--Luke 21:28.
[440]Jesus, speaking further through his chosen vessel, refers to the
harvest of the tare class, saying, "The harvest of the earth is ripe.
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the
earth was reaped." (Revelation 14:15,16) This gathering of the elements
of Christendom, the vine of the earth, and the reaping of it for
destruction, is now in progress. It is one feature of the Lord's work,
which proves his presence at this time.
[441]There are many other corroborative evidences of the presence of the
Lord, but space will not permit the examination of all of them here. We
leave the reader to find a more detailed explanation of these great
corroborative truths set forth in Volumes 2 and 3 of STUDIES IN THE
SCRIPTURES.
[442]Why should any one deceive himself by being induced to cease an
investigation of this subject because some self-constituted wise one
will say: 'You can never know when the Lord will come'? Jesus himself
said to his faithful followers: "Watch therefore: for ye know not what
hour your Lord doth come". (Matthew 24:42) "And what I say unto you I
say unto all, Watch." (Mark 13:37) The clear inference here is that the
watchers in due time would recognize the evidences of his presence, and
recognizing these, would rejoice.
[443]Suppose we admit, for the sake of the argument, that no man knows
the day nor hour of the Lord's appearing.
Pages:
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288