We Would See Jesus.

 "We Would See Jesus"  A. T. Jones

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JESUS

"The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels." Matt. 13:30.

Only those who love and prepare for His appearing will then rejoice and be saved. 

"Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing." 2 Tim. 4:8.

"So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Heb. 9:28.

"And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him." Isa. 8:17.

"And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us; this is the Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation." Isa. 25:9.

The righteous are then taken up to meet Christ in the clouds, who takes them to the city, New Jerusalem, which He has prepared for the saints. 

"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; 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." 1 Thess. 4:16, 17.

"Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know." John 14:1-4. 

All the living wicked will also see Christ when He comes in glory, but they will see Him with anguish, and will then be destroyed. 

"Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen." Rev. 1:7. 

"And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" Rev. 6:14-17.

For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with His chariots like a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword will the Lord plead with all flesh; and the slain of the Lord shall be many." Isa. 66:15, 16.

He Will Come for His Own

"And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels." Mal. 3:17. 

He comes not as a thief in the sense of stealing in stealthily and quietly upon the world, and purloining goods to which He has no right. But He comes to take to Himself His dearest treasure, His sleeping and living saints, whom He has  purchased with. His own precious blood, whom He has wrested from the power of death in fair and open conflict, and for whom His coming will be no less open and triumphant, too. It will be with the brilliancy and splendor of the lightning as it shines from the east to the west. Matt. 24:27. 

It will be with a sound of a trumpet that shall pierce to earth's lowest depths, and with a mighty voice that shall wake the sainted sleepers from their dusty beds. Matt. 24:31, margin; 1 Thess. 4:16.8

He will come upon the wicked as a thief, only because they persistently shut their eyes to the tokens of His approach, and will not believe the declarations of His Word that He is at the door. 

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