MATTHEW 24:29-31
Thought 1. Every man has a choice. He mourns now, or he shall mourn when Christ returns. A man experiences a
godly sorrow that leads to repentance now, or he shall experience a worldly sorrow that leads to eternal sorrow
when Christ returns.
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:38).
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19).
“Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine
heart may be forgiven thee” (Acts 8:22).
“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of
the world worketh death” (2 Cor.7:10).
“Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you
a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die?” (Ezk.18:31).
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(24:31) Jesus Christ, Return: the fifth event of the Lord’s coming is that the angels will be sent forth to gather the
elect. There are four points made in this verse.
1. Christ will send forth His angels. He is God, the Lord of the angels. They are His; He is over them. They are at His
beck and call to carry out His sovereign will. This again is a claim to deity.
2. Christ will send forth His angels with the “great sound of a trumpet.” The trumpet was used to call an assembly of
the people together. This is probably the meaning here. (Cp. 1 Cor.15:52; 1 Th.4:16.)
3. The angels will gather together the Lord’s elect. Only the elect will be gathered at this point. The elect may be but a
few when compared to the mass of humanity. But there will be a remnant of genuine believers scattered all over the earth, a
remnant who will have endured to the end. They will be saved (v.13. Cp. Mt.20:16; 22:14.)
As Christ said:
“I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other
shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two
men shall be in the field; and one shall be taken, and the other left” (Lk.17:34-36; cp. Mt.24:40-41).
4. The elect will be gathered from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The meaning is this: the elect
will be scattered all over the world; they will be everywhere, in all nations of the world (cp. Dt.4:32; Rev.7:9). As Christ had
just said:
“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all na-
tions; and then shall the end come” (Mt.24:14).
Thought 1. There is one glorious hope for every believer, whatever his generation and the trials of it:
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Savior Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” (Tit.2:13-14).
Thought 2. The angels are subject to Christ; we, too, should be subject to Him. The angels do His sove-
reign will; we, too, should do His sovereign will. If we administer His will now, we shall be in that select
company in that glorious day.
Thought 3. Not a single believer will be missed when Jesus returns. No matter where we are or how isolated and
lonely and forgotten we may feel, He is coming for us.
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