15 The Revelation of Jesus Christ all men everywhere shall honor Him as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And in these three significant names given to Him, we have outlined His whole Person and work, as our Prophet, Priest, and King. What a world of meaning is bound up in this threefold description of our blessed Lordi When His triumph over the grave and His coming glory are referred to in these names of victory, all heaven bursts forth in a doxology of praise: ..Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever. Amen. Behold, he cometh with clouds: and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen." Thus you see at the very beginning that God's Spirit gives us a little picture of "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." "Behold, he cometh with clouds"; that is, clouds of saints the Old Testament saints, the apostles, all New Testament believers on the Lord Jesus, each in his own order. "And every eye shall see him." If only the earth's millions would look up today, and behold Him by faith! But they are too busy with material things to look at the Christ of God. It will not be so when He returns in glory. "Every eye shall see him." All the tribes of the land shall wail be cause of Him; that is, Israel, restored to the land of Palestine, shall recognize the crucified Lord Jesus as their Messiah and Deliverer. Jews and Gentiles, those who have accepted Him and those who have rejected Him, shall behold Him in that coming day. . Some years ago, as I was walking down a busy street in Chicago, I noticed that everyone around me was looking up. I, too, looked up, and saw a tiny speck in the sky. It was an aeroplane, in the early days of aviation. As I stood there, watching the throngs of people looking up-some with care worn faces; some carefree and gay-I thought of that mo ment when "every eye" shall behold the glorified Lord Jesus, those who shall have rejected Him and those who shall have looked eagerly for His "appearing." The Jews, now going back to their own land by the thousands; the Gentile nations, now torn by war and strife and greed; the Lord's redeemed people-"every eye shall see him."
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