All The Tribes Of The Earth

Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him.  And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him.  Even so, Amen.

Revelation 1:7

The return of Christ is a public and global event.  Our text begins, ‘Behold He is coming with clouds and every eye will see Him.’  The second part of the text refers to Israel.  The third part expands the discussion back to the broader frame of reference.  What is interesting to consider is the reaction of ‘all the tribes.’  They ‘mourn because of Him.’  Why do they mourn?  Zachariah speaks of the people of Israel in the day of the Lord who ‘will look on Me whom they pierced.  Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.’  The grieving there seems to be one of regret.  As a matter of opinion, this may be a mourning which arises out of regret for their having rejected Christ on His first arrival.  Certainly, the rejection of Christ does bring regret.  In rejecting Christ we lose much time and many opportunities.  John expands this discussion of mourning to include, ‘all the tribes of the earth.’  What shall we do today if we want to live without this type of regret?  The answer is to embrace Christ.  If we have thus far in life rejected Him, let us not live another day apart from Him.  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

O, God of Grace and Glory,
we rejoice that You address all of our issues.
We praise You, that at the return of Christ,
all shall be revealed, every wrong righted,
and all that which is crooked He will make straight.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning