The Second Coming of Christ
A. Maclaren, D. D. Mark 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. Brethren! the earnest belief in and the longing for the coming of Jesus Christ has been too much surrendered to one school of interpreters in unfulfilled prophecy, who have no greater claim to possess it than the rest of us. It belongs, or ought to belong, to us all. And I bring it to you, dear friends, as a sharp test — what do you feel about that coming? Can you say, "More than they that wait for the morning, my soul waiteth for Thee"? Does your heart leap when you think that Christ, who is ever present, is drawing near to us? All the signs of the times, intellectual and social, the rottenness of much of our life, the abounding luxury, the hideous vice that flaunts unblamed and unabashed before us all; the unsettlement of opinion in which it is unbelief that seems to be "removing the mountains" that all men thought stood fast and firm forever; all these things cry out to Him whose ear is not deaf — even if our voice does not join in the cry — and beseech Him to come. And I believe that a "Day of the Lord," dreadful and radiant with the brightness of destructive power, which is also constructive and merciful love, is hanging over much of the world, and not a little of the Church, at this moment. (A. Maclaren, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. WEB: Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.