688 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XXI. powerand mightappeartoHis saints,towhom He willgive greatvirtue,thattheymay not be overcomein sucha fear fulpersecution.Or in His body in which He sitsat His Father'srighthand He must rightlybe supposedto come, and not onlyin His body,but alsoin a cloud,forHe will come even as He went away,And a cloudreceivedHim out of theirsight.CHRYS. For God everappearsin a cloud, Ps.17,11.accordingtothePsalms,cloudsand darknessareroundabout Him. Thereforeshallthe Son of Man come in the clouds as God, and the Lord,not secretly,but in gloryworthyof God. ThereforeHe adds,with greatpower and majesty. CYRIL.Greatmust be understoodin likemanner. For His firstappearanceHe made inourweaknessand lowliness,the Grejr. secondHe shallcelebrateinallHis own power. GREG. Forutsup' in power and majestywillmen see Him, whom in lowly stationstheyrefusedtohear,thatsomuch themore acutely theymay feelHis power,astheyarenow the lesswillingto bow thenecksoftheirheartsto His sufferings. 28. And when thesethingsbeginto come to pass, then look up, and liftup your heads; foryourre demptiondrawethnigh. 29. And He spake to them a parable; Beholdthe figtree,and allthetrees; 30. When theynow shootforth,ye see and know ofyour own selvesthatsummer isnow nighathand. 31. So likewiseye,when ye seethesethingscome to pass,know ye thatthe kingdom of God isnighat hand. 32. VerilyI say unto you, This generationshall not passaway,tillallbe fulfilled. 33. Heaven and earthshallpass away : but My words shallnot passaway. Greg. GREG. Having in what has gone beforespoken against in°Ev. ^e reprobate,He now turnsHis wordstothe consolationof theelect; foritisadded,WJienthesethingsbegintobe,look up,and liftup yourheads,foryourredemptiondrawethnigh;