Second advent library

caan-r's stcmvn comme. 13Some teach us that he came at the destruction ofJerusalem, and quote to the 24th chapter of Mmhewasprooii Let us examine their evidence. As Jesuswent out of the temple, his disciples came to him forto show him the buildings of the temple, where Christdelivered his memorable prophecy, which was exactlyfulfilled in little more than thirty-six years afterwards,"There shall not be left here one stone upon anotherthat shall not be thrown down."And it%pears that, aiterwards, as Jesus sat upon theMount of ives, the disciples came to him privately,having,as may reasonably be supposed, been ruminatingin their minds, or conversing among themselves,on the prophecy, and had, perhaps, supposed that nopower on earth could destrrgl those strong buildings,and concluded that, when 's wasaccomplished, itwould be the jud ent-day. They therefore inquirewhen shall these thin be P"of him,"sayinE, 'lgerii ns,that is, what e had prophesied of; "and wfstshallbe thesig? of thy and of the end of theworld ?" hey might coming, not ave intended to ask morethan one question; yet they did ask three, and' Christanswered them accordin ly. He had before told themof the destruction of Jerusalem, 4th, Mi, and 6thverse ; he cautions them against being deceived withfalse Christs, and not to be troubled at wars and rumorsof wars,-and yet Jerusalem was destroyed in thefirst war ofany note alter this prophecy,-and thensays lainly, " he and is not yet." Now, if this endwas the destruction of Jerusalem, then where are thosewars, spoken of by Christ? This cannot meanthing less than the end of the world. From the ani 7to the 14th verse, inclusive, he gives a prophetic historyof the trials, aiilictions, andpersecutions of his people,and also of the success o the immediatelyen shall the endpreviogls to the end, and says,"come.gplspelNow, it must be evident that this cannot mean theend of Jerusalem, because, if so, he that endured untothe end was to be saved from all the troubles whichChrist had spealringof; anditwas not trusthatbesn