SecondComingAD70

  Original by T.H. Gorey

Original by T.H. Gorey [See Matt. 10:23, 16:28, 24:34, 26:64; Mark 9:1, 13:30, 14:62; Luke 9:27, 21:32, 22:69]

Come, Lord Jesus! -- Fulfilled or Unfulfilled? Below is the 32nd of multiple excerpts of commentary on the Book of Revelation from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. "THE EPILOGUE [OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION]. "Chap. xxii. 6-21 [Rev. 22:6-21]. --- ‘ And he [the angel] said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. And, behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. '" ‘ .. . He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly! Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. "‘The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.’ "This epilogue at the conclusion of the book corresponds with the prologue [Rev. 1:1-8] at the commencement, and exemplifies the structural symmetry of the composition. Still more remarkable are the

Paul's Desire to be Found "Clothed" rather than "Naked" at the Second Coming Below is the 38th of multiple excerpts from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. "EXPECTATION OF FUTURE BLESSEDNESS AT THE PAROUSIA [SECOND COMING]. "2 Cor. v. 1-10 [2 Cor. 5:1-10]--- ‘For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved [by death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this [natural body] we [who are alive] groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: if so be that being clothed [in a transformed, spiritual body] we shall not be found naked [without a body]. For we that are in this tabernacle [mortal body] do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of [by] life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is Go

Paul: Death Would Not Prevent his Presence with the Dead and Living Saints at the Second Coming Below is the 37th of multiple excerpts from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. "THE DEAD IN CHRIST TO BE PRESENTED ALONG WITH THE LIVING AT THE PAROUSIA [SECOND COMING] 2 Cor. iv. 14 [2 Cor. 4:14].--- ‘Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.’ "We now enter upon a most important statement, which deserves special attention. ... "We have already seen (1 Thess. iv. 15 [1 Thess. 4:15-17], and 1 Cor. xv. 51 [1 Cor. 15:51-55]) that the apostle [Paul] cherished the hope that he himself would be among those ‘who would be alive, and remain unto the coming of the Lord [1 Thess. 4:15].’ In this epistle [2nd Corinthians], however, it would seem as if this hope regarding himself [to be alive at the Lord's coming] were somewhat shaken. His experience [

The Second Coming in 2nd Corinthians Below is the 36th of multiple excerpts from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. "THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. "ANTICIPATIONS OF ‘THE END’ AND ‘THE DAY OF THE LORD.’ "2 Cor. i. 13, 14 [2 Cor. 1:13-14].--- ‘Even to the end;’. . . ‘the day of the Lord Jesus.’ [ '...I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; as also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.' ] "‘The end’ (ver. 13 [ 2 Cor. 1:13 ] ) does not mean ‘to the end of my life,’ as [Henry] Alford says. It is the great consummation which the apostle [Paul] ever keeps in view, the goal to which they were so rapidly advancing. To telos [Greek for 'the end'] has a definite and recognised signification in the New Testament [namely, the end of the Old Covenant age] as may be seen by reference to such passages as Ma