The Washington herald., 1918-02-02
It Is Not Enough to Say, I'm Christian I'm All Right

was taken out OF II
The notion that people have about
the second coming of Christ is that
when He comes the judgment day will
also come. and that the world will
come to an end. This idea Is un-
scriptural and shows how little the
Bible has been searched to find and
make known the real truth by those
who are leaders and teachers in the
church. Business will 60 on and gov
ernments will go on as now. After
Jesus comes and takes the believers
out of the world. then takes place
the great tribulation. At the close OF
the tribulation the Lord will return
bringing with him his sanity mem
bers Of his body. to begin his millen-
mum reign. Then he will reveal him
self to the Jews. They will accept him
as their long-rejected Messiah. Then
the millennium will begin; the devil
will be cast into the bottomless pit for
q thousand years; nations will be born
in q day. through the missionary ef-
forts Of the Jews,
The Jews have always been full of
energy in business, as no other people,
and when they become ambassadors
for Christ there will be no lukewarm-
ness or indifference. Either before or
during the tribulation the Jews will
have been restored to the Holy Land.
their temple and restoring
the Jewish worship. Also during the
the anti-Christ will come.
1t is supposed that he will be a per-
sonal incarnation of the devil, Just
as Jesus was an incarnation of God.
He will go to Jerusalem. and there do
great signs and wonders, by which
he will so delude the chosen people
that they will accept him as their
Messiah, and pay him divine honors
in the temple. 1t will be during this
that Jesus will return and destroy
him by the brightness of his coming.
In the Lords coming there are to
be two distinct phases-nis coming for
the members of his body. and revela-
tion to them at the time of the
Rapture. or taking up into the air.
and his coming with the members OF
his body, at the close OF the tribula-
ton, when he Is revealed to the Jews
and destroys the anti-Christ.
The visible church will be left here,
strong In members and organization.
1t will probably make a great show
OF missionary activity. but will have
no more power against the principal
tiles and powers OF evil than did the
disciples, who missed the Mount OF
have over the demons
that were tormenting the little, boy. In
a worldly way 1t will appear to be a
very prosperous condition. rich in
and elegant buildings; but
here is a picture of what it will be
after the salt of the earth has been
taken out of it:
ence to the Turks, the heather in
Africa. or the people in the slums;
but that 1t is a description of the
rank and file of the church. after the
Lord has come and taken his body out
of the world. For notice, that it is
said that these people have a form OF
godliness, which means that they are
professors OF religions. They are not
avowed infidels or atheists, but pro-
fessed believers.
Don't Miss Opportunity.
Let US consider. in the first place,
of what it may mean to
nave a poiN AAldl III lilC oil
l. Well. the most glorious thing about
it Is that IL we are there we shall be
members of the body of Jesus Christ
1t will mean that we are members OF
the royal family of the universe: that
we are kings and princes who are to
sit on the throne and reign with
Jesus. and that we shall be with Him
never to be separated
from him again. And this will mean
that we shall be the most exalted be-
ings in all the universe. for who could
be higher than the sons of God, or the
bride of our Lord?
II we are so fortunate as to have n
part in that meeting in the air, it will
mean that we are among the most
fortunate OF all the sons of men, and
that we have lived in the most blessed
of all times for men to live. for only
those are eligible to membership in the
body of Christ who live in the pres
ent dispensation.
What an awful thing 1t would be,
then to have such a glorious opportu-
nifty and miss it. Others Will know
the joys of great salvation, for the
world will be saved during the mill
(the next dispensation), and
the knowledge of the glory of God
will cover the earth as the waters
cover the sea, but the people of that
day will have no place in the body
Of Christ; they cannot become men,
bers of the royal family. They will be
loyal subjects of the King.
- If we have a place in that meet
ing in the air. it will mean that we
are like Christ. for when he shall
appear we shall be like him. for we
shall see him as he is" The true
child of God is always longing to be
like his Master, and this heart yearn-
ing is the sure prophecy OF what we
shall then be. 1t will also mean that
we shall nevermore be separated from
him. The devil will never again have
power to separate us from him for a
single moment. and wherever he is,
there shall we be also. The fact that
Jesus is to be here during the millen-
mum would be proof conclusive that
we shall be here with him; even IL
there were no other Scripture for 1t,
3. For some that meeting will mean
that they reached It without having
to pass through death, for it is to be
of those who have gone on
before. and those who are still living
at that time. Some who are born into
this world are never to die, and We
may hope to be of that elect number.
The Christian has no business to be
looking for death. 1t is his right to
hope to live forever, and instead of
expecting to go to the grave. he should
be looking for the coming of his
Lord, and the meeting in the air.
4. 1t will also mean that we shall
then have bodies that will remain
young forever. Pains and aches, gray
hair, wrinkles and feebleness will
never again be known. Listen to this:
Behold, show you a mystery: we
shall not all sleep (dle), but We shall
all be changed. In a moment, in the