CHAPTER IV

THE RESULTS OF THE RETURN OF OUR

LORD JESUS

The results: As regards God-As regards the Church and individual believers-As regards Israel-As regards the Nations-As regards human society as a whole-As regards Antichrist and the Devil-As regards the physical universe.

"Repent ye, therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send the Christ who hath been appointed for you, even Jesus: whom the heavens must receive until the time of the restoration of all things, whereof God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets that have been from of old."

ACTS 3:19-21.

CHAPTER IV

THE RESULTS OF THE RETURN OF

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OUR LORD JESUS

E come now to the brightest, gladdest

part of our whole study. The results of

our Lord's Return to this earth as revealed in His Word are such that the very contemplation of them will fill the believer's heart not only with hope and longing but with gladness and ecstacy. These results are manifold. They may be classified under seven heads.

First, The results of The Return of our Lord Jesus, as regards God.

Second, The results as regards the Church and individual believers.

Third, The results as regards Israel.

Fourth, The results as regards the Nations. Fifth, The results as regards human society as a whole.

Sixth, The results as regards the Antichrist and the Devil.

Seventh, The results as regards the physical universe.

I

The Results of the Return of our Lord Jesus as regards God.

1. The first result of the return of our Lord will be new glory to God. We read in Is. 40:5, R. V., “The glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." The context clearly shows that it is at the coming of the Lord that this prophecy is to be fulfilled (see vs. 3, 9, 10). The glory of God has already been revealed in creation (Ps. 19:1); it is being revealed from century to century in history; it was revealed in the Person and work of Jesus Christ at His first coming; but the full revelation of the glory of God will be in connection with Christ's Second Coming. That is the first reason why we should desire it, that there may be new glory to the name of Him Whom we love and worship.

2. The second result of our Lord's Return is that He Himself will reign as a King. This we are told over and over again in the New Testament and in the Old. In the par

able of the pounds our Lord compares Himself to "a certain nobleman (who) went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return" (Luke 19:12), and in the 15th verse He says, "And it came to pass when he was come back again, having received the kingdom." He says again in Matt. 25:31, "When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory." We find this representation of our Lord Jesus reigning as a King over and over again in the Old Testament. For example, in Jer. 23:5, 6, we read, "Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness." Referring to the same period, Jehovah declares in Ps. 2:6, "Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." The Spirit of God through the prophet Zechariah sets forth the same truth in a way that emphasizes the Deity of our Lord. "And Jehovah shall be king over all the earth, and in that day shall Jehovah be