We read in Revelation 1 that He is coming in the clouds. Literally, he is coming in this same cloud of glory that received Him out of their sight at the time of His ascension. We do not believe that unbelievers saw Him as cend or that they will see Him when He comes in the first phase of His second coming. Believers are to be caught up to meet the Lord in the air — Now read I Thess. 4:14-17 for the order that takes place. We do not believe that unbe lievers will see the Lord Jesus, in fact, we may not see Him until after we have already been raised and caught up to meet Him. When the unbelievers do get to see Him, seven years later— after the tribulation period—when He comes to set up the Millennial King dom, the nations will mourn and re pent. It will be too late to accept Him in this dispensation, but the world will see Him when He comes with His Church and sets up the millennial reign. Q. Klamath Falls. An exposition of Mat thew 27:52, 53 is asked, for by this lis tener. Did the people who came out of their graves die again or what hap pened to them? A. We do know that they did not come forth out of the tombs until after the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ so that He might be the first fruits of them that slept as we read in I Cor. 15:20. What did happen to them? We have every reason to believe that they did appear in Jerusalem and reentering the Holy City, appeared to many; that, we know •— Scripture states it clearly in verse 53. The only conclusion at which we can arrive is that just as, Laza rus, after he died and was raised from the dead, did, in the providence of God, die again — so did these saints. Q. Fresno, California. An interested lis tener asks, “Did Jesus ever pray pub- lically?” A. If the one asking this means by the question, if Jesus ever offered an audi- 26
QUESTIONS (continued) believers see Him, it seems that many of them would accept Him at that time, although they will still have to go through the tribulation. Let us look at verse 9 of Acts 1: . a cloud received him out of their sight.” We believe that cloud not to have been an ordinary one from which rain comes or was just the usual cloud in the sky — but rather it was the cloud that represented the Shekinah Glory of The Kingpin of Harmony I like the little fellow who doesn't count for much; It isn't from the cellos that you get the finer touch; The roaring of the basses and the rattle of the traps, May have their proper places in the harmony, perhaps. But down there in the middle, in conspicuously there, Is the little second fiddle that is carrying the air. The crashing of the symbol shakes the ceiling with its "blam"! The piccolo is nimble: ''boom/' you hear the drummer slam, But the trombone slides and screech es; ''Toot, toot, toot" the proud cornet Just a little higher reaches, than it's ever tooted yet. The main High Diddle Diddle runs his fingers through his hair, But the little second fiddle is still carrying the air. If there were no assistance, someone handy and so bold, He would never go the distance and the company would fold. Here's the secret of the riddle for successes everywhere— There's some little second fiddle that is carrying the air! God. It was something of the same cloud that appeared over the tabernacle during the wilderness wanderings, “a pillar of cloud.” When this cloud re ceived Him out of their sight He lit erally went into His glory. They could not behold His ineffable glory and so this cloud received Him out of their sight.
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