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;

26. Men’s hearts failing them
for fear, and for looking after
those things which are coming
on the earth: for the powers
of heaven shall be shaken.

(16) Luke 21:36. Watch ye
therefore, and pray always, that
ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all thes things that
shall come to pass, and to stand
before the Son of man.

1 Thes. 4:17, Then we which
are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air: and so shall we ever
be with the Lord.

(17) 2 Thes. 1:7. And to you
who are troubled rest with us,
when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his
mighty angels,

8. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

9. Who shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the
presence of the Lord, and from
the glory of his power;

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.

(18) Mat. 24:30. And then
shall appear the sign of the Son
of man in heaven: and then
shall all the tribes of the earth
mourn, and they shall see the
Son of man coming in the
clouds of heaven with power and
great glory.

(19) Rev. 6:16. And said to the mountains and rocks. Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. reconciled to Gody*^ now, in the accepted time, in the day of salvation.21 Do let us entreat you to repent and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,^^ and that you may turn “to ser’e the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from Heaven,”23 and be unblamable at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.^*

But if you are a Christian, then we point you to His coming again, as

The True Incentive to a Holy Life.^^ Jesus is coming, therefore mortify your members which

(20) 2 Cor, 5:20. Now then
we are ambassadors for Christ,
as though God did beseech you
by us: we pray you In Christ’s
stead, be ye reconciled to God.

(21) 2 Cor. 6:2. (For he
saith, I have heard thee in a
time accepted, and in the day
of salvation have I succoured
thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the
day of salvation.)

Luke 14 :31. Or what king,
going to make war against another king, sitteth not down
first, and consulteth whether he
be able with ten thousand to
meet him that cometh against
him with twenty thousand?

32. Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambas-sage, and desireth conditions of peace.

33. So likewise, whosoever he
be of you that forsaketh not all
that he hath, he cannot be my
disciple.

(22) Acts 10:42. And he
commandeth us to preach unto
the people, and to testify that it
is he which was ordained of
God to he the Judge of quick
and dead.

43. To him give all the prophets witness, that through His
name whosoever believeth in
him shall receive remission of
sins.

Acts 17 :30. And the times of
this ignorance God winked at;
but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:

31. Because he hath appointed
a day, in the which he will
judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath
ordained; whereof he hath given
assurance unto all men, Ta that
he hath raised him from the
dead.

(23) 1 Thes. 1:9. For they
themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto
you, and how ye turned to God
from idols’ to serve the living
and true God;

10. And to wait for his Son
from heaven, whom he raised
from the dead, even Jesus, which
delivered us from the wrath to
come.

(24) 1 Thes. 3:13. To the
end he may stablish your hearts
unblamable in holiness before
God, even our Father, at the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
with all his saints.

(25) 1 John 3:2. Beloved,
now are we the sons of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that,
when he shall appear, we shall
be like him; for we shall see
him as he is.

3. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. are upon the earth, that you may appear with Him in glory.26

Strive and pray for purity of heart, that you may “be like Him and see Him as He is.”^’^ Search the Word, that you may be sanctified and cleansed thereby,^® and that your whole spirit, and soul, and body may be presented blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.^^ But possibly you say, with contempt,

*’0h, That’s Second Adventism. ’ *

Beloved, have you considered that Moses,^<> David,^^ Isaiah,” 2 Jeremiah,^^ Daniel,^* Zecariah,’”*^ all the prophets

(26) Col. 3 :4. When Christ,
who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with
him in glory,

5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

(27) Mat. 5 :8. Blessed are
the pure in heart: for they shall
see God.

1 John 3 :2. Beloved, now
are we the sons of God, and it
doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that,
when he shall appear, we shall
be like him; for we shall see
him as he is.

3. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

(28) Eph. 5:26. That he
might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water by
the word.

(29) 1 Thes’. 5:23. And the
very God of peace sanctify you
wholly; and I pray God your
whole spirit and soul and body
be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

(30) Deut. 33:2. And he said.
The Lord came from Sinai, and
rose up from Seir unto them;
he shined forth from Mount
Paran, and he came with ten
thousands of saints: from his

right hand went a fiery law for
them.

(31) Psa. 102:16. When the
Lord shall build up Zion, he
shall appear in his glory.

(32) Isa. 59:20. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and
unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob, saith the
Lord.

Isa. 60 :1. Arise, shine; for
thy light is come, and the glory
of the Lord is risen upon thee.

(33) Jer. 23:5. Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

6. In his days Judah shall be
saved, and Israel shall dwell
safely: and this is his name
whereby he shall be called, THE
LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

(34) Dan. 7 :13. I saw in the
night visions, and, behold, one
like the Son of man came with
the clouds of heaven, and came
to the Ancient of days, and they
brought him near before him.

(35) Zech. 14:4. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and and apostles,^^ were believers in the second advent of Christ f And because some, by setting dates, and other errors, have brought disrepute upon this doctrine, shall we cast it aside altogether?

But it may be you say (as we have been pained to hear from so many even earnest Christians):

“Well, I Don’t Think It Concerns Me Much, Anyway;

I’ve always thought that in most cases it meant death, and if Fm prepared for death, that’s enough; and there is too much speculation about it to suit me; and I don’t believe it’s a practical doctrine; and, more than that, I think it’s a mistake to pay so much attention to it.”

Yes, even thus do many Christians, — who profess to be members of the body of Christ,^ and who have been espoused unto one husband, that they may be presented to Him — summarily dispose of this precious truth, that Jesus is coming, to take unto Himself His bride.^^

0, beloved, do not thus deprive yourself of this comforting truth. Please take your pencil and mark in your Bible the passages that pertain to it; and see

there shall be a very great val- all the Gentiles, upon whom my

ley; and half of the mountain name is called, saith the Lord,

shall remove toward the north, who doeth all these things,

and half of it toward the south. (37) 1 qqj. 12 :27. Now ye

5. And ye shall flee to the are the body of Christ, and memvalley of the mountains; for the bers in particular, valley of the mountains shall (38) 2 Cor. 11:2. For I am reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall jealous over you with godly flee, like as ye fled from before jealousy: for I have espoused the earthquake in the days of you to one husband, that I may Uzziah king of Judah: and the present you as a chaste virgin Lord my God shall come, and all to Christ, the saints with thee. (39) John 14:3. And if I go

(36) Acts 15:15. And to this and prepare a place for you, I

agree the words of the prophets; i” come again and receive you

as it is written, “°to myself; that where I am.

there ye may be also.

16. After this I will return, ^pjj 5 .23. For the husband is and will build again the taber- le head of the wife, even as nacle of David, which is fallen Christ is the head of the church: down; and I will build again ig the Saviour of the the ruins thereof, and I will set body.

it up: 32. This is a great mystery:

17. That the residue of men but I speak concerning Christ might seek after the Lord, and and the church.

How Large a Portion of the Word Is Devoted to It.

If the Holy Ghost has deemed it so important, is it not worthy of our attention? The Word exhorts us “to give attention to it;”*^ and the danger of condemnation is to them who do not.^^

Again, please to examine the passages cited under the heading, “A Practical Doctrine,” on page 180 and see how Jesus and the apostles used this doctrine to incite us to watchfulness, repentance, patience, ministerial faithfulness, brotherly love, etc., and then decide whether anything could be more practical.

Surely no doctrine, in the Word of God, presents a deeper motive for crucifying the flesh, and for separation unto

(40) 1 Thes. 4:18. Wherefore
comfort one another with these
words.

1 Cor. 1:7. So that ye come
behind in no gift; waiting for
the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ:

(41) Rev. 1:3. Blessed is he
that readeth, and they that hear
the words of this prophecy, and
keep those things which are
written therein: for the time is
at hand.

(42) Luke 12:45. But and if
that servant say in his heart,
My lord delayeth his coming;
and shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidens, and to eat
and drink, and to be drunken;

46. The lord of that servant
will come in a day when he
looketh not for him, and at an
hour when he is not aware, and
will cut him in sunder, and will
appoint him his portion with the
unbelievers’.

Luke 21 :34. And take heed to
yourselves, lest at any time your
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and
cares of this life, and so that
day come upon you unawares.

35. For as a snare shall it
come on all them that dwell on
the face of the whole earth.

36. Watch ye therefore, and
pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all
these things that shall come to
pass, and to stand before the
Son of man.

1 Thes. 5 :1. But of the tinics
and the seasons, brethren, ye
have no need that I write unto
you.

2. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so Cometh as a thief in the night.

3. For when they shall say,
Peace and safety; then sudden
destruction cometh upon them,
as travail upon a woman with
child; and they shall not escape.

4. But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should
overtake you as a thief.

5. Ye are all the children of
light, and the children of the
day: we are not of the night,
nor of darkness.

6. Therefore let us not sleep,
as do others; but let us watch
and be sober.

7. For they that sleep sleep
in the night; and they that be
drunken are drunken in the
night.

God, and to work for souls, as our hope and joy and crown of rejoicing”*^ than this does.

For the whole teachmg of it is, that our conversation (citizenship) is in heaven; from whence, also, we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body.*’* It awakens groaning for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.*^

It gives us a view of the world, as a wrecked vessel,**^

(43) 1 Thes. 2:19. For what
is our hope, or Joy, or crown of
rejoicing? Are not even ye in
the presence of our Lord Jesus
Christ at his coming?

Dan. 12 :3. And they that be
wise shall shine as the brightness
of the firmament; and they that
turn many to righteousness as
the stars for ever and ever.

(44) Phil. 3:20. For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21. Who shall change our vile
body, that it may be fashioned
like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all
things unto himself.

(45) Rom. 8:23. And not
only they, but ourselves also,
which have the first fruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves
groan within ourselves, waiting
for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Luke 21 :28. And when these
things begin to come to pass,
then look up, and lift up your
heads; for your redemption
draweth nigh.

(46) Matt. 7:13: Enter ye in
at the strait gate: for wide is
the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and
many there be which go in
thereat:

14. Because strait is the gate,
and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there
be that find it.

1 Thes. 5 :3. For when they

shall say. Peace and safety;
then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a
woman with child; and they
shall not escape.

2 Pet. 2 :3. And througla covetousness shall they with feigned
words made merchandise of you:
whose judgment now of a long
time lingereth not, and their
damnation slumbereth not.

4. For if God spared not the
angels that sinned, but cast them
down to hell, and delivered them
into chains of darkness, to be
reserved unto judgment;

5. And spared not the old
world, but saved Noah the eighth
person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon
the world of the ungodly;

6. And turning the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes
condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample
unto those that after should live
ungodly;

7. And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

8. (For that righteous man
dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his
righteous soul from day to day
with their unlawful deeds:)

9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

2 Pet. 5 :5. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by and stimulates us to work with all our might that we may save some.’*” Most, if not all, of the evangelists of our day are animated by this doctrine, and surely their work is practical.

Again, Peter says, “We have a more sure word of prophecy*, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed (as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise) in your hearts” ;*^t and he exhorts us to be mindful of these words.^’^ Therefore we are not speculating when we prayerfully study prophecy

*Gr. “We have the prophetic word more confirmed. tSee Tregelles’ punctuation.

the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

6. Whereby the world that
then was, being overflowed with
water, perished:

7. But the heavens and the
eartu, which are now, by the
same word are kept in store,
reserved unto fire against the
day of judgment and perdition
of ungodly men.

8. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some
men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not
willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to
repentance.

10. But the day of the Lord
will come as a thief in the
night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth
also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up.

11. Seeing then that all these
things shall be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought ye to
be in all holy conversation and
godliness,

12. Looking for and hasting
unto the coming of the day of
God, wherein the heavens being
on fire shall be dissolved, and
the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

(47) 1 Cor. 9:22. Tq the
weak became I weak; that I
might gain the weak: I am made
all things to all rneti, that I
might by all means save some.

(48) 2 Pet. 1:19. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

(49) 2 Pet. 3:1. This second
epistle, beloved, I now write unto
you; in both which I stir up
your pure minds by way of remembrance:

2. That ye may be mindful of
the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and
of the commandment of us the
apostles of the Lord and Savior.