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shall we ever be with the Lord" (I Thess. 4:16, 17, R. V). 2. A second stage will be when He comes to the earth. ''The Son of Man shall come in His glory, and all 'the angels with Him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory; and before him shall be gathered all the nations; and he shall separate them one from the other, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats" (Matt. 25 :31, 32). "And his feet. shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south And ye shall flee by the valley of my moun tains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah King of Judah; and Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee" (Zech. 14:4, 5). From the closing words of the preceding quotation, it is evi dent that in this latter stage, His saints shall come with Him. 'l'his ts also evident froll! I Thess. 3 :13, '' To the end be may establish
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