Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-04

: the theological seminaries and the
pulpits, who refuse to believe in this
or in the bodily resurrection and as
cension of Jesus the Christ; but their
unbelief does net alter the fact.
The Coming One
Elijah was a type of those who
will be caught up to meet the Lord
in the air at His coming. Il Thess.
4: 1879 Personally, L do not fear
death; but I long to be one of those
who will not have to die, because
I long for the soon coming of our
blessed Lord. If it is His will to
delay His coming and to separate
my spirit from my body, and let
the body rest in the grave or else
where until He comes, it will be all
right with me; but so want Him
to return in power, and to reign on
earth in righteousness that 1 hope
it may be before my ordinary span
of years will have passed. Some will
have Elijah's experience; why
should you and I not long for it for
ourselves and for His church to-
day? Such an hope is Very prac-
teal thing. There is nothing which
will prove moro of an inspiration to
holiness of life and activity of serv-
ice than the hope that our Lord
may return any day for us. Said
John, the beloved, land every man
that hath this hope in him purifieth
himself, even as He is pure" Il Jno.
8: 49,
Malachi (4:5) prophesied that Eli
jah would come again before the
great and dreadful day of the Lord,
to turn the hearts of the children
to the fathers, lest God smite the
land with a curse. There is a ira
| dition amongst the Jews, therefore,
| that Elijah may return at any time.
At every marriage feast a chair is
set for him as the expected guest.
| When John the Baptist came, his
manner of dress and speech so re-
sembled that of Elijah, that they
asked him the direct question, art
thou Elijah? To which he replied
in the negative. In Matt. II, Jesus
spoke of John the Baptist as Eli
iah who should come, and when the
angels spoke to the father of John
| the Baptist announcing the birth,
i he told him that he would come in
the spirit and power of Elijah. The
! statement of Jesus in Matt. II: 9-13
! also Identifies John the BAPTIST with
| Malachi's prophecy.
| LONSNS4t IllC AcLCC IlIGiL CNCI y LIlIllS
that was said by Malachi about Eli
| jah was not fulfilled by John, and
| the further fact that the two wit
| nesses in Rev. 11:6 so closely re-
| sembles Moses and Elijah lead to
| the view, that cannot be stated dog
matically, that just prior to the re-
turn of the Lord with His people to
fight the battle of armageddon and
| to put down the Beast and False
! Prophet, Elijah will come again in
! person to fulfill all that was said by
Malachi that was not fulfilled by
John the Baptist. This is a COM
mon law of prophecy that the proph-
cts sees in prophesying in all events
instead of one. History was shown
that there was a time element in be-
| tween the various incidents.
At any rate, this is the important
truth for you and for me. Let us
! live, as Elijah did, in the conscious
presence of the Lord doing His will
as faithfully as we can see it, and
looking for our Lord to return
Then should He come today or to-
morrow, we MAY enter into His pres.
ence without having to taste death
at all.