Shall gather together his elect (επισυναξε τους εκλεκτους αυτου). This is the purpose of God through the ages.

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Then shall he send his angels.—Note the absence of the “trumpet,” which is prominent in Saint Matthew.

Theophylact of Ohrid: After the Lord had finished all that concerned Jerusalem, He now speaks of the coming of Antichrist, …

The celestial drama reaches a climax when the Son of Man comes in the clouds with “great power and glory.” Jesus describes his coming in these vers…

And then he shall send his angels
The ministers of the Gospel to preach it, and plant more churches among the Gentil…

The disciples had confused the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world. This mistake Christ set right, and showed that the day of Christ'…