Coming With Christ
Angels
When Christ arrives, He will bring the angels of heaven with Him.
Mat. 13:41 “The Son of man shall send forth his ANGELS...”
Mat. 13:49 “... at the end of the world: the ANGELS shall come forth...”
Mat. 16:27 “..the Son of man shall come... with his ANGELS...”
Mat. 24:31 “..he shall send his ANGELS...”
Mat. 25:31 “..the Son of man shall come...and all the holy ANGELS with him...”
Mark 8:38 “... shall the Son of man...cometh...with the holy ANGELS.”
Mark 13:27 “...then shall he send his ANGELS...”
Luke 9:26 “... shall the Son of man...shall come...of the holy ANGELS.”
2Thes. 1:7 “... the Lord Jesus shall be revealed...with his mighty ANGELS,”
The Four Corners
The job of the angels will be to gather all His saints from the ends of the earth, AKA the re-gathering of Israel (His people).
Isa. 11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and GATHER TOGETHER the dispersed of Judah FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
Mat. 24:31 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.
Mark 13:27 And then shall he send HIS ANGELS, and SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Isa. 41:9 THOU WHOM I HAVE TAKEN FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away
Luke 13:29 And THEY SHALL COME FROM THE EAST, AND FROM THE WEST, AND FROM THE NORTH, AND FROM THE SOUTH, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
1Thes. 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Isa. 45:22 Look unto me, and BE YE SAVED, ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: for I am God, and there is none else.
Mat. 8:11 And I say unto you, That MANY SHALL COME FROM THE EAST AND THE WEST, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Zec. 8:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COUNTRY, AND FROM THE WEST COUNTRY;
Psa. 107:3 And GATHERED THEM out of the lands, FROM THE EAST, AND FROM THE WEST, FROM THE NORTH, AND FROM THE SOUTH.
Isa. 43:6 I will say TO THE NORTH, Give up; AND TO THE SOUTH, Keep not back: BRING MY SONS from far, AND MY DAUGHTERS FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH;
John 11:52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE THE CHILDREN OF GOD THAT WERE SCATTERED ABROAD.
Jer. 31:8 Behold, I WILL bring them from the north country, and GATHER THEM FROM THE COASTS OF THE EARTH, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
Clouds
Notice how it also emphasizes that Christ will come “with” or “in” the clouds.
Rev. 1:7 “Behold, he cometh with CLOUDS...”
1Thes. 4:17 “... with them in the CLOUDS, to meet the Lord in the air...”
Mat. 24:30 “... they shall see the Son of man coming in the CLOUDS of heaven...”
Mat. 26:64 “...shall ye see the Son of man...coming in the CLOUDS of heaven.”
Mark 13:26 “...shall they see the Son of man coming in the CLOUDS...”
Mark 14:62 “... ye shall see the Son of man...coming in the CLOUDS of heaven.”
Luke 21:27 “...shall they see the Son of man coming in a CLOUD..”
Dan. 7:13 “...the Son of man came with the CLOUDS of heaven...”
What Heavens?
These can’t literally be clouds, because upon Christ’s arrival the Heavens are dissolved.
Jer. 4:23 “THE HEAVENS...[had] NO LIGHT.”
Jer. 4:28 “...THE HEAVENS ABOVE BE BLACK...”
Psa. 68:8 “... THE HEAVENS ALSO DROPPED...”
Isa. 51:6 “...THE HEAVENS SHALL VANISH AWAY LIKE SMOKE...”
2Pet. 3:12 “...THE HEAVENS BEING ON FIRE SHALL BE DISSOLVED...”
2Pet. 3:10 “...THE HEAVENS SHALL PASS AWAY...”
Isa. 34:4 “...THE HEAVENS SHALL BE ROLLED TOGETHER AS A SCROLL...”
Isa. 45:8 “DROP DOWN, YE HEAVENS, FROM ABOVE...”
Job 14:12 “...THE HEAVENS BE NO MORE...”
Chariots and Winds
These clouds are described as Christ’s “chariots”, that come with a “wind“, often referred to as a “whirlwind“.
Psa. 104:3 “...who maketh the CLOUDS HIS CHARIOT: who walketh upon the wings of the WIND:”
Jer. 4:13 “Behold, he shall come up as CLOUDS, and his CHARIOTS shall be as a WHIRLWIND...”
Isa. 66:15 “For, behold, the LORD...with his CHARIOTS like a WHIRLWIND...”
We’ve established that Christ comes with angels and clouds, and that the clouds are chariots.
So what exactly are the chariots?
Psa. 68:17 “The CHARIOTS of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of ANGELS...”
That’s right! These clouds and chariots are His angels!
Below, we see the angels coming again associated with the “winds”.
Mat. 24:31 “..he shall send his ANGELS...and they shall gather together his elect from the four WINDS...”
Mark 13:27 “...then shall he send his ANGELS, and shall gather together his elect from the four WINDS...”
Interestingly, when Elijah was taken to heaven by the Lord, we also see the same event that will take place at the translation of the righteous at Christ’s advent.
2Kings 2:11 “...there appeared a CHARIOT...and Elijah went up by a WHIRLWIND...”
Lightning
When Christ comes, there will be winds from the four corners of heaven, and the world will be darkened from these clouds of His angels, also there will be “lightning” from one end of the Earth to the other.
Psa. 97:4 “His LIGHTNINGS enlightened the world...”
Mat. 24:27 “...LIGHTNING cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
Luke 17:24 “... LIGHTNING...one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
But, angels have other descriptions, such as having the appearance of “lightning”.
Mat. 28:3 “His countenance was like LIGHTNING...”
Eze. 1:14 “... as the appearance of a flash of LIGHTNING.”
Luke 10:18 “... I beheld Satan as LIGHTNING fall from heaven.”
So, is this literal “lightning”, or is it also symbolic of angels, just like the clouds and chariots? If the heavens are rolled away and there aren’t any literal clouds it would be logical to say that this isn’t literal lightning.
Difficult Verses
Deu. 33:2 “... he came with ten thousands of SAINTS*[06944]...”
The Hebrew *[06944] “qodesh”, is translated in Deuteronomy as “saints”.
This word is used 468 times in the Old Testament, but this is the only time the KJV translators called it “saints”.
“Qodesh” means “holy“, “holy one“, “holy thing“, “holiness“, “hallowed“, etc...
Let’s look at how other Bible versions translated “qodesh” in this verse.
NASB- “Holy Ones”
NIV- “Holy Ones”
RSV- “Holy Ones”
YLT- “Holy Ones”
ASV- “Holy Ones”
HNV- “Holy Ones”
Zec. 14:5 “...the LORD my God shall come, [and] all the SAINTS*[06918] with thee.”
Here in Zechariah we see the Hebrew word *[06918] “qadowsh” or “qadosh” .
This Hebrew words primary translation was also “Holy” .
It was used 116 times in the Old Testament and 104 of those times it was translated as “Holy” or “Holy Ones”.
This comes from the same Hebrew word as the one that is found in Deuteronomy, (“qodesh”), comes from.
The Hebrew word that they both originated from is [06942] “qadash”.
Let us again see how the other translations rendered it.
NASB- “Holy Ones”
NIV- “Holy Ones”
RSV- “Holy Ones”
YLT- “Holy Ones”
ASV- “Holy Ones”
HNV- “Holy Ones”
NLT- “Holy Ones”
1Thes. 3:13 “...the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his SAINTS*[40].”
Jude 1:14 “...Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his SAINTS*[40],”
These verses by Paul and Jude again use a word that is primarily translated as “Holy”.
It is the Greek word, *[40] “hagios”.
To understand exactly who these “Holy Ones” are, it would be necessary to look at the context of the first example in Deu. 33:2.
Also note that the last example, in Jude 1:14, is a quote by Enoch which is the same as that recorded in Deu. 33:2.
Now, let’s examine the context of the first example...
Deu. 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from HIS RIGHT HAND went a fiery law for them.
Deu. 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; ALL HIS SAINTS ARE IN THY HAND: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
Here the scripture clearly states that these “saints” (Holy Ones), are in His hand.
So what exactly does the Lord have in His hand?
Psa. 31:5 “Into thine HAND I commit my SPIRIT...”
Ecc. 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and THE SPIRIT SHALL RETURN UNTO GOD who gave it.
Job 12:10 In whose HAND [is] the soul of every living thing, and the BREATH of all mankind.
Dan. 5:23 “...the God in whose HAND thy BREATH[is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:”
Luke 23:46 “... into thy HANDS I commend my SPIRIT...”
We see that the “breath” of the dead is what God holds in His hand, and these verses in question are simply telling us that He will bring back the breath of the saints when He comes..
This is a very crucial point, considering that when He returns the righteous are to be resurrected. And as Gen. 2:7 points out, the breath and the body are both needed to make us a living soul.