50. Gather His Elect
Matthew 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 13:27And 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.
The Prophecy about what will happen at the Second Coming before the Judgment of the Last Day is also a Promise: God will send His angels to gather the elect from all over the earth. When the Son of Man comes back to the earth to judge the living and the dead all those who are chosen will be gathered and appear before His Judgment Throne.
This is a beautiful promise for the believers in Jesus Christ, for they are the ones who are elected by God to believe and be saved for eternal life. You know you are elected if you believe in Jesus. The comfort of knowing you are an elect one is a blessed assurance that brings a calm and collected peace.You can look forward to a future in which you will be gathered with all the elect who ever lived and be brought to the Judgment, judged righteous, and brought into the eternal kingdom of God.
This is a simple promise that we cannot become lost, ignored or out of God’s mind. He will keep us until the end and then bring us all together at the end. The Bible answers two of life’s most important questions: Where did I come from? Where am I going? Worry, anxiety, doubt, fear, frustration and even sometimes anger are life-stealing emotions that have to do with the future. If our future is secure and we know what’s going to happen to us in the end we can rest more securely in the present moment.