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SEPTEMBER PROPHECY MESSAGES

W hen it comes to prophetic truth there is only one key. Unless it is used the lock will never open to unfold the marvelous plan which God has made for the future. The key is wholly and completely the Lord Jesus Christ. He came to reveal the Father unto us. For, you see, everything con­ cerning Bible prophecy is centered in the return of our Saviour. “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time with­ out sin unto salvation” (Hebrews 9:28). This portion of Scripture speaks of His coming both a first time and a second. The first appearance is ex­ plained in Hebrews 10:5 wherein we read, “Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me.” Our Lord Jesus came to fulfill the will of God and to become the Saviour of man. W ill anyone need further

evidence that man desperately re­ quires a Saviour? God is perfect, just and holy and must demand absolute perfection; He demands absolute obedi­ ence to the total law. Man hasn’t ren­ dered such obedience, and, indeed, be­ cause of sin, can never in his own strength, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Ro­ mans 3:23). It is true that man has had religion, and ritual. But these were all devised out of an evil heart and vain imagina­ tions. Man Was created in the image and likeness of God. His sinful heart, however, is far away from the Lord and, as a result, God had to send a perfect sacrifice, the Saviour, His only begotten Son. Now this was not an obligation He owed to man, but was a result of His wonderful love and matchless grace. This is why Christ declared, “Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of (continued on next page)

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