Thursday, April 4, 2013

Signs Pt 21 Our Lord's Return


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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