1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

lad gmbx signs fmm heaven. Christ had, and WUI
then performing mhcles which no man on earth could
om. and they asribed it to the power of Beelzebub.
IFo eridemre had or could be presented, which they
rere not ready to elade or deny ; and yet they claimed
all the IP.W~,
all the wisdom, and all the piety of that
day. This nas the character of those whom Christ calls
hpwrites, and to whom he addresses the question, But
can re not diwem the magits of the times " And happy
would it hse been for 11% who live in this day of gospel
light, when the gospel shines with greater effulgence
than at aqv other period of time aince the world began,
if hypocrisy had died with the Pharisees and ,Sadducees;
but it was not XI. Any man, of common capacity of
mind, who can divest hinwelf of rejudice, or who will
b. to see the character of man as kveloped at the presant
da in matters of faith, will discover the same unbelief,
the same disre,@, the same taunting, tempting
spirit. concerning the second c- of the Messiah, as
the Pharisees and Sadducees rndestqd in thew conduct
and conversation with our blessed Redeemer. And
the question may with equal propriety, and I fear with
tenfold force, be t to at Uus day, if Christ was here,
as then. And I Eve nneh revan to fear, that many
may be found among our great, learned, and teachem of
divine things, who would receive from our divine Master
the sanm reproof, were he as then a teacher among ua
Let Ilinl that thinketh he standeth take heed, lest he
MI." I &all, then, in treating on this subject, use my
text as a reproof to UB.
I. I shall show a number of signs which the Jews had
in that day, as evidences of Jesus being the true Mes-
SIR h.
I[. Show the eigna that Jesns Christ, the prophets, and
apostles have given us of his second coming, now fulfilling
in this day in which we live.
Under my first head,.the s i p of Jems being the true
Messiah, were,
1. The universal peace at his birth. Of this Isaiab
ii. 3, 4, had prophesied 760 yeam before, And maq
people ehdl go md nay, Comt ye, and let ua go ap to