Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 24:27

"For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man." — Matthew 24:27 (ASV)

When HE comes, we shall know who He is and why He has come. There will no longer be any mystery or secret about the coming of the Son of man. There will be no need to ask any questions then. No one will make a mistake about His appearing when it actually takes place.

Every eye shall see Him. Christ’s coming will be sudden, startling, universally visible, and terrifying to the ungodly, as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west.

His first coming to judgment at the destruction of Jerusalem had terrors about it that until then had never been realized on the earth. His last coming will be more dreadful still.

When HE comes, we will know who he is, and why he has come. There will no longer be any mystery or secret about the coming of the Son of man. There will be no need to ask any questions then; no one will make a mistake about his appearing when it actually takes place. Every eye shall see him.

Christ's coming will be sudden, startling, universally visible, and terrifying to the ungodly: as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west. His first coming to judgment at the destruction of Jerusalem had terrors about it that until then had never been realized on the earth; his last coming will be more dreadful still.