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be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him

just as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as
He is pure.

We live in awesome days. The church is asleep and a remnant is being removed. We

should live with an anticipation for what is soon to occur.
Even as the Jews at the time of Christ’s first coming did not recognize the day of their

visitation, so the church of our day will not recognize the day of her visitation. They will be
asleep. The Jews of Christ’s day were looking for Christ to appear in a form that was

different from His actual appearing. They were looking for a conquering King to come and
reestablish the throne of David and give them back their nation. Today the church has

similarly embraced faulty ideas of the coming of Christ. They do not anticipate that His
appearing will be IN His saints. They are looking for Him to come on the clouds of the sky.

Even as the eyes of the Jews were veiled to the presence of the Son of God in their
midst, so will much of the church’s eyes be veiled. Not all will recognize the coming of

Christ.

Hebrews 9:28
So Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a

second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await

Him.

Did you note that Christ will appear “to those who eagerly await Him?”” Not all will

recognize His appearing. It will be those who are awake and alert and who are looking for

His return who will see Him. As the church slumbers the separation is taking place. Christ
will appear at an hour when the church thinks not and as a thief He will break into His

house and steal that which is most precious to Him, His Bride. The others will awaken with
a start and realize that they were not ready when the Bridegroom came for the Bride. They

will seek to enter in, but the door will have already been shut. They will have to go through
the cleansing of the great tribulation and by their patience and perseverance purchase robes

wherewith to be clothed.