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a n d lo o k in g u p a t th e s o ld ie r , g a v e a m ilita r y s a lu t e , a s h e s a i d : “ T h a n k y o u , b r a v e s o ld ie r .” C o m in g b a c k to h is a u d ie n c e , h e w e n t o n , a s If t h e r e h a d b e e n n o I n te r r u p t io n : “ I , to o , lik e th e g e n tle m a n w h o a d d r e s s e d u s J u s t n ow , h a v e r e a d th e w h o le o f th e B ib le th r o u g h , a n d th e N ew T e s t a m e n t tw ic e , a n d I c a n fin d n o d e fin ite p r o v is io n o r R e v e la t io n f o r th o s e w h o a r e le ft b e h in d— t h a t is a s to th e h ow , I m e a n , o f s a lv a tio n . Y e t t h a t t h e r e a r e to b e m a n y s a v e d d u r in g th e n e x t se v e n y e a r s , is e v id e n t, s in c e th e r e is to b e a g r e a t m u ltitu d e c om e o u t o f T h e G r e a t T r ib u la tio n , a n d t h o u s a n d s o f t h e s e w ill b e m a r ty r s fo r G o d , r e f u s in g to w e a r th e M a rk o f th e B e a s t . " I n o n e o f th e p a m p h le ts I h a v e b e e n s tu d y in g o n 'T h e se c o n d c o m in g o f th e L o r d ,’ I h a v e fo u n d t h is s ta te m e n t , t h a t C h r is t, d u r in g H is m in istr y , p r e a c h e d th e G o sp e l o f th e K in g d o m , w h ich is 'e x p la in e d a s r e f e r r in g to th e f a c t t h a t, a s a J e w , a s th e M e ssia h , H e c am e to H is ow n p e o p le th e J e w s , th e c h o se n e a r th ly p e o p le o f G o d , a n d t h a t if th e y w o u ld h a v e a c c e p te d H im a s t h e ir M e ssia h , H is k in g d o m — w ith H im s e lf r e ig n in g a s K in g — m ig h t h a v e b e e n s e t u p th e r e a n d th e n . B u t th e y r e je c te d H im , y e s, e v e n w h en P e t e r , a t P e n te c o st, a f t e r th e A sc e n sio n o f C h r is t, m a d e th e fin a l ofTer in th o s e w o n d e rfu l w o rd s o f h is. “ A s a n a tio n th e y r e je c te d H im , r e je c te d th e ir L o r d an d K in g , a n d h e n c e fo r th , u n til H e s h o u ld : c om e a g a in . (H e c am e l a s t w eek ^ a s w e k n ow , n ow t h a t it is to o la t e f o r u s to s h a r e in th e g lo r y o f t h a t c o m in g .) U n til t h a t c o m in g , a s I s a id , th e G o sp e l to b e p r e a c h e d w a s to b e th e ‘G o sp e l o f th e G r a c e o f G o d ,’ a n d n o t th e 'G o sp e l o f th e K in g d o m .’ ‘T h e G o sp e l o f th e G r a c e o f G o d ’ In c lu d e d a ll p e o p le s, G e n tile a s w e ll a s J e w , w h ile 'th e G o sp e l o f th e K in g d o m ,’ in it s fir s t p r e a c h in g , w a s e s p e c ia lly a m e s s a g e to th e Je w . “ N ow , fr ie n d s , s in c e th e r e a p p e a r s to b e n o s p e c ia l R e v e la tio n le ft a s to h ow m en a n d w om e n a r e to b e s a v e d , I h a v e b e e n fo r c e d to th e c o n c lu sio n t h a t w e m u s t g o b a c k to th e O ld T e s t a m e n t w o r d : ‘ S e e k y e th e L o r d ’— ‘C a ll u p o n th e N am e o f th e L o r d ’— ‘T r u s t y e in th e L o r d ’— 'C om e n ow a n d le t u s r e a s o n , s a it h th e L o r d . T h o u g h y o u r s in s b e a s s c a r le t , th e y s h a ll b e a s w h ite a s sn ow , th o u g h th e y b e re d lik e c rim so n , t h e y s h a ll b e a s w o o l.’ ‘T h e L o r d is n ig h u n to th em w h o a r e o f a b ro k e n h e a r t , a n d s a v e th s u c h a s b e o f a c o n tr ite s p ir it .’ “ I h a v e t a k e n m y ow n s ta n d u p o n t h is , t h a t G o d , th e G o d o f th e O ld T e s t a m e n t, is th e s a m e G o d , w h o p itie s lik e a fa t h e r , a n d t h a t i f w e c o n fe s s o u r s in s , a n d w itn e ss a tr u e c o n fe s s io n , H e w ill f o r g iv e u s o u r s in , a n d th o u g h w e c a n n e v e r b e p a r t o f t h a t w o n d ro u s B r id e o f C h r is t, w h om l a s t w e e k H e c a u g h t u p to H im s e lf in to t h e .H e a v e n lie s , y e t w e m a y b e e te r n a lly s a v e d . A n d , fr ie n d s , w h e th e r I am r ig h t o r w ro n g , I am d a ily p le a d in g th e N am e o f J e s u s C h r is t in a l l m y a p p r o a c h e s to G o d . I p le a d th e b lo o d o f J e s u s C h r is t, a n d th e p ow e r o f t h a t B lo o d , to s a v e m e ; fo r , a s f a r a s I u n d e r s ta n d m y s e lf in th is m a tt e r , m y b e lie f, m y t r u s t is th e s a m e a s t h a t w h ich in sp ir e d th e sa in tB w h o w e re t r a n s la t e d a t th e ‘R a p t u r e ’— a s t h a t e v e n t h a s c om e to b e c a lle d . “ In m y s t u d ie s d u r in g th e p a s t w e e k— w o u ld G o d I h a d b e e n w ise , a n d g iv e n m y s e lf to a l l th is a m o n th a g o , I sh o u ld th e n h a v e s h a r e d In th e g lo r y o f t h a t R a p t u r o u s e v e n t o f w h ich a l l o u r m in d s a r e s o fu ll. " B u t , a s I w a s s a y in g , in m y s tu d ie s d u r in g th e p a s t w e e k , I h a v e se e n t h a t in R e v e la tio n se v e n , in th e a c c o u n t o f th o s e w h o a r e to b e s a v e d d u r in g th e se v e n y e a r s o f th e p r e se n t d is p e n s a tio n ( a n d w h ich h a s j u s t b e g u n ) , t h a t th e y ‘h a v e w a s h e d t h e ir r o b e s a n d m a d e th em w h ite in th e b lo o d o f th e L a m b .’ S o t h a t th o u g h I am n o t a b le to r e d u c e m y s t a n d in g to a n a c t u a l th e o lo g ic a l p o s itio n — s ta te m e n t— y e t
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