The Holly chieftain., 1922-05-04
SAYS MILLIONS NOW LIVING
WILL NEVER DIE

utllNeTeu SuIiudy iisHt py ~ ~. '10''
net of New York City on the topic
rs it true that the world has ended
and that millions now living will
never die?" The audience was very
appreeiative and many favorable
comments were heard on every side.
For the benefit of those not able to
attend the lecture is here given in
part:
! He said in substance: when
| the Son of Man shall come shall bG
find faith on the earth. lnt!mat
/ ing that he would not, We are liv-
ing in the time referred to in Luke
1873 and Peter 3:3,4, We have the
faithless and scofYing with us today
Before Jesus left the world he said
he would come again and receive his
church to himself-John l4:3. 2S The
speaker showed that Jesus at his
second coming will be an invisabie
being. present yet unperceived py
the world of mankind-John H:i9
yet little while and the world
i seeth me no more" Luke 17:20 The
Scriptures show that he will come
i as thief in the night unseen OF
men, as Peter $40 and Thes, 5:2
show,
The speaker said that Revelation
III is frequently quoted to prove
Jesus body will be visable at his
second coming, This is a figurative
expression which he said Is proved
1 by the twelfth verse of the same
chapter, where the soldier who pier
ced Jesus represents the Jewish ma
ton. The only way in which the
world will ever see Jesus will be
| with the eye of understanding, ST.
Paul in Hebrews 2.H speaks in this
/ figllrative sense when he says 1--WE
see Jesus sitting at the right hand
of the majesty on high" This Is
with the eye of mental vision, Acts
/ Ill shows that Jesus will come
/ In like manner as he went away.
that is, the world know nothing
whatever OF his going. and they will
know nothing of his return, Man.
| ner" means in the same fashion and
does not mean bodily form or
shape.
Matthew 2d:21l2 was explained,
and the speaker said TINT the ex-
preston, "Of that day and hour
knoweth no man, no not the Son
nor the angels. except my Father on
ly," shows the present tense, For
that matter the disciples or himself
| might have known the day and hour
the next week so far rs the restrict
ed meaning of the day and hour Is
concerned, No one doubts that
Jesus knows when he will return,
but he disclaimed that knowledge
when he said "Of that day and hour
knoweth no man."
| Zephcniah 3:S was cited to prove
what would take place at the time
| of Jesus second presence; that the
world would be destroyed by fire of
/ Gods jealousy, not aliteral fire..
/ One world has already, perlshed off
this physical planet, Peter 2:G.
The earth abideth forever says
Eccl 1 a and Isa. 1918, We are
/ row living the second dispensation
of the present evil world which will
! terminate at his second presence,
In Leviticus 26:1S God showed that
as final punishment upon Israel
the Jews, he would visit upon them
seven times of punishment, A time
| in the Scriptures is year, A Jew
! ish religious year consisted of 3GO
days. therefore seven times were
2520 days, In Ezok, 4:G and Num-
bers 14:33, "a God says that in prop
hcsy he has given us day for
year, So the seven times of pun
ishmcnt were really 252O years,
This time of punishment began in
COG b, G.. as is proved by history and
Eek, 2l:24-27 and ended in 1914
| A, ID,
Further evidence in harmony with
Daniels prophesy 12:14 we are liv-
| ing in the very times when the mi
ghty spectacle of the worlds disin-
trcgatiOn Is in progress, Matt 1899
! shows that at the time of the gos-
| mel harvest fpar Dnrplpyity and con.
! fusion would be rife in the earth.
and so we find it ever since the wor-
| Id began to end in 1914 and will full
ly have passed away by 1926, when
every gentle power has been over
thrown and disappears in the distres
/ sing times which are now coming