Passage
After the days of the persecution have passed, the sun will
be darkened. This will cause the moon to
no longer reflect the light of the sun. Things
will be falling from the sky. Heaven
will be shaken. Then the Son of Man will
come in His glory and all shall see Him.
Then the angels will be sent throughout the world and throughout heaven
and God’s people shall be gathered together.
Thoughts for Today
First Thought:
After the world has had their day persecuting the things and
the people of God, the sun will be darkened.
The moon will not reflect the light of the sun. The stars will fall out of the sky. Quite literally, the world will lose its
natural source of light. Then the world
will see the true source of light. The
world will be shaken to its core before being presented once more with the
image of Christ. When He comes again,
there will be no denying His superiority.
Why do you think the Lord won’t appear until after the world
has had its day? Why do you think God
will strip the world of its ability to see (natural light) prior to Christ’s
return?
Second Thought:
Perhaps the greatest lesson of this passage is that Jesus
will come again. He tells us that the
Son of Man will come again. When the Son
of Man comes, then He will gather the faithful unto him. As dark and as challenging as the past few
days of study have been, what an incredible moment of anticipation this
is. I often wonder how Jesus must have
struggled to endure the pain of crucifixion.
Oh how He must have dwelled on the time when it would be over and God’s
grace will have come freely to mankind!
The same thought must be with us through whatever life should
bring. Persecution may come unlike we’ve
ever seen. But there will come a day
when we shall be gathered with Jesus and this world shall be put behind us. What an incredible hope for the future!
How does this passage inspire you to think about the
future? What can this passage teach us
about where we should be placing our focus in life?
Third Thought:
God’s people shall be gathered together. Imagine standing with Abraham. Imagine standing beside Moses. Imagine standing beside Luther and
Bonheoffer. Imagine standing beside Paul
and Peter. Imagine standing among a sea
of faithful people whose stories you do not know but you have an eternity to
learn. But even better than all of this,
imagine communing with God and knowing that the experience shall never end.
When you think about eternity, about what do you think? When you picture yourself being gathered by
the angels to Jesus’ side, what emotions do you feel?
Passage for Tomorrow: Mark 13: 28-31
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