The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1918-03-28
SIGNS OF Ms CONlNC
D. n l. Daeknaa

OF tie Lord. Jesus ChfiSt, surely We
have . greater Psasaa fer expse4ing
the coming Of tie Master and King
One thing that can't - 4eaisd u that
each moment Of tine beings ~ clos
er to that momentOus event. which
now seems to be at our very dooss.
There is an unrest among psopls in
general; they are waiting for some
important event to take place. They
can, rs it were, behold the storm com
ing in the distance, while even nature
itself is in expectancy; its leaves are
gently quivering, yet with . suspense
as if Of fear. Soon the cry will be
heard; Behold, the Bridegroom; go
ye out to meet Him."
The eastern skies are already grey
with the signs of His coming. We can
see it. But do We rightly read the
signs of the times! There is 80 much
unbelief nowadays; SO many do not
believe chat Jesus will come again. OF
this Christ said: "Nevertheless when
the Son of man cometh, shall he find
faith on earth" And. knowing this
first, that there shall come in the last
days scoffers, walking after their own
lusts, And saying, Where is the prom
Use of his coming! for since the faith
ers fell asleep, all things continue as
they were from the beginning Of the
creation" u Pet. 3:3, ~.
We are living in time when the
greatest war that the world has ever
witnessed is being waged. There is a
question at stake whether democracy
shall win over autocracy. Although
much blood has been shed in this strug
gle. and, no doubt much more will be
split, according to prophecy (See Rev.
6:3, -, there will soon be fedora
tion of kingdoms, so that the entire
civilized world will be ruled by one
superhead, an international police. st.
Paul speaks of this superhead: SHOW
we beseech Won. brethren, by the COM
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
our gathering together unto Him, that
ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be
troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word
nor by letter as from US, as that the
day of Christ is at hand. Let no man
deceive you by any means; for that
lay shall not come, except there come
a falling away first, and that Man
of Sin be revealed, the son of perdi-
tion" q Thes. .: l--3>.
The long CHERISHED hope of the
Jews is now really in fulfilling. TIE
British army in Palestine has starte!
work which the Lord will permit tc
be brought to victorious end, namely
the driving of the Turk out of the
holy land. And the next great event
Will be the return of Jews to that land
which once their forcfathers possess
ed, reaching from the border Of Pal
estine on the west to that Of the east
ern border which joins the Euphartes
Who are these that fly as cloud.
and as the doves to their windows.
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and
the ships of Tarshish first, to bring
the sons from far, their silver and
their gold with them, unto the name
of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy
One of Israel, because he hath glori-
fled thee" lisa. CO.'S, 81. From this
it appears that the prophet saw be-
forehand our present acroplanes, and
that some of the Jews would return
to Palestine in these machines.
All these things point to the return
of the Lord to this earth.
The temple will be built in Jerusa-
lem for worship. The Antichrist will
make \ covenant with the Jews for
seven years and permit them half Of
this time to freely worship God ~ Of
old. Among these will be many Of the
Christian Jews, who will be afflicted
by others for their faith in cruci-
fled and risen Christ. Christ, proph-
esying of this, said: "For then shall
be great tribulation, such as was not
since the beginning Of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be-" Matt.
24:21.) Immediately after the tribu-
lation of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give
her light, and the stars shall fall from
heaven, and the powers of the heaven
shall be shaken: And then shall ap-
pear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven; and then shall all the tribes
of the earth mourn, and they shall
see the Son of man coming in the
clouds of heaven with power and great
glory And he shall send his angels
with great sound of trumpet, and
they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end
of heaven to the other" Matt. 24:29
---31.)
Therefore be ye also ready, for ir
such an hour as We think not the Son
Of Man cometh
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