In the second chapter we learn the word, "Rapture," so often given as the name and title for the translation of the Church to meet the Lord, while it may be a deducible truth and exegetically, or, rather philologically sustained, is not the Holy Ghost title. The true and Scriptural title is: "Our gathering together unto Him." In this chapter we learn also when the Church has been gathered to the Lord in heaven the man of sin, the Antichrist will be revealed; then will the Lord appear in glory, overthrow him and his league of nations and set up the heaven-ordained kingdom of righteousness and peace. In the third chapter the Apostle prays the Lord may direct their hearts into the love of God and into--patient waiting for Christ. In the First Epistle to the Thessalonians the Lord comes FOR His Church. In the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians He comes WITH His Church. In First Timothy He is coming that He may be shown forth as the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. In Second Timothy He is coming to judge the quick and the dead and to give reward to all those who love His appearing. Titus gives us the inspired and official title of the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ as, "That Blessed Hope." In Hebrews we see this age is the antitypical Day of Atonement; just as at the close of the day in Israel the people were waiting for the man who led away the scapegoat into the wilderness to come back without it as evidence their typical redemption was complete and secure for another year; just so our Lord Jesus Christ having appeared in the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, reconcile the world to God and bring in the day of grace and salvation, to them that look for Him shall He come the "second time, without sin, unto salvation"; that is, He will come back not as the sin offering, but as the triumphant Redeemer and as witness that our redemption will then be completed by Him in the immortal bodies He shall give us. James testifies that in the closing hours of this age Capital and Labour will look at each other with wrinkled brows, clenched hands and nervous, impatient expectation. He exhorts the Christian labourer to be patient because, as he says, "the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh," is so near, so imminent He standeth as a judge--verily "at the door"--and ready to intervene. In the First Epistle of Peter the Lord is coming to justify the faith of His elect. In the Second Epistle He is coming to bring in the new heavens and the new earth. In the First Epistle of John we who believe are sons of God. It is not yet manifested to the world what we really are, nor what we shall be; but we know when He shall appear we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is. When He shines out we shall shine out with Him. We are told every one who has this hope in him, purifieth himself even as he is pure.