Corporate Repentance - Robert J. Wieland

message. Countless sermons have been preached
and articles published about that rebuke, but we
today generally recognize that the problems it
details still exist.
If we have successfully overcome these
spiritual weaknesses, there should by now be some
clear evidence to show how and when the
overcoming took place. Reason dictates that when
the church truly overcomes, Christ's coming can no
longer be delayed. This is confirmed by His
parable about the farmer (Jesus Himself): "When
the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle,
because the harvest has come" (Mark 4:29). The
"harvest" is "the end of the world" (Matthew 13:39,
KJV); Revelation 14:14-16).
Why hasn't Christ's appeal to His people
already done its work? When will He have a
remnant church that has bought His "gold refined
in the fire," His "white garments," and applied His
"eye salve"? Must we assume that Christ's message
will fail in the end? Some conclude that because
ancient Israel failed repeatedly, modern Israel must
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