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§ 6.
Jesus Christ foretold that he would appear again to his disciples
Prophecy.-- John 16:16,22, 'A little while and ye shall not see me, and
again a little while and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father'. 'I
will see you again'.-- Matthew 26:32; Mark 14:28, 'After I am risen again I
will go before you into Galilee'.-- Matthew 28:10; Mark 16:7, 'Go tell my
brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me'.
Fulfilment.-- Mark 16:14; John 20:19; Luke 24:36, 'He appeared to the
eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief'.--
Matthew 28:16,17, 'The eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a
mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they
worshipped him, but some doubted'.-- John 21:1, 'Jesus showed himself again
to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias'.-- 1 Corinthians 15:5,6, 'He was
seen of Cephas, then of the twelve, after that he was seen of above five
hundred brethren at once'.
§ 7.
Jesus Christ foretold his ascension into heaven
Prophecy.-- John 6:62, 'What and if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend
up where he was before'.-- 16:28, 'I came forth from the Father, and am come
into the world; again I leave the world, and go to the Father'.-- 20:17, 'I
am not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say unto them,
"I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God"'. (See
also John 7:33; 13:33; 14:19 and 17:13).
Fulfilment.-- Mark 16:19, 'After the Lord had spoken unto them, he was
received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God'. (See also Luke
24:51).-- Acts 1:9,10, 'While they beheld he was taken up; and a cloud
received him out of their sight. They looked steadfastly toward heaven as he
went up'.-- Ephesians 4:10, 'He that descended is the same also that ascended
up far above all heavens'. See also 1 Peter 3:22; Hebrews 9:24; 4:14; 6:20;
1 Timothy 3:16'.
This ends the extract from Horne's Introduction.
In addition, Horne occupies many pages dealing with many wonderful
details of the Saviour's life and ministry which were the burden of Old
Testament prophecy but which we are obliged to omit. Peter tells us that the
prophets themselves 'searched diligently'.
'Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was
in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of
Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed,
that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister' (1 Pet.
1:11,12).
Picking up the theme from page 15, we continue:
While our main interest in this volume is with Prophecy, we feel sure
no apology will be needed for the inclusion here of both Doctrine and
Practice in an article where 'Christ is all'.
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Christ is all, in practice.
In the doctrinal section of Ephesians (chapters 1 to 3) Paul speaks of
himself as 'The prisoner of Jesus Christ' (Eph. 3:1), but in Ephesians 4:1,