Expecting Christ’s Second Coming
AT the coming of Christ to avenge and deliver His faithful people, the faith of His coming will, in a great measure, be lost. Chronological calculation, and the general appearance of the world, all conspire to tell us that the events of the latter days are even come upon us, and that the time of God's controversy with the earth is near at hand. It is already on the wing.—Coke's "Commentary." MATTHEW HENRY, who was declared by Adam Clarke to be "always orthodox," says: How much more should they wait with expectation and earnestness for His second coming, which will be the day of their complete redemption! They (the wicked) will still attack us till the end of time,—till our Lord is come; they will not believe that He will come; nay, they will laugh at the very notion of His second coming, and do all they can to put all out of countenance who seriously believe and wait for it.—Com. on 2 Peter 3.