Chapter 36 - Second Coming

In regard to the Second Coming, the believer does not need the external signs such as the Jew returning to Israel. Those are for the ones who need to be aroused by great signs—but the believer is looking for these spiritual signs:

“Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” (Rev. 3:11) “I come quickly” —not in the sense of time, but in the manner—like a flash; “That no man take thy crown”—in the sense of a bird snatching the seed (Truth) as in the parable of the sower; (Mark 4:4) “Hold fast the Truth—keep and guard My Word and message; hold; grasp the deposit of Truth, for it relates to a crown (“That no man take thy crown”).