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His death and declares that after three days He will burst the hands of death. In chapter 17 He is -transfigured upon the mount and a voice from heaven owns Him as the only begotten Son of God. In the next chapter He claims omnipresence, promising to be in' the midst where two or three shall gather together in His name. In chapter 19 He says He will sit upon the throne of glory and will ap point His disciples in that day to judge the tribes of Israel. In chapter 21 He purges the temple of God and the temple workers quail before His author ity. In the next chapter (v. 18) He reads the minds of men and claims Lordship over men (43-45). In chapter 24 He foretells His second coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, and warns against those in the last days who will deny the possibility of His literal coming. He declares that He will order angelic hosts in that day as they gather together His elect. Again, in chapter 25, He foretells the day of His coming as Judge and Ruler over all. In chapter 26 He inaugurates a memorial supper to set forth the re demptive character of His death until the day of His coming. When officers come to arrest Him He tells them that He could call legions of angels to His rescue, except that His death was necessary to accomplish the purposes of God (v. 53). He tells the high priest that hereafter He will be seen seated on the right hand of power, coming in the clouds of heaven (v. 64). His death (chapter 27) is accompanied by miracles affecting the ele ments, the earth and the realm of the dead. In' the last chapter He comes forth Victor over death and the grave, declaring that “ all power is given unto Him in heaven and in earth.” He commissions His disciples to declare His name in all the earth, baptizing in the name of the Father, Himself and
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