we experience are not welcomed. No one talks about enthusiastically anticipating some problem in life even if they know that trials sent by God are a disguised blessing. But the return of the Lord is different. It is accepted readily by the saints. It is desired greatly by the redeemed. It is not a trial; it is triumph. But as we have noted earlier, it is not something the unsaved desire. They are not interested in seeing Jesus anymore than the criminal is interested in seeing a policeman. And we
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