"--Isaiah 52:7,8.
[444]These are they who, having the harps of God, are singing the song
of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, harmonizing the
great truths of the Old and New Testaments, the Mosaic law and the
gospel of Christ Jesus, singing: "Great and marvelous are thy works,
Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who
shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art
holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy
judgments are made manifest."--Revelation 15:2-4.
WHY THE LORD COMES
[445]There are three primary purposes or reasons why the Lord appears
the second time. These are: (1) To bind Satan and destroy his kingdom
and all the false systems inaugurated by his agencies; (2) to receive
unto himself his bride, the church, which includes the work of the
harvest of gathering them unto him; and (3) to set up his kingdom, for
which he taught his followers to pray.
[446]The purpose of our Lord's second coming has been much misunderstood
and misrepresented. Some have said that he is coming to burn up the
earth. The Scriptures answer this charge: "The heaven, even the heavens,
are the Lord's; but the earth hath he given to the children of men".
(Psalm 115:16) How then can we harmonize this statement of the
Scriptures with St. Peter's words?--"But the day of the Lord will come
as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a
great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth
also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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