The Coming of the Lord

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 13, 1916

The Coming of the Lord

FOR us who believe in the second advent the following, which we quote from the American Lutheran Survey of Dec. 1, 1915, has a welcome sound:—

There is a second advent. Christ shall come visibly to earth a second time. Such is the teaching of God’s Word. “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Heb. 9:28.

Then he shall come to “judge the quick and the dead,” as the church confesses. God’s Word clearly states the purpose of Christ’s second advent as being the resurrection of the dead and the final judgment. “Because he [God] hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained.” Acts 17:31.

“That Man” is the Lord Jesus, whose birth in Bethlehem incorporates him as a member of the human family in order that he might bear the sin of the world. Through this same “Man,” God will judge the world. Every human being, from Adam to the last mortal on earth, shall be judged by him and be apportioned by him his eternal destiny.

A second time he shall come. Then, too, he shall come visibly. And his people shall acclaim him with joy; for there shall be “new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”

We fervently hope that this Biblical doctrine may receive the prayerful consideration which its importance merits, and that many may join us in the belief that the second advent is now very near at hand.