Lord’s Day 19, Chapter 3: The Coming Of The Lord (2)

And throughout the New Testament, the hope of the Church in the world is fixed upon the return of her Lord in glory. At the occasion of the ascension of Christ from Mount Olivet, the angels that stand by the amazed apostles as they gaze up into the heavens address them as follows: "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." And these words, while in their...