Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 24:31

"And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." — Matthew 24:31 (ASV)

Our Lord’s first concern when He comes again, will be the security of “His elect.” He has gone to prepare a place for them, and when the place is ready and the time for their glorification has come, he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

“East and west, and south and north,
Speeds each glorious angel forth,
Gathering in with glittering wing
Zion’s saints to Zion’s King.”

What a contrast between the gathering together of the eagles to devour the rotting carcass and the gathering together of Christ’s elect at the great trumpet-summons of His holy angels! May every reader of these lines be in the latter company! Such will look forward with joy to the time of the King’s appearing.