




                          His Glorious Appearing

                   An Exposition of Matthew Twenty-Four

                                    By

                           James Springer White

                         Revised and Illustrated

       "What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the
                            world?"--DISCIPLES.

  "When ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the
                              doors."--JESUS.

                            Eleventh Edition.

                     Review and Herald Publishing Co.

                           Battle Creek, Mich.

                                   1895





CONTENTS


Introductory.
Christ's Prophecy.
   Persecution And False Prophets.
   Iniquity Abounds.
   The End.
When Shall These Things Be?
What Shall Be The Sign Of Thy Coming?
   Shortened For The Elect's Sake.
   Lo, Here, And Lo, There.
   The Signs Of Christ's Coming.
   "And The Stars Shall Fall."
   "The Powers Of Heaven Shall Be Shaken."
   "Sign Of The Son Of Man."
   Parable Of The Fig-Tree.
   "The Day And Hour."
   Noah's Time And Ours.
   Peace And Safety.
   The Final Separation.
   Those Who Watch Will Know The Time.
   The Faithful And Wise Servant.
   The Evil Servant.
Conclusion.
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                          The Light of the World





INTRODUCTORY.


"Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his
servants the prophets." Amos 3:7.

No truth of inspiration can be more clearly demonstrated than that God
reveals his designs to his prophets, that men and nations may be prepared
for their accomplishment. Before visiting with judgments, God has
uniformly sent forth warnings sufficient to enable the believing to escape
his wrath, and to condemn those who have not heeded the warning. This was
the case before the flood. The wickedness of the world had become very
great. Every imagination of the thoughts of the hearts of men was only
evil. It would seem that they had forfeited all claims for consideration.
Violence and corruption filled the earth, and the only way to eradicate
evil was to destroy it with its workers. But before doing so, the world
must be warned of the impending doom; and there was found one man who
would engage in the work. Noah had faith in God, and preached for one
hundred and twenty years the message of warning and salvation. His work
also testified with his words.


    "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet,
    moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by
    the which he condemned the world." Heb. 11:7.


At a later period, when the nations had again become sunken in idolatry
and crime, and the destruction of wicked Sodom and Gomorrah was
determined, the Lord said,--


    "Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that
    Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the
    nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?" Gen. 18:17, 18.


And due notice was given to righteous Lot, who, with his daughters, was
preserved; and none, even in that guilty city, perished without due
warning. Lot evidently warned the people; and in thus communing with them,
was "vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked." 2 Peter 2:7, 8.
His righteous life had been a rebuke to them; and we have every reason to
believe that the holy example of Abraham in his worship of the true God
was known to them. He had at one time been their saviour, and rescued
their captives and spoil from the victorious enemy who was carrying them
away. But when Lot warned his friends of the approaching doom, "he seemed
as one that mocked." Gen. 19:14. They, like the antediluvians, persisted
in sin, and drank of the wrath of God.

At a subsequent time the sins of Nineveh rose to heaven, and Jonah was
sent to bear to that proud capital the startling message, "Yet forty days
and Nineveh shall be destroyed." The consciences of those sinners told
them the message was true; and from the least of them to the greatest they
humbled themselves, and the overhanging judgment was averted.

Before Christ commenced his earthly mission, John the