Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-08
At Christ's Second Coming, the Millennium
He Will Reveal Himself to Members of His
Body When Last Soul Necessary Is Saved

: complete that body-for the body
of Christ must consist Of a certain
number Of souls, or it never could
be completed.
The bible very clearly makes
known the great truth that Gods
purpose for this Gispensation ia
the completing Of the body OF
Christ He IS not trying TO save
the world now; that is to be the
: work us the next dispensatiOn.
Mission Of Church.
The mission of the church-the
bride of Christ, or body of Christ
Is to get ready to meet tho Bride
groom. When the body Of Christ
is completed He will reveal Him
self to the members who are alive
and in this world at that time, and
at the same moment they will be
caught up 10 those who have gone
on before in the air, and from that
moment they are forever with the
Lord.
] The notion that people have
about the second coming of Christ
/ is that when he comes the judEa
ment day will also come. and that
the world will come TO an end.
This idea is unscriptural 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 go on and govern
mentS Will 90 on as now. After
/ Jesus comes and takes the unbe.
/ levers out Of the world, then takes
place the great tribulation. de-
scription OF which you viii find
! later on. At the close Of the trib-
ulatiOn the Lord will return, bring
ing with His His sanity members
of His body, 70 begin His millenni-
UNI reign. Then He will reveal
Himself TO the Jews. They will
accept Him as their long rejected
Messiah. Then the millennium will
begin; the devil will be cast int
the bottomIess pit for a thousand
years; nations will be born in a
day, through the missionary efforts
Of the Jews.
The Jews have always been full
OF energy in business as no other
people, and when they become am
bassadors for Christ there will be
no lukeWarInness or indifference.
Either before or during the tribu-
lation the Jews will have been re-
stored to the Holy Land, rebuild
ing their temple and restoring the
lavish worship. Also during the
tribulation the anH-cnrist will
come, most likely in the person OF
some great king. Il is supposed
that he will be personal incarna-
ton Of the devil, just as Jesus was
an incarnation of God.
If We have a place IN that meet
ing I'm the air, il will mean that w
are like Christ, for when He shall
appear we shall be like Him. for
We shall see Him as He is" The
true j of God is always long
ing L. &c like his Master, and his
heart yearning is the sure proph-
ecy OF what we shall then be-
For some that meeting will mean
that they reached il without hay
ing to pass through death, for it o.
TO be composed of those who have
gone on before and those who are
still living at that time.
Think Of how glorious II will be
be 10 live for a thousand years in
this world with our blessed Master
and be closely associated witt
Him; with bodies that will not
wear out or grow old. always fin
perfect health. and with faculties
for enjoyment a thousand times ,
higher than we possess now. Tho
millennium viii be the greatest
time ever known, for it will be the
golden age of man. Poverty, sick
ness. war and pestilence will be
unknown. There will be no devil
to cause human suffering and woe.
If we have a part in that meet
Eng We shall escape the great trib-
ulation which is TO come upon ell
the earth as soon as the members
of the body Of Christ are taken out
of the world.
Time of TribuIatiOn.
Human imagination is incapable
OF picturing the aWfulness OF this
great tTibulatiOn that is surely
coming on The world and may be
gin this very day-yes, even this
very hourl Think Of it, 1t Is to be
the worst time the world has ever
known or ever Will know. A worse
time than the flood; a worse time
than the bondage of Egypt, and a
worse time than the destruction ,
Of Jerusalem, when women and
children were torn in pieces AMI
the very name of mercy was I'M
known.
It is supposed that tho tribula-
ton Will cover a period Of seven
years. 1t might be 700 years; but
il cannot be less than seven years.
God IN His mercy will make it as
short as possible That the real
church OF God. believers, members
Of the body of Christ. are 10 be
taken out of the world before the
world is saved is as clearly taught
in the bible as that through the
atonement made by Christ man
may have salvation from sin.
We are not told when Jesus will
come, but we are told that His
coming Is sure, and we are charg-
ed to watch for It. How It would
affect our lives. and make hard
things easy to bear, II We would
only do this, and always be dOius
this. Don't you know how eagerly
you get ready for company that
you love, when you receive a tele
gram saying that they are surely
coming? How you clean house and
want to have eyPI ythng in the very
best OF orderi If we were COntin-
ually looking for the coming OF
Jesus We would be as careful to
keep our lives as clean as you
would be TO have your homes clean
II you were expecting company.