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28 JESUS IS COMING.

Let any one insert "death" in the passages which speak
of Christ's coming and he will see that it will not apply.
For instance:
"For 'death' shall come in the glory of His Father."
Mat. 16:27.
"When 'death' shall sit in the throne of His glory."
Mat. 19 :28.
"Hereafter shall ye see 'death' sitting on the right hand
of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." Mat. 26 :64.
"Behold he (death) cometh with clouds and every eye
shall see Him." Rev. 1 :7.
"For our conversation is in heaven, from whence, also,
"
we look for 'death.' Phil. 3 :20.
If the reader thinks that these are exceptional passages,
we beg of you to try it in other Scripture referring to His
coming. The only possible similarity consists in analogy
viz. : in the fact that we do not know the time when we shall
die. But thanks be to God, we may not die at all, for
"We shall not all sleep." 1 Cor. 15 :51.
There will be one generation, at least, who will realize
that the coming of our Lord is not death.
And if it is not admissible to say "for 'death,' himself,
shall descend from heaven with a shout" (1 Thes. 4:16),
neither is it admissible to say, "Watch, therefore; for ye
know not what hour 'death' doth come." Mat. 24:42.
For, by such wresting of Scripture, we jostle this promi-
nent truth, of our Lord's advent, into the back-ground, and
substitute therefor the 'grim monster,' death.
Death Is Not Practically the Coining of the Lord.
It is assuming too much, to say that death is practically,
to the believer, the coming of the Lord. For we do not
know it, and the Scriptures do not assert it. On the con-
trary, the events which occur, as the Scriptures teach us,
when the Lord comes, do not occur at the death of a Chris-
tian. The dead are not then raised, nor are the living be-
fchall have put on incorruption, brought to pass the saying that
and this mortal shall have put Is written, Death is swallowed
on immortality, then shall be UD in victory