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what hour your Lord doth come." thew 24:36-42.) St. Paul states the same settled fact when he says, "But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." (1 Thessalonians 5: 1-3.)

True believers are not to fear His coming, but to rejoice, for they are the children of God through faith in Jesus, and as children of God they are joint heirs with Christ. Therefore, St. John writes, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." (1 John 3:2.)

To get a slight idea how He appears and how we shall be, we need but turn to the scene of His transfiguration on the Mount, when His face did shine as the sun and His

raiment was white as the light. And in Revelation 1: 12-19 we have the following description of Him: "And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last; I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter." (Revelation 1: 12-19.)

"When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." (Colossians 3:4.) "And ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not

away." (1 Peter 5: 4.) 5:4.)

CHAPTER II

THE RESURRECTION

BOTH the Old and New Testaments speak clearly concerning the resurrection of the dead. Because of this great "keystone" fact, there have been many, from time to time, who have in one way or another tried to overthrow or dislodge this chief truth in order to have the whole system of Christianity fail, but, thanks be to God, all such come, live awhile, and pass away forever; while the everlasting truth and fact still stands, and ever shall remain, throughout time and eternity. "I am the Resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, even though he were dead, yet shall he live." With the assurance of life after death is linked the assurance of the resurrection of the body. On account of its vast importance the risen Christ remained upon the earth for forty days, proving with many infallible proofs that He was the same Jesus who had been crucified, dead and buried.