The last step of Christ’s exaltation is His return to judgment. The previous steps of Christ’s exaltation were invisible to the world; believers only can behold them by faith. This step, however, even though it is embraced by faith as a certain future event, will be visible to the eyes of all men, none excepted. The certainty that Christ as Judge will come to judgment and that this is a step of Christ’s exaltation are evident in the following texts: And then shall all the tribes of the earth … see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory (Matt 24:30); “When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory” (Matt 25:31); “And (the Father) hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of man” (John 5:27). The word “because” has reference to His suffering and death as a fulfillment of the condition of the covenant of redemption by which He is authorized and empowered to be Judge.

WILHELMUS À BRAKEL, THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE, VOL. 1, 651.