Mark 13:24-37
Dear RTB’ers,
Jesus will not leave any doubt as to His return: …the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken, And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. (vv. 24b-26) I have often tried to picture this scenario and I can do that for any one fixed point on Earth. However, I presume that our entire Earth will be seeing Jesus’ return, all at the same time – the sun, the moon, the stars all active as Jesus notes above. That I find hard to comprehend. So it is with the great things of God; He is hard to comprehend – all His glory and majesty and power! When I even begin to try to comprehend all that He is, my small mind is quickly overwhelmed. Why then would I not listen to Him, obey Him, praise Him every minute of every day? I think St. Paul said it best: Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 7:24-8:1)
Blessings!
See also: May 20 (2021) / Mark 13:1-31