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Theology · 1908

Jesus Is Coming

by W. E. Blackstone

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Christian Life

Original 1908 text; author died 1935. US and UK terms expired.

Contents

  1. Chapter I: Jesus Is Coming Again
  2. Chapter II: Literal Interpretation
  3. Chapter III: His Coming Does Not Mean Death
  4. Chapter IV: The Three Appearings
  5. Chapter V: The Millennium
  6. Chapter VI: Post-Millennialism
  7. Chapter VII: Pre-Millennial Arguments
  8. Chapter VIII: Diagram
  9. Chapter IX: Rapture and Revelation
  10. Chapter X: The Church and the Millennial Kingdom
  11. Chapter XI: Tribulation, Resurrection, Judgment
  12. Chapter XII: Antichrist
  13. Chapter XIII: The Principal Event
  14. Chapter XIV: Some Objections Considered
  15. Chapter XV: Israel Is to Be Restored
  16. Chapter XVI: The Study of Prophecy
  17. Chapter XVII: A Practical Doctrine
  18. Chapter XVIII: The Coming of the Lord and Some Subsequent Events
  19. Chapter XIX: Anathema or Comfort
  20. Chapter XX: The Time
  21. Chapter XXI: Plan of the Aions (Ages)
  22. Chapter XXII: Signs of Christ's Speedy Coming

Every Scripture reference in this book (1271)

From Chapter I: Jesus Is Coming Again

Reader, do you know that Jesus is coming again?

He said, “I will come again” (John 14:3) and His word endureth forever, for He is the truth.;.

The angels said He would come again. “The same Jesus,” “and in like manner,”^ and they were not mistaken when they announced His first coming.*

The Holy Spirit, by the mouth of the apostles, hath repeatedly said He would come again.^ Is not such an event, stated upon such authority, of vital importance to us?

(1) 1 Pet. 1:25. But the
word of the Lord endureth for
ever. And this is the word
which by the gospel is preached
unto you.

(2) John 14:6. Jesus saith
unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man
Cometh unto the Father, but by
me.

(3) Acts 1:11. Which also
said. Ye men of Galilee, why
stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken
up from you into heaven, shall
so come in like manner as ye
have seen him go into heaven.

(4) Lu. 1 :26. And in the
sixth month the angel Gabriel
was sent from God unto a city
of Galilee, named Nazareth,

27. To a virgin e&poused to
a man whose name was Joseph,
of the house of David; and the
virgin’s name was Mary.

28. And the angel came in
unto her, and said, Hail thou
that art highly favoured, the
Lord is with thee: blessed art
thou among women.

30. And the angel said unto

her. Fear not, Mary: for thou
hast found favour with God.

31. And, behold, thou shalt
conceive in thy womb, and
bring forth a son, and shalt call
his name JESUS.

32. He shall be great, and
shall be called the Son of the
Most High; and the Lord God
shall give unto him the throne
of his father David.

33. And he shall reign over
the house of Jacob for ever and
of his kingdom there shall be
no end.

See also Lu. 2 :8-18.

(5) 1 Thes. 4:16. For the
Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with
the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first:

Heb. 9 :28. So Christ was
once offered to bear the sins of
many; and unto them that look
for him shall he appear the
second time without sin unto
salvation.

Heb. 10 :37. For yet a little
while, and he that shall come
will come, and will not tarry.

JESUS JS COMING.

At His first coming, the world rejected Him. He was the despised Nazarene. But when He comes again, He will appear as “the blessed and only Potentate, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords “^

He is coming to sit upon the throne of His gloi*y,’^ and to be admired in all them that believed,^ and to rule, in judgment and equity, all the nations of the earth.^

How glorious it will be to see the King in His beauty.

Perhaps you are not a Christian, and say —

“I Don’t Care Anything About It.”

Then, dear friend, we point you to the crucified Savior as the only hope of salvation.

We beg of you to “kiss the Son,” lest ye perish from the way. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.^^ What shall it profit you if you gain the whole world and

(6) 1 Tim. 6:13. I give thee
charge in the sight of God, who
quickeneth all things, and ‘before
Christ

14. That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

15. “Which in his times he
shall shew, who is the blessed
and only Potentate, the King of
kings, and Lord of lords.

(7) Mat. 25:31. When the
Son of man shall come in his
glory, and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon
the throne of his glory.

(8) 2 Thes. 1:10. When he
.shall come to be glorified in his
saints, and to be admired in all
them that believe (because our
testimony among you was believed) in that day.

(9) Psa. 2 :9. Thou shalt
break them with a rod of iron;
thou shalt dash them in pieces
like a potter’s vessel.

Isa. 9 :6. For unto us a child
is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be
upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The Mighty God,

The Everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.

7. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall
be no end, upon the throne of
David, and upon his kingdom,
to order it, and to establish it
with judgment and with justice
from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts
will perform this.

Rev. 2:25. But that which
ye have already, hold fast till
I come.

26. And he that overcometh,
and keepeth my works unto the
end, to him will I give power
over the nations:

27. And he shall rule them
with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be
broken to shivers: even as I
received of my Father.

(10) Isa. 33:17. Thine eyes
shall see the King in his’ beauty;
they shall behold the land that
is very far off.

(11) Psa. 2:12. Kiss the
Son, lest he be angry, and ye
perish from the way, when his
wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all they that put
their trust in him.

*’KISS THE son:’ lose your own souH^^ He is coming, and we know neither the day, nor the hour, when He may come.^^ What if He should come now? Would you be found of Him in peace, or would you be left behind to endure the terrible things which shall come upon the world, while the church is with Christ in the air,i q l3g made at His appearing’^ to mourn and pray to the mountains and rocks to hide you from His face

“Prepare to meet thy God,” was the solemn injunction to Israel (Amos 4:12), and every one of us, both Jew and Gentile, must meet Him, either in grace or in judgment.

We, then, as ambassadors for Christ, beseech you: be ye

(12) Mat. 16:26. For what
is a man profited, if he shall
gain the whole world, and lose
his own soul? or what shall a
man give in exchange for his
soul?

27. For the Son of man shall
come in the glory of his Father
with his angels; and then he
shall reward every man according to his works.

(13) Mat. 25:13. Watch
therefore; for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein
the Son of man cometh.

(14) 2 Pet. 3:14. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look
for such things, be diligent that
ye may be found of him in
peace, without spot, and blameless.

(15) Luke 21:25. And there
shall be signs in the sun, and
in the moon, and in the stars;
and upon the earth distress of
nations, with perplexity; the sea
and the waves roaring;

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