Christ's Ascension and Second Coming from Heaven by Love Christopher & McMahon C. Matthew

Author:Love, Christopher & McMahon, C. Matthew
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puritan Publications
Published: 2017-01-22T16:00:00+00:00

Lastly, there is to be the salvation of the souls of all the elect that is a fifth concomitant of Christ’s coming. Heb. 9:28, “Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look for him, shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” This cannot be referred to Christ’s personal coming on the earth to reign a thousand years, because he does not come then to save the souls of all the elect; that is the first reason why Christ cannot come to reign on the earth; because when the Scripture speaks of Christ’s coming out of heaven, it annexes five concomitants with it, which do not belong to any coming of Christ on the earth, but coming to judge the world. A second reason is this, that Christ cannot come to reign on the earth, because if it should be so, it would be worse for Christ, and it would be worse for us then it is now. It would be worse for Christ to leave heaven and come to the earth. For Christ to leave saints and angels and heaven, to live on the earth among the wicked and the good would be much worse. They themselves confess that wicked men shall live on the earth at that time. Then besides, they imagine earthly delights, that the fruit of the vineyard shall not fade as now it does, yet they would lessen Christ’s glory, because he sits this day at his Father’s right hand. Again, to imagine this, that Christ must come to reign on the earth, it would be a great loss to all the elect, for we have the benefit of Christ’s everlasting intercession now. If Christ were on the earth, we should lose that benefit. Heb. 8:4 tells us that if he were on the earth, he should not be a Priest, seeing that there are Priests that offer gifts according to the Law. So that if he were upon the earth, we should lose the benefit of his Priesthood; therefore it would be a great wrong to us, to have Christ here on the earth, because the benefit of his Priestly Office would not be so available to us as it is in heaven.

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