The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-05

sheu ior tne re-
mission of sin and
his body broken for us; we are also
by faith to look. forward to his blessed
appearing. 1t is the latter fact that
Is brought to our minds by the phrase
It'll he come" BY 1t, we are led to
understand that as our Lord once
came and was here upon this, earth,
so he Is to come second time.
His own Word gives us the promise
Of his return. Speaking to his dis
ciples about his coming departure he
said: "And If go and prepare place
for you, will come again, and receive
you unto myself; that where / am,
there ye may be also" (Jno. 14:3) BY
this he meant his own personal return
and not the coming Of the Holy Spirit.
Whenever our Lord spoke about the
coming Of the Holy Spirit, he always
referred to 1t In such way that there
could be no confusing Of that event
with his own coming. And we know
that long after the advent of the Holy
Spirit, John the evangelist on the is
land Of Patmos heard again from our
Lord the promise of his return. The
word Of the Lord to him was "Surely.
i come quickly" and the heart Of the
apostle responded "Amen. Even so
come Lord Jesus" (Rev. % :20).
Waiting for Jesus.
In the Church at Thessalonica we
read of Christians who turned to God
from idols to serve the living and true
God; and to wait for his son from
heaven" Il Thess. :9-10) Evidently
from this, as well as from other Scrip
lures, It was not the Holy Spirit for
whom they waited, for he had come
or for anyone else. 1t was for the
Lord Jesus Christ himself, and they
waited for him to come from heaven.
With this agrees the promise Of the
two men In white spoken to the dis
ciples Of our Lord at the time Of his
ascension: "Ye men of Galilee, why
stand ye gazing up into heaven2 This
same Jesus, which Is taken up from
you into heaven, shall so come In like
manner as ye have seen him go into
heaven" (Acts :11.) 1t Is then from
heaven, into which our Lord ascended
that he is to come, and 1t is he him
self for whom we are to look, and not
for another.
Neither did our Lord mean the
death of the believer, when he spoke
Of his coming again. At death, the
believer departs to be with the Lord.
1t was Paul, who having had word con-
cerning his decease, said: "The time
of my departure is at hand" At the
coming of Christ, the Lord himself re-
turns to the earth and the believers
shall be caught up to meet the Lord
in the air. Then, after an interval of
time they shall come with the Lord
when he comes in all the glory Of the
father and his holy angels. There are
thus two parts to the second coming
Of Christ; his coming for the believ-
ers, and his coming with the believers.
First Thessalonians refers to the first
part, while the Second Thessalonians
tells Of the second part of his coming.
What the Coming Of Jesus Means.
One has only to read the word Of
our Lord to Peter after his resurrec-
tion to know that by the coming of
Christ is not meant the death Of the
believer. In response to Peters Ques-
ton concerning John, "What shall this
man dol" the risen Lord said, "If l
will that he tarry till come, what is
that to thee?" "Then," adds the evan
gelist, "went this saying abroad among
the brethren that that disciple should
not die: Yet Jesus said not unto him,
He shall not die;' but, If l will
that he tarry till ! come, what Is that
10 thee?'" (Jno. u :21-23.) Here you
see is clear distinction made between
leath and the coming Of Christ.
In that once famous, but now almost
forgotten book "The Life Of Jesus"
he author, David Friedrich Strauss,
'efers to the frequency with which
,ur Lord speaks of his second coming.
lie uses this as an argument against
he credibility of the Gospel narrative
BECAUSE he says a dead man cannot
'ome back to earth. This argument q
little child who knows anything Of the
ruth can easily controvert, for 1t is
lot whether n dead man can come
Jack to earth, but whether the Son
# God, who rose from the dead, can
ulfill his oft-repeated promise: II am
oming."
What Strauss says about the fire.
Iuency of Christ's reference to his
econd coming is OF real service. 1t
hows how German skeptic with no
ystem of doctrine to conserve, de-
tructive even to denial, reads and in
erprets the statements Of Christ. And
nyOne without preconceived notions
viii read and interpret these passages
S meaning just what they say. This
5 abundantly proved In heather con-
erts who when they begin to read
he Masters teachings catch the bless
d hope and exclaim "Why he's COM {
ng back again"
Yes, he Is coming back again and [
he Lords Supper is token of this 1
act Already there are foregleams OF
haf 6ov Tho avanlnU roll 10 ,,non