Jesus Will Come Again by C. P. Bollman

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 5, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 17.

Jesus Will Come Again

By C. P. Bollman

His Second Coming to Be as Literal as the First

THAT Jesus will come again, come the second time, has always been the faith of the church. The apostles believed it; and from their day to the present time, the second appearing of our Lord has been a part of every Christian creed. Nor is this strange, for there is no mistaking the teaching of the Scriptures upon this subject. Said our Saviour Himself to His disciples:

"I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." John 14:3.

That the apostles understood this to mean a personal second coming is evident. The apostle Paul says:

"Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Heb. 9:28.

That the second coming of our Lord is to be just as literal and personal as His first advent, is made positive by the words of the angels to those who were looking longingly after Him on the occasion of His ascension. These angels said:

"Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven." Acts 1:11.

There is no mistaking the import of this language. Jesus Himself will come. He will come visibly, bodily, just as He went away. He will come not secretly, but publicly. He Himself said:

"If they shall say unto you, Behold, He is in the desert; go not forth; behold, He is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Matt. 24:26, 27.

In harmony with this, the apostle John says, in Rev. 1:7:

"Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him."

"Kindreds of the earth" are those who by choice have identified themselves with the earth and earthly things. Those whose citizenship is in heaven will look up when He appears, and say:

"Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us; this is the Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation." Isa. 25:9.

C. P. BOLLMAN.