2 Timothy.  `But is now made manifest (phaneroo) by the appearing

(epiphaneia) of our Saviour Jesus Christ'.  `At His appearing and His

Kingdom'.  `Them also that love His appearing' (epiphaneia) (1:10; 4:1,8).

Titus.  `Hath in due times manifested His word' (phaneroo).  `The grace of

God that bringeth salvation hath appeared' (epiphaino).  `The glorious

appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ' (epiphaneia).  `The

love of God our Saviour toward man appeared' (epiphaino) (1:3; 2:11,13; 3:4).

The use of these particular words can be exhibited if placed under one

of three headings:

Making a doctrine clear as over against obscurity or deception,

or exhibiting in life a walk that harmonizes with our glorious calling.

Under this heading we include the one occasion of prophasis, and whether

phasis be translated `to speak' as some Lexicons affirm, or `to make

manifest' as others, the results are the same, `pretence' must be avoided at

all costs.

Under this heading comes the special aspect of manifestation that

pertains to the truth revealed in the Prison Epistles, namely the

dispensation of the Mystery, a truth previously hidden from the ages and

generations, and revealed to and made manifest by Paul in his second great

The manifestation of the Saviour Himself.

As God manifest in the flesh.

As Saviour manifested at His first Coming when He

abolished death and shed light and life and immortality.

By His glorious appearing in the future, as our great

God and Saviour, as our blessed Hope, as our Life.

Other manifestations such as:

`The love of God'; `His word' in its own seasons; the

encouragement that His appearing gives to the tired and tested

witnesses; and the way in which Paul associates all who love the

appearing of the Lord, with the crown of righteousness which will be

bestowed `at that day'.

It will be admitted, we believe by all, that this word `manifestation'

which has occupied our attention, is indeed a key word of the apostle's

ministry.  From other points of view, it is seen as a key word of the first

epistle of John and of 2 Corinthians, but these Scriptures lie outside our

present survey.  We must now return to Titus chapter 2, and resume our study

of its teaching.

`The grace of God ... teaches us ... that we should Live Looking'.

Such is the main theme of Titus 2:11 -13.  The word `look' in English refers

primarily to the exercise of sight and then in a secondary sense, to expect

or to seek.  In the New Testament the word represents the act of seeing or

perception eidos, to observe blepo, vision horao and to expect prosdokao.

The phrase `to look for' does not use the term as a reference to sight, so

much as an expectation, prosdechomai, which is the word used in Titus 2:13.

This word is a compound of pros `toward' and dechomai `to receive', as though

the future and the unseen are already enjoyed by an act of faith, of which

grace Hebrews 11 is an exposition that should be pondered prayerfully.