The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-03-04

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hecmer prayed 10 be glorided with ID,
.iorl which lie had with the Fathet
before the world was. aud He prom
iscd Ills Church share ln His iIeav
EMILY glory. IBID lie lead us 10 expect d
Heavenly glory, Heavenly inheritance
and glorious change FROM earthly "a
Heavenly conditions. aud viii He give
us. instead earthly glory aud merely
perfection IN the reshg
How slow We have been TO see that
God never purposed that either Jesus
or His faithful Elect should remain Ia
the flesh, A few Bible statements mis-
understood got us into difficulty We
read. Every eye shah see Him, and
forgot that there are eyes Of under
standing as well as natural eyes. We
forgot that Jesus declares that very
few now see or hear only the sanity,
whose eyes OF understanding have been
opened 10y the amounting Of the Holy
| Spirit. We forgot that Jesus said, "A
| little while and the world seeth Me no
more" When once we discern that lie
has been glorifed that He has been
/ given spirit nature again. that He
no longer has the human nature which
| He surrendered as Sin-Sacridce, 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.
II Will Come Again
Jesus left the world, not so much in
the sense OF going so far away that
He could not see His disciples and
communicate with them, but rather In
the sense that He could not see them
or communicate with them. He would
compel them to walk by faith and
not by sight" to search the Scrip
lures" and TO receive their spiritual
blessings through the fellowship Of
the Spirit Of the Truth BY His Holy
Spirit He would he 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-
tion 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 1t is de-
scribed as secret-"as 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
with the cares Of this life,
and know not
We cannot here discuss fully how
Christ comes as thief, but we offer
free of charge booklet which we
have written with a view to making
the matter very clear Whoever will
address me-Pastor Russell Brooklyn.
~ Y.-requesting copy Of Parousia
receive copy free.
"WorId Seeth Me Mo More.'
If Jesus really meant 1t when He
,aid, "A little while and the world
eeth Me no more" how can humanity
NOW about the new, invisible King
Iom? The Bible answers most dis |
inctly. II tells of the shining forth. {
he Epiphania, Of the Messianic King q
lom 1t tells OF His Apokalupsis, mani G
estation. or revealment--"He shall be !,
evealed in flaming fire" This flaming
re signifies severe judgments. as else
where. These are to be so severe that
he elements Of society will melt with
he fervency Of the heat in terrible =
lime of Trouble additionally, "the y
eavens," the ecclesiastical systems, D
vii be involved and will pass away p
nth a great noise, or commotion. II s.
from this revealing In flaming fire. n
Irvine censure upon the world, that a
ne great, the high, the mighty, the r
DOR, al. shall seek to hide them e.
elves in the dens and caves Of the =.
lrth'-in the social orders and In
with strong governments :
.c. =
Gradually mankind will see that It x
"the wrath Of the Lamb that =
fuses the Time Of Trouble such as n
as not since there was a nation. m
he plowshare Of trouble viii 90 50 d
aep that the world VIII effectually q,
arm the lesson. As their eyes Of oi
open still more widely. !.
icy win discern the beauties and -
essings of the Messianie Kingdom =
he desire Of all nations"
But first The Christ. Jesus the Head
ID the Church the Body Bridegroom
ID Bride, must enter into the glory VI
the Kingdom. Then will be esta