Untitled article by H. A. St. John

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 17, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 41.

A Gathering and a Supper—No. 3

By H. A. St. John

"GATHER My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." Ps. 50: 5. "And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." Matt. 24: 31.

"Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb." Rev. 19: 9.

The grandeur and glory of this great gathering can never be described or told. Jesus comes in great glory. The glory of the Eternal Father attends Him, also the glory of all the holy angels. All the righteous dead are called to life and immortality; and at the same instant, those who were alive and remained will all be changed, in the twinkling of an eye. And such a change—from corruption to incorruption, from mortality to immortality, from vile bodies to glorious bodies, even like their glorified Lord! They are eternally separated from all sickness, sorrow, pain, and death. They receive eternal life, with a fulness of blessing that can never be told.

Jesus has stopped in the heavens above. Then will be heard the voice of Jesus, saying to His angels, "Gather My saints together unto Me." With what joy and alacrity will this command be obeyed by the holy angels! Then will the mighty host of ransomed and glorified ones be gathered, and caught up to meet the Lord in the air. What a gathering, what a meeting, that will be! Jesus will then behold the travail of His soul, and be satisfied. All the shining saints will behold their glorious Redeemer, and be satisfied. The satisfaction and joy of all will be internal, external, and eternal.

Then will be formed a procession. All the shining saints, all the holy angels, led by the King of Glory, will journey to the holy city, the Paradise of God, the place in the Father's house prepared for them. The gates of pearl will be opened wide, and the righteous nation that have kept the truth will enter in. The marriage supper of the Lamb is prepared, and all sit down together at the Lord's table in His kingdom. That glorious family of the redeemed is being gathered now. They will sup with Christ here. Reader, are you among them? If not, why not? H. A. ST. JOHN.