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46 JESUS 18 COMING.

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Saul (1 Sam. 9:16; 13:13), Nebuchadnezzar and others,
And it will be a failure in this sin-cursed earth until the
second Adam, who has overcome Satan, shall return to
purify the earth and establish the kingdom on resurrection
ground. Therefore there will be no Millennium until
Christ comes.
But while we are not told to look for the Millennium,
we are repeatedly and most solemnly enjoined to look for
the return of our Lord. So we again conclude that His
return must be pre-millennial.
No. V. The Literal Reign of Christ.
The millennial kingdom will be a literal reign of Christ
on the earth, and not simply a spiritual exaltation of the
Church.
"A king shall reign in righteousness" (Isa, 32:1; Jer.
23:1-6), "upon the throne of David" 10 "in Jerusalem." 11
The apostles shall sit upon the twelve thrones (Mat. 19:28),
and the Saints shall reign upon the earth. Rev. 5:10.
Speaking of the kingdom, or crown of Israel, the Lord
God says : "I will overturn, overturn, overturn it, and it
(9) Dan. 2:37. Thou, O king, Son of the Highest: and the Lord
art a king of kings : for the God God shall give unto him the
of heaven hath given thee a throne of his father David :
kingdom, power, and strength, 33 And he shal , relgn over
and glory. house
the of Jacob for ever
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dren of men dwell, the beasts be no end
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heaven hath he given into thine v (11 > Je f- 3 : *7 ' T At **** time
hand, and hath made thee ruler thev shall call Jerusalem the
over them all. Thou art this throne of the Lord ' and a11 the
nations shall be gathered unto
head of gold "
(10) Isa. *9:7. Of the in- to the name of the Lord - to
crease of Ms government and Jerusalem: neither shall they
wal* any more after the imag-
peace there shall be no end,
upon the throne of David, and mation of their evil heart
upon his kingdom, to order it, Zech. 14 :16. And it shall
and to establish it with judg- come to pass, that every one
ment and with justice from that is left of all the nations
henceforth even for ever. The which came against Jerusalem
zeal of the Lord of hosts will shall even go up from year to
perform this. year to worship the King, the
Luke 1 :32. He shall be Lord of hosts, and to keep the
great, and shall be called the feast of tabernacles.