THE K I N G ’ S B US I NE S S 771 The Bible has not changed; The need for God’s Word is greater than ever; but so few care. God’s arm has not shortened, hut some have taken to “ Shorter Bibles” . What difference does it make anyway if we can only have plenty of movie pictures and jazz music? Why care about the Bible? They tell us that there are plenty of men who could write a better book than the Bible anyway. Should we not thank God for the good work accomplished by The American Bible Society, and pray in its behalf for God’s richest blessing upon its ministry? —T. C. H. THEY SAY CHRIST CANNOT COME From every quarter comes the new view of our Lord’s promise to come again and of the promise and prophecy of the Holy Spirit, as revealed through the Apostles, concerning His return. They say, “ He is here! He came, according to promise., on the day of Pentecost.” “ He is in the church now.” “ He is leading the forces of righteousness for the subjection of the world.” They say there is no need of His coming in any other sense than in the spiritual sense. Now these preachers do not attempt to handle the theme Scripturally, hut, as they say, scientifically, which, being interpreted, is, “ The Bible does not mean what it says.” There are 7,957 verses in the New Testament, and one out of every twenty-four, or 331 verses, refer to the Lord’s return. Now it is quite a proposition for the deniers of the bodily return of the Lord to handle these verses,, so they do not attempt to deal with them at all, excepting to say, “ He is here now. He does not need to come.” There is one verse which is especially difficult for them,—Acts 1 :11. Of course they can say it does not mean what it says, but there is a prophecy in Zech. 14:4 which must also be taken into consideration, for it states definitely that His feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives. The same Jesus shall return to the same spot from which He was lifted up and amongst those who will come with Him’ will be the same disciples who saw Him go. But there is another question more pertinent than any other:—On the last night, the night before His crucifixion, He instituted the supper of re membrance, and left a farewell injunction, command or request, whichever you may choose to call it. 1 Cor. 11:26. The two outstanding themes here are His death and His coming. Now if He has come and if He is here and not to be expected to come again and not to be looked for, is not the ordinance of the Lord’s supper a meaningless thing to those who make light of the Lord’s personal return? How can the two things be separated when He has made them so definite, and how dead ening and formal must it be to remember that He died, if we are not to look forward for His return. On the other hand, there is nothing in the.life of the believer so significant, nothing in the life of the church so enduringly comforting and consoling, so calculated to inspire in the heart of His dear ones a sincere love and devotion, such satisfying and holy anticipation as (SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER)
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