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Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled
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CHAPTER I
NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD
The Second Coming Foretold.
"Tell us when shall these things be ? And what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?" (Matt. 24: 3.) The answer, "Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass away till all these things be accomplished." (Matt. 24 134.) God said to Abraham: "I will make of thee a great nation and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." And after many generations, "at the end of the ages", "in the evening of the world", came the promised seed,—the long expected Messiah, "who was foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake." (I Peter 1:20.)
Christ's Work.
Christ left the glory which He had with the Father, taking the form of a servant, and while in this lowly form,—persecuted, hated, scoffed at and scorned by the authorities of the Jewish church,—He accomplished that which has taken deeper and deeper hold upon the minds of men as the centuries have passed. He came and sowed the good seed. The enemy sowed the tares, and the mixture was allowed to grow until the harvest, then the Son of Man came the second time, not a little child heralded by the angels, but a King "with power and great glory and all the angels with Him" to execute His word, for "this generation," said He, "shall not pass away till all these things be accomplished."
Christ's Method.
John the Baptist said to the Pharisees and Saducees, "Ye offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come ?" . . and, "even now the ax lieth at the root of the trees." "Every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire." Again he declared that the Messiah who baptizes with the Holy Ghost baptizes also with fire; "and He will gather His wheat into the garner but the chaff He will burn up with unquenchable fire."
"Think not," said Christ, "that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace but a sword." (Matt. 10: 34.) Again He asserted "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire if it is already kindled?" . . "Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth ? I tell you, Nay, but rather division." (Luke 12:49-51.)
By reference to Isaiah we find the following : "He will have indignation against His enemies. For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and His chariots shall be like the whirlwind, to render His anger with fierceness, and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by His sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many." (Isaiah 66:14-16.)
St. Paul stated: "If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved r for the Lord will execute His word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short." (Rom. 9: 27-28.) "You that are afflicted," also said Paul, "rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of His power in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: who shall suffer punishment even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might." (II Thess. i: 7-19.)
"When therefore the Lord of the vineyard shall come," said Jesus, "what will He do unto those husbandmen?" They say unto Him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen." (Mat. 21:4041.) And Jesus having reference to this event said, "These are days of vengeance that all things that are written may be fulfilled." (Luke 21: 22.)
Kingdom of Peace.
To my mind these Scriptures clearly show that the reign of peace could not begin until after His Second Coming, and the "ax", the "sword" and the "fire" had accomplished their work, and all things which were written and prophesied had been fulfilled.
"Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines and earthquakes in diverse places. But all these are the beginning of travail." (Matt. 24: 7-9.)
Signs of the New Kingdom Fulfilled.
We quote the following paragraph from Peloubet's Select Notes. "Wars and Rumors of Wars." "Josephus gives an account of the troublous times before the fall of Jerusalem. The peace that prevailed over the world during Christ's life was soon broken. Rome had troublous times. Four Roman emperors were murdered in swift succession. But especially in Palestine the war fiend ran riot. The Jews themselves were divided into contending factions, who slew each other by the thousands. The neighboring nations joined one party or the other. Then the Jews revolted against the Romans, and the Roman armies overran the whole country. Blood flowed like water."...
CHAPTER I
NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD
The Second Coming Foretold.
"Tell us when shall these things be ? And what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?" (Matt. 24: 3.) The answer, "Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass away till all these things be accomplished." (Matt. 24 134.) God said to Abraham: "I will make of thee a great nation and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." And after many generations, "at the end of the ages", "in the evening of the world", came the promised seed,—the long expected Messiah, "who was foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake." (I Peter 1:20.)
Christ's Work.
Christ left the glory which He had with the Father, taking the form of a servant, and while in this lowly form,—persecuted, hated, scoffed at and scorned by the authorities of the Jewish church,—He accomplished that which has taken deeper and deeper hold upon the minds of men as the centuries have passed. He came and sowed the good seed. The enemy sowed the tares, and the mixture was allowed to grow until the harvest, then the Son of Man came the second time, not a little child heralded by the angels, but a King "with power and great glory and all the angels with Him" to execute His word, for "this generation," said He, "shall not pass away till all these things be accomplished."
Christ's Method.
John the Baptist said to the Pharisees and Saducees, "Ye offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come ?" . . and, "even now the ax lieth at the root of the trees." "Every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire." Again he declared that the Messiah who baptizes with the Holy Ghost baptizes also with fire; "and He will gather His wheat into the garner but the chaff He will burn up with unquenchable fire."
"Think not," said Christ, "that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace but a sword." (Matt. 10: 34.) Again He asserted "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire if it is already kindled?" . . "Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth ? I tell you, Nay, but rather division." (Luke 12:49-51.)
By reference to Isaiah we find the following : "He will have indignation against His enemies. For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and His chariots shall be like the whirlwind, to render His anger with fierceness, and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by His sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many." (Isaiah 66:14-16.)
St. Paul stated: "If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved r for the Lord will execute His word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short." (Rom. 9: 27-28.) "You that are afflicted," also said Paul, "rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of His power in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: who shall suffer punishment even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might." (II Thess. i: 7-19.)
"When therefore the Lord of the vineyard shall come," said Jesus, "what will He do unto those husbandmen?" They say unto Him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen." (Mat. 21:4041.) And Jesus having reference to this event said, "These are days of vengeance that all things that are written may be fulfilled." (Luke 21: 22.)
Kingdom of Peace.
To my mind these Scriptures clearly show that the reign of peace could not begin until after His Second Coming, and the "ax", the "sword" and the "fire" had accomplished their work, and all things which were written and prophesied had been fulfilled.
"Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines and earthquakes in diverse places. But all these are the beginning of travail." (Matt. 24: 7-9.)
Signs of the New Kingdom Fulfilled.
We quote the following paragraph from Peloubet's Select Notes. "Wars and Rumors of Wars." "Josephus gives an account of the troublous times before the fall of Jerusalem. The peace that prevailed over the world during Christ's life was soon broken. Rome had troublous times. Four Roman emperors were murdered in swift succession. But especially in Palestine the war fiend ran riot. The Jews themselves were divided into contending factions, who slew each other by the thousands. The neighboring nations joined one party or the other. Then the Jews revolted against the Romans, and the Roman armies overran the whole country. Blood flowed like water."...
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