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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 9, 1902

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 49.

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We Shall See Him

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Editorial

We Shall See Him

The apostle John makes this remarkable declaration concerning our experience now and our experience hereafter: “Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if it shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.” The time has come when it is our privilege to read the last statement with particular emphasis upon the pronoun “we.” Our faith may now grasp the promise as a personal one, “We shall see him.” It is a thrilling thought that we may be among those who shall be translated without seeing death. It is enough to rekindle our enthusiasm, and arouse anew the hope that was well-nigh dead, when we accept as a reality the soul-inspiring thought that we may see our blessed Lord coming in the clouds of heaven. To those who have long indulged the hope that they might live to see the second advent of our Lord, we repeat the encouraging words, “We shall see him.” Let every heart take courage. The time has come according to the plan of the ages when the mystery of God should be finished, and the Redeemer and redeemed should see each other face to face. There is only one thing which puts off the glad day,—the feebleness of our efforts to give this warning message to the world. “Ye churches of the living God, . . . consider how your lack of faith, of spirituality, of divine power, is hindering the coming of the kingdom of God.” Let living faith take hold upon God for the power needed that this gospel of the kingdom may be speedily preached in all the world for a witness, and then “we shall see him.” O believers in this message the key to the whole problem is in our own hands. Do we really desire to see him? The consecration of time, strength, and means to the giving of this message is the only satisfactory answer to this question. The world is waiting for this message, and the Lord is waiting for them to receive it, and we are merely waiting for the Lord when we ought to be working while we wait. To the work, and soon “we shall see him.”