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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) i.O I.I 1.25 !f m It m 1.4 2.5 2.2 !.6 -A PPLIED irvVIGE Inc 1 653 East Main Street ichester, New Yoi k 14()39 USA ^/16) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288 " 5989 - Fax S^^sir ON THE BY THE j^EY, Ji, fAlRBAlRN^ j3 , J^L, ORO. (Published by request of Congregation.) ORILLIA : The Times and Expositor print, Orillia 1878. I, LECTURE ON THE ttanii €amm^ af #ttr Jortr —BY- REV. K. FAIRBAIRN, B. A., ORO The occasion which led to the delivering of this Lecture was the previous delivery of one on the same subject by an itinerant lecturer, advancing the view that Christ's Second Coming had already taken place. This together with the Pre- millennial views held by others, led to a close investigntion of the Scriptures on the subject, which resulted in the views embodied in this Lecture. TJIE SECOND ADVENT. ■^•^ ) I fHE subject of the becond coming of our Lord is on« of great importance, and whit is renderiny it more so at the present time is the fact that it is engagitii/ the attention and occupying the time of quite a number of peoplo. These circumstances have given rise as we might have expected, to several conflicting views, thereby tend- ing to unsettle the old belief, it may be of some, or even leading others into error, and placing the vast majority in a position in which, although they may not believe the opinions advanced yet they may rot be able to answer the arguments of their oppon- ents. On such a subject, therefore, it is of vast importance that wo understand the Scriptures aright so far as they are clear and explicit and where we are not sure of the meaning of Scripture, it becomes •us to be somewhat modest and diffident. But where we have the V '^i^c f*^^'^ ^^^ Lortl" as our authority, it becomes us neither to be doubtful hor hesitatmg. There are two views of the Second .Advent which I feel persuaded upon close investigation have not tho Scripture taken m its general tenor or scope to sustain them. The 1st is that Christ has already come the 2nd time, and that being here amonast us now he will not comeagain,orthat he came invisibly at the destruc- tion of Jerusalem. The 2nd is that he will come at the beginnin<^ of the Millennium and reign personally with his saints a thousand^years This 18 called the premillennarian view. To refute both of these views might seem to require a fuller exposition of Scripture than one lecture, but as the arguments against the 2tid, showing that Christ will not come till after the millennium, imply that the first view IS wrong also, since if it can be shown that Christ will not come till the end of the present order of things, then it follows that he has not yet come personrtlly. Therefore the argument a<^ainst the second view refutes the first also, because by proving th°at ho will come personally at the general resurrection and final judgment, it follows that he has not yet come personally. In treating on Christ's coming and his presence amongst us there are some distinctions which appear to me to be lost si^ht of by some the failure to make such distinctions resulting in error There 13 his essential presence, hia spiritual presence, hi"s personal THE SECOND ADVENT. in judgement or mercv hn?L *'»» mftnifeatation of his p„wor Heiven. fn reference to t hi ',7^"^^ ^ '^'^ Personally pre,lnt in " Whom the heavrmust r ce ' "^^^^ T' '" f^'t'^ '"•' ^l- «f all thin-8. " 1,1 referencfi to hL "".*'?/^" *i'"«3 of th 3 restitution said to his DiscipK 'iTni ot 1 ?r"*' P'"^'^'"'*' ^'^••'^^ h""«-Jf to you;" and in feference T. . 1 .*? ^'*" comfortless. I will co.„e th/oxxxix Psalm a "rth t 's^^-s " « ^il'T' '\" .f^'^^'^^^^' '" thy spirit? or whi her shall Tfl^^fJ' '^^''^^her shall I go from take.lhorefore, trexniain awift!''''" ^^^ ?'"««"«« ^ It i« a mis- the spiritual, or ^l^t^^^!^ tlSt t^e^rat ^f ^^"^ ''' GodS^'^elnr^fas^erii^frmnr ^^^"-"^ - the Word of power in judU.nent ..r mercv o,^h - ^ '"*","' '"'^"^fe^tation of his When abont to JeavVhis dLdnre^wh^''''''''^ '"•"^"^' ^^''"' '« '"^'"^t. of his absence, and did m^ .SrsS?! T'^ f ''^"^ ^' **''' P'-o^P^ct present with rhenx thon^rboS ^^^^^^^^^ «P-i^"ally not leave you comfortless rornLn^w' ^? ^' *" '^^"^ "^ ^^>" XIV., 18. >he whole rntoxttv?s\hr/ 1,'^^^ you. "-John »na,.ife3tation-the 21st! 22nd and 2^.!,^^ ^^ '"'*''*^ '"^ «P'"t"al ;' He that hath my cummlndment fd /'"'t!lP"'^'"H^ «^"^ i'. . 'oveth me, and he that loveth mellll k T^'^^ *5'''"' '^^ '^ '^ that I will love'himand wfirma: L" n^^^^^^^^^^ -Hrn, (not Iscariot) " Lord, how isT rh .f /. ' •u"'^*' ''"^'^ ""^o Belf unto us, and iot unto the wor d >^'V*'^"" ^^'^ manifent thy- "nto him: If a man lore m« L -n , '^''^"^ answered and said ther will love him, and ^e wJU como^nT^"'^ ^"i'^'' ^""^ '"^^ *^-- with him When it is slid twT ".V*'! i,™-^"^ "^^^^^ 0"r abode >vill not come aTa^n/it is'n one senseVr 1^^^^^ '' ''"""^«* "« -"^^ "ally it is true.for the Spirit the Com fnt/«^ ^ ^ "t'l" ^""^^^^^^ «P'"t- but with refer;nce to Christ Wrin ' t^^bide with usforever; will be shown. Again the com.Wof^rh'T^-''*'"'^"^' '' '' «'r'^"^' *« n. 16. •« Repent ofeLTwrnr^ ?^''J'*^ is mentioned in Rev .yainst themaTthTh:twl"d X n^u^^^^^^^^^^ ^"'l 1^' '^^^ the spiritual manifestations of hiZower bv wl nf • ''/'"^'^^ ^^^"°*^« the destruction of the ADostacvSLl^l^/j "?««'"«" ^.A^ain the desiru^^rof reZr^cv P^ T^ of judgemen.. ..^.„„ take place by tlie maniflstatioifs Tw^"""'^ '" " ^'^^^^ ^^ ^' '^ to Lord shall consumrwi h the sp^^^^^^^^^^ the with the brightness of his comhlg "^^' ^"^ '^^" ^^^^roy of oJi:^ fe^utttteirot:: tr r;:." ttrf "?' ^^ *^« ^-^ Wh, xxx,v.,k "FormytLt^d^arb^t^.:^ f THE SECOND ADVEfCT. g Blew Sennacherib's army and Jaffi^ Vi'u ^'"''^ ^''"" h'« Anf,4 host over the face of the"^ ^arlh A.:- . ''It '7'''' "^ ''''' ^''-' •coniniL' to John th.' ..vr.i„. /• .*''*"'' **''"» reference to Ohrist'« I^eter by what death ho (I\'L\ sh.m ^'l h"^ ";;""' «'""''''«^> t- enquire cncerninff Jch, Ha I " V't ■•^>' V*"'' P*'*"' ^v.i« led to IHB n.an do t j^,,,, J ^h mt Mm f T'" 'n^n'' ' '/"' "^'"^ «h'^» P<'me, what is that to thee / Folh w'/i r'^ ''" ^'^'■'>' t'" ^ Jt .s not said that John iv.'d til crri '«" '"^- ^'^ u*^" '"■^t P''^^^ hypothetical; but we kn w that fSn • , f""'"''^- »he lanyua^o is 'on of Jerusalem urrt "mn ,,rSn 1'" "^' '"^'"' '^'' ^'^'«'''"«- li.'t ,n this case what o.fr S ".^ ur Si i /^:%'^'^''^^^ disfH-nsation. ss^.rt^,^?j;"'-'-'i«hoChowi;t't .:s:"m ^^"^ *o, — Veri y I sav unto von tu i " I'lKtii, iviatfhow xvr K>ng(-li>ni. We rcn,] ih^t- i i , " '^'^" of nian com uir in hi« it natters not wSe oh?!;:r" "^^^^ T"''^ ^" ^^ cliscipfe- "b t "ot. The principalls'ai fhe Xe"" The /:; ""' '"i ^"'"^^^"^ ^'> <'r doubt to the destruction of Jermalen/ an H '''" ^''''l '''^''' "^^ the Kingdom of Christ by the an ihik i n f '" "'■"'•^'-'^tation of But this by no means exhan«?„ "^ *''*" '^^'^^''^h polity.- ournest .f rho final Zi^f^TchriTa^d'rr; '"/ T" ^ ^^''^^ ' -^ wicked; this lanjiuage does not rX ']n P • " ^^^^uction of the ous cominjr, for This waT w5« f 1° ^'"'^t's ulliniate and Ldori- ;• OHr Lord'in his h Canity 1"th;'L^;--lf 'f f ^"- Alford'says the hour, and that not k lowi " /ft if ' h^ m T ^"'"' *^" '^^y '"'^ niinate and solemn nronl 11;/ f-! •• """''^ ^'^^^ nttered a deter- he said unto them S 7«" ' '! ""P'^^^^ble." Mark ix.,1, "And then present of (hat neivKbadol'o 'cL'f.f'" v\''° """^ °* ">"'» work the greatest of all cwts »nSM "'"'''' ?■"' ^™''"«> '" final coniins in slcrv Tl LJ!^. ' ^ " ""' S™"' P^'lge ot his be explained satlsSorS'l™ t"r;rn,apr ^""'°' """'=»" "^^ «.e distant mture^ aSS^'lJ^' aT^^iailS^ JtXa'r '"r c \ TUB SKCOND ADVKNT. irSS;;>^!^r;J" '^^i:^^:!^^^ -havoapl^nin-tanco of -f Hyria and fS„ kTo, of Ih^H wi.f h'l "^'7' '\""^'" ^'^"* ^''« Kins wot.ld n..t prevail Zi t I ujr» ". ""*°'"^'* i"t«» riconfoduraci hold a vir.'it. H J ^r,/ ,' ^''*'"'»»''f «hall !,Mvo yo„ a rj,,,, L. the evil and chooso the ^'ood tlw? "'V'^ -'V' *''"^" '^'"^^ ^^ refuse f.-rsakenor both ho KiS '' Witl !l* "^^^^ tho,, abhnrest shall b« «leta.le.l account < f thi " rmssa^l /m f "^"^ '"^" '^ »'*""'« and i^^^o6u^tee^JlrZtoTt TaV J^ '""'*"'"i' •"^'licable to tho ence to tho M.sHiaT i/ H.btrr ' "^°'""»^''«'>"'«''"t '» rofor- *»eptim'' « vi-Kin, -a bear a chi,/ w,!;::''- [^^ ^^ij — ::^^f.(sc. F^^^ chap, vrir v '\ X.- d\ „. i u '^'^ °^ ^'*''''»*oyed.--fSee also ..ad^,n (ahouVs vtat ) ah o^la t nrt'^/'Tr'/'^ ^'^« '"« of Lcrin^! ual. fro,.n its two nVaders W thml^t ^ ''^ cloliverance of Jn- «yriaandSanmriarcM,ar H.8ono 1^1 . ""'"-' ^"'/'^"'" '"*'» ^^^ail, l"3t. both their Kincrs" arvenelh '/?V'n"^''r ^^'"'^'''^ I'-ophec; remote and distant prophecy rSltf^M' ''•'u^'^P**'''^ '^^ mediate ivent- but tL ,mmL- V ^ .H *"" Messiah to the im- «re.Jt central'^;,., ';', pr^ ™ ^Tsll^;;;^'""^^':"''^',"™'!.^ "■= of Matt. I., 22, 23 decidp/fh« m • • ^']« J"»P»-«d authority this was done that it mi.rt SfSr^^^^ Z' N"- -II Lord by the pronhet- hThnu\il .^^^f^ «'h'ch was spoken of the and shin briiirSrth^so^tdlh'v'l"^^ Greek>hallL with child And even th?s remote an^diS fS '''''' '"^ "^'""^ ^'"•"'^""el.'' ■Aha.,forhewasrttobrde8tov^^^^^ ^ '^''^^ *« his nation and family Nmv K « ' '^^.^'^^^'''^h was to bo born of applied to thrxxiv Chan Tf M^r" P"?rP'".""'«^ ^''^^'^'"'y be stances attendin.^the oomin'o? ChrlT' ''^^''''''! "" *h« "^«"'"- explained. Ther^are S,, w.v' f*'""T''^'-^^^ *'^«'-«' «'^"""t be that chapter. It may contai^ th3- ^^'^^"'"^ the 3rd verse of "s when^shall thesT'LnTbe ?'' reLST^^^^ l«t.(a)'«Tell "salem,and more DartiPulJllL Tu ^ ^ l'^ \^^ destruction of Jer- sign of th/con incra^^^^^ *^^ Temple,(6)and what shall be the whole ofoxirSd-rlcourse^^^^^^^^ 2nd, That the "Whenwa. ^-sale^ t^^^^.^ ^ (^^^^JT^^^r j" I ' THE SECOND ADVENT. 7 ./.wish polity and ostibiT iVt o S&'k.^.^^^^ "^ *''" bccauso it does not exnlain all fhi.nVr . '^«"K'l«>iii is untonaMi;, tioned in tho chapter, esciilvrS thoy shall 8oe t)u.k.n'uf lircomtV^ V'"^ '^ '^ T^ « ' "And power and Kreutylory. And hTri i " , '■'"'''^' 'J^ ^«'^^^'" ^^^^h sound of a trumpet/and th.v 8hi 'h'*^''/* ''T^' *^'^^ « «'-«'^t tho fonr winds, from o e p .W.f h «'^^'"'; together his elect from denote, tho oppo i « of inv sib ifv"''? *^" ^^' ""'Jr' " 'i''»» «^-eiy has come invis bly prov rtha Kan^^*"^ T", ''" *^"^^''*' '^ut Im ally when hede.tr^>;e7j"rtlem;r;rt^;^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "^'\^^T- and sot up his spiritual and invidbiri nS i" *r ^^ when ho coujes ijursonallv hn ia f» 1 «ingciom in this world; for see him." The'aoth'anS 31st' vXrhrt^; h''^''^ ^'^f "h"» does not exhaust the full moaniZ Tf f K . "'". '"''""^^ ">"J« world," i. c, thatitis„otTbe4trcedtn:r'^ *»'" polity; it includes but does not exhaustit VV '"'Vu^ "*," '^'^^'^^ up to the first or third of the abov« T. 1 r • *''' therefore shut sage, either of which sat sfies all tlie^ond?,"^ mtorprotin. tho pas- although it is possible tl at in ho minSi ^^h' 'r *'?^«^'*Pt«'• : and qnescions may have been re< arded ^« nl 1 *'>'^.^^'^«'Pl«« the throo gether, or viewing the^as ofcurdn^' ""f associating, tho three to- mind of Christ the end oftS wS^^ hTT?""^"''^'' ^^ "» ^ho sage shows, was not limiSS Z'LV^T£ KL^ Vo^rt^ be applied to tho christian disnensaUnn «« „, n . ^«^ '""^ niany instances of a more romo to^refefanoe th^ L'' *^^•.^«^i«h; given in the Scriptures-Matt, xxiv sj Th' f\. • "^'^'^d^ato aro Its highest interprotatiun in thesPcmul ^^ ■'^^^**^ t'»«.'a"guaQ:o finds certain; but whether t isia t e nrtni ^ """t^ '^'""'"= ^'^ ^'^»"at is question. By examini g Danie v n^ ^?^^T ' !' I''' ''' ^"^'h^'' from preceding verses tlmf thT. ' ?■ ^''"^ ^^ '^^*h 13, we find (symb'olized 'ylZ^tTlTnZZf^^^^^ «J»-ch judgment h set. Now nothing ^Sl ^ t,.^^"* "^ ^"'^- The not the final J^idgment, but iallirTo^^^^^^^^ that primarly this is njont on men fo? their host lity to Jhe^Srl ?A^ temporal judg- highest interpretation it must ref«r<-nfC^''^,^*''^'-y«t in its though something like thS appeara to beT« n'"^ ^"'^'"^'^*- ^"^ XXIV, 31, in relation to theTstr'tion of / ""T^ '""'^ ^^ ^^t- can fail to see that the languagoTwells Wnn*!! ''^^"^ °^ ^°« human family into a churlh udoT «lrfvf^ ^J T^ gathering of the onward to theVthering of the Church L^'.rl ^??'' ^^^ <^^^°»Shts Lord in the airT which fa to wind n nth! ^"".^ *''"™P*° m*>t-Uhe the close of Matt. ^C^ZiZ't^rT^ro^r ^rl^- m^ , -^"fc of fhi^.'^ev.S;,"';^ at i,e end o? 'h ^'^ "ivolS.*^"'''!'6'^^out before tiff 7^>a* the r^"""^ 'ford. Vh^J^^^er of onf '^''" ^ «^ore cftnsfcians did iss^ '/'^^ ciear- ^^'crjoji of ' «t't f.),-ti, ,'"» V the f'-« to t.,e >^''-e is a ,'»'',f^«d as ,"'d's act '^-^ntiies, It order ^nt and '» that ;'i'hf)„t ' what ethan 32,^ Son, cha]). ?sbo lien. fihe eJf, ' is m- Iso in 3S •Q 1 1 THK SKCOND ADVENT. f) Thp'wnS^ Lord's cc.rning after f,hat generation had passed away - Ihe word generation in verse 34 ( J, Z7 To^th«i'. 7l77ul''^''' '■ J,f ' '^"^ '^^ «"^' ^f tl^« -^-vish polity u \ the end of all thinsfs. Christ's coniin« therefor. i,i the xxiv chapter while it is applicable to the end of the Je vLh po i y an^^^^^^^ present order ,, things, /. e the end of the world and the fina re ception of all his people to hi--nself. The avowal thit he came in" visibly in the first case proves that he came spiritually a he s^'d ho would to his disciples when he promised say inc. " I w.]! not Teal cafce. and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn and th^v »d"z tiL?;" "' "'" °"""'"-' '° "" "'""O" "< heava, "iith ro*:-; III. The Scriptures assert there is yet to be a second nersonil ^IT ^;r .'^" ''""^'^^y ^^ P'-^P^^^y before his Trst cL^ng wkh prophecy after his eoramg we are led to expect this ^ The Jews had the same ground for believin- in a viai- ble and personal coming from their prophecv as we 1 atv> L!! and they would have hid the same reafonX exjl^n n J a"^;^^^^^ pewonal and resolving it nto the spiritur' >,s we have fcfr doi'ng so The two personal comings are contr...ed. implvin^r thara^ the one « personal so likewise will the other be personar and visible Hebrews rx., 28,-- So Christ was once offered o bear the sms of many : and unto them that look for him shall 1 « appear the second tin.e without sin unto salvation.'' h" is *^o ac pear (be seen) to them that look for him. Surely this imnE personality and visibility. That his personal coSilyetrtL f" Hrth?r*'' ^T. ^''' "^- 21' " Whom the heave, smu^streceve 'lutl the times of the restitution of all things. This is not to bn explained away by saying they are the time's before the res itution but plainly point to the restoration ( restitution ^' J5l! w-T t° ^^^if °"^.^"*' ^"^'■^^^^t condition, as De Wette savs die Wiederherstelhing in ihren fruhern vollkommnern Zustand '' That we are not to be stumbled bv the word times ^""a"^- M denoting a lengthened process', is clear from i. Peter i 20- / Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world but was manifest in these last times for you. " tC canno? Tp therefore the lengthened process while all things are befn" restored but It IS the definite and completed restoration itself Sis meant at which Christ IS to come personally, and till then the heavens re ceivehim. The rectification of all the evils and disorderlof the fall IS meant, and the interval until that consummation fBeLcn includes the whole period between the ascension of Christ and he ft "9 10 THE SECOND ADVExVT. second c()miii(' in "lorv An^l ..,. Hfnl analogy wo h-7bett ^^ hreotabli^H ''"r^ "'^'*' ^ boan- and is relSun/no?";l;^;:S/Pi^;^";;e" -^ -^ "P the o... Ht the latter, and all thin "will b' n." /''" .'""'^ personali; and he will be all in all. ErZ^^ns, if '"fe'^' •""*'' ^^^^ pensation of the fulness of time he m^.,hV..!H'~ V ^^l*^ ^" *^« ^i^' thinjis in Christ, both which ar!, n h " ^''f"" f Af^ther in one all even in him." Vin. in tcs V 1 "'-A'"^ "^'^V"-« "" ^^^^ taken up from you into heaven shall «"^ . -Uns same Jesus which is have seen him go into h^Jen '' "tL X^^^^ xiie Clause tins same Jesus identity-he sliall come with thera.r'if ' i '^ ''■'f'^'f ^'' corporeal hu„ ascend. The 'clause so come inTikB .^ '''*'' '""^^ '^^y «'^^ Inn. go (,,oing in Greek) into heave , ' i^^.n S'lr. "' ^,' ^^^" «««" fe'oing they shall see him comirlTh,-! ?"- and comfort theni by the expect ncv of'""T' ^* ^'' cleparturo disciples understood it in thil vvav i/.l f""'''^ '''^*"''"- That tho "they returned to Jerus!em wftl c r^:^^^^ ^^ f ^^ P^-'-ced: A state of constant watchfulness id°.t; K^ ~^"^« ^^^^-^ 52.- which state is not meant to t trms tori 1 Tf '"'''' *'^"^ P^''^'"'^^^ fit is meant to continue Livi,i/«;l.!{. '''^' '"'^^"'' o"r spiritual bene- by death it matters not w^Kl tirsee'^p/'""" ^^''^^^ "roenoinedtovvatchandbereadv f/m' ^'"'^^^ ^"'^ f«'r this we all, watch. " So that it is nc t so muol^ ? .^ '''^ ""^'^ ^^^ ^ ««y ""to in this view of the case, as the e "no CI ' T T- \'' ^''^'^''^ ^^^ with joyful expectancy'it behoo^er.s a 1 ,J ! '. 1"''' as christians ureat event, and to be preparing f.Vt - Jr.' ^''IZuf-'"' ^^ ''^" lum purifieth himself even as he is VL " p ^ '''"'^^ '"' '"^^e in ascenionem et inter adventum gS m n,dl.f,7'f ^ '"-''^ -" ^"^"^^ eorum utrique par: ideo hi duo eon o ' 'iV^'''^^^^ toll ante datam Apocalyp n iL'^ffillf "'; ^^^"> ^^'^*"^ ^^P««- proposuerunt-Et congruit m.ies ate Ch.r"^ '^^'^' propinciuiom s.onem et inter adventum teSro t'ne i, !^! "' •*"'" "'''' ^««'^"- Between the ascension and SZ ad vpnf^' ""'''""'' expectetur." of these is interposed; on th is ccount n" "".""""^ "'^"•'^^ *" ^^^her Therefore the apostles have juJll^^il^X I^i:LrS:ti THE SECOND ADVEKT. 11 into Scylla in thirreapeo BnlT.ll "'',"? Uharybchs we may Wl literal i say that tiS^^cJ'^J^^^J^"""'^"^'"?^''^ -he ilerearter shall vp o.l "^ '1 ^?, *^"*' ^"""^^ of the the ,'ivi;,s okJ:^or2:[Zrt:^s^\^':^fz^''' ™""'' to pass away with a loud noi^e -uJfhl ,P' '^"Z' ^"'^ heavens are vent heat,the earth and althVe^ttt^^^^ '" "\"'' ^^"'^^^ f^'- i\ll tliese t^xpre8si(.ns imX P^n 1 .^^^^ ¥'"•"! *'''^ *« ^'^ ^urnt up. ciplcs underitood H^o ' fr 'ti" f'? -^y-b lity, and the dil- troubled rest with us when tho T n;,! V ~ , n'^, *" ^"" ^'^o «ro heaver: with his mi^ ItHu" e Ph ',^''1? t^" ^« ,^^^".'^4^ ^'••"'' conversation is in heaven fron7\vhi. ^ 1 ' ^^. '*"",'' 21-" For our ?«' ,<=»n- .^^¥:ini.Th^e^:t^ o:?^^ t^t£rJ t ^^^^^^^^ wuto the w«t, whom all eyes even nf *K« u *''."'®'^ •^®" .»d ... kind,^. of the ;iz s :'e,''n.t;rr .t; u THE SEfONI) ADVENT. inust have been converted and have become a chrisHannation— And further, when Peter oxliorts t„ repentance (Acta m., 19, 21,) and conversion nntil the times of refreshing from the pre' sence of the Lord shail come, so it appears to me beyond all donbt cirrist '^''"^'''■^'*'" ""^ ^^'"^^^ '« ^" precede the second advent of Now can anyone eay that their conversion took phice before the destruction of Jerusaleni.the end of the Jewish polity, which accord- ing to the first, view is the end of the world in Matt.xxiv. , 3, at which Christ cam-3. Was the fearful imprecation, " His blood be on us and on our children, ' removed before the end of the Jewish polity at the destrnctior.. of Jerusalem? How could this be when their wicked- ness was th.^ cause of iu destruction ? How explain the scattered state of the Jews ever since ? and yet the Scriptures teU us the gath- erinir in of the Jevys is tf) precede the second personal coming V. /a .. /^'V f"""'^'"g passages mean the same. Zechariah, l'\-.. r\ ^'^^ P""'" '"P^" *'^^ '^^'"se of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications, and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son, and thev «ha 1 be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his hrstborn. Can we, dare we say that all these gracious promises to Israel have net their ultimate and highest fulfilment when we con- sider the present deplorable condition and hostile attitude of the Jews to the Messiah. As to whether the Jews are to be restored literally to their own land I would speak in more measured terms, although I think the bcriptures favor this view. Isaiah, xi. chapter seems to teach iliis, and sf) likewise Ezekiel xxxvrii., 11, 12, and ±iZ. xxxix., 2G, 27, and many other passages elsewhere. The' land seems to be lying empty awaiting their return, and they themselves are looking towards it with wistful expectation; but be this as it may we will not enter into this subject at present, but at the very least we are assured of their restoration spiritually, and with their restoration the calling of the Gentiles. Their restoration is to be a very effectual means of quickening and more fully restoring the Gentiles It would appear from Rom. xi. ciiapter, that the Gen- tiles will n. t arrive at that fulness of Gospel privileges and their revivication till the Jews be restored; verse 15~" For if the casting away of them (the Jews) be the reconciling ( ) of the world, what their recaption ( ° ) but life from the dead. Having therefore previously shown that the Jews are to be re- stored as a nation, at Ica.st in a spiritual way, before the personal coming of Christ, and as this chapter teaches that this is to be the n,eans of bringing in fully the Gentiles, then it will appear that the THE SECOND AUYKNT, 15 and foreshadowed the ilthrirP'l -^f '''r,"^, ^^^^'^'^'"^ ^ ^^pe of, world. We are L fied ; f l^ghcr fulhln.ent to the present us; and'we set^ "chu i'h^ \t^ ul^f r^'n^' to and bindin;. upon the conclusicn that the prophet' mDa iei "'"^Z^'^.Tk^"^'^" ^'^ till that a 8tone was cut out with, f i.i' C- t^ ^^'"' ^'''^''^^ upon his feet that weie Sanf 'T^"" ^^'^ ""^*g« siLM.iHes the Churoh rfn ^'^""fM" ^^^y^ and brake them to pieces!" •ho iu.a,. becan,e a great mZu'fli.dli /tLnri„''"tr'''' the mountain without hands ''zSn^ JJ /v. V • ^^ """' *^"' ^"* "^ feettd n„rb*'dhi*d^nrt"hn:r ??■"''""-<" ^y *" l^K—d ized by the ten toes in D,n io '"",'"''«" ?'' k'ngdoins symbol- P cacniiiK or tne gospel to all nations, which it signifies, (Matthew, 16 THE SECOND ADVENT. 16 xxiT. , 14) muHt find its ultimate fulfilment after, and not before the end of the Jewish polity and the setting up of iw kingdom at that It 18 plain from ii. Thes., chap, ii., that before the second com- ing of Christ there was to be a greallfc apostacy or fallinjs' away in the church; verse 3—" That day shall not come except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdi- tion." In Paul's time it was not yet revealed but the mystery of iniquity was already working; and when a certain hindorance to its developement would be removed that wicked would be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with th^> spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. It is plain its full developement was in the future after the end of the Jewish polity, and therefore Christ's coming was to be (ir. Thes. ii., 8)— after that, as the Apostle says,—" The day of Christ is at hand,' flhwla be " the day of Christ is present"— there being in Scripture a differ- ence between the two in meaning, different Greek works being used. The Scriptures never deny but that in a certain sense the day of the Lord is at hand, and we are to watch and be ready; but the Thes. had taken the notion that it was already presert, and this was beginning to interfere with their daily business of life. The Apostle m thii chapter dispels the delusion by telling them it would not take place tiU after the man of sin had been revealed, thus pointing to a period yet in the future. ., . ^ But who is this man of sin 1 \7hatever power it may refer to it is certainly not applicable to the Jews before the destruction of Jerusalem. Its development was after that event in the future.— Paul says, " Having proved this it is not necessary to discuss fully to what power it refers, but the usually received opinion is that the description in this chapter applies to the Papacy, which is Anti- Christ Dr. Hodge says : " That the common opinion among Pro- testants is that the prophecies concerning Antichrist have special reference to the Papacy, and that Antichrist does not denote a par- ticular individual but an institution, a power or corporation, and that ecclesiastical, rather than civil, the " man «f sin,' the * son of nerdition,"h'iving a religious import being more appropriate to the former than the latter. " * 'His coming is after the working of Satan with all powers and signs and lying wonders." Civil powers have recourse to dinlomatio measures and force to attain to and preserve their power, and these are rather descriptive of the way m which the Papacy has maintained its fearful ascendancy in the world;— Miracles of every possible description they have pretended to Jave wronght Its power has been achieved mainly by fraud, with all deceivableness of unrighteousness," by false pretences, by claiming that Peter was made Primate over the whole Church, and vicar ot Christ on earth, and as auch, was superior to all earthly potentates. i(> THE SECOND ADVENT. 17 It lays clii.,n to the superior authority oyer the faith of men and decides for them what they must believe. Add to thi The fS claim to the power to forgave sins, and toalleviatecrremit the pains of purga ory Dr. Taylor remarks on ver. 4-That this power i^s the opponent of Christ, exalts himself above the civil magistVat^s kints a.K prmces, and rulers; was to arise in the church herself, ( ift "th m the Temple of God) avow himself to be infallible, lay cairn to forgive sn.s, and possess the key of the gate of paradse,ai.d admit ^^ilT''t -"^"'"'Tr ^f ^'^'''''- N^> «"« ^^n ever s'ay this ap- plied o the Jews before tlio end of their polity. Here we are w^V ranted in saying that the Scriptures teach thaf the national conver' Tn?C *^^ ,''«^^«; ^« triumphant progress of the Kingdom of Christ in the world and the destruction of Antichrist were to precede the second coming of Christ; but these are in the future, therefore he second personal coming of Christ is yet in the future and not in the l^-^hea^cmpanime7its of the second personal coming of Christ — We know that one of the accompaniments will be the general res- Cw^'r f .? t' V\' ^^' ^^' 1^' '* ^^' this we say untoTou by coming of the Lord shall not prevent precede) them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend frmn heaven with a shout, with he vrnce of the Archangel, and with the trump o^God and the dead m Christ shall rise first. Then we which ar^aHve and remain shall be ca.ight up together with them in the clouds o meet the Lord in the air " The scope or design of the Apostle hereTsto comfort the Thessalonians, that they who have died in Chrfst shaU not on his account be deprived of any advantage at Christ's com ITihnl "^ '^'" ^r '"''f "P' i™">ediately preceding the cham'ing of those who are alive-first the one thing shall taKe place thenlm- medmtely the other. Such is the meaning of the (iLek partkles. whatever to the first resurrection- Kev. xx.,^o!6" Th:raratrpr sage ,8 m i Cor. xv., 51. 52-- Behold 1 shev^ vou a nwstery.^we hall not all sleep, but wo shall all be changed in a momVnt'n the winHmg of an eye at the last trun.p: for The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed » On comparing those two classes of passages it is evident that at the second personal coming of Christ the dead shall be raised and he living shal be changed all simultaneously. Again the gener^ re Hurrectum is to take place at the last day, as Martha speaW of her brother said. (.John, xr., 24), " 1 know that he shal^rise a|ai^^^ in theresurrect.on at the last day." Our Lord says, (John vi ^39 Tt IS the Fathei's wil , that of all which he hath giWme, I shouli lose nothing but should raise it up again at the last d^ " Xa n It IS said (John, xii., 48; <' The Word that 1 have sp.keJ the sS 18 THE SECOND ADVENT. ahall judi^o him at the laiit day." And what la prtdicted to take l)hico on the last day ia elsewhere said to tuko phice when Christ sliall appear in liis ;,'lory, i. c, at the end of the world. Then ui^ain, the resvirrection of the riyhteous and the wicked are to take place toyc'thjr— (Dan. xii , 2), " And nuuiy of thein thac sleep in the dust of the e.irth shall awake, some to everlasting,' life and dome to shaioo and everlasting nonteuipt." Ayain, (John, v., 28) " Marvel rtot at this, for the hour ia conuiif,' in the which all that are in the yraves shall hear liia voice, and ahall come forth they that have done yood unto the resurrection of life; and tliuy that have done evil nnto the resurrection of damnation." Hence the f,'eneral resurrec- tion, th) chan^'in'' l^lV^f ''" "^P''^ *''° «^'""'^ ''"^« without sin unto • Balvat on. Ihat there are only two personal comings, and hia ' second 18 after the thousmd years of peace, precludes the idea of Jn 1 Hnal'f.H ^"'" 1 '^ M ^'^ V''c 'r^"'^ «* the general resurrectio, and hna judgment at the end of the present order of things, over- hid'r ady'clr^^ '' ''' '''' "^ ^"^ ^"'^^^'' ^^^-^ -« '^^^ ^° But the Pre-miUennial advent is a Jewish doctrine, at least in so far us It hc^lds that Christ will come and literally sit on the throne of his father David at Jerusalem. This view was the cause of the T'^l^^^'Ir. r ■''T^ consequent rejection of the Messiah by the Jews The disciples were tainted with it(Act8, i., 6) "Wilt thou at this .me restore again the Kingdom to Israel t' was the question asked It 18 inconsistent with the nature of Christ's Kiuirdom woHd-'HT"'r'~i^''"^"''^'\"V-''^ "My kingdom is not of tS^ S 'fl f / ^'"g'^"'" "-f «;"t this world, then would my servants hght, that I should not be delivered of the Jews: but now is mv h.'ilS"' "n ^'i'- ^''"''■" T^'^* ^''"^^ ''^' ^" «i^ o^ n f cinvp tlio nations nfttir tlio milUiiium, tind tluTfi H f'> \w w. ' li(j»iul iif tho iirt'scnt order nf tliitiy.s; hut when tin* •"»'l ii% ,u, n-Jf Hio cutti*nt( of the Sou of Man in to hr, no man kth ii«i nian, no, rot t!io nngelH of lu-urou, but my Father only." (I|i' '^''•ty i.i phiinly enjoin. 1 upon un, "Watch tlicrKfore, for yo know i, -:thi'r the tiny nor tiio hour wherein tho Hon of Mun conicsth." EiiKATUM.-On p.ic'o Id, sixtienth lino from the bottom, tho fol- lowing' words hiivt! beiMi omitted: — " Indcod any power ojiposcd to Christ is Aniichrist."