with thee," Zech. 14:5. "Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of
these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to
execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them
of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all
their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him," Jude
14, 15.

Not only saints, but angels also, will attend his coming. For "when the
Son of man shall come in his glory," there will be "all the holy angels
with him," Matt. 25:31. "He cometh in the glory of his Father, with the
holy angels," Mark 8:38. "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels," 2 Thess. 1:7.

The "sharp sword," going out of his mouth, must be a symbol of his word.
He speaks, and it is done, Psa. 33:9. "For the word of God is quick and
powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is
a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart," Heb. 4:12. As "he
shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of
his lips shall he slay the wicked," (Isa. 11:4); and as "the Lord shall
consume" "that Wicked" one "with the spirit of his mouth" (2 Thess. 2:8),
it follows that the sword proceeding out of his mouth is a symbol of the
words he shall speak for their destruction; for with it he smites the
nations, 19:15. And this he does when he comes to "rule them with a rod of
iron" (_Ib._) and tread them in "the wine-press" of the wrath of God. This
brings us to the object of his coming, which is to "judge and make war,"
19:11.

And first, "To judge." This proves, that Christ's second advent is here
symbolized; for, as before quoted, he is to "judge the quick and the dead
at his appearing and kingdom," 2 Tim. 4:1. This is at the sounding of the
seventh trumpet, for then is "the time of the dead that they should be
judged," 11:18. "With righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove
with equity for the meek of the earth," when he "shall smite the earth
with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
the wicked," Isa. 11:4. "Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be
glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful,
and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
before the Lord: for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the
world wi