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YOUR BIBLE AND YOU
H i s t o r y ’ s G l o r i o u s C l i m a x
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History’s Glorious
Climax
Looming upon the horizon of every man, woman, and child in the world
is this greatest event of all time, the return in majesty and power of Jesus
Christ. It will be history’s glorious climax, marking the end of the world as
we know it now, with all its sin, suffering, and sorrow, and the beginning of a
new era in which righteousness, peace, and happiness shall forever flourish.
What will it be like Your Bible gives the answer. Lest any should be deceived
by a counterfeit advent-which is not beyond me power and cunning of Satan
to attempt (2 Corinthians 11:14) – a most specific description is given of it.
1. It will be visible to the naked eye. Says John: “Behold, he cometh with
clouds; and every eye shall see him” (Revelation 1:7). Again, in his first
letter, he says: “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth
not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is” (I John 3:2).
To make assurance doubly sure that there will be nothing secret
about His advent, Jesus Himself says: “For as the lightning cometh
out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be.… 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” (Matthew 24:27-30).
2. It will be audible to the human ear. Says Paul: “The Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God” (1 Thessalonians 4:16).
Again: “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump” (1 Corinthians 15:51, 52).
Says Jesus: “He shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet”
(Matthew 24:31).