The Second Coming of Christ by Larkin - Version 1.0 Clarence Larkin's book on the Second Coming of Christ. A free book module install for SwordSearcher Bible Software.Excerpt: Because Jesus said on the day when Peter confessed—"Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God" (Mt 16:13-28), "Verily, I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man COMING IN HIS KINGDOM," there are those who contend that the fulfillment of those words required the return of Jesus, and the setting up of the Kingdom during the lifetime of the Disciples, and that therefore because no literal Kingdom was set up during the lifetime of the Disciples, Jesus must have meant a "Spiritual Kingdom," which they claim was inaugurated on the "Day of Pentecost" and that Jesus now reigns through the Church.