“Behold, the Bridegroom comes!”

Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. – Revelation 1:7

It is not a monarch in her jubilee, but the King of kings in His Glory! That same Jesus who went up from Olivet into Heaven is coming, again, to earth in like manner as His disciples saw Him go up into Heaven! Come and behold this great sight! If ever there was a thing in the world worth looking at, it is this. Behold and see if there was ever Glory like His Glory! Hearken to the midnight cry, “Behold, the Bridegroom comes!” It has practically to do with you. “Go you forth to meet Him.” This voice is to you, O sons of men! Do not carelessly turn aside, for the Lord God, Himself, demands your attention—He commands you to “Behold!” Will you be blind when God bids you behold? Will you shut your eyes when your Savior cries, “Behold”? When the finger of Inspiration points the way, will not your eyes follow where it directs you? “Behold, He comes!” O my Hearers, look here, I beseech you! …I think I see John. He is in the spirit, but all of a sudden, he seems startled into a keener and more solemn attention. His mind is more awake than usual, though he was always a man of bright eyes that saw afar. We always liken him to the eagle for the height of his flight and the keenness of his vision. Yet all of a sudden, even he seems startled with a more astounding vision! He cries out, “Behold! Behold!” He has caught sight of His Lord! He says not, “He will come by‐and‐by,” but “I can see Him! He is coming!”

My imagination has often set forth that dread scene—but better still, my faith has realized it! I have heard the chariot wheels of the Lord’s approach, and I have endeavored to set my house in order for His reception. I have felt the shadow of that great cloud which shall attend Him, dampening the ardor of my worldliness. I hear, even now, in spirit, the sound of the last trumpet, whose tremendous blast startles my soul to serious action and puts force into my life. Would God that I lived more completely under the influence of that august event! ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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