The Second Coming of Christ is “The Blessed Hope.” Writing to Titus Paul said – ‘Looking for that ‘Blessed hope,’ and the ‘Glorious Appearing’ of the Great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” Titus 2:13. Most Christians when speaking of their “hope” mean their “Hope of Salvation,” but we cannot “hope” for a thing we have and salvation is a present possession if we are trusting in Christ as our Saviour. The Christian’s “Hope” then is the “Return of His Lord.” Man is a three-fold being, he has a body, a soul, and a spirit, for him to die is to lose his “body.” Now he knows that he cannot get his body back until the Resurrection and he also knows that there can be no Resurrection until Christ comes back. Therefore to him Christ’s return is “The Blessed Hope,” not only that if he dies he will then be raised, but it is to him the “Hope” that Christ will come back before he dies and he shall be “caught up” to meet Him in the air without dying. I Thess. 4:13-18.
   “The Blessed Hope” is also a “Purifying Hope.” “And every man that hath this hope in him PURIFIETH HIMSELF.” I John 3:1-3. That is, every one who is looking for the Lord’s return will try to keep himself pure. It will make us “Patient.” Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the Coming of the Lord… Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.” James 5:7,8. It will make us “Watchful.” “Watch ye therefore, for ye know not when the Master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all - WATCH.” Mark 13:35-37. If we are watching for the Lord we will be careful of our conduct. We will not want Him to come and find us doing questionable things, or in questionable places. We will not want to hoard money, nor spend our money in an extravagant manner, we will want to lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven by contributing to missions. We will see to it that in our homes there is no kind of literature, or art, or pictures, or anything that we would not like His pure eyes to see if He were to be a visitor in our home. In short, “The Blessed Hope” helps us to cling lightly to this world. It will not make us idle and negligent, but will fill us with zeal to be found a faithful servant at His return. For this reason it is a noteworthy fact and a witness to the power of the doctrine, that those who believe it are the most consecrated, unselfish, and strenuous workers in the Master’s service.
   This “Hope” will also keep us from being “ASHAMED” at His Coming. “And now, little children, abide in Him; that when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ASHAMED before Him at His Coming.” I John 2:28. If we are watching for Him and our house is in order, and we are ready to give a faithful account of our Stewardship we shall not be ashamed before Him at His coming. Matt. 25:14-30.
   The “Hope” of the Lord’s Premillennial Return fills the heart of those who believe it with Joy. In Luke 24:52 we read that when Jesus was parted from His Disciples and ascended into Heaven, that “They returned to Jerusalem with GREAT JOY, and were continually in the Temple, PRAISING and BLESSING God.” That seems strange conduct on their part, for naturally we would suppose that His Departure would have filled them with sadness. But when we recall that, when He Ascended, two men stood by in white apparel and told them that Jesus would come back again, we can understand their joyfulness. Acts 1:11.
   It has often been said in opposition to the doctrine of the Second Coming, “If Christian people believe that Jesus is soon coming back why do they build houses and churches and make investments and plan for the education of their children and so on?” The answer is that Jesus’ coming back will not do away with the need for houses and churches and education. The world moved on just as before after His First Coming, and it will do the same after His Second Coming. People will need homes and churches. Business will go on as before, and the unconverted children of the Christian believers will be left behind and need homes and education and means to live on. The prosperity of the world will be greater during the Millennium than ever before. So there is no occasion for those who are looking for the Lord’s Return to neglect the affairs of this life. What we as Christians hope for is that the Lord will come back and take us out of the world before the awful days of the “Tribulation Period” come, and then when they are over and Jesus comes back to reign we shall come back with Him as glorified beings to rule and reign over the Millennial earth, and probably visit churches where once we worshipped, and institutions that our money built.
   The preacher of the Doctrine of the Premillennial Coming of Christ wields a “two-edged sword.” The unbeliever when urged to become a Christian may say I am young and there is plenty of time and so may put off the time of decision, but when he is told that it is not a question of time, or the mere salvation of his soul, but that Jesus may be back at any time and it is a question of being ready to meet Him, then he sees the Importance of immediate decision.
   Dear reader of this pamphlet, are you a Christian, and as a Christian are you a believer in the “Blessed Hope,” and are you looking for the speedy coming of the Lord, and doing all you can to hasten His Return, and thus bring back THE KING? If not, I beseech you to drop everything and settle the question of whether you will be “caught up” to meet the Lord in the air when He comes, and thus escape the awful days that are coming on the earth – days in which no one can buy or sell unless he has the “Mark of the Beast,” and all those who have that “Mark” are eternally doomed. Rev. 13:15-17.