The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-23


II We would preach SO that those who
hear US win also hear the yoiee oz
God in our message. Il Is not whaf
DR. This or Prof That has 10 say
about II that settles The question and
settles u right. bat how reads the
Word What does the Bible say aboat
IL?
II is high time for Christians 60
interpret unfuIhIled prophecies ~
TIE light OF prophecies already full
filed. The curses on the Jews were
brought to pass literally; 50 also wlis
be the blessings The scattering vas
! literal. 50 also win be The gathering.
The pulling dowu OF Zion was literal;
so also must be the building up Tho
rejection Of Israel was literal: and 20
also must be the restoration The
( FIRST coming of Christ was literal. WIS.,,
BILE and personal. and what right HRS
anybody 10 conclude that HIS seecnd
coming will be altogether SPIRITUAL
II His FIRST advent was with real
body. why not the same with His see
oad coming?
When Jesus first came. the small
est predictions we're fulfilled TO tbs
very letter: anG should this not teach
US TO expect that the same win be
/ true when he comes again2 There
are very many more prophecies con-
/ cernirs His SecoRd coming than His
first. aud does this mean that God
wants to give us the most favorable
opportunity possible TO prepare for it2
II the humility and shame of Christ
at His first coming was literal and
visible. should not His coming IN pow
er and glory be also literal and wish
Die?
What right have we to say that
I the words Judah. Zion, Israel and Je-
russlem ever mean anything but lit
eral judah. Zion. Israel and Jerusa-
lem? Some one has called attention
to the fact that there are only two
or three places in the whole New
Testament where such names are
used in what may be called a spirit
1al or fguratiye way. Jerusalem oc-
clrs eighty times. and in every case
is unquestionsbly literal. except when
the opposite is clearly indicated by
such qualifying terms as heavenly,
ue~' or holy Jew occurs hun
dred tines. and only four are even
contiguous Israel and Israelite oc-
cur forty times ana all literal. Judah
and Judea about twenty. times, and
literal IL every case
II While face ro face b them
Jesus taught his disciples 80 in
constant expectation of his T.. re-
turn. and they So understood him and
lived accordingly. They preached the
doctrine and taught il in their epistles.
every one of them Certainly If any
body ever understood the Lord cor
rectly. it was the men whom he per-
sanally traiGed TO do thar very thing
that they might hand the truth He
gave them down to us. If they failed
@ understand him, what hope is there
that anybody else may do so?
Jesus is going 20 come and reveal
! himself 10 the members Of his body
a. the very moment when the last
soul is saved necessary 10 complete
that body-for the body 81 Christ
must consist of a certain number OF
souls. or il never could be complet-
ell II il were al infinite number it
would be IN endless task. ana Jesus
would never return. for He can no
more comc without His heavenly
body than He could come the first
time without "a human body II is the
completion of the body of Christ.
therefore, that viii bring him. and
this shows how We may help and has
len bis conf g Looking for and
hasiins unto the coming Of the day OF
God wherein the heavens being on fire
shall he dissolved and the clements
shall melt with fcrvont beat III.
Peter 5.12.l
Our dsct OF battlesltips made its
remarkable trip around the Horn and
around the world and again dropped
anchor al home on schedule tame al
most 90 the minute in spite OF storm
and the 6ckleness OF Wind and wave.
and IL the calculations OF men can be
=. wrought out so precisely. certainly We
have the right 20 expect thar God viii
execute His plans vita absolute pre-
cision. jn whatever task He sets Tor
Himself Certainly we can think Of
nothing so improbable as that he
would complete big program tor crea-
8u "a schedule time and vet would
, So tie his own hands By taisHre to an
Gripate and provide ion III possibls
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