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heavenly country. The way to maintain these great privileges you have had is described by an experienced traveler.
Now, one more motive is this: that by putting on this habit of the Spirit, the soul may be furnished with something of those ancient gifts and powers which went forth from the Lord Christ and the Apostles in their day. These will most certainly be renewed as a forerunner, showing that the reign of Christ upon the earth in His saints is drawing very near; for more mighty and miraculous power must be given in this age to go forth as a prelude original: "Preludium," a Latin term for an introductory performance or event..
The great day of Christ’s appearance in the world draws near; and for this purpose, such deep and inward things are revealed beforehand to make ready an espoused bride The "Espoused Bride" is a traditional mystical image for the Church or the individual soul, purified and ready for union with Christ. who may be found all fair and clear without blemish; for Christ must have such a Church prepared to entertain Him upon this earth. I have expanded upon this in my other published treatise.
Therefore, to as many as are currently filled with an expectation of Christ appearing in His kingdom—to all such lovers and those waiting for it—let me recommend the words of the Apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:23: That you may be found accomplished with all spiritual gifts and virtues, and to be found by him blameless. Such qualified souls might hasten His coming; for it is not with the cry of "Look, He is here," or "He is there," that He will appear. Rather, He will first appear to those whom He has quickened and raised up by His Spirit in His own inward spiritual body; to them He will first appear, and so go forth as lightning everywhere.
Many are gazing to see Him outwardly, but who are they who watch in all purity of heart and mind within? This will be the ready way to bring Him down. Who will be (in very deed in this last age) the Desire of All Nations A Messianic title taken from the Book of Haggai 2:7.?
Question: But here, a question meets me: What shall become of the foolish virgins A reference to Jesus's parable in Matthew 25, where the "foolish virgins" were unprepared for the bridegroom's arrival. who are found asleep, and of other ranks and types who are dead and buried in trespasses and sins, when this last trumpet shall sound for His appearance? Indeed, it will be no desirable day for such as these, who lived without a God and Christ and are total strangers to this heavenly country, having loved and embraced this world and made it their god. Indeed, a present woe is upon them, while there is joy unspeakable—the lifting up of the head—for as many as are redeemed out of the earth. Their blissful day has come, which they have long waited for, those who fly like doves to Christ their life.
But I have had something more revealed to me concerning those multitudes of souls that have gone out of this life in an evil and unregenerated