His first coming was infinitely wonderful, when He left the bosom of His Father, emptied Himself of His glory, and Himself bare our sins on His own body on the tree. His second coming will be very different, but still infinitely wonderful. Surely they have but cold love to Jesus that do not burn with desire to see the fair brow that was crowned with thorns. Christ's coming will be terrible as lightning to His enemies.
Nothing is more terrific than the lightning.
It is so powerfiil, so sudden, so deadly in its stroke. The strongest man is like a straw before it. Much more terrible will Christ's appearing be to all unbelievers. To His own dear people it will be like the approach of summer. Woe unto you that desire the day ofthe Lord.