“For just as the lightning comes from the east, and flashes across to the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. He will send His angels with a great trumpet sound and they will gather His chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.”
Some thoughts for your hopeful mind and heart…
I have really been enjoying this part of the book of Matthew. It is one of the clearest representations of how all things will come together as eternal life begins! I must admit I don’t know what will appear in the sky (seems like all I can come up with is the Bat-symbol/but I am sure it will eclipse that) but I do know it will be magnificent and wonderful. And what will it be like to see all of His people from all of history gathered from the dust of the earth and reassembled before His throne?!?!
By the way – He is not coming IN the clouds – but WITH the clouds (Hebrews 12:1). MORE: 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 22:1-5
Very cool.
Dave & Burnadette
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