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CHAPTER XVIII.
                THE COMING OF THE LORD



      And Some Subsequent Events in Their Connection with
                     the Church's Future.



        "Howbelt, when He, the Spirit of truth la come, .  He will snow yon
      things to come." John 16:13.
      THE LORD'S     "I go to prepare a place for you. And if
       PROMISE.     I go and prepare a place for you,  I will
                    come again, and receive you unto myself."
                                            Jno. 14:2, 3.
                     "I go away, and come again unto you."
                                              Jno. 14:28.
                     "A little while, and ye shall not see me:
                    and again a  little while, and ye shall see
                    me, because I go to the Father." Jno. 16:16.
                     "I  will see you again, and your heart
                    shall rejoice."           Jno. 16:22.
         His         "The Lord is not slack concerning His
      Faithfulness.
                    promise."                2 Pet. 3:9.
                     "Let us hold fast the confession of our
                    hope  (a) without  wavering;  for He  is
                    faithful that promised;  .  .  . and so much
                    the more as ye see the day approaching."
                                           He. 10:23, 25.
                     "For yet a  little while, and He  that
                    shall come will come, and will not tarry."
                                              He. 10:37.
                     "The coming of the Lord draweth nigh."
                                             James 5:8.
                     "Surely I come quickly:  Amen."
                                             Rev.  22:20.
      The Hope of    "Unto them that look for Him shall He
     the Church.(b)  appear the second time, without sin, unto
                    salvation."                He. 9:28.
      (a) So the Greek.
      <b) All believers of the present dispensation.  1 Co. 12:12,  13,  27.
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