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cnais'r's- neon comma. 1525th to last verse: "Of old hast thou laid the foundaftion of the earth; and the heavens are the work otthine hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure,yea, all of them shall wax old like a asgarment;avesture shalt thouchange them, and they shall bechanged; but thou art t e same, and thy years shallhave no end. The children of thy servants shall continue,and their seed shall be established before thee."Here we see the Psalmist has expressed the sa.mesentiment that I understand Christ to have givenin these two verses, which I conclude is the properexplanation. And then the parables which followin the remainder of the 24th and 25th chapters,areeasily understood as having reference tothe end of the world; and in that way will exactlycompare. See the 31st verse of the 25th chapter:"When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, andall the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon thethrone of his and before him shall be theredgory;all nations," c. This verse was not fulfilledaat thedestruction of Jerusalem, for the "Son of Man" wasnot seen in the clouds with power and greatglory;and yet the words are, "every eye shall see him; 'andas sudden and as visible " as thelightning,that shinethfrom the east even unto the west,so sha l the comingof the Son of Man be." Can this have passed, and thehistory of the world have been silent? No. Could allnations be gathered before him, and there be divided,the righteous from the wicked, and the onepart 'sent toeverlasting punishment, while the other is received tolife eternal, and none know it? No. Were the electgathered Hom the four winds of heaven at the destructionof Jerusalem? No; theywere commanded todee to the mountains; and history says they did leavethat devotedcitly when the Romans encompassed it withtheir armies. hen, could the prophecies contained inthese chapters have been fulfilled, and the world remainignorant of some of the most important events? Ianswer, No. Then the " Son of Man" did not come tothe destruction of Jerusalem. If he did, where is theevidence? None, none, not a particle. But if he did