Pondering Jesus’ words in Luke 21 “At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near…even so, when you see these things happening, you know the kingdom of God is near….be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”
There it is again…the near, but not yet, kingdom of God. This, however, is the final culmination of all things. It will go from near but not yet, to now and forevermore, in the twinkling of an eye. We must not be numbed by all the earthbound, secular voices that say life will go on and on. It will not! All of life is moving toward Him. For “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation…and all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things and in Him all things hold together.” [Col. 1] We are to keep looking up! While we wait for the “blessed hope, the glorious appearing” [Titus 2] in the same manner as John who exhorted us “Dear friends, now we are children of God and what we will be like has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is!”
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