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From Here to Forever
his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord
of lords.”
Revelation 19:16
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The King of kings descends upon the cloud, wrapped in flaming
fire. The earth trembles before Him: “Our God shall come, and shall
not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from
above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.”
Psalm 50:3,
4
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“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men,
and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens
and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and
rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on
the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of his
wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”
Revelation 6:15-17
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Derisive jests have ceased, lying lips hushed. Nought is heard
but the voice of prayer and the sound of weeping. The wicked pray
to be buried beneath the rocks rather than meet the face of Him
whom they have despised. That voice which penetrates the ear of
the dead, they know. How often have its tender tones called them to
repentance. How often has it been heard in the entreaties of a friend,
a brother, a Redeemer. That voice awakens memories of warnings
despised and invitations refused.
There are those who mocked Christ in His humiliation. He
declared: “Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right
hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.”
Matthew 26:64
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Now they behold Him in His glory; they are yet to see Him sitting
on the right hand of power. There is the haughty Herod who jeered
at His royal title. There are the men who placed upon His brow the
thorny crown and in His hand the mimic scepter—those who bowed
before Him in blasphemous mockery, who spat upon the Prince of
life. They seek to flee from His presence. Those who drove the
nails through His hands and feet behold these marks with terror and
remorse.
With awful distinctness priests and rulers recall the events of Cal-
vary, how, wagging their heads in satanic exultation, they exclaimed,
“He saved others; himself he cannot save.”
Matthew 27:42
. Louder
than the shout, “Crucify him, crucify him!” which rang through