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Judgment at the Second Advent, October 11
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who
shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.
2 Timothy 4:1
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The judgment scene will take place in the presence of all the worlds; for
in this judgment the government of God will be vindicated, and His law will
stand forth as “holy, and just, and good.” Then every case will be decided,
and sentence will be passed upon all. Sin will not then appear attractive,
but will be seen in all its hideous magnitude.
No human language can portray the scenes of the second coming of the
Son of man in the clouds of heaven. He is to come with His own glory, and
with the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. He will come clad in
the robe of light, which He has worn from the days of eternity. Angels will
accompany Him. Ten thousand times ten thousand will escort Him on His
way. The sound of the trumpet will be heard, calling the sleeping dead from
the grave. The voice of Christ will penetrate the tomb, and pierce the ears
of the dead, “and all that are in the graves ... shall come forth.”
“And before him shall be gathered all nations.” The very One who died
for man is to judge him in the last day: for the Father “hath committed all
judgment unto the Son: ... and hath given him authority to execute judgment
also, because he is the Son of man.” What a day that will be, when those
who rejected Christ will look upon Him whom their sins have pierced.
At His second coming, conviction will be brought to every heart. Those
who have turned from Him to the trivial things of this earth, seeking selfish
interests and worldly honor, will in the day of His coming acknowledge
their mistake. These are the ones spoken of by the Revelator as “all kindreds
of the earth,” who “shall wail because of him.” ...
“And they also which pierced him.” These words apply not only to the
men who pierced Christ when He hung on the cross of Calvary, but to those
who by evil-speaking and wrong-doing are piercing Him today.
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