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The Return Of The Son Of Man.
Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 16, 2024 (message contributor)
Summary: The tribes of the earth may well mourn at His presence, but He will send His angels to gather together His own elect people from the four corners of the earth. Take courage, dear Christian!
THE RETURN OF THE SON OF MAN.
Matthew 24:23-31.
Jesus here warns us against the danger of false Christs and false prophets. Even the very elect of God might be deceived, He says, "if it were possible" (Matthew 24:24).
Well, how shall the second coming of Christ be known? Will it be with stealth and with secrecy? No, but it will be very suddenly, and very openly: "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall the coming of the son of man be" (Matthew 24:27).
The Second Advent will be as dramatic as it is sudden. The forces of nature will be shaken, and there shall be signs and wonders in the sky. After all, this is the day for which the whole of creation groans and travails together until now!
When He comes, it will be with the voice of the archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet. It will be "on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory" (Matthew 24:30). It will not be a secret.
The tribes of the earth may well mourn at His presence, but He will send His angels to gather together His own elect people from the four corners of the earth. Take courage, dear Christian!
