Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of
man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall
see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mar 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming
in the clouds with great power and glory.
Luk 21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming
in a cloud with power and great glory.
Remember this--
Act_1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand
ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into
heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
As Jesus left, He
will return.
He will come in
clouds.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these
words.
This is an image we
should ALL be familiar with in our imaginations. This is the picture of our Lord's return.
We are given SIGNS
and told what to watch for.
We are given SIGNS
and we cannot ignore them.
We are told about
the manner of our LORD'S return for a reason.
Son of man coming in
the clouds with GREAT POWER and GLORY.
Why are all the
tribes of the earth mourning?
Clarke's Commentary
has this to say-
'Then
shall appear the sign of the Son of man - The plain meaning of this is, that
the destruction of Jerusalem will be such a remarkable instance of Divine
vengeance, such a signal manifestation of Christ’s power and glory, that all
the Jewish tribes shall mourn, and many will, in consequence of this
manifestation of God, be led to acknowledge Christ and his religion. By της γης, of the land, in the text, is evidently meant here, as in
several other places, the land of Judea and its tribes, either its then
inhabitants, or the Jewish people wherever found.'
These 'tribes'- the
people that make up these tribes- are mourning because they KNOW what the
coming of the LORD means for them!
I'm just thinking
here, but if this verse is pointing specifically to the 'tribes' of the land of
Judea- the Jewish people- whether those actually there or all over the world
and they are mourning could it be because they've NEVER accepted Jesus Christ as
their Savior? They'll realize too late that the coming of the Messiah that God
said would come had come, that they as a corporate entity had Him killed. Not
only killed, they went on to continue their rejection of ALL the Biblical truth
that would allow them to repent and still be SAVED. They stoned Stephen,
rejecting the message that had been preached to them for 3 and 1/2 years. They sealed their fate that day and yet
they've been living as tares among wheat for thousands of years. As a corporate
body they will be destroyed when our Savior returns. All those who have
rejected the truth and every chance they've had to know the truth will be
destroyed. NO innocents will be destroyed, not one! Only the guilty will be
destroyed. The mourning will be the
knowing it's too late! How awful for those who will recognize their fate before
Christ returns. We must pray we are NOT
among them! We don't want to miss the signs, ignore the truth, we can't, we
must live for our HEAVENLY HOME with our SAVIOR! Our treasures MUST be in
heaven, not here, not now!
Please Lord! We long
to see you coming in the clouds, we long to be among those called to meet you
in the air on that glorious day!
In YOUR LOVE ALWAYS
by YOUR GRACE and MERCY, YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS!
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