MATTHEW 24:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. The coming of the Son of Man that is unlike the false messiahs' secret appearances: the lightning that is instantaneously visible from east to west is the image of the universally visible, undeniable character of the true coming. The Son of Man's coming does not need to be announced from the wilderness or the inner rooms — it will be as unmistakable as lightning.
Church Fathers on Matthew 24:27
When the Lord had finished all that related to Jerusalem, He came in the rest to His own coming, and gives them signs thereof, useful not for them only, but for us and for all who shall be after us.
Wherein He shews that His second coming shall be not in lowliness as His first, but in glory; and therefore it is folly to seek in places little and obscure for Him who is the Light of the whole world. [marg note: John 8:12]
Notwithstanding, by reason of the great tribulation in which men shall be cast, false prophets promising to shew aid present from Christ, will falsely affirm that Christ is present in divers places, that they may draw into the service of Antichrist men discouraged and distracted.
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