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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. Page
JESUS Ib Coming 11
"I don't care anything about it!" 12
The true incentive to a holy life 14
"Oh, that's Second Adventism" 15
"It don't concern me," etc 16
Its Importance in the Word—Practical 17, 116
Forty statements showing its practical character.. .180
We are not "speculating" 19
CHAPTER II.
Literary Interpretation—Luke, 1:31-33 20
Conversation between a Christian and a Jew 20
Symbols, figures and allegories 21
"Spiritualizing" subverts the authority and power
of the Word, and saps the foundation of every
Christian doctrine—Purpose of language 22
Prophecies literally fulfilled at His first coming 23
Prophecies to be literally fulfilled at His second
coming 24
CHAPTER III.
His Coming Does Not Mean Death 26
Death is an enemy 26
It will not apply in Scripture referring to His
coming 28
Intermediate state of the dead 29
Dr. David Brown's testimony 30
Substituting death for His coming degrades the
doctrine of the resurrection 31
We are not taught to watch for death, but for
Christ's Coming—Search the Scriptures 31
CHAPTER IV.
The Three Appearings 33
His departure and His promise 34
The Lord's Supper, a token 34
The very Pole Star of the Church 35
Believed by the Fathers, and its History 35, 66
Origen and his "spiritualizing" error 36 CHAPTER V. Pagt
The Millennium: 37
CHAPTER VI.
POST-MnXENNIALISM 41
The principal question,—Is the coming to be Pre-
Millennial or Post-Millennial? 41
CHAPTER VII.
Arguments Showing The Coming To Be Pee-millennial—
No. 1. Antichrist 43
No. 2. Immediately after the Tribulation 43
No. 3. Persecuted Church 44
No. 4. Tares and Wheat 44
No. 5. Literal Reign of Christ 46
No. 6. Argument from Order of the Resurrection.. 47
Order of the Resurrection, 1 Cor. 15:22-26.. 48
Dead in Christ rise first, 1 Thes. 4:13-17... 48
The First Resurrection, Rev. 20:4-14 48, 62
His Coming Before the Millennium 49
Objections to literal first resurrection con- sidered—
1. No right thus to aggregate texts... 50
2. Only souls mentioned in Rev. 20:4.. 50
3. Spiritual life in Paradise 52
4. Only the beheaded mentioned, etc... 52
'5. Last day, = 1000 years 54
6. Mentioned in same verse, therefore
just and unjust rise simultaneously 55
7. Only one passage 57
Dean Alford's comment 58
Resurrection from the Dead 59
Argument from the Greek text 59
No. 7. Watching 63
Continue to Watch—"A Little While" 65
The Faith of the Early Church 66
Hold the traditions (teachings), 2 Thes.
2:15—Apostles not mistaken 69
Early Christians did not hold false hope... 69
We must watch as they did 70
CHAPTER VIII. Page
Diagram—Outline Of Events, And Explanations 72
CHAPTER IX.
The Rapture And The Revelation Distinguished 75
CHAPTER X.
The Church And The Millennial Kingdom Distinguished 83
The Church—A distinct body (oocAijo-ia Assembly). 83
A Mystery, 89; A Virgin of Sorrow 90
To be rewarded . 93
The Kingdom is the manifestation of the glory of
Christ and His saints 83
Its manifestation is still future 84
It is now hid in mystery 86
Explanation of its coming "nigh" or being "at
hand" when Christ came 88
Nominal Christians 94
The True Church—The Body of Christ 95
The Bride of Christ 96, 202
CHAPTER XI.
The Tribulation, The Resurrection And The Judgment. 98
The Resurrection 99
Four Judgments 103
CHAPTER XII.
The Antichrist 107
CHAPTER XIII.
The Principal Event 113
The Pre-Millennial Coming 113
Post-Millennial Questionings 113
Pre- vs. Post-Millennialism 114
Preach the Word—Comfort One Another 115
Solemn Warning 116
Pre-Millennialism, Vital and Inspiring 116
CHAPTER XIV.
Some Objections Considered.
No. 1. It discourages Missions 118
No. 2. It discourages Work 119
No. 3. Too many unsaved friends 119
No. 4. "My kingdom is not of this world" 120
No. 5. "The Kingdom of God is within you" 122 Page
No. 6. "The Kingdom of God is not meat and
drink" 124
No. 7. "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the King-
dom," etc 125
No. 8. It disparages the work of the Holy Spirit.. 129
No. 9. It makes the Gospel a failure 131
No. 10. The Gospel not preached in all the world.. 132
When the Witness is complete 133
Only God Knows 134
No. 11. "There be some standing here," Mat. 16:28.. 135
"Spiritual" Coming, "Typical" Coming, .. .135
Some of them did see the Kingdom 138
Peter saw it 139
John saw it—Paul saw it 140
"Ye shall not have gone over the cities of
Israel." Mat. 10:23 141
No. 12. Gloomy view of the future . .142
"The days are evil" 144
Cannot average Church and World 145
Triumphs of Art and Science do not argue
an increase in Godliness 147
The World not Growing Better 148
Civilization and Refinement not the source
of Holiness 150
Is the Church Progressing? 151
The Light and the Salt of the World 151
Loosing the Saltness 152
The Parables of Mat. 13 152
The Faithful Remnant 156
No. 13. Cruel to the unsaved millions 158
This World dies every 33 years 158
No. 14. Israel—the generation which passes not
away 160
CHAPTER XV.
ISRAEL TO BE RESTORED 162
The Second Time 167
Permanent Restoration 169
All Nations shall flow unto Israel 169
They shall "Look upon Me" 170 Page
The Cleansing Israel 171
Confusing Israel with the Church 172
The Day of Jacob's Trouble 174
CHAPTER XVI. I
The Study Of Prophecy 177
The best weapon to meet Sophistry and Skepticism. 179
CHAPTER XVII.
A Practical Doctbine 180
CHAPTER XVIII.
Outline Of The Order Of Events 183, 195
References to Principal Passages 196
CHAPTER XIX.
Anathema Or Comfort 199
Jesus Christ Coming in the Flesh 200
The Sweetest Comfort 201
CHAPTER XX.
The Time 207
The Jews Returning 210
Watchman, What of the Night? 213
CHAPTER XXI.
Plan Of The Aions (ages) 218
The Time of the End 224
Diagram 225
CHAPTER XXII.
Signs Of Christ's Speedy Coming 228
1. The Prevalence of Travel and Knowledge.. .228
2. Perilous Times 230
3. Spiritualism 231
4. Apostacy 231
5. World Wide Evangelism 232
6. Rich Men 234
7. Israel 234
8. Zionism 236
Watch 242
Ye Shall be Witnesses 243
Missionary Periodicals 244
Appreciative Commendations 3, 246
Textual Index 249