Matthew 24:30 Meaning

Matthew 24:30 Meaning – the sign of the Son of Man shall appear in heaven

The second sign or evidence of Christ’s coming is the glorious shining of Christ’s person approaching, called the sign of the Son of Man, because as the light of the sun approaching is a sign of the present appearing or rising of the sun, so shall the shining glory of Christ’s approaching, which is more bright than the sun (Acts 26:13,14) be a sign of his present appearing. What other sign of the Son of Man beside this may be, we leave it till the time come of his revealing of it.

Christ shall be seen visible judge of quick and dead at the last day in his human nature; for, the sign of the Son of Man, bodily descending, shall appear in heaven.

Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)

Matthew 24:30 Meaning – All the tribes of the earth shall mourn

The third sign of Christ’s coming is the mourning of all people, it being now manifest that the day of judgment is come. The penitent shall fall on mourning and lamenting their sins with a godly sorrow, that they may be fitted for the promised consolation of wiping all tears from their eyes, and the wicked shall fall on weeping for the misery coming on them presently, by the sentence of their judge.

Such as have mocked at the day of judgment, and scoffed at piety, and rejected or abused the gospel of Jesus Christ, shall then mourn a great mourning: All the tribes of the earth shall mourn.

Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)

Matthew 24:30 Meaning – with power and glory

The fourth sign of his coming is the manifestation of his bodily down-coming into the clouds, with power and great glory.

Howsoever Christ’s first coming was in much infirmity because he was to suffer for us, yet his second coming being to judge and to reward all according to their works, as here is said, shall be with power and glory.

Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)