''-II. Peter iii:34
! JESUS not only foretold His going away
but charged His followers to expect His
return, and be ready for II: Watch
therefore, for ye know not what houi
your Lord doth come. Therefore, be "
also ready, for in such an hour as ye
think not the Son OF Man coyneth"-
Matt Xxiv:t2-44.
Churches shy of Second Coming.
| Every time we lift the communion cur
/ to our lips we do show forth the Lords
death till He come" There is no proph.
eey needed to be fulfilled before Christ
comes. Jesus said: The gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached in all the
world for a witness unto all nations; ther
shall the end come."-Matt xxlv:1I
Before I started to preach IN Omaha
God knew the names Of every man
woman and child who would be save,
as a result of my preaching. II Coz
didn't know that. He wouldn't be God
And God knew all about the fools VIII,
wouldn't be saved, and He knew that al
of Omaha wouldn't be saved.
tell you that God is pretty wise I,
who are going to hell and who are goini
| to heaven. The sooner you get tina
/ through your head and don't try 10 side
step Jesus. the sooner the devil will lie
go the strangle hold he has upon mos
OF you.
There Is not a nation on the face 9
the earth that has not had the gospe
preached within its bounds.
The second coming OF Christ is the en-