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No. Will our unbelief of the truth in our day prevent the coming of the Lord? Hardly. Let us heed the exhortation:
"Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon him while He is near." Isa. 55: 6.
That means that the time is nigh at hand when the Lord will not be near and cannot be found. How shall we seek him?
"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him... for He will abundantly pardon." Isa. 55: 7.
But I must cite you to some more signs. What should take place in the time of the end?
"But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book."
How long? "Even to the time of the end." Then what shall happen?
"Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Dan. 12: 4.
Are we living in an age when knowledge has marvelously increased? Yes. Time would fail to tell of the telephones, electric lights, electric cars, air ships, and the wonder of wireless telegraphy by means of which men can communicate with each other across the mighty ocean without even a wire between, and a thousand other things. Suffice it to say that the achievements of our day in every branch of human research are almost divine, and we enjoy such a flood of knowledge and light as would dazzle the eyes of any former generation. Did the Lord say that knowledge should be increased in the time of the end? Do we, in our day, see this word of the Lord fulfilled in a marvelous manner? Then where are we today? |