A little one shall become a thousand
A small family, a little handful of people in all ages, scattered
up and down in the world, of no esteem and account in it, being
all gathered together, that ever were in the world, will appear
to be thousands and millions, and such a number as no man can
number, ( Revelation
7:9 ) and a small one a strong nation;
a company of weak persons, persecuted by their enemies, and
unable to resist them, as in the present state: now there will be
a nation of them strong and mighty; the feeble among them shall
be as David, and the house of David as God, as the Angel of the
Lord, ( Zechariah
12:8 ) : I the Lord will hasten it in his
time:
as there was a fixed appointed time for Christ's first coming, so
there is for his second coming, when this state and dispensation
of things will commence; and when that time comes, it will be
deferred no longer; as soon as ever it is up, the Lord will
hasten the accomplishment of what he has promised, and who is
able also to perform; see ( 1 Timothy
6:15 ) .