MATTHEW 24:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”
Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. The sign of the Son of Man in heaven — the appearance that the false messiahs' secret location claims could not produce — is visible to all the tribes of the earth. The mourning of all the earth's tribes echoes Zechariah 12:10–12. The coming on the clouds with power and great glory is the Daniel 7:13–14 vision of the Son of Man given dominion over all nations.
Church Fathers on Matthew 24:30
As soon as the Lord has fortified the believers against the arts of Antichrist and his ministers, by shewing that His coming would be public, He proceeds to shew the order and method of His coming.
By the tribulation, He means the times of Antichrist and the false Prophets; for when there are so many deceivers, the tribulation will be great. But it shall not extend through any great length of time. For if for the elect’s sake the Jewish war is shortened, much more shall this tribulation be shortened for their sakes; for which reason He said not 'After,' but 'Immediately after,' for He shall come immediately after.
The darkening of the sun, the failing of the moon, and the fall of the stars, indicate the glories of His coming.
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