The Second Advent by Editor

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Feb 20, 1879

The Second Advent.

By Editor

A CORRESPONDENT of the Christian Statesman makes a good point in reply to a remark of that paper. He says :—

"Another point, you say, our brother makes, is, that 'Christ need not to come visibly to take possession of his dominion. . . . We fully agree with Mr. Cheyne in that he need not come visibly in order to take possession of his dominion, in the same sense that he needed not to give himself to the crowd armed with swords and clubs from the chief priests. Jesus said, Dost thou think that I cannot entreat my Father, and he will send to my relief more than twelve legions of angels? But in that case, how could the Scriptures be verified? And we ask, How can the Scriptures be verified if Christ does not come visibly to this earth?"

Strange that the opposers of the doctrine of the Advent persist in inventing reasons which set aside the fulfillment of the Scriptures. The spirit of all such arguments is that of the question, "Where is the promise of his coming?"