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EOSICKUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
QUESTION- No. 102.
According to the Rosicrucian teaching, when will Christ
come again ?
Answer: The Bible says truly that the "day and the
hour knoweth no man," and the people who have been
trying to fix a certain date or a certain year for the Second
Coming have entirely misunderstood the object of the
Christ's mission on earth. His teaching was given to hu-
manity in order that the law, "An eya for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth" might be abolished that the law of fear
(of God) might be swallowed up by the law of love. "The
law and the prophets were until Christ," it is said, but we
know that even today law is, and is necessary. Therefore,
it is evident that law was not abolished at the physical
coming of Christ. It is the coming of Christ into "the
within," the inner nature of man, that is to abolish law.
Paul speaks of this advent as the "Christ being formed in
ye," and until the Christ has been formed in us we are not
ready for the Second Coming. Angelus Silesius says:
"Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born,
And not within thyself, thy soul will be forlorn.
The cross on Golgotha thou lookest to in vain,
Unless within thyself it be set up again."
The Second Coming of Christ depends upon how soon
a sufficient number of people have become Christ-like and
attuned to the Christ principle, so that, as tuning forks of
the same pitch sing together when one is struck, they will
be able to respond to the Christ vibrations that will be set
up at the return of the Savior. Therefore, this event is not
to be calculated. Every time we endeavor to imitate Christ
and fulfil His teachings, we are hastening His Coming; so
let us thus strive.