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The Second Coming of Christ
The Second Coming of Christ
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PREFACE
Since the blessed Lord so tenderly called the writer unto Himself, washed her heart in His blessed blood, baptised her with the Holy Spirit, called her from the home on a Canadian farm to preach the Gospel and began to open the Word before her adoring eyes, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ has ever been of all things the dearest to her heart.
Surely, the Coming of the Master draweth nigh. It behooves us therefore as His Spirit filled children to bear this blessed message of warning and of hope, without delay to the sleeping world about us.
"Prepare ye the way of the Lord—make straight paths for His feet," was the commission of John the Baptist. His first advent.
"Lift up thy voice in the wilderness of sin and worldliness and cry, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord.' Jesus is coming, get ready to meet Him, watch for He is near, even at the door," is the message of the awakening Church today.
In these last days the Lord is pouring out His Spirit upon all flesh. The time for a mighty revival is upon us. Thousands are being saved and sealed with the Spirit in this closing hour; so that the reaper is made to overtake the plower. Fields stand ripe for the harvest on every hand, and what is to be done must be done quickly.
To this end therefore, this book is lovingly and prayerfully dedicated, not only to those who love His appearing, but to those in slumber who have not yet heard the call. Oh, that thru these pages they might hear the awakening cry of the Holy Spirit; "Behold the Bridgegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him," and that the writer and the reader may both rise to meet Him when He shall appear in the clouds of glory! God grant that "This Blessed Hope" may be implanted in every heart. For if any man "hath this hope within him, he will purify himself," even as Christ is pure, that "when He shall appear we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."
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An excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter:
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
IS HE COMING?
That the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back to this earth some day, no honest believer in the Word of God can doubt. Most emphatically, and unmistakably does the sacred page declare it.
In the Old Testament, there are twenty times as many references to the second coming of Christ, as to His first coming. That is, twenty times as many references to His coming as a crowned King, seated upon the throne of David, ruling with a rod of iron, bringing victory and glory unto Jerusalem, and peace upon earth: as to His coming—a meek and lowly Jesus, wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, and bleeding as a slain Lamb upon the cursed tree. There are twenty times as many references to His coming with a crown, honored and worshiped by all the ends of the earth, as to His coming with a cross, and being wounded in the house of His friends.
Thus it was that the Jews, who had been looking for the mighty King, failed to recognize the lowly Nazarene; and refuse to recognize Him to this day. And yet, the cross must ever precede the crown. '' If you don't bear the cross, you can't wear the crown." He came with the cross, fulfilling Isaiah 53: and now He is coming with a crown, the Messiah and King of Isaiah 9:7, and of Jeremiah 3:17. Not only did He come to the earth once—the Christ offered to bear the sins of many; but "unto them that look for Him, shall He appear the second time." Heb. 9:28.
The New Testament declares His coming. In the 260 chapters of the New Testament, the second coming of Jesus Christ is definitely referred to 318 times. Some one has estimated that one out of every thirty verses is devoted to this great and glorious theme.
The Epistles of Paul, while referring to water baptism only 13 times, refer to the second coming 50 times. This is "the blessed hope" with which the members of the church body are told to comfort one another.
Every time you repeat the Lord's prayer, you are praying for Christ's return. "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven." How can there be a kingdom without a King, or His righteous reign be established upon the earth till Christ returns to rout the hosts of darkness, cast down Satanic rule, and wield His own dear sceptre o'er the lands?
The last prayer in the Bible is a great heart throbbing cry for His return. "Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly." And the answer still rings from Heaven—"Surely I come quickly; and My reward is with Me."
Jesus Himself promised that He would return, saying: "And if I go away (to prepare a place for you) I will come again." What could be plainer than this statement of our Lord? "If I go away—I will come again."
Did He go away ? Yes. Acts 1:9 is careful to give us a clear description of our Lord's departure from this earth. "And when He had spoken these things...
Since the blessed Lord so tenderly called the writer unto Himself, washed her heart in His blessed blood, baptised her with the Holy Spirit, called her from the home on a Canadian farm to preach the Gospel and began to open the Word before her adoring eyes, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ has ever been of all things the dearest to her heart.
Surely, the Coming of the Master draweth nigh. It behooves us therefore as His Spirit filled children to bear this blessed message of warning and of hope, without delay to the sleeping world about us.
"Prepare ye the way of the Lord—make straight paths for His feet," was the commission of John the Baptist. His first advent.
"Lift up thy voice in the wilderness of sin and worldliness and cry, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord.' Jesus is coming, get ready to meet Him, watch for He is near, even at the door," is the message of the awakening Church today.
In these last days the Lord is pouring out His Spirit upon all flesh. The time for a mighty revival is upon us. Thousands are being saved and sealed with the Spirit in this closing hour; so that the reaper is made to overtake the plower. Fields stand ripe for the harvest on every hand, and what is to be done must be done quickly.
To this end therefore, this book is lovingly and prayerfully dedicated, not only to those who love His appearing, but to those in slumber who have not yet heard the call. Oh, that thru these pages they might hear the awakening cry of the Holy Spirit; "Behold the Bridgegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him," and that the writer and the reader may both rise to meet Him when He shall appear in the clouds of glory! God grant that "This Blessed Hope" may be implanted in every heart. For if any man "hath this hope within him, he will purify himself," even as Christ is pure, that "when He shall appear we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."
***
An excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter:
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
IS HE COMING?
That the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back to this earth some day, no honest believer in the Word of God can doubt. Most emphatically, and unmistakably does the sacred page declare it.
In the Old Testament, there are twenty times as many references to the second coming of Christ, as to His first coming. That is, twenty times as many references to His coming as a crowned King, seated upon the throne of David, ruling with a rod of iron, bringing victory and glory unto Jerusalem, and peace upon earth: as to His coming—a meek and lowly Jesus, wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, and bleeding as a slain Lamb upon the cursed tree. There are twenty times as many references to His coming with a crown, honored and worshiped by all the ends of the earth, as to His coming with a cross, and being wounded in the house of His friends.
Thus it was that the Jews, who had been looking for the mighty King, failed to recognize the lowly Nazarene; and refuse to recognize Him to this day. And yet, the cross must ever precede the crown. '' If you don't bear the cross, you can't wear the crown." He came with the cross, fulfilling Isaiah 53: and now He is coming with a crown, the Messiah and King of Isaiah 9:7, and of Jeremiah 3:17. Not only did He come to the earth once—the Christ offered to bear the sins of many; but "unto them that look for Him, shall He appear the second time." Heb. 9:28.
The New Testament declares His coming. In the 260 chapters of the New Testament, the second coming of Jesus Christ is definitely referred to 318 times. Some one has estimated that one out of every thirty verses is devoted to this great and glorious theme.
The Epistles of Paul, while referring to water baptism only 13 times, refer to the second coming 50 times. This is "the blessed hope" with which the members of the church body are told to comfort one another.
Every time you repeat the Lord's prayer, you are praying for Christ's return. "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven." How can there be a kingdom without a King, or His righteous reign be established upon the earth till Christ returns to rout the hosts of darkness, cast down Satanic rule, and wield His own dear sceptre o'er the lands?
The last prayer in the Bible is a great heart throbbing cry for His return. "Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly." And the answer still rings from Heaven—"Surely I come quickly; and My reward is with Me."
Jesus Himself promised that He would return, saying: "And if I go away (to prepare a place for you) I will come again." What could be plainer than this statement of our Lord? "If I go away—I will come again."
Did He go away ? Yes. Acts 1:9 is careful to give us a clear description of our Lord's departure from this earth. "And when He had spoken these things...
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