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He shall Reign Forever, January 13
The seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven,
saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our
Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 11:15
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The coming of Christ to usher in the reign of righteousness has inspired
the most sublime ... utterances of the sacred writers.... The psalmist sang of
the power and majesty of Israel’s King: ... “Let the heavens rejoice, and let
the earth be glad ... before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge
the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with
his truth.”
Psalm 96:11-13
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Said the prophet Isaiah:... “He will swallow up death in victory; and
the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his
people shall he take away from off all the earth; for the Lord hath spoken
it....”
Isaiah 25:8
....
When the Saviour was about to be separated from His disciples, He
comforted them in their sorrow with the assurance that He would come
again: “Let not your heart be troubled....In my Father’s house are many
mansions....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.”
John 14:1-3
....
The angels who lingered upon Olivet after Christ’s ascension repeated
to the disciples the promise of His return: “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
. And the apostle Paul, speaking by the Spirit of
Inspiration, testified: “The Lord
himself
shall descend from heaven with
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God.”
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Thessalonians 4:16
. Says the prophet of Patmos: “Behold, he cometh with
clouds; and every eye shall see him.”
Revelation 1:7
.
About His coming cluster the glories of that “restitution of all things,
which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world
began.”
Acts 3:21
. Then the long-continued rule of evil shall be broken;
“the kingdoms of this world” will become “the kingdoms of our Lord, and
of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.”
Revelation 11:15
.
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