590 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XVII. shouldlong forthefirsttime and itstranquillity.BEDE. Or, by the day ofChristHe signifiesHis kingdom, which we hope willcome, and He rightlysays,one day,because thereshall no darkness disturbthe glory of that blessedtime. Itis rightthen tolong forthe day ofChrist,yet from the earnest ness of our longing,letus not visionto ourselvesas though the day were at hand. Hence itfollows,And theyshallsay to you,Lo here! and,Lo there! EUSEB. As ifHe said,Ifat the coming of Antichrist,hisfame shallbe spreadabroad,as though Christ had appeared,go not out, nor followhim. For itcannot be thatHe who was once seen on earth,shall any more dwellin the cornersof the earth. It willtherefore be he of whom we speak,not the true Christ. For thisisthe clearsignof the second coming of our Saviour,thatsuddenly the lustreof His coming shallfillthe whole world ; and so itfollows,For as the lightningthatlighteneth,fyc. For He willnot appearwalkingupon the earth,as any common man, but willilluminateour whole universe,manifestingtonilmen the radianceof His divinity. BEDE. And He well says,that lightenethout of theone part underheaven,becausethejudgment willbe givenunder the heaven,thatis,in the midst of the air,as the Apostle iTheas.says, We shallbe caught up togetherwith them in the ' clouds. But ifthe Lord shallappear at the Judgment like lightning,then shallno one remain hidden in the deepof hisheart,fortheverybrightnessof the Judge piercesthrough him ; we may alsotake thisanswer of our Lord to referto His coming, whereby He comes dailyintoHis Church. For ofttimeshave hereticsso vexed the Church, by sayingthat thefaithofChriststandsin theirown dogma, thatthefaithful in thosetimeslonged thatthe Lord would ifitwere possible even forone day returntotheearth,and Himselfmake known what was the true faith. And you shallnot seeit,becauseit need not that the Lord should again testifyby a bodily presence that which has been spirituallydeclared by the lightof the Gospel,once scatteredand diffusedthroughout the whole world. CYRIL. Now His disciplessupposed that He would go to Jerusalem,and would at once make a mani festationof the kingdom of God. To rid them thereforeof thisbelief,He informs them that it became Him firstto