Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The coming
General references
Bible References
As
Job 37:3
Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.
Job 38:35
Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, 'Here we are'?
Isaiah 30:30
The Lord will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.
Zechariah 9:14
Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds.
Luke 17:24
For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
The coming
Matthew 16:28
I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
Malachi 3:2
Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like a launderer's soap.
Malachi 4:5
Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.
James 5:8
You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord's return is near.
2 Peter 3:4
and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."
General references
Job 38:24
In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?
Ezekiel 1:14
The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning.
Luke 17:30
It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.