Real Purpose of Christ’s Coming by H. G. Gauker

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 10, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 31.

Real Purpose of Christ’s Coming

By H. G. Gauker

Too often we associate the idea of wrath with the second coming of Christ. It was love that prompted the first advent of our Saviour; it will be love that prompts the second advent of our Saviour.

When God, by the hand of Moses, was leading the children of Israel through the wilderness, it was because of love that He opened before them a path through the Red Sea. We do not believe that God’s main object was to destroy Pharaoh and his army, but to deliver His chosen people. When Christ comes in the clouds of heaven, we do not believe that it is His express purpose to destroy the wicked, although they will be destroyed by His coming, but to deliver His faithful children. H. G. GAUKER.