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THE TIMES AND SEASONS 
The apostle Paul clearly states 
that as the day of the coming of 
the’ Lord approaches that His peo- 
ple will not be in darkness as to 
the certainty of His coming and the 
time of its approaching. “But of 
the times and the seasons, breth- 
ren, 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. But ye, brethren, are 
not in darkness, that that day 
should overtake you as a thief.”’ 
“Daniel was informed that those 
who are called wise, will under- 
stand and he was given certain re- 
lated chronological time periods, 
in connection with this promise of 
understanding of the wise, of the 
time of the end. Chronology is the 
science of time measures and the 
proper arrangement of their dates. 
It is the regular alternate succes- 
sion of similar chords. There are 
those in our day who have devoted 
time, and energy, and effort, to 
the studying of these time meas- 
ures as given so clearly in the 
Word of God. These have gained 
a very clear understanding of the 
placing of the events that happen 
here on this earth into this time 
schedule. The Lord has blessed 
these with the knowledge of the 
divine time-table with the purpose 
that they might be alert and that 
they might alert those who love 
Him and who are watching for His 
coming as the day approaches. 
While it is true that though the 
day and the hour of His coming has 
not been revealed as yet, yet we do 
know that there are enough things 
revealed, until at the present time 
we may know the season of His 
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PENTETH.—Luke 15:10. 
coming is revealed, and it is very 
near at hand. 
‘There are those who declare that 
His coming is very far in the fu- 
ture, perhaps a million years from 
now, but if they would apply them- 
selves to a closer study of the Word 
of God, how clearly would be re- 
vealed to them the nearness of His 
coming! Is it any wonder that 
the Christian church is asleep, 
when the preachers and the evan- 
gelists are afraid to sound a clear 
call to arouse the sleeping virgins? 
Does not the Word of God declare: 
“If the trumpet give an uncertain 
sound, who shall prepare himself to 
the battle?’’ (1 Corinthians 14:8). 
For those who have faith, and 
courage to press onward.and to 
study His Word, God is revealing 
marvelous evidences of the timing 
of events, because there are those 
who have spent years of study in 
the Word of God and the prophetic 
utterances of the Word. In the light 
of the revelation that these time 
measures give to them, and _ be- 
cause of the events foretold in His 
Word, which are taking place on 
the earth today, it is very clear that 
of the time it can be stated that He 
is even now approaching. Not a 
million years from now, or even a 
thousand years, but very near at 
hand, so near, that if every Chris- 
tian, and every church member 
could know how near, they would 
be alarmed because of the present 
state of their spiritual condition. 
They would begin to prepare them- 
selves for His coming, for the sea- 
son of His coming is now at hand. 
SIGNS OF HIS COMING 
The Lord Jesus Christ set forth 
very clearly some of the signs of 
His coming, and of His near ap- 
pearing. Some of the things that 
are today transpiring before our|we are willing to face facts, we 
were told to us by |must face the fact that present day 
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recognize that prophecy is Pele 
fulfilled, and that each day the 
coming of the Lord is nearer at 
hand, and should cause us to seek 
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a closer fellowship with Him. es 
Christ said, ‘““There would be es 
earthquakes in divers places,” and — 
we say, “but there have always — 
been earthquakes.’’ Yes, we are 
told on good authority that there 
were 366 earthquakes in the first | 
twelve centuries of the Christian 
era, but the nineteenth century 
witnessed two thousand one hun- — 
dred nineteen earthquakes. Then in 
the twentieth century, there have 
been more destructive earthquakes 
recorded than in the last two cen- 
turies put together, and we are told 
by those who know, able scientists, 
that we are to expect more and 
more of these earthquakes, with in- 
creased intensity. This prophecy — 
is unmistakably fulfilled before our 
very eyes. ; 
The Lord said there would be 
distress of nations; all those who 
are familiar with the history of 
other times know that we are now © 
passing through a time, the like of © 
which has never been’ before — 
known. In the past, there have — 
been many national strifes and — 
wars through the years, but these 
were usually the involvement of — 
one or two nations engaged in bat- 
tles, but now we face global war. — 
The weapons that were used in — 
the great wars of the past were 
very crude in comparison to those — 
is coming across their pathway. If 
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