He Will Come for His Own

“And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels.” Malachi 3:17. He comes not as a thief in the sense of stealing in stealthily and quietly upon the world, and purloining goods to which He has no right. But He comes to take to Himself His dearest treasure, His sleeping and living saints, whom He has purchased with. His own precious blood, whom He has wrested from the power of death in fair and open conflict, and for whom His coming will be no less open and triumphant, too. It will be with the brilliancy and splendor of the lightning as it shines from the east to the west. Matthew 24:27. It will be with a sound of a trumpet that shall pierce to earth’s lowest depths, and with a mighty voice that shall wake the sainted sleepers from their dusty beds. Matthew 24:31, margin; 1 Thessalonians 4:16. He will come upon the wicked as a thief, only because they persistently shut their eyes to the tokens of His approach, and will not believe the declarations of His Word that He is at the door.WWSJ 11.5