Christ to Return; A Practical Exposition of the Prophecy Recorded in the 24th and 25th Chapters of the Gospel According to St. Matthew (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ...When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not, until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left." The great prophecy spoken on the Mount of Olives, has been our subject for two Sunday mornings. We have seen how, in answer to the question "What shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?" the Redeemer named events not to be mistaken for signs of his reappearing; foretold, as an eminent occurrence to precede this re-appearance, the announcement of the Gospel to the nations universally; premonished his audience of destruction to Jerusalem, of impostures on the part of false Messiahs, of protracted curse and disaster to the Holy Land--all to be previous to his coming to dissolve the world; and then, proceeded to disclose certain splendid and awful circumstances to attend this advent. At this point in the grand prophecy--the point where we last Sunday left it, the Saviour makes...