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If not, <strong>the</strong>n certainly this text can never prove<br />
that men may not be made <strong>to</strong> understand <strong>the</strong> time.<br />
An old English version of <strong>the</strong> passage, reads, "But<br />
that day and hour no man maketh known, nei<strong>the</strong>r<br />
<strong>the</strong> angels which are in heaven, nei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> Son, but<br />
<strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r."<br />
This is <strong>the</strong> correct reading according <strong>to</strong> several<br />
of <strong>the</strong> ablest critics of <strong>the</strong> age. The word know is<br />
used here, in <strong>the</strong> same sense as it is by Paul in 1<br />
Cor. 2:2. Paul well unders<strong>to</strong>od many o<strong>the</strong>r things,<br />
besides Christ and him crucified, but he determined<br />
<strong>to</strong> make known nothing else among <strong>the</strong>m. So in <strong>the</strong><br />
passage first quoted, it is declared that none but<br />
God <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r, maketh known <strong>the</strong> day and hour;<br />
that is, <strong>the</strong> definite time of <strong>the</strong> second coming of<br />
his Son. And this necessarily implies that God<br />
makes <strong>the</strong> time known."<br />
I believe <strong>the</strong> above, <strong>to</strong> be a fair and correct<br />
view of <strong>the</strong> subject, and that <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r will make<br />
known <strong>the</strong> true time of <strong>the</strong> advent, without <strong>the</strong><br />
agency of men, angels, or <strong>the</strong> Son. The following<br />
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