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The world that now is; and the world that is to comeThe vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come
The world that now is; and the world that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.The vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden, 1681
THE WORLD to Come. › Chapter 1 › Section 3: 3. The Position explained.
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Secondly, Touching the Time of Christ's Second Personal Coming from Heaven. Though of that Day, and that Hour (when Christ shall come) knoweth no man, no not the Angels of Heaven, nor the Son of Man, but the Father only, Mark 13.26, 32. Yet there are some signs of Christ's Second Coming recorded in the Scripture of Truth, whereby we may know, that it is near, even at the door. The Disciples of Christ asked him, What shall be the sign of his Coming? Matth. 24.3. to whom Christ gave this for a sign; ver. 37, 38, 39. But as the Days of Noah were, so shall also the Coming of the Son of Man be. And Luk. 17.28, 29, 30. Likewise also as it was in the Days of Lot, even thus shall it be in the Day, when the Son of Man is revealed.
Secondly, Touching the Time of Christ's Second Personal Coming from Heaven. Though of that Day, and that Hour (when Christ shall come) knoweth no man, no not the Angels of Heaven, nor the Son of Man, but the Father only, Mark 13.26, 32. Yet there are some signs of Christ's Second Coming recorded in the Scripture of Truth, whereby we may know, that it is near, even at the door. The Disciples of Christ asked him, What shall be the sign of his Coming? Matth. 24.3. to whom Christ gave this for a sign; ver. 37, 38, 39. But as the Daies of Noe were, so shall also the Coming of the Son of Man be. And Luk. 17.28, 29, 30. Likewise also as it was in the Daies of Lot, even thus shall it be in the Day, when the Son of Man is revealed.
It will be so with the Men of this World, as it was with the Men of the Old World, which God destroyed with Water. Then the wicked ones of that Generation, were very ungodly,