The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-02

death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned." t"The soul that sinneth
it shall die.") Now please note the
18th verse, "By the righteousness of
one CHRISTI the free gift came upon
all men unto justification of life" We
notice the word all here in both in
stances. All die in Adam, here on
earth. ALL will be made alive in
Christ 1.-THE second ADAM here on
earth. 1t is the soul that dies. 1t is
the soul that will be resurrected from
the dead.
Foreknowing the end from the be-
ginning, the all-wise Jehovah out
lined a plan for the redemption of
man from death, his full deliverance
and restoration to all his original and
blessed state. To this end Jehovah
made a promise to Abraham, saying
"In thy seed shall the families of the
earth be- blessed" This promise
meant an opportunity would be given
subsequently to mankind to enjoy the
fullness of life, liberty and happi-
ness. Through another prophet God
said: 81 will redeem man from death;
| will ransom them from the power
of the grave."-Hosea 1914.
To carry out this plan of redemp-
ton and deliverance, God sent His
beloved Son Jesus into the world. The
purpose of his coming, Jesus himself
stated: 81 came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister and to give my
life ransom" Again He said, 81 am
come that they might have life and
have it more abundantly." To ran
som means to purchase; and since the
whole race was sold under the bane-
full effects of sin and death by the
first mans disobedience, Jesus came
to purchase those forfeited rights
that they might be restored to man in
Gods due time. This. Gods due time,
we believe, is now at the door.
Why would Jehovah permit his be-
loved Son Jesus to come to this earth
to suffer and die an ignominious death
and then to raise Him from the dead
why all this trouble, unless it be His
intention that great benefits shall re-
suit to man therefrom? He has prom
Used the greatest beneficial results.
His promises are true and must be
fulfilled. The Bible abounds with
promises that the time will come when
man shall live and never die. 1t is of
the greatest Importance, then, that all
of US, regardless of creeds or denomi-
nations diligently try to ascertain if
possible when these long promised
blessings will be received and enjoyed
by man.
Second Coming OF Christ
Searching the Scriptures we find
they clearly show that these long
promised blessings will become an alb
solute reality to man at the second
coming of Christ. In fact, this is the
very object of His second coming, as
we read in Acts 1922, where the
Apostle Peter under inspiration and
with prophetic vision looking down to
that glorious time said: "Times of re-
freshing shall come from the presence
of the Lord; and he (God) shall send
Jesus Christ, which before was preach
ed unto you; whom the heavens must
receive until the times of restitution
(restoration or reconstruction of all
things which God hath spoken by the
mouth of all His holy prophets since
the world began"
We see here the heaven retains Him
no longer when the "Times of Resti-
tuition" or restoration, arrives, be-
cause he then returns to this earth,
bringing "Times of Refreshing" to
mankind as favor from God; and all
the holy prophets have spoken of these
times.
Examining the testimonies of these
holy prophets we find over 480 refer
ences to these times of refreshing and
blessing when the death penalty,
which has been resting on the human
family for over 60 centuries, will be
lifted and instead of dying as now,
mankind will be living.
Isaiah 1924 referring to this time,
says: "And the inhabitant shall not
say / am sick, (because) the people
that dwell therein (the generation
then living on the earth) shall be for
given their iniquity."
Our Lord Jesus speaking of that
time in John 1925 says, "And whose
ever liveth and believeth on me shall
never die; and he asked the question,
"Believest thou this? These words
of Jesus have not been true in the
past, nor are they true now, for all
have died whether saint or sinner;
but these words shall be true in the
very near future, when millions Of the
generation now living will never die!
Time Features
The most important question for our
determination then is: Does the Bible
tell US of the time of Christ's second
coming? We answer, yes indeed. The
Bible abounds with prophetic time
proofs, foretelling the time and also
the manner of his second coming
From these we learn that he has
come and is now present here in
earth's atmosphere. invisible to men,
setting up His kingdom. He is in
visible to man for the reason that he
is now spirit being-"With the
brightness of Gods glory and the ex-
press image of his person." we are
told in Heb. 1:3.
Of Jehovah God we read in ! Tim.
6:16 that he is dwelling in the light,
which no man can approach unto;
whom no man hath seen, nor can see"!
For the same reason then, mankind
can never, with their physical eyes,
see Jesus Christ as he is; but we are
told in His Word, Every eye shall see