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''the blessed hope'' and the eager desire of every true believer. In Titus 2 :13 Paul says, ''Looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Sav iour Jesus Christ.'' And Peter in II Peter 3 :11, says: '' Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness, looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dis solved, and the elements shall melt with ferv ent beat T'' To the true believer, the Coming Again of Jesus Christ is not something to dread, but it is the brightest hope the future bolds for us and it should be .the object of our eager desire and longing. anticipation. The last prayer in the Bible is also the cry of every intelligent Christian heart, ''Amen; come, Lord Jesus" (Rev. 22:20). But while the Return of our Lord is the blessed hope and eager desire of the true believer, it is the particular object of the hatred and·ridicule of the mockers who walk after their own lusts. Peter's prediction has . come true: ''In the last days mockers shall \ \come ~th mockery, walking after their own '·: lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His
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