Christ’s Heart is with His Church on Earth

Behold, He is coming with clouds– Revelation 1:7

Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. – 2 Timothy 4:8

What, dear Brothers and Sisters, is there to hinder Christ from coming? When I have studied and thought over this word, “Behold, He comes,” yes, I have said to myself, indeed, He does—who shall hold Him back? His heart is with His Church on earth. In the place where He fought the battle, He desires to celebrate the victory! His delights are with the sons of men! All His saints are waiting for the day of His appearing, and He is waiting, also. The very earth in her sorrow and her groaning travails for His coming which is to be her redemption! The creation is made subject to vanity for a little while, but when the Lord shall come again, the creation, itself, shall also be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God!

We might question whether He would come a second time if He had not already come the first time, but if He came to Bethlehem, be assured that His feet shall yet stand upon Olivet! If He came to die, doubt not that He will come to reign! If He came to be despised and rejected of men, why should we doubt that He will come to be admired in all them that believe? His sure coming is to be unquestionably asserted.

Dear Friends, this fact that He will come again is to be taught as demanding our immediate interest. “Behold, He comes with clouds.” Behold, look at it! Meditate on it. It is worth thinking of. It concerns yourself. Study it again and again. “He comes!” He will so soon be here that it is put in the present tense— “He comes!” That shaking of the earth; that blotting out of sun and moon; that fleeing of Heaven and earth before His face—all these are so nearly here that John describes them as accomplished! “Behold, He comes!” ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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