Day 21 Luke
Chapter 21
“Then they will see the Son of Man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these things
begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your
redemption is drawing near” {vv. 27-28}.
I love when the Old Testament meets the New. Jesus speaks of
yet another fulfillment of God’s Word that He poured into His prophets concerning
things to come. And Jesus, the Son of Man, stands before them as the fulfillment
of the prophet Daniel’s words given by God. Jesus came to save the world and to
offer salvation to those who will receive the precious gift. Those who choose to
Him become citizens of the glorious, universal Kingdom of which Daniel
foretold. The Jews have been harassing Jesus for a sign that He is who He says He
is and He answers their demand.
“I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with
the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to
the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him” {Daniel
7:13 NASB}.
“Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye
will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn
over Him. So it is to be. Amen” {Revelation
1:7 NASB}.
We must remember that though Christ came as a baby; He is a grown,
real, living person; who grew in wisdom and stature before the Lord {Lk. 2:52}.
Christianity is not a religion that follows a certain set of rules, but it is a real
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He came to us and now lives in us through His Spirit.
He lived and died and rose again to redeem you and me. At the Second Advent, He
will judge our mortal lives and the decisions we made and whether or not we
lived for Him. This is a time to reflect on our lives and consider whether
there is any part of our life that does not please Him. The One True God is
holy and hates sin, but He loves us immensely, so much so that He sent His Son to
redeem the world. Because we are living for Him His second advent need not be a
terror in the night. Only those who persist in their wickedness need fear His
coming. If we submit our lives to Him now, we will be accepted when He appears
on that Great Day.
His message is urgent that we believers on earth be ready.
The tribulation and tumult of the earth will not last forever. Just when it looks
as though the anguish and despair can only worsen, Christ will be
revealed in the heavens and every eye shall see Him. And the old prophet
Zechariah’s words concerning His appearance will come to pass, “they will
say where did you get those marks in your hands? And he will say, ‘in the house
of my friends’” {see Zech.
13:6}. Then, according to the Apostle Paul, the Jewish nation will be born
in a day; all Israel will be saved.
Jesus will also place His precious, nail-pierced feet on the Mount of Olives. The prophet Zechariah tells us that Christ, accompanied by His raptured saints, will enter the great city of Jerusalem. The returning saints along with those believers on earth will gather to crown Him King of kings and Lord of lords and Christ will begin His millennial and eternal reign.
Are you ready for His return? What part of you are withholding from Him that you may offer Him as a gift this Advent season? Is there room in the inn of your heart for this precious gift of the promised Redeemer?
Let’s not deceive ourselves. “Your
redemption is drawing near” {Luke 21:28}, whether we know it or not, and the
only question is: are we going to let it come to us too, or are we going to
resist it? Are we going to join in this movement that comes down from heaven to
earth or are we going to close ourselves off? Christmas is coming—whether it is
with us or without us depends on each and every one of us. Such a true event
happening now creates something different from the anxious, petty, depressed,
feeble Christian spirit that we see again and again, and that again and again,
wants to make Christianity contemptible… Advent creates people, new people. We
too are supposed to become new people in advent.[1]
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