Death is the Coming of Christ

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 25, 1870

“Death is the Coming of Christ.”

THE “Prophetic Key” gives this illustration of the absurdity of confounding death with our Lord’s coming, as is often done:

“Death,” said Mr. Smith, “is the same to a man as the coming of Christ to him.” “Yes,” returned Mr. Jones, “the same, of course—for when death comes a man goes into the grave, and when Christ comes he comes out of it? The coming of Christ and death then are just the same—just as into and out of are the same.” “I never thought of it that way,” replied Mr. Smith. “I think it very doubtful,” said Mr. Jones, “whether you ever thought much of it in any way.” “Fact,” answered Mr. Smith, as he left.