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. 1917 Excerpt: ... in the parables. The Good Samaritan will repay what is spent for him, when he comes back again (Luke x. 35). The disciples See Justin's Dialogue, 52. t This saying is reported in almost identical words by the three Synoptists (Matt. xvi. 27; Mark viii. 38; Luke viii. 26). are to be as men who look for their Lord when ...
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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. 1917 Excerpt: ... in the parables. The Good Samaritan will repay what is spent for him, when he comes back again (Luke x. 35). The disciples See Justin's Dialogue, 52. t This saying is reported in almost identical words by the three Synoptists (Matt. xvi. 27; Mark viii. 38; Luke viii. 26). are to be as men who look for their Lord when He shall return from His journey (Luke xii. 36); as virgins that go forth to meet the bridegroom; as servants, who when the master comes back will be called to account for their use of the talents entrusted to them (Matt. xxv. 1-12, 14-30). We even have a vivid description of the judgment scene, which represents the Son of Man as sitting on His throne, with all the nations gathered round Him to receive His award of life or death (Matt. xxv. 31-46). St. Matthew places this scene immediately before the history of the Passion, and it is clear from other Synoptic references to the Return that the Lord's mind dwelt increasingly upon it as the time of His death drew near. When the Return should take place, whether it should follow immediately after His departure or be long delayed, is not made clear; the time of the Advent did not lie within His human knowledge (Mark xiii. 32). But that it should come, sooner or later, He had no doubt; the second coming was as certain to Him as the crucifixion and the rising from the dead. Such sayings may have been little understood at the time by those who heard them, but after the Ascension they were remembered, and their significance was realised. Even as He ascended, a vision of angels turned the thoughts of the Eleven to His coming again. As the days went on, this hope expressed itself in glowing words which sought to describe the scene of the Return. "The Lord Himself," writes St. Paul in one of his...
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Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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1921
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