were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a

better resurrection:

(c) And also his contemporaries : ACTS xxiv.

14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so wor

ship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets :

15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection

of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow..

10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with the blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

(b) In the Old Testament for Christ's first advent:

MATT. iii.

2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. MALACHI iv.

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

(c) The terms in the New Testament relating to this great subject are, (A) 'AñoKáλvic, a revelation, a manifestation. From ἀποκαλύπτω, to reveal. Occurs 18 times:

for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

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nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. MATT. xi. 25, 27.

25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

I PETER i. 5, 12.

5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

I PETER V.

I

1 The elders which are among you exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

is present. From wάpeut, to be present. Occurs 25 times : ΜΑΤΤ. χχίν.

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto 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?

And Jesus answered and said unto thein, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive

many.

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth:

MATT. viii.

24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

MATT. X.

26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. LUKE viii.

16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

LUKE Xxiii.

Twice-2 COR. iv.

lieve it not.

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, bet my Father only.

37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking. marrying and giving in marriage, un the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 4 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

I COR. XV.

23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put