The Lord Jesus has promised to come again, and faith clings to this promise. Sometimes she hopes that it may be so soon fulfilled that death may be avoided; but times and seasons are of small consequence with her, since all the blessings of the Second Advent will be hers one way or another.
If the Lord should come speedily, so that we do not see death, we shall be changed; and if he delay, so that we die, we shall be raised incorruptible. In any case we shall be for ever with him. Wherefore whether we sleep or wake is a matter about which we endure no travail of heart. The believer saith, "If I live, Christ will be with me; If I die, I shall be with Christ." How slight the difference!