In the Twinkling of an Eye

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...the subject-matter of the previous chapter, and how our Lord after His terrible prediction upon Jerusalem, added, 'Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see Me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.' "This is Jewish, of course, but the whole matter of the future of the Jews and of the return of the Lord for His Church, and, later on, with His Church, are bound up together. Presently, after uttering His last prediction, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "'Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?" "Keep your Bibles open where you now have them, friends, and note this--that the two-fold answer of our Lord's is in the reverse order to the disciples' question. In verses four and five He points out what should not be the sign of His coming. While, in verse six, He shows what should not be the sign of the end of the world. With these distinctions I shall have more to say another day. "This afternoon I want to keep close to the signs of the coming of the Lord. Read then the thirty-second and third verses: 'Now learn a parable of the fig-tree: when its branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that'--look in the margins of your Bible, please, and note that the 'it' of the text becomes 'He,' which is certainly the only wise translation--'when ye shall see all these things, know that He is near, even at your doors.' "Now, I hardly need remind the bulk of you, friends, gathered here this afternoon, that the figtree, in the Gospels, represents Israel. The Bible uses three trees to represent ...