Notice on what occasions the New Testament Scriptures present His coming the first time: ―
At His birth — “When He cometh into the world He saith... Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me) to do Thy will, O God” (Heb. 10:5).
At His coming — “That was the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world (or that coming into the world lighteth every man)” (John 1:9).
As to the general fact — “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not” (John 1:11).
At about thirty years of age — “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him” (Matt. 3:13; Mark 1:9; Luke 23).
At the beginning of His public ministry “Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God” (Mark 1:14; compare Matt. 9:12-17).
John’s question — “Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?” (Matt. 11:3; Luke 7:19).
At His transfiguration — “Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom” (Matt. 16:28).
At His royal entry into Jerusalem — “Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass” (Matt. 21:5).
At His death — “This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood” (1 John 5:6).
At His entry into heaven — “But Christ being come an High Priest of good things to come... by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption”
(Heb. 9:11, 12). F. M. H.