Saturday, June 30, 2012

‘He Will Come Again As You Saw Him Go’


One day the trumpet will sound for His coming, One day the skies with His glory will shine; Wonderful day, my beloved ones bringing; Glorious Savior, this Jesus is mine!
Living, He loved me; dying; He saved me; Buried, He carried my sins far away;                          
Rising, He justified freely forever:  One day He's coming oh, glorious day!

Jesus made ‘an incredible journey’ to this earth.  He left the splendors of heaven knowing His destiny was the lonely hill of Golgotha to lay down His life for us.  He set His face toward Jerusalem, knowing that pain and rejection and suffering awaited Him there.  He completed His journey when he ascended to heaven.

Just before Jesus left this earth, He charged His apostles to wait in Jerusalem for power—the Holy Spirit that had been promised by God.  They were charged with being His witnesses throughout the world.  AND, THEN, BEFORE THEIR EYES, JESUS ASCENDED INTO THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN.  

When I think about Jesus’ return to heaven, I am reminded of the story Jesus told about the son who left his home.  We call the story, The Parable of the Prodigal Son.  In that story, Jesus tells about the celebration that happened when the son finally returned home.  When Jesus finally arrived back in heaven, there must have been a gigantic celebration.  Revelation 5 describes scenes from heaven where thousands and ten thousands of angels fall before Jesus and sing about what He accomplished here on earth.  Just imagine how they celebrated when He arrived back home again.

On the day of His departure, immediately after His ascension, two angels appeared and they asked the apostles, ‘Why do you stand here looking into the sky?  This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.’  When asked by Caiaphas at His trial, ‘Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.’, Jesus answered, ‘Yes, and in the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN.’
ONE DAY HE’S COMING, OH GLORIOUS DAY.

Prayer:  Father, every day, may we look forward to the coming of Your Son back to our world to redeem us.  Lord Jesus, come!          

Terry Brown
Abilene, Texas

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