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Loving Christ and His Appearing

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 21, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 3.

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Loving Christ and His Appearing

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SAYS Paul in 2 Tim. 4:7, 8: "I have fought a good fight, . . . henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." How can men love Christ and not love his appearing? They do not, it matters not what they profess. The more we love an individual, the more we love his personal presence. It is impossible to dissociate the two. And when men ridicule those who believe in his soon coming, and scoff at the doctrine, they show that they do not love the Coming One. The love of Christ was the secret of John's prayer, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus." And we would reverently respond, Amen.