"He Is Coming"

"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
After celebrating our Lord's first coming, we now turn our thoughts to the promise of His second coming. This is as sure as the first advent and derives a great measure of its certainty from it. He who came as a lowly man to serve will assuredly come to take the reward of His service. He who came to suffer will not be slow in coming to reign. This is our glorious hope, for we shall share His joy. As the New Year dawns, we are in our concealment and humiliation even as He was while here below. Yet when He comes it will be our manifestation, even as it will be His revelation. Dead saints shall rise and live at His appearing. The martyred and suffering saints shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of the Father. Then shall the people of God appear as kings and priests, and the days of their mourning shall be turned to joy. The long rest and inconceivable splendor of the millennial reign will be an abundant recompense for the ages of witnessing and fighting the good fight of faith. Ring in the New Year with hope of His coming! He is on the road and traveling quickly, though we do not know the day or hour of His arrival. The sound of His approach should be as music to our hearts! Ring out, ye bells of hope! Happy New Year! He Is Coming Soon!