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tice are the foundation of his throne." Turn ing to the New Testament we read, ''While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud over shadowed them; and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him" (Matt. 17:5). In Ps. 104:3 it is written, "Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds HIS char- . iot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind.'' And in Is. 19 :1, '' Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud." From all these passages, it is plain that it is Jehovah who comes in the clouds or on a cloud, therefore to say that Jesus is coming in the clouds is to say that He is coming as a Divine person in Di vine glory. V. When our Lord Jesus comes again, He is coming in the glory of His Father with the holy angels. He Himself said so. In one place, Matt. 16 :27, He says, "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.'' And in Mark 8 :38, He says, ''For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him when he
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