He 
. the master mind behind 
e plot, and has run the full 
rough the ages they have en- 
ed to build a civilization and 
der without any reference 
2 blueprint given in the Word 
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at aa or to the specifications, 
bri Bice and prosperity and 
8a ation to this sin-cursed world, 
“this hour, the storm in its 
is Peaking in upon us, the 
ible battle of the great day of 
the Lord is soon to clear the site 
upon which is to be erected a new 
wherein dwelleth righteousness. 
The outline and detail of this struc- 
are is contained in the blueprint, 
7 The Word of God.” Christ is 
ning, not to die, but to redeem 
, said, “I will come again.’ 
out this first coming He declar- 
“The Son of man comes to 
have aspited Him, and rejected 
Ey 
For this sin-stained 
ie is words. 
5 that will not be a joyous 
civilization, a new social structure, 
pe is certain, for ee Bee be 
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time, there will be much trouble, 
and confusion, as we are now be- 
ginning to see in the wrath and 
distress of nations that is upon us. 
But it is not to be a time of dark- 
ness to His people, for those who 
are seeking to be ready for His re- 
turn. 
His coming will not mean peace 
on earth until His enemies are de- 
stroyed. So dreadful will be His 
coming, that many will cry for the 
rocks and mountains to fall on 
them, and hide them from the pres- 
ence of Him, who sitteth upon the 
throne. But, before He comes to 
set up His reign here on this earth, 
and to take the place of judge of 
those who have rejected and re- 
sisted Him, He is coming to catch 
away His waiting people, before 
the awful.storm of tribulation and 
destruction. which is so often fore- 
told in the Word of God, breaks in 
uvon this world. This is a night of 
darkness, with which the world is 
heing visited at this present hour. 
HOW IS CHRIST COMING? 
He is coming in person, the 
same Jesus who went away, who 
on that memorable day led His dis- 
ciples out from the city of Jerusa- 
lem to the Mount of Olives, and 
there blessed them, and gave them 
instruction and direction as to the 
course they would pursue, and 
when he had spoken these things, 
while they beheld, he was taken up 
and a cloud received him out of 
,, {their sight, and while they looked 
steadfastly toward heaven, as he 
went up, behold two men stood by 
them in white apparel, which also 
said, “Ye men of Galilee, why 
stand ye gazing up into heaven, 
»|this same Jesus, which was taken 
up from you into heaven shall so 
come in like manner as ye have 
seen him go.” (Acts | :9-11.) 
Thus He is coming “‘in the clouds 
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of heaven, for as the lightnirrg com- 
eth out of the east, and 
even unto the west, so shall the 
coming of the Son of man be.” 
(Matthew 24:27.) Oh, the urgen- 
cy with which He urged His fol- 
lowers to prepare for this hour, and 
for this day, ‘‘Be ye therefore ready 
also, for the Son of man cometh at 
a time when ye think not.’’ (Mat- 
thew 12:40.) Then after He had 
ascended, in the Revelation of the 
Lord: Jesus Christ delivered to 
John, He called back, ““Remember 
therefore, how thou hast received, 
and heard, and hold fast, and re- 
pent. If, therefore, thou shalt not 
watch, I will come on thee as a 
thief, and thou shalt not know 
what hour I will come upon thee.” 
The thief comes when he is least 
expected. He comes in the night 
when it is dark. Do you not recog- 
nize that it is dark now? It is dark 
all over this old world of ours. In 
just a little more than five years 
after the close of World War II, we 
as a people suddenly found our- 
selves involved in another battle, 
that some of our leaders have cho- 
sen to call “‘police action,’ which 
has already brought about Ameri- 
can casualties to the one hundred 
thousand mark. It is dark now in 
China. It is dark in Korea. It is 
dark all over Europe. It is dark 
and getting darker in South Ameri- 
It is now dark even in our own 
ca. 
fair land. The darkness of the 
darkness of the ages is settling 
down upon us. 
Crime and corruption abound on 
every hand. Statistics tell us we are 
spending here in America more 
than a million dollars every hour 
for strong drink. The night is up- 
on us. 
The thief not only comes in the 
night, but he comes to take some- 
thing of real value. The most val- 
uable possession on this earth is 
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