The Coming Kingdom

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. Thb Tribulation, Or, The Day Of The Lord. Someone has aptly said, "What a sea of blood and tears rolls between us and the redemption of Israel!" AH of the plagues and judgments in the book of Revelation must come upon the earth before that is fully accomplished. The Day Of The Lord. The following scriptures show that the Day of the Lord is the tribulation period that immediately precedes the coming of the Lord. Amos. 5:18-24, "Woe unto you that desire the Day of the Lord. To what end is it for you? The Day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the Day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?" Joel 2:1, 2, 11, "Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the Day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; a day of darkness and of gloominess, as the morning spread upon the mountains. The day of the Lord is great and very terrible, and who can abide it?" Zeph. 1:14-18, "The great Day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the Day of the Lord; the mighty man shall cry bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord, and their blood shall be poured out as the dust, and their flesh as the dung. Neither their silver nor...