Otis Ainsworth Skinner. The theory of William Miller, concerning the end of the world in 1843 UTTERLY EXPLODED. 1840.
"Speaking of the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain." Is lxvi. 22. By new heavens and new earth, he SIMPLY MEANS the new dispensation. This, therefore, came shortly."
"By consulting Rev. xxi. 10,24,26, it will be seen, that even after the heavens and the earth fled away, the earth was still standing with nations upon it. Hence this passing away of the heavens and earth which succeeded them, are the gospel dispensation, the holy city, the new Jerusalem."
"What was meant by the coming of Christ? NOT A PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE SAVIOR, FOR NO SUCH APPEARANCE TOOK PLACE AT THAT TIME."
"We see, then, that the coming of Christ, his second coming, CERTAINLY TOOK PLACE, at the time of the destruction of the Jewish state."
"Allowing that Jesus did come, and did execute judgment, as has been shown, may there not still be another coming to judgment? That there is to be another coming of Christ, WE DO NOT DENY; BUT WE DO DENY, THAT AT HIS FINAL COMING HE WILL EXECUTE JUDGMENT UPON ANY. Where is your proof of such a judgment, if it be not in the text we have quoted? THERE IS NO PROOF. WILL YOU SAY THESE TEXT HAVE DOUBLE MEANING? Why did he not say, There things shall in part come upon this generation, and in part at the end of the universe? Besides, shall we go back to the long since exploded doctrine of a double meaning to Scripture, to sustain this theory? Had we not much better abandon it, than to revive any thing so foolish and absurd?"
On Isa XXV. 6,7,8 "In these words, the prophet first speaks of the provision of grace, and declares, that they are made for all people, by which Christians now almost universally understand the WHOLE HUMAN FAMILY."
