He Shall Come to Judge the Quick and the Dead

“You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” Matt. 26:64 NKJV

We celebrate Christmas and rejoice in the babe in the manger. But Jesus did not come to be celebrated as a baby and then forgotten. He came to grow into a man and then to die for the sins of the whole world. He came to be crowned with thorns, beaten, abused, rejected and despised. He came to defeat the devil and to rise again from the dead to give hope of eternal life to all who believe in Him.

That was His first advent, but the second one still is coming. Then He will come crowned with His rightful crown as King of kings and Lord of lords. He will not appear as a dusty teacher from a backwater village. He will come in power and glory for all men to see. He will come to judge the world both the living and the dead and to grant eternal life to those who have believed in Him and to consign to eternal death those who have not.  His second coming will restore creation, destroy sin forever and give blessings and peace to those who have loved Him.

Almighty God, We thank You for the certain promise of the second advent of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 

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