‘Behold He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Even so, Amen.'
John now gives us the theme of the book. The book is centred on the Second Coming of Christ, for that is its focal point. In the end all, both believers and persecutors, will see Him in one way or another, for in His coming in glory He will be unavoidable.
But sadly for the great majority, ‘the tribes of the earth', it will be a time of mourning. The words are based on Zechariah 12:9-10. ‘They will look to him whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for his only son'.
Both these verses end in ‘Amen', the guarantee of their fulfilment. Later the Son of Man will be declared to be ‘the Amen' (Revelation 3:14), and thus the guarantor of their fulfilment.