I’m afraid it may just be hard wired into our anxious DNA to
divide the world into those who faint from fear at the end of all things and
those who stand up and cheer. While there is no question that Jesus used the
language of apocalypse to speak of the end of all time, all the Gospels contain
such speeches, how can the Crucified One come back to save a few only to crucify
the vast majority of human beings with vengeance? The first time around the
Kingdom of God contained some unlikely subjects, such as tax collectors and
sinners, prostitutes and people of questionable character, so why would they be
less welcome the second time around? So I find some comfort that Jesus uses the
image of spring to talk about the signs. Despite the roaring of the seas and
the signs that make one faint it will be like daffodils that pop up through the
snow. Despite the signs in the sky it will be like Lady Bird Johnson’s legacy
of Bluebonnet blanketed Texas highways. Maybe the best way to escape all the
things that will take place and stand before the Son of Man is to trust that
the second coming Christ will be like Jesus the first time around.
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