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But Antichrist will not be revealed as we understand
from 2 Thes. 2:7, until after the Rapture. Neither is it
probable that the restoration of Israel (except partially in
unbelief, Zeph. 2 :l-2), will take place until after that event.
For "Jerusalem shall be trodden down .... until the
times of the Gentiles be fulfilled" (Luke 21:24), 'and the
tabernacle of David shall not be rebuilt until He has taken
out of the Gentiles a people to His name. Acts 15 :14-16.
It has pleased God to give signs, or evidences, of the
approach of these events and by which we might know
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that the day was drawing near, but, as we have before
said, they have been of such a character that the Church
And this we
could see them repeated in each generation.
believe was purposely designed, in order to give the church
NO DATE and NO SIGN which might so definitely indicate
the time of her Rapture, that she should in any interval
cease to be vigilant. It was evidently all planned, so that
the unfolding of events should be, to her, a constant in-
centive to watchfulness.
The High Priest went into the Holy of Holies alone,
and the whole congregation waited in expectation without
until he had made the offering and came forth to bless
them. Lev. 16 ; Nu. 6 :23-26 ; Lu. 1 :10. So has our High
Priest entered once for all into the TRUE HOLY PLACE, and
the Church should look for Him in fervent expectation,
until He appears the second time without sin. unto salva-
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tion. She must watch "with loins girded about and lights
burning, like men that WAIT for their Lord."
(7) Heb. 10 :25. Not forsak- place every year with blood of
Ing the assembling of ourselves others ;
together, as the manner of some 26. For then must he often
is; but exhorting one another: tave suffered since the founda-
and so much the more as ye see
t jon Q ( tne wor id : fcut now once
the day approaching. ln tne end of tne wor id hath he
(8) Heb. 9 :24. For Christ is appeared to put away sin by the
not entered into the holy places sacrifice of himself.
made with hands, which are the __ . , ..
the presence of God for us:
25. Nor yet that he should 28. So Christ was once offered
offer himself often, as the high to bear the sins of many: and
priest entereth into the holy unto them that look for him