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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jul 27, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 30.

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A Definite Promise

BEFORE his ascension Jesus said to his disciples, “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” There is nothing uncertain or equivocal about this promise. There can be no doubt about the fact. Jesus will come again. Furthermore, he himself has given us such signs that we may know when the time is at hand for the fulfilment of this promise. We are not in darkness that that day should come upon us unawares. There is danger, however, that we should become engrossed in the things of this life, and fail to appreciate the nearness of our Lord’s coming and the solemn duty resting upon us to give the warning message. Let the words thrill our hearts, “I will come again.”