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them, within His own authority. A:nY teacher who attempts to fix the date of Christ's re turn is at once discredited and it is entirely ' unnecessary to waste time by wading through his futile calculations. 2. While we are not told the exact time of our Lord's return, we are told that it will be at such a time as even His disciples think not. Our Lord says, "Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.'' It will not be a time when there is a well-nigh universal ex pectation of our Lord's coming. It will be in a time when men do not expect that com ing. Even the faithful and wise servant will be taken unawares, though he will be found doing bis Master's will. ''Who then,'' says J_esus, ''is the faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season7 Bles sed is that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing" (Matt. 24 :46- 47). 3. The time of our Lord's return will be a time when the world is absorbed in its usual occupations. "As it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They ate, they
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