Quiet Talks About Our Lord's Return

1 Preface 2 1. About Our Lord Jesus 3 A Brief Continuous Biography 4 His Return,—the Centre and Climax of All His Plannings 5 2. On the Knees, With The Book, Finding Out Just What It Teaches About His Return 6 Some School Rules 7 The Mosaic of Truth 8 Admission to the School 9 The Atmosphere of the Book 10 From Our Lord's Own Lips 11 How the Gospels Grew 12 Clearing the Decks a Bit 13 The Olivet Talk 14 Fore-Gleams 15 Luke's New Paragraph 16 The Startling Answer 17 The Startled Disciples 18 Steps in the Program 19 Paul's Letters 20 The Restraining One 21 A Prophetic Conversion 22 The Old Tent and the New 23 Jewish Expectations 24 The Gospel in a Single Word 25 An Echoed Longing 26 Following the Trail Back Into the Older Pages 27 Open Door Into Prophecy 28 Four Prophetic Pictures 29 Seventy Sevens 30 The Real Beginning of the Olivet Talk 31 The Last Word,—A Message Sent Back From the Upper Glory 32 The Patmos Message 33 A New Language 34 A Sight of Jesus 35 The Sealed Roll 36 First Full View 37 Loosening Out of Evil 38 The Lawless One 39 Heart-Breaking 40 In a Nutshell 41 3. A Gathering Up in Simple Shape of what the Book Teaches About His Return 42 A World Event 43 A Terrible Forerunner 44 Fourfold Effect of the Coming 45 Blessed Kingdom Days 46 Love's Warnings 47 4. Some Difficulties and Questions 48 Tiptoe of Expectancy 49 The Patience of God 50 What Watching Means 51 When He Will Come 52 The Decisive Sign 53 5. A Small Group of Allied Subjects Which Help to a Clearer Understanding of His Plans 54 The Broader Look 55 The Whole Race—The Real Object of All His Tender Love and Planning 56 God so Loved the World 57 The Light of God Inside and Outside 58 There Is No Other Name 59 The Greatest Motive Power 60 The Hebrew Nation,—The First Messenger-Body, and to Be the Last 61 The Hebrew Nation,—The First Messenger-Body, and to Be the Last 62 Amidst the Encircling Gloom 63 The Barred Door 64 The Church,—God's Messenger to the First, Traitor-Messenger, and to All Men 65 New Messenger 66 A Threefold Mission 67 The Church Within the Church 68 Heart-Breaking 69 The Written Word,—An Oriental Message to Both Orient and Occident 70 A Simple Universal Language 71 God's Future Plans 72 The Prophetic Key 73 The Holy Spirit,—A Brief Biography of His Entire Earth Mission 74 Five Brief Chapters 75 The Significance of Pentecost 76 The Kingdom, and Worldwide Evangelization,—God's Plan for Winning the Race 77 Purpose of the Kingdom 78 The Characteristics of the Kingdom 79 Judgment,—Love's Surgery; The Tenderness and Awfulness of Our Lord's Fixed Principle in D... 80 The Purpose 81 The Process 82 The Illustrations 83 The Breaking Storm