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 (Acts 1:11).
We hear much of our Lord's first coming, but let us turn our thoughts today to the promise of His second coming. He washere in humiliation; He is here in the Spirit; He shall be here in glory. Jesus our Savior believed that He was coming back. He said, "I will come again" (John 14:3). The apostle Peter believed that He was coming back, for he said, "The chief Shepherd shall appear" (1 Peter 5:4). The apostle Paul believed that He was coming back, as we read in 1 Thessalonians 4:16: "The Lord himself shall descend from heaven."
In our promise for today we have the testimony of the holy angels, "This same Jesus...shall so come." He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of sight. Of His second coming it is written, "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him" (Rev. 1:7).
The Jacobites of Scotland in the old days never met one another on the mountain paths, never sat down to a council table, without lifting a cup to pledge the return of their king, Prince Charles. Finally he did come, but only to bring defeat, disaster, and suffering to Scotland. In every celebration of the Lord's Supper since that night in the upper room, followers of Christ have lifted the sacramental cup as a token of their faith in their King's return. "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come" (1 Cor. 11:26). "Till he come"--those are the mystic words. And when He comes He will not bring pain, suffering, and disaster as did Prince Charles, but He will come in glory and power to set at liberty the captives of the grave, to wipe away tears from all eyes, and to set up a kingdom that shall have no end. "Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth" (Ps. 67:4).
We hear much of our Lord's first coming, but let us turn our thoughts today to the promise of His second coming. He washere in humiliation; He is here in the Spirit; He shall be here in glory. Jesus our Savior believed that He was coming back. He said, "I will come again" (John 14:3). The apostle Peter believed that He was coming back, for he said, "The chief Shepherd shall appear" (1 Peter 5:4). The apostle Paul believed that He was coming back, as we read in 1 Thessalonians 4:16: "The Lord himself shall descend from heaven."
In our promise for today we have the testimony of the holy angels, "This same Jesus...shall so come." He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of sight. Of His second coming it is written, "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him" (Rev. 1:7).
The Jacobites of Scotland in the old days never met one another on the mountain paths, never sat down to a council table, without lifting a cup to pledge the return of their king, Prince Charles. Finally he did come, but only to bring defeat, disaster, and suffering to Scotland. In every celebration of the Lord's Supper since that night in the upper room, followers of Christ have lifted the sacramental cup as a token of their faith in their King's return. "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come" (1 Cor. 11:26). "Till he come"--those are the mystic words. And when He comes He will not bring pain, suffering, and disaster as did Prince Charles, but He will come in glory and power to set at liberty the captives of the grave, to wipe away tears from all eyes, and to set up a kingdom that shall have no end. "Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth" (Ps. 67:4).
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