“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war...And the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean...And He hath on his vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
(Rev. 19:11,14,16)
With a guaranteed promise such as the above there is no room in a Christian’s life for gloom and doom, no matter what the present discouraging conditions of the world may be. Apathy, like our own day, seems to have been the widespread norm prior to His first advent both in the secular and religious worlds. They were taken completely off guard; only a small remnant were looking for Him, such as Simeon and Anna (Luke 2). They were watching and waiting!
At His first coming He rode on the back of a colt, the foal of an ass but at His second appearing, sitting on a white charger, a war horse, if you please! And with Him “ten thousands of His saints.” The greatest military encounter this world has ever seen is when the heavens open and are filled with God’s army, with His blessed Son, the Captain of our salvation, leading us on to victory. Crowned, not with thorns, but a diadem of jewels. He told Peter to “put up his sword” ; but He will soon unsheathe His!
“See the ransomed millions stand,
Palms of conquest in their hand;
This before the throne their strain,
“Hell is vanquished, death is slain;
Blessing, honor, glory, might,
Are the Conqueror’s native right;
Thrones and powers before Him fall,
Lamb of God and Lord of all!”
Hasten, Lord the promised hour;
Come in glory and in power;
Still Thy foes are unsubdued;
Nature sighs to be renewed.
Time has nearly reached its sum;
All things, with Thy bride, say “Come”;
Jesus, Whom all worlds adore,
Come, and reign forevermore.
Josiah Conder
1789-1855
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