The Revelation of Jesus Christ 111 the knowledge that I should be among that number. There are many things that I am not sure about; I am not sure of my health; I am .not sure of my wealth; but I am sure of this: that I have been "saved by the blood of the Crucified One"! One day, as surely as God lives, that translation will take place. We are nearer it now than ever before in the history of the world. Many signs point to His soon coming. This I believe: Although we do not set dates, and there is nothing in the Word of God to warrant our doing that, yet there is a possibility that we who live in this day may be permitted to "go without dying." Someone might ask those who cherish such a hope, "Sup pose you are disappointed?" Well, if we are disappointed in out hope of soon being caught up to meet Him in the air, and do have to "go the way of all flesh," we shall die, and wait for the Lord up there! We shall wait for Him in the drawing-room, whereas now we are waiting for Him down in the coal cellar! All those who are with the Lord now are waiting for that day, just as we are waiting, only they are waiting in the parlor, while we are waiting in the basement! These things are not idle tales. If you have never been washed in the blood of the Son of God, do not forget that the day of grace will end sometime. Then God will do what He did in the days of Noah. And what was that? "And they that went in. went in ... as God had com manded him: AND THE LORD SHUT HIM IN" (Gen. 7: 16 ). · Noah flnished the ark; he finished his preaching; he went into the ark: and GOD SHUT THE DOOR! And when God shuts the door, no man can open it! "Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts!"
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