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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 17, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 3.

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What Christ's Coming Means to the Righteous

1. It means to the dead resurrection.
For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: and the DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE first. 1 Thess. 4: 16.
2. It means to the living a change to immortality with the righteous dead.
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, and WE SHALL BE CHANGED. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Cor. 15: 51-54.
3. It means to the righteous that they will be taken home to heaven.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In MY FATHER'S HOUSE are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14: 1-3.
4. It means to the righteous that they will enter on their eternal inheritance.
Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father, INHERIT THE KINGDOM prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matt. 25: 34.
5. It means to the righteous that they will inherit the everlasting kingdom of God.
And the kingdom and dominion, and the GREATNESS OF THE KINGDOM UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, shall be given to the people of THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him. Dan. 7: 27.
6. It is therefore to the child of God the blessed hope.
Looking for THAT BLESSED HOPE, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Titus 2: 13.