asunder the nations ; and the everlasting mountains were scattered , the perpetual hill did bow : His ways are everlasting ." " Thou didst ride upon Thine horses and Thy chariots of salvation ." " The mountains saw Thee , and they trembled : . . . the deep uttered his voice , and lifted up his hands on high . The sun and moon stood still in their habitation : at the light of Thine arrows they went , and at the shining of Thy glittering spear ." " Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people , even for salvation with Thine anointed ." Habakkuk 3:3 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 , 11 , 13 .
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 Son of man shall come in His glory , and all the holy angels with Him ." " Then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory : and before Him shall be gathered all nations ." Matthew 25:31 , 32 . 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 ." 1 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 . " The glory of the Lord shall be revealed , and all flesh shall see it together ." " The Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations ." He shall be " for a crown of glory , and for a diadem of beauty , unto the residue of His people ." Isaiah 40:5 ; 61:11 ; 28:5 .
It is then that the peaceful and long-desired kingdom of the Messiah shall be established under the whole heaven . " The Lord shall comfort Zion : He will comfort all her waste places ; and He will make her wilderness like Eden , and her desert like the garden of the Lord ." " The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it , the excellency of Carmel and Sharon ." " Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken ; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate : but thou shalt be called My Delight , and thy land Beulah ." " As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride , so shall thy God rejoice over thee ." Isaiah 51:3 ; 35:2 ; 62:4 , 5 , margin .
The coming of the Lord has been in all ages the hope of His true followers . The Saviour ' s parting promise upon Olivet , that He would come again , lighted up the future for His disciples , filling their hearts with joy and hope that sorrow could not quench nor trials dim . Amid suffering
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