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Christ's Coming Again, Chiefly on the Heavenly Side. [3 Papers, Repr.].
Christ's Coming Again Chiefly on the Heavenly Side - 3 Papers, Repr. Author:William Kelly General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1904 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: The Coming, And The Day, Of The Lord. 2 Thessalonians II. The Jewish, Christian, and Gentile portions have already been shown in the Lord's prophecy on Olivet. Let us now see what the word of God reveals as to those (of course not born of God) who may bear the Christian name for the present, but will abandon it, as we learn from the scripture before us. No doubt the world comprehends more than those who outwardly profess the Lord's name. Besides Christendom, it embraces the Gentiles or all the nations that are heathen, besides Israel. Scripture is silent about none of these; and the light of God is as bright and sure on the future as on the past. This is an immense principle to hold fast in reading the written word. Men are apt to judge of God by themselves. To speak with certainty of the future being to us impossible, man forthwith imagines that, although God speak about it, even then it must be somewhat uncertain. If we only consider a moment, we cannot but learn that this is the principle of infidelity. What difference does it make to God whether He is speaking about the past, the present, or the future ? He assuredlydoes not" think " in the sense of having to reflect, nor does He merely give an opinion. On the contrary, He knows all things. The only real question can be (as to some a question it is), whether God communicates what He knows, or how far He has been pleased to do so. Does not the prophetic word profess this ? Is it well founded ? If God has communicated His mind about the future, as evidently the scriptures not only assume but openly assert, it is simply faith to accept all. The mom...« less