3. Did the early disciples think that death would be the second coming of Christ? “Peter seeing him [John] saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry _till I come_, what is that to thee? follow thou Me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple _should not die_: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry _till I come_, what is that to thee?” John 21:21-23. NOTES.—From this it is evident that the early disciples regarded death and the coming of Christ as two separate events. “ ‘Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.’ Some people say that means death; but the Word of God does not say it means death. Death is our enemy, but our Lord hath the keys of death; He has conquered death, hell, and the grave.... Christ is the Prince of Life; there is no death where He is; death flees at His coming; dead bodies sprang to life when He touched them or spoke to them. His coming is not death. He is the resurrection and the life. When He sets up His kingdom, there is to be no death, but life forevermore.”—_“__The Second Coming of Christ,__”__ by D. L. Moody, pages 10, 11._ 4. At His ascension, how did the angels say Christ would come again? [Illustration.] The Ascension. "This same Jesus ... shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven." Acts 1:11. “And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and _a cloud received Him out of their sight_. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, _shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven_.” Acts 1:9-11. 5. How did Christ Himself say He would come? “For the Son of man shall come _in the glory of His Father with His angels_.” Matt. 16:27. “Then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming _in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory_.” Matt. 24: 30. “For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when _He shall come in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels_.” Luke 9:26. 6. How many will see Him when He comes? “Behold, He cometh with clouds; and _every eye shall see Him_, and they also which pierced Him.” Rev. 1:7.