The Age is Surely Closing
By Anna R Gadsden
The age is surely closing, the
time is hastening, when
The lie and strong delusion shall grip the minds of men;
And when our blessed Saviour, for Whose
return we pray,
With sudden blaze of glory shall change the night to day.
He comes no more in sorrow, to wear a crown of thorn,
To bear with human hatred, with mockery and scorn;
But on the clouds descending, invested with all power,
While earth and heaven tremble in that tremendous hour.
For every eye shall see Him, and they who pierced His
side,
Adore their King-Messiah, though some be scattered wide;
His saints* from all the ages, a ransomed Blood-bought
throng.
Caught in the clouds to meet Him, join in redemptions
song.
When on
The quivering mass is sundered by earthquake rent in
twain;
The
The lawless foes of
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*FOOTNOTES
1.
(Jas. 1: 12 and Rev.
2: 10) is for those who seek glory and honour
by patient endurance (Rom. 2: 7).
Eternal Life we already have in Christ; this reward - life in the
age to come - is for those who live Christ. 2 Tim. 2: 12 tells us
that sufferers, endurers, reign.
In the days of Acts
14: 22; Phil. 1: 29; 2 Cor. 12: 10, the
privilege of winning such a crown as this was courted by loyal hearts, and
still should be until He comes. Gal. 6: 9 encourages
us in such a path.
2.
The harvest is composed of those for whom Christ has overcome, the firstfruits are those in whom and through whom He has
overcome
If
Peter, James, John and Andrew needed the warnings given them by our Lord to Take heed to watch and pray
(Mk. 13: 3, 5, 9, 23, 33), and be ye also ready (Matt.
24: 44), it is clear that something more is wanted of us than faith in
Christ for salvation if we would be ripe enough for the firstfruits. The teaching that everyone who believes is
ready for the coming of the Lord is a deadly narcotic. No wonder the Church is asleep!
If,
on the other hand, we see that, being [eternally] saved [by grace
alone], there is yet a prize to be won which is worth the counting of all else as
refuse, then we find it a powerful stimulant to a holy and victorious life in
union with our coming Lord. - A
CHAMPION.
3. The Age is Surely Coming, but who
will enter into it? Our Lord
answers our question:-
He that overcometh, I will give to
him to sit down with me IN MY
THRONE, as I overcame and sat down with my Father in his throne, (Rev. 3: 21): and what Throne
might our Lord be talking about, which He promised to His apostles? His Millennial Throne, where they will: eat and drink at my table IN MY KINGDOM: and ye shall sit on THRONES
judging the twelve tribes of
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