"I know you not whence ye are." Then shall ye begin to say, "We have eaten and drunk in Thy presence, and Thou hast taught in our streets." But He shall say, "I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from Me, thou willing worker and lover of iniquity!” (Dr. C. J. Vaughan.)

The "strait gate."

Matt. v. 20. I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into The Kingdom of Heaven.

Ps. li. 6. Behold! Thou desirest truth in the inward parts. (Rom. vii. 22-25.)

Matt. v. 1-12, 13-16-20-44-48, vi., vii.; 1 Pet. i. 15, 16; 1 John iii. 3; 2 Cor. iii. 18.

[Luke xiii. 24 (23, 25, comp. Matt. xxv. 1-13; Rev. iii. 7-12 and 14-21). The "foolish virgins" and the "lukewarm" Church, not finally excluded from a share even in the Throne, or Government (Rev. iii. 21); though the "entrance into The Kingdom " be less "abundant" (2 Pet. i. 11), or deferred for a time until these also shall have passed through the fire. Dan. xi. 33-35, xii. 10; Zech. xiii, 9; Rev. xii.-xiv.; Matt. xxiv. 29-31.]

* ["We"-this Coming, or Stage of The Second Advent was a possible event at any time; although the final Descent, upon the Mount of Olives,

74 DESCENT INTO THE AIR" AND แ UPON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES."

Luke xxi. 22. These be the days of vengeance, that all things that are Written may be fulfilled.

Isa. lxi. 2. The Acceptable Year of The Lord, and the Day of vengeance of our God.

Levit. xxv. 9, 10. Then shalt thou cause the Trumpet of the Jubile to sound on the 10th day of the 7th month, in the Day of Atonement shall ye make the Trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the 50th Year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a Jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and every man unto his family.

Isa. lxiii. 4. For the Day of Vengeance is in My heart, and the Year of My redeemed is come.

Matt. xxiv. 3.

When shall these things be? and what shall be
The Sign of Thy Coming? and of

the End of the World?

Matt. xxiv. 4, 26, 27. Take heed that no man deceive you. If they shall say unto you, "Behold! He is in the desert!" go not forth; "Behold! He is in the secret chambers!" believe it not !

For, as the lightning cometh out of the East, and shineth even unto the West; so shall also The Coming of the Son of Man be.

[After The Tribulation (Rev. xii. 13, 14, 17: xiii.), and before the pouring out of the 7 Vials (Rev. xvi.).]

Matt. xxiv. 29, 30. Immediately after the Tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and

waited for the predicted intervening events, 2 Thess. ii. 7, 8. It may be that the feeble faith of the Church has retarded the Coming of its Lord; when its faith and faithfulness should have "hasted the coming of that Day." 2 Pet. iii. 11, 12 margin (Ex. xvi. 3, xvii. 3; Num. xi. 4-6, xiii. 30, 31, xiv. 2-4, 26-34-45.)

the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall Appear The Sign of The Son of Man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see The Son of Man Coming in the Clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (Matt. xxvi. 64; Nahum i. 3; Hab. iii. 3-6, 9-14; Ps. xviii. 4-17; xcvii.)

THE OPENING OF THE TEMPLE IN HEAVEN. (Visible Sign.)

[After the taking up to heaven of the Two Witnesses, slain, and raised from the dead, there is a great earthquake (Rev. xi. 1—13): Then is the second Woe past, and the third Woe cometh, after the 7th Angel has sounded his Trumpet, which in the year-day fulfilment precedes the “revelation of that Wicked, or Lawless One (2 Thes. ii. 8; Rev. xiii.); in the literal-day fulfilment this 7th Trumpet is followed by the pouring out of the 7 Vials of wrath. And before the 7 Angels pour out their Vials there is a Visible Sign in heaven. Rev. xi. 1-18.]

Rev. xi. 19. And the Temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His Temple The Ark of His Covenant: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. (Rev. xvi. 15-21; Exod. ix. 18, 24, 26.)

THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN.

Rev. xiv. 14-16. And I looked, and behold a White Cloud (Ex. xiii. 21; Acts i. 9—11), and upon the Cloud [One] sat like (Ezek. i. 26) unto The Son of Man, having on His Head a golden Crown (Song of Songs, iii. 11, 6-10), and in His Hand a sharp sickle. And another Angel (three Angels had preceded this Vision,—6, 8,

9; and two others came after,-17, 19, 18) came out of the Temple, crying with a loud voice to Him Who sat on the Cloud, "Thrust in Thy sickle and reap: for the time is come for Thee to reap; for the Harvest of the earth is ripe [dried]." (Matt. iii. 12.) And He Who sat on the Cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

Rev. xv. The Song of those "garnered" at the Harvest. (Matt. iii. 12.)

Rev. xx. 4. The thrones of the martyrs.

THEN FOLLOWS THE OPENING OF THE HEAVENS,
AND THE LORD HIMSELF COMETH,

WITH TEN THOUSANDS OF HIS SAINTS.
Jude 14; Rev. xix. 1-9, 14.

THE LORD WAITS FOR ISRAEL'S CRY.
(Hosea. v. 15.)

Ezek. xxxvi. 37 (25-38). I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

Isa. xxx. 18, 19. And therefore will The Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for The Lord is a God of Judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem thou shalt weep no more: He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it He will answer thee.

Joel ii. 15—18. Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly! Let the priests, the ministers of The Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare Thy people, O Lord! and give not Thine heritage to reproach, that the

heathen should rule [use a byword] over them: wherefore should they say among the people 'Where is their God?"" Then will The Lord be jealous for His land and pity His people.

Zech. xii. 9-14. And it shall come to pass in that Day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. (Dan. xii. 1.)

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon Me Whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for Him as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn (Acts ii. 37). In that Day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon (Rev. xvi. 16). And the land shall mourn every family apart.

["Every family" indicates the restoration of the tribes at that Day:and at the present time few Jews can trace their lineage, although most of those in Europe are supposed to be descended from either Judah or Benjamin, and some, of the name of Cohen, are believed to be sons of Levi,priests.] ...

ISRAEL'S CRY IN DISTRESS FOR THE DELIVERER.

Isa. lxiii. 15-19; lxiv. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of Thy Holiness and of Thy Glory! where is Thy zeal and Thy strength, the sounding of Thy bowels and of Thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? Doubtless Thou art our Father! though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: Thou, O Lord! art our Father (John viii. 33, 39): our Redeemer from Everlasting is Thy Name! O Lord! why hast Thou made us to err from Thy ways, and hardened our heart from Thy fear? (Isa. lxvi. 4.) Return! for Thy servants' sake, the tribes of Thine inheritance. Oh, that Thou wouldst rend the heavens! that Thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at Thy Presence! As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth